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IMP ERIALPARLIAMENT THIS DAY, FRIDAY, FEB. 7. OUSE OF COMMONS. O,ir.RHUTHNTEN presented a petition from John 4 ; 4 , of Dublin, a clerk on board the East India ship Upon the subject of the payment of 6d. per for the support of Greenwich Hospital. 4 h ear .) The petitioner stated that i t „ great hardship upon him, and all other i' atT len on board of merchant vessels, to be bound u ° 4 o ntribut e to a fund from which they could not, P anY consideration, receive benefit ; and he th ra Yed that paym ent s h ou ld not b e enforced from ~ ° s e who w ere nut at all within the scope of rece i ving " benefit from the contributions which were levied 1 ; 1 1) ,°4 th m e. The H on . Member said it was, no a great hardship upon the seafaring men b'',getn-ral to b e obliged to contribute out of the i r 4'l e4rnings to a fund from which they could never , n e ! e ive any benefit, and he thought that the G o ern s was bound to relieve them from this . unjust fer l r . The petitioner desired to have he subject re -1-I,efd‘ t ° a Committee appointed for the purpose. k-qr. llothven) would not move for a Committee th.oet,i)itisequenee of tiiiq petition, but. if a Committee kp h ) l be ap: , ,oinied in the course of the session, he lva.-e to refer this petition to their con- The 111, 11.;e then :I , journed, at a quarter past one. G -11t. "A•GREEN TRIP.—The Lord Chan. p 'e r l ,, 4) ,: pti w i.. 44 applied to in his Justice-room, to-day, to issue lhor ight "gs against a young hero,. who three days ago Wi th 4 ,Proper to hie his way, itißsaid, to Gretna green, ,If blooming ward, entitled to about 15,0001 ., he . him_ • 4 not having .. steeured his a . sixpence. Of course by this time he , Lo s prize ;th e , RI ) GREN VILLE'S WILL.—The will of 1 ',. 3 , te ford - Grenville was proved in the Prerogative ! ,vitals''a' of Canterbury on Tuesday last, and the persona_ ' Ill: 411 effects of the deceased have been sworn to he under t begs -1 , 4 , e of 25,0001., the whole of which sum has been r lt - ,"(1 to his Lordship's widow during her life, and . s o l u , "" death it devolves to his Lordship's hrother ah lbe.r.).'4 1 The will is comprised in one sheet of paper. .14 O n 'e( , estates, which are of considerable value, pass to o er. m .,.. iaw. ' d'se, IIIG IN OF CASTE IN THE EAST.—The . MimiL°lns of caste in Hindoostan as ,well as in Siam, • Ils o '' and Ceylon, bad their origin in a superabundant e 4„, 'tan) pressing too e!oa•ely on the means of subsrt -ssf ; ;' lli a ad it was, perhaps, thought, that the, introduction t ette„'nute divisi o n o f l a bour would not only give more tri , „ C 'tled im ploym e n', but also enable each person to learn ' 4 ll;„ esr einily his business ; probably , also, it was politt '44.:;fliectured that the division of an immense popula lellt:7o Many millions into castes or sects, would render Ids - : 4 ; ° f government more easy, by keeping every inch . , i. A ' in a fix e d station in society. ~ '''BBESSED TAxEs.—Yesterday, part of the , All e 47seized i n St. Andrew ' s, Holborn, and St. George auction 'alia„ a 'tYr, fo r t h e a b ove t a x e s, were put up to 1 -` at Mr. Standage's rooms, 28, Chancery le:' , 11 Order of Mr. Davis, officer to the Sheriff of Mid -4ltilhee-,' . T he parties whose goods were taken attended. •t litv, g ° the room was crowded with brokers and Jews, 4 th; (41, and all, refused to advance a single penny on , 6 0: a e r h. i . e le. A mahogany chest of drawers , was sold for 'hr ' e t j a h°gany horse hair sopha for le. bd. ; . a capital t h ter fo r Is• 6 i and a dressing and washing-. and, loloitolvl fitltiest qu'llili-Lr "—Three cheers following the hammer on each occasion. Mr. Davis and his , "I' Present, and endeavoured to prevent the expresd sk. h ' l , f eeling which was manifested at this sale; , an d hes ti : i f the goods which were announced for ea! had fir th: 4l) °sed of, they stopped the sale of the remainder, c t Purpose of offering them elsewhere. „ nf th? .l.°N.- PHYSIC A L ASPECT. — The interior n ot ape is formed ol ranges of high mountains, in general a bei,P,P,'"ehing nearer to the sea than forty miles,. w i t h and ;: I ', rich alluvial earth, nearly surrounding the island, pictu res ' d watered by numerous rivers and streams. A hill, , to wards th e coa , the nce ( ine tabl e l an d occupies the southern centre, and r, is a continuous range of loth ther'e.and elevated flat hied extending nearly to the sea- no tt i, T 0 th e west, the country is flat, and on the pertie'rn shore broken into verdant rocky islets, and a th e ira 'lamed Jainapatain . The lofty central division of fron t a nd varies in elevation above the level cf the sea, the ran one thousand to four thousand feet, but th, e ,ge nh table land may be estimated at from two r!venantorit.itz thhyrefieittlaeus.and f. et, extending in length sixty glon er ;,, Borne Ynailes wide. From this elevated re m , three thousand c"'", -cal mountains from two thousand to run in general 'rite' "igher above the sea. Tice mountains i valleys the sun eveei?nstiitorinuous chains with the most lovely clothed to the very se tnnaite ° n . between them . r_ ; `forests, bill evliieh issue magnificent with gigantic lore • from tl t form• ,. ea " ,"es. and foaming cataracts, ti.ar in the valeys placid river s and babbling brooks, 1 ged with turfy back,, and all the beautiful verdure of tt, t , rop lcs. thCLONMEL, .FEB. 3.—lt would appear that. Of tj"ftince of the " Agitator" will suec.ed in the b oroug h t i lir ungarran against the nominee of the D o ke o o n f Devon lastet'" whose property that town is situated . . , Sunday Pl '', ''' 'heal, the candidate for the vacancy, otcasioned ',,"e death of Mr. Lamb, entered Dungarvan with Mr. th - ll a , ; ) 'ne, the representative of Clonmel, and was most en tv,--',"tkally received. Large bonfires were lighted in the Pr e - ,, ja , ln gt and an enterniinment, on a respectable scale, was la t :," r ,ed Er. those gentlemen. The parish priest, who has 'I ue, , m th College, and Wh o ; n appointed President at aynoo kim'',, a gentleman of polished manners, and well-educated Whi ch sad already quitted the place, as the popularity . Ns he 50 • deservedly enjoyed before the late election o r , el",ider4bly lessened in consequence of giving his rate let ''''. occasion to Mr. Lamb. The tithe proceedin . gs of Coins'ituted by the Duke of Devonshire in the counties ti e 'r i k and Waterford, suffice to alienate from his Grace to 21' t , 118 of several, who otherwise would be well disposed it 214- has with their influence. On the subject of tithes tr,hlB;:ntilerisant to he obliged to state that Government are tvhi i g the most active measures to tnforce their payment; 14d e,cee the contrary, the population, both Protestant iie i'ir t i • 4t i -, ei e - • - ' determination never to pay a , in. , , , txpt•e,s a c li ' t) , ' hem, th ila , 11\Es e MODE OF COMPUTING. 7 7 4 iel e' Ille th'.(l of computing is by a kind of abacus, 5 .1, ( , d ''Y rail a Su; m wan ' counting board.' It con 4t, ' ', 4 frame of • a d, P of various ' sizes, divided into two 'll e.T !'ern parttrienr7placed crosswise,.at about 'iat ,'" ti'e leneth frori y i the top. Through this bar at each ~,- e les are inserted '' a number of parallel wires, and on h all, ..11. ran th e lower compartment are five moveable l ereij : nd in the upper two. These wires may be consi t,atioe ~'ii,e ascending and descending powers of a DT -4 4 I , -ia‘", procerdlng in decimal proportions at P i a '4 l- '''' any o! the wires in the larger compartment be. lh,lj, "gain,t the middle bar, and called unity or one, a 1 ) , 4 th ' e ti , the s,:xt wire above it will represent ten, and one u ele e . fl ,xt one hundred• so also a ball on the wire next ti lt ' l""t exi s ' g n ' ity, will be one-tenth, and on l' ,''PcZ: I° w , r one l - n hnn u dredth ; and the balls on: the . co i r 'lLue t ' fi g . tarns in the smaller compartment will, int the '° l lse rin 'r , represent five, fifty, five hundred—five' f eai.h 'if th,4".vc-hundredtlis, &c., the value or . 1 ' 41 110, 14 th e smaller division beingalways power r ve o times ! ost every 'r u d e h as those in the larger. f In China a m that is i "tea r i a ' a distinct system o. secret numbers-.-- ricer seers sel n ° „ l , lls ing th e ro et characters for designating pri , a e o res s te ce; other characters , by which they at bitrardy ex "°f th meaning, s o as to be understood only by per tA e same trade. \l'llii, Cli NATION A DISTINCT SKULL. — °F th e s'Lraerlling in foreign countries, 1 made a collectionthe eal.ecen ' r ails of different nations (the greater part o 'itt v i:) . N I T had thepleasure of presentine to the Asiat ic m te"),.. e e r —use urn, at il t Calcutta, where they may now be - ailt e d a° it is exceedingly curious to observe what . a °ten co ' t the crania of diverse people exhibit, b "nd alz "g nations with scarcely a perceptible natural llotie,d4 between them. The most striking example tur ibes w as the difference between tie Bengalee and the eceir,h_e, ' tbe skull of the former possesses a greater ever' met Protuberance than that of any people I have '4411 ' et ; it i 8 in fact semi-globular, and the whole euggecill'aordinarily small, divested of any angular or (th se Pir l e ctions, and of remarkably thin laminae io, of ,observations are founded on the examine- Lb , /: fi l e ' r u n f d p reds of the Bengalee skulls), the cranium of a ny o t i, '" Ut Mese) possesses what I have never found b y , ' e r nation._ 1 fierier base a perfectly fat occipital ,bone, so ant' -°, that to t 4 oother position' any Burmese skull will rest on a broader when placed with the face upwards, than AR if to compensate for the flatness "kill' bul ge brine, the parietal or aide walls of the extrakunlike the liincico'As)miusn eas e ( unlike out in an extraordinary manner; the brain Were ina ill/ thick. very larf 3 e u , rm an es d e the laming specimens Itaogotane,niutilated skulls of B g urme y se soldiers, found near P ° Wees of some of whom were clove in twain by the lirnish soldiers. ti 1) tl ti it t 1 n, rl ni ti ti 1,1 COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty held a Court at two o'clock yesterday afternoon to receive the Address from the House of Commons in answer to the Speech from the Throne. It was attended by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, the Postmaster-General, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Groom of the Stole, the Master, the Vice- Chamberlain, the Commander of the Forces, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, the Master of the Robes, and Master Stephensen, Page of Honour. A party of the Yeomen Guard were on duty in the Guard Chamber, under the command of the Exon in Waiting, Mr. C. Hancock. A party of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, under the command of Sir Georg Pocock, their Standard Bearer, were also on duty. • The Speaker of the House of Commons arrived at the Palace at St. James's, in State, attended by Mr. Manners Sut. ton, his private Secretary, and the usual attendants on State occasions. The Right Hon. Gentleman was accompanied by the following Members of the House of Commons :—Mr. Le fevre, the mover, and Mr. Morrison, the seconder of the Ad dress ; Viscounts Lumley and Althorp, Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, Mr. Secretary Stanley, Colonel Fox, Capt. Gronow, Messrs. Penleeze, Hughes Hughes, Bouvetie, Francis Baring, C. Wood, Spring Rice, Peter, and several others. The Deputation assembled in George the Third's Room, and soon after their arrival were ushered into the presence of his Majesty by the Hon. Fred. Byng, Captain Green, and Mr. Mash, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting. The King received the Address on his throne ; on the left of his Majesty were the Earl of Albemarle (Hester of the Horse), and the Duke of Richmond ; on the right of his Ma jesty stood the Marquis of Winchester (Groom of the Stole), Earl Grey, the Hon. Captain George Campbell (the Lord and Groom in Waiting) ; and Sir Ceorge Seymour (the Master of the Robes). • _ _ _ The Deputation advanced through the lines formed by the Gentlemen Pensioners supporting their battle-axes, to the foot of the throne; the Speaker then read the Address from the House of Commons, and afterwards presented it to the King. His Majesty returned a gracious Answer to the Address, and the Deputation then withdrew, making their obeisances. The Recorder of London made a Report to his Majesty in Council. The Council was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Lord President, the. Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial Depart ments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Postmaster. General, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Paymaster of the Forces, and the Earl of Carlisle. The King gave audiences to Earl Grey, the Duke of Rich mond, Sir James Graham, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Winchester, and Lord Hill. Viscount Falkland and the Honourable George Campbell, R.N., were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at the Palace at Kensington. The Duke of Gloucester visited their Majesties yesterday. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Judge-Advocate Gene ral, Viscount Duncannon, and Mr. Lichtenberg, the Hanove rian Charge d'Affaires, had audiences yesterday of his Majesty. The Duke of Cumberland honoured Prince and Princess Lieven with his company on Wednesday evening, at the en tertainment given by their Highnesses at Ashburnham-house. Lord Howard de Walden left town yesterday morning to proceed on his mission to Portugal as Minister Plenipotentiary. His Lordship took leave of Earl Grey and Viscount Palmer ston on Wednesday. The Queen honoured Drury-lane theatre last evening, to witness the performance of The Wedding Gown and St. George and the Dragon. A Guard of Honour (of the Foot Guards) were stationed at the Royal entrance. Mr. Lee, the High Constable of Westminster, and Messrs. Smith and Gard. ner, the principal officers of police, were in attendance. Her Majesty and suite arrived in two carriages at half-past seven o'clock ; in the first carriage were the Earl of Denbigh (the Queen's Lord Chamberlain), the Duke of Dorset, Miss Bagot, and Miss Hudson (Maids of Honour) ; in the other car riage were the Queen, the Duke of Gloucester, the Earl of Erroll (Master of the Horse to the Queen), and Lady Clinton. Mr. Bunn received her Majesty at the entrance and attended the Queen to the Royal box. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred : HONORARY MASTERS OF ARTS. Hon. William Towry Law, St. Peter's College. Hon. William Chafie Henniker, St. John's College. William Wardlaw Ramsay, Trinity College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Henry Bowman Bacon, Trinity College, (Comp.) Rev. Thomas Furlong, Queen's College. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Rev. G. G. Graham Foster Pigott, St. Peter's College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. John George Joakim Heysett, Trinity College. George John Kennedy, St. John's College. James Wharton, St. John's College. At the same congregation the following graces passed tbe Senate:— Tn appoint the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Chafy, Dr. Webb, Dr. French, Mr. Tatham, Professor Musgrave, Mr. Arch dale, of Emmanuel College, and Mr. Hodgson, of St. Peter's College, a syndicate respecting the old printing house, and the adjoining premises, belonging to the Univer sity, and to report thereon to the Senate before the end o f the present Term. To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Hodgson, of St. Peter's College, Mr. Martin, of Trinity College, Mr. C.dtbrop, of Corpus Christi College, and Mr. Snowball, of St. John's, a syndicate to inquire into the expensein curred on the schools in the Botanic Garden, and to report thereon to the S-nate before the end of the present Term. Co allow the Vice-Chancellor to insure the schools in the Botanic Garden, and the contents theteof, for a sum not exceeding 3,000/. To appoint Mr. Heath, of Trinity College, one of the Examiners of the Previous Examinition, in the room of Mr. Steel. The Rev. John Archibald Argies, LL. B. of Maidstone, has been presented to the rectory of Goldhanger with Little Topbatn, Esser, by the Rev. Thomas Leigh, rector of Wickham Bishops, the patron. On the 30th ul.. the Rev. Smith' Henry Alderson, was instituted to the ricsrage of Loodham with Petiatree, Suffolk, on the presentation of the King. THE CHURCH. Yesterday morning having been appointed by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury to receive the Address of the Clergy of England and Wales, at twelve o'clock the following Clergy, who had previously assembled at the house of Mr. Rivington, in Waterloo-place, proceeded to Lambeth Palace : Ven. James Croft, Archdeacon of Canterbury ; Dean of Lincoln, Dr. Gordon ; Dean of Carlisle, Dr. Hodgson ; Dean of Chichester, George Chandler, LL.D. ; Archdeacon of Lon don, Joseph Holden Pott, M.A. ; Archdeacon of Middlesex, George Owen Cambridge, M.A. ; Archdeacon of Stowe, H. P. Bayley; Archdeacon of Bedford, Dr. Bonney; Archdeacon of Sarum, Liscombe Clarke, M.A. ; Archdeacon of Brecon, Richard Davis ; Archdeacon of Taunton, Anthony Hamilton, M.A. ; Archdeacon of Rochester, Walker King, M.A. ; Archdeacon of St. Alban's, John James Watson, D.D. ; Rev. Ashurst Turner Gilbert, D.D., Principal of Brasenose, Oxford; Rev. Godfrey Faussett, D.D., Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford; Rev. John Keble, Professor of Poetry, Ox ford; Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge ; Rev. John Bankes Hollingworth, D.D., Norrisian Professor of Divinity, Cambridge; Rev. Ralph Tatham, 8.D., Public Orator, Cambridge; Rev. I. W. Baugh, M.A., Chancellor of Bristol, Proctor for Worcester; Rev. W. F. Baylay, M.A., Proctor for Canterbury; Hon. and Rev. Evelyn Boscawen, M. A., Proctor for the Chapter of Canterbury; Rev. H. Fardell, M.A., Prebendary of Ely, Proctor for Ely ; Rev. John Hume Spry, D.D., Proctor for London. They were received in the library by his Grace the Archbishop, who w.is attended by his chaplains, When the venerable J. Croft, Archdeacon of Canter. bury, addressed the Archbishop in the following words . - . " As Premier Archdeacon of England I have the high honour of being deputed by my reverend brethren to approach your Grace, on the present important occasion, with the address of the Clergy of England and Wales ; nor will I, in my own person, venture to say more than that I feel entitled thus to designate an address, which, notwithstanding some few slight and imma terial variations, is in all instances substantially the same, and has received the signatures of 6,530 ministers of our Aposto. Beal Church." The Archdeacon then proceeded to read the ADDRESS. " We, the undersigned Clergy of England and Wales, are desirous of approaching your Grace with the expression of our veneration for the sacred office to which, by Divine Pro vidence, you have been called, of our respect and affection for your personal character and virtues, and of our gratitude for the firmness and discretion which you have evinced in a season of peculiar difficulty and danger. " At a time when events are daily passing before us which mark the growth of latitudinarian sentiments, and the igno. rance which prevails concerning the spiritual claims of the Church, we are especially anxious to lay before your Grace the assurance of our devoted adherence to the Apostolical doctrine and polity of the Church over which you preside, and of which we are Ministers ; and our deep-rooted attachment to that ye. nerable Liturgy in which she has e mbodied, in the language o f ancient piety, the orthodox and primitive faith. " And while we most earnestly deprecate that restless desire of change which would rashly innovate in spiritual matters, we are not less solicitous to declare our firm conviction that should any thing, from the lapse of years or altered circum. stances, require renewal or correction, your Grace and our other spiritual rulers may rely upon the cheerful co-operation and dutifkil support of the Clergy in carrying into effect any measures that may tend to revive the discipline of ancient limes, to strengthen the connexion between the bishops, Clergy, and people, and to promote the purity, the efticien,.y and the unity of the Church." To which his Grace the Archbishop returned the fot lowing answer : " Mr. Archdeacon, and my Venerable and Reverend Bre thren,—l receive with peculiar pleasure this expression of your kindness towards me, and your approbation of my humble en deavours to do my duty ; but I feel still greater satisfaction when I consider the object which you have principally in view, and the good effects which may be anticipated from this pub. lic declaration of your sentiments. If it has ever been sur mised that the clergy are wanting in attachment to the doctrine and polity of our United Church ; that they have ceased to venerate the Liturgy, are distrustful of their spiritual gover nors, and desirous of change, this manifestation 'of your opinions and feelings will correct the mistake and dissipate the hopes which may have been built on it. If, again, they are charged with partiality for defects and corruptions, and determined aversion to improvement from bigotry or baser motives, such imputations are shown to be groundless by this Address. " I regard it as a direct contradiction of misrepresentation and fa'sehoods of different kinds, which have been widely cir culated ; as an avowal of your unshaken adherence to our National Church, its faith and its formularies ; and as a tes timony of your veneration for the episcopal office, and of your cordial respect for your Bishops. By thus coming forward you make known to the public the real dispositions of the Clergy ; you place:their love of order and of ancient principles beyond the reach of suspicion ; you discourage rash innovation, without shutting the door against any improvements which may be deemed sufficiently important to outweigh the evils in cidental to change. " To myself and the other Prelates, although we have never had reason to doubt of the affection of our brethren, this volun tary assurance of your co-operation will yield effective support, and impart additional confidence. The gratifying proofs which you on this day have afforded us, of your approval in respect to the past, and of your reliance on our continued fulfilment of our sacred duties, are equally calculated to allay our anxieties and to animate our exertions. For myself, I confess that while I am deeply impressed with a sense of our danger, and conscious of my own infirmity, I look to the future without dismay, in the hope that, through the blessing of Almighty God, and the aid of his Holy Spirit, the Church may not only be preserved from the perils which now threaten its existence,but be securely and permanently established, with an increase of usefulness and honour." The Archbishop then received and returned the compli ments of each of the Clergy present, when they withdrew. We understand that the addresses from some dioceses and archdeaconiies have not yet been received, but the ag gregate number of signatnres wi 1 probably exceed 8,000. CHURCH REFORM-PLURALITIES. PARISH OF ALLHALLOWS, LOMBARD-STREET. A vestry meetio4 was held at this parish list evening in reference to the appointment of the Rev. Francis Ditty- son, as rector. Mr. Low proceeded to state the purpose for which the meeting was convened. It was stated in the letter which appeared in the papers that the Rev. Gentleman, who had I recently been appointed curate of the parish, was rector of Chislehurst, rector of Orpington, rector of Hayes, perpe• teal curate of Downe, prebendary of Canterbury, and sub•dean of Cariterhury, in consequence of which a gen tleman, from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, called upon him with the view of correcting a slight mistake that was made. It appeared that the rectory of Hayes was in the gilt of Mr. Dawson, and he did give it away in 1831. He was also entitled to the perpetual curacy of Downe, and that he gave away in 1828. The law would not allow any man to hold several livings at one time, and therefore he gave them away nominally to take othe s that were richer.—(Hear, hear.) He asked the gentle man who waited on him, whether Mr. Dawson did derive any emoluments from two livings, and he said he could not say. He contended that it was impossible for any man holding a plurality of livings to do that justice to the parish to which they were entitled. Mr. JOHN Low was desirous of calling the attention of the parishioners to the manner in which the late Rector had officiated in the parish during the last 18 years. That gentleman resided a considerable distance from town. He was a prebend of Canterbury, and no doubt held other lu cra•ive engagements which deprived the parish of the op portunity of communicating with him, and the p rrishioners were almost destitute of spiritual instruction. It was well known that the parish were in the habit of contributing to various charitable establishments, and to the public paro chial schools in the ward ; hut he was sorry to state that that assistance had been withheld in consequence of the Rector's conduct. These statements were extremely pain ful for him to make, but he considered it absolutely neces sary. When a charity sermon was about to be preeched, the late Rector was applied to for the use of his pulpit for the occasion, as it was consithred that some popular preacher would draw a large congregation ; but the answer be returned was—" No pet son shall preach in my pulpit unless I appoint him myself." The same question had been put to Mr. Dawson, and he said—" The regular course for you is to fix upon some gentleman who is to preach, and if I approve of him he shall be allowed to preach." He therefore considered they had no reason to hope for more from Mr. Dawson than they received from their late Rector. Some gentlemen might approve of the appointment, but it would be difficult to make out that the appointment would benefit the perish. He concluded by proposing the first resolution. " That it is the opinion of this vestry that the object of the Established Church should be to provide the most effectual means for the religious instruction of the people—to attain which object the Legislature has provided ample funds for the support of a respectable, educated, and efficient ministry ; and that, while the inhabitants of this parish are legally compelled to furnish such funds, they consider they have a right to a rest. dent minister, in order that they may enjoy that intercourse to which they are entitled, and which is calculated to produce a reciprocal good feeling between the minister and his parish. ioners, and (if the minister knows and feels the importance of the truths of religion) is so well adapted to contribute to their religious interests." Mr. HALWARD having seconded the resolution, Mr. PRICKER defended the conduct of Mr. Dawson. Mr. CLARK then rose to propose an amendment, which, however was negatived. Mr. TAYLOR considered that it would be unwise to make any application to the Dean and Chapter of Canter bury ; for if the Dean and Chapter had zealously a•tended to their duty, they would not have placed a person in the situation who was unable to perform their duty. Mr. PEWTRESS looked upon the appointment as a part of the system that had been reprobated by the best sup porters of the church, and it showed that there was no community of feeling between the heads of the church and the people at large. Mr. &ZITHER said there could be no doubt but that this was a gross case, and the parishioners could not ex press themselves too strongly. Mr. Deputy WESTON moved the second resolution. " That the inhabitants of this parish have long observed the increasing dissatisfaction of the people of England that so large a portion of the clergy of the Established Church hold a plura. lity of livings, who reside at a distance from them, and hold but little intercourse with their parishioners, and consequently have no sympathy with their wants, and take no personal interest in their religious welfare. They take this opportunity of uniting with their fellow.countrymen in reprobating a system so much at variance with the well-being of the parishioners." Mr. HAYNES seconded the resolution, and it was car ried without opposition. Mr. 'f krioa felt glad the parish had come forward on public grounds, to protest against these pluralities. The system had existed so long that it could not be endured any I finger. -He concluded by moving the following resolu tion " That this vestry feel it their duty to express their surprise and deep regret at the conduct of the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, that they should have given the rectory of this parish to the Rev. Francis Dawson, 8.A., a gentleman who, before his appointment to this living, was Rector of Chislehurst, Rector of Orpington, Prebend of Canterbury, Sub-Deacon of Canterbury, and now Rector of All hallows, Lombard-street; and they cannot but consider that this very inconsiderate appointment, manifesting so little regard for the religious welfare of the inhabitants of this pa rish, is an additional proof of the absolute necessity for an im mediate, full, and efficient reform in the Established Church of this country, effectually to remedy the grievous evils which the community are suffering, from the lamentable abuse of the pa tronage of the Church, of which this appointment furnishes a striking example. Mr. PEWTRESS seconded the resolution. He consi dered this meeting of great public importance, as Farishioners heretofore had not interfered in the appoint ment of their spiritual instructors, and this would not be the last meeting on the subject. The resolution was then carried. Mr. Deputy WESTON moved the next resolution, which was that petitions, founded on the above resolutions, be presented to the House of Lords, by Lord Durham, and to the House of Commons, by Mr. Grote, praying that such measures might be taken to afford the parish relief as they in their wisdom should think fit, and praying also fur• a full - and efficient reform in the Church establishment. The petitions to Parliament were then signed by many persons present, after which thanks were given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. The further consideration of the case of Gregorio Guinea, aged 46, convicted of cutting and maiming at the last November 0:t1 Bailey Sessions, and now under sentence of death in Newgate, took place yes terday before the King in Council ; when his Majesty was graciously pleased to grant him a respite during his Royal pleasure. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS AT BATH. Lord G. Lennox, Lord Mushkelly, Mr. and Lady St. John, Lady Hippisley, Generals Cole and O'Neil, Col. Crowther, Ma jors Thomas and Puget, Capts• Erskine, Elton, Thewlos, Lock yer, Tobin; Rev. Messrs. Mogg, Griffith, Brathwaite, Aspinatt; Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, George, Milney ; Messrs. Talbot, M.P., Neeld, Dashall, Carter, Greaves, Greathead, Hardy, Joel, Kidd, Knight, Grimshaw, Langdon, Luxton, Nurskett, Playne, Poole, Pierrepoint, Sturges, Simpson, Sloman, Villiers, Vine, Williams, Wilson, Higford, Knifton, Smith, Pendarves, M.P., Upton, White, Astley, Musgrave, Purgrass, Westall; Mesdames Adams, Dixon, Cooke, Gordon, Jeffries, M'Cull, Rompton, Up ton, B. Whittick, Tobin ; Misses Ballard, Bicknall, Coates, Hubbard, Gordon, Harper Presly, Tobin, Chorley, Heath, Hayne, Tobin, &c. - - - - HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mercut ti, 5° die February, 1834.) Resolved,—That this House will not receive any petition for Private Bills, after Friday, the 21st day of this inst. February. Resolved,—That no Private Bill be read the first time after Monday, the 24th day of March next. Resolved,—That this House will not receive any report of such Private Bill, after Monday, the 26th day of May next. Ordered,—That the said resolutions be printed. J. H. LEY, CL Dom. Com. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 6.—Wind W.S. W., light —Arrived from the River and sailed, with others outward-bound, the Ernaad, Gil. lett, for Bengal ; and Sarah, Barry, for the South Seas. Sailed the Barossa, Achilles, Justina, and others outward-bound. Poirrsmomu, FEB. 6. Wind N.W. to S.W.—Sailed the Samson, Chadwick, for New York. Arrived off port the Orynthia, Cox, from Honduras. PLYMOUTH, FEB. s.—Wind S.S.E. to W.—Arrived the Lon don, Picher, from Riga; and Julie, Rape, from Charente. FALMOUTH, FEB. s.—Wind S.S.W. to W., fresh gales and squally.—Arrived from London the Prince, Harris, for the Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, FEB. s.—Arrived the Hibernia, Smith, from Singapore—sailed the 26th Sept. ; and Blakely, Jackson, from Bengal—sailed the 13th October, and St. Helena the 19th De. cember. Sailed the Aliquis, M‘Fee, for Bombay ; Hindoo, Askew, for Bengal; and Elizabeth, Moore, for Singapore. BRISTOL, FEB. 6.—Arrived the Prince Eugene, Cook, from Palermo; and Diana, Wakeham, from Lisbon. GLOUCESTER, FEB. s.—Arrived the Danube, Dymond, from *larva. TORBAY, FEB. s.—Arrived the Mariner, Gilbert, from Charente. STANGATE CREEK, FEW 6.—Arrived the Judith and Esther, Deslandes, from Denia. Dual" FEB. s.—Arrived the Sylvia transport, from Ports. mouth, with troops. The Pontiff; Hathaway, from New Orleans to Havre, was wrecked on Cat Keys on the 19th of December—cargo and ma terials saved. The Elizabeth, McNiell, from Antegonist to Newfoundland, is lost near Cape St. Frances—crew saved. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. In the subjoined quotations it will be seen that two or three alterations have taken place since our last report :—Bubastes is at 6 to 1, two or three parties having offered to take half a point more-1,050 to 150 was taken about Bentley, by the same gentleman who backed him on Monday. Delirium was backed at 16 and 17 to 1 in three or four quarters, and an offer was made by an influential speculator to take 18 to 1 about Olympic. Glencoe, who stood for some time at 40 to 1, with out any apparent probability of advancing, was backed at 30 to 1, the offers, at the closing of the room, not having exceeded 25 to 1. Lord Burlington's Barrosa colt was backed for a small sum ; 550 to 100 was taken about Cotillon for the Oaks, the taker offering to go on at the same price ; 2,000 to 100 was taken about Pickle, for the same stakes. Closing prices : THE DERBY. to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 7 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley (taken) 17 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Delirium (taken) 17 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Olympic 25 to 1 agst Lord Jerset's Glencoe 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's t reedom 50 to 1 agst Lord Burlington's Barrosacolt (taken) No others mentioned. OAKS. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon7(taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Pickle (taken) Lord Chesterfield's and Mr. Walker's horses reached New. market on Wednesday, from the north. Mr. Ridsdale has sold St. Giles, winner of the Derby in 1832, to Mr. Kirby, for 1,200 guineas. The St. Alban's Steeple Chase is fixed for the 13th of March he entry closes on the previous Saturday. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.— Consi derable sensation has been excited by the sudden and mys terious disappearance of Mr. Thomas George Dawson, col lecting clerk to Mr. Stevens, salesman, residing in Lead enhall Market. It appears that on Monday, the 27th ult., the young man left his employer for the purpose of collecting money round Oxford•street and the squares ad jacent, and on the afternoon of the same day he called at Mr. Jolley's, poulterer, Charing.cross, to whom he stated that be had for some time been follewed by several suspi cious looking persons, who he considered designed to rob him. He then left with Mr. Jolley a large sum of money, and stated that he was going to Mr. Mezer's, High.street, St. Giles's. Since, then, however, ite has not been heard of, and it is stated that Le never called upon the above named gentleman. Every exertion has been made to ascertain the fate of the young man, but hitherto without effec. He is upwards of SO years of age, about 5 ft. 5 in. in height, and has the appearance of being in a consump tion, which is attended by a violent cough. DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND SERINGA PATAM.—The British Army was tin a fine state of equip: went, and had in its ranks one who ever after carried with him the fortune of the day, and who now in his very first attack on Tippoo's right wing evinced well merited confidence in the British bayonets, which he has always proudly boasted won him every victory. Colonel Wellesley led the attack on the Sultan's army which lay encamped within thirty miles of Seringapatim ; a large column of Tippuo's brat disciplined troops advanced to meet him in noble style; the English infantry under Wellesley stood fast, receiving their opponents' fire until they arrived within sixty yards, when the Engli,h rushed to the charge with an impetus which it was impossible for the Mysoreans to withstand ; they quivered under the dreadful shock for a moment, then broke their ranks and were completely routed by General Floyd with the cavalry. Tippoo made little further resistance in the field, but threw himself into his strong capital with the elite of his forces; and on the sth of April the British encamped on the western side of Seringapatam, the siege of which went forward with determined rapidity, though peace was offered to Tippoo when he solicited terms on the 26th of April, which, however, he subsequently rejected. On the 4 h of May, at I p. m., the breach being completed in the curtain, a storming party of lour thousand British, led by the gallant Baird, moved to the attack; the parapet was speedily gained,—" Come my brave fellows," said their heroic leader in the presence of both armies—" follow me and prove yourselves worthy the name of British soldiers !" The appeal was nobly answered : after a des perate but useless resistance, the Mysoreans were totally routed ; and when the territde conflict had ceased, the lifeless hotly of Tippoo Sail) was found buried beneath a piled heap of wounded, dead and dying men ,nd horses, and the dynasty of Hyder Ali had ceased to reign. • INDIA PRIOR TO THE BRITISH OCCUPA- Ttorr.—Timour was Justly denominated the " firebrand of the universe"—the greatest wholesale butcher that huma nity ever heard of: he plundered and massacred without distinction of religion or sex, and his track was matksd by blood, desolation, famine, and pestilence. Aurunez -be was little better towards the undoes ; Tippoo Seib cir cumcised all the Brahmins he could get hold of, and it is said sixty thousand Christians were subjected by him to the same operation. After Alaialleh captured Delhi in 1761, I e ordered a general massacre which lasted seven day. ! His guards were not even then glutted with elaugh tsr, but the stench of dead bodies drove them out of the coy ; a great part of the imildings were reduced to ashes, and thousands who escaped the sword sufferk d a lingering death by famine, sitting upon the ruins of their smokine tenements. Thus a city extending thirty f air miles in length, and containing two millions of inhabitants, be cime almost a heap ef ruins. The historians of the day Ihave handed down to posterity the most appalling descrip tions of human suffering, of women and men whipped naked through the streets with wanton tortures,--citizens INDIA OR DACCA MUSLINS.—.The divi- fleeing from their dearest friends as from leetst , of prey for sion of labour was carried to a great extent in the menu- fear of being devoured amidst general starvation ; women facture of fine muslins. In spinning the very fine thread, feeding on their own children, and infants sucking at the more espcially, a great degree of skill was attained. It breasts of their deceased mothers ; fire and sword seemed was spun with the fingers on a tukwah, or fine steel to contend for pre-eminence in the work of havoc and de spindle, by young women, who could only work during structiun; the work of war and blood was perpetual, hu the early part of the morning, while the dew wee on the man heads piled in pyr mids, and the streets of cities and ground ; for such was the extreme tenuity of the fibre, towns rendered impass ".ale by heaps of el tin; the country that it would nut bear manipulation after the sun had in many places exhibiting tew sie,ns of being inhabited, risen. One , ruttee of cotton could thus be spun save in the hones of murdered bodies, and the sm oulderin g into a thread eighty cubits long ; which was sold by the ruins of villages and temples ; all law and religi on trodden spinners at one rupee eight sonar per sicca weight. The under foot, bonds of private friendship as well as of societ y ruffuoghurs, darnels were also particularly skilful. broken, and every individual as is amidst a forest of wild Tirey could remove an entire thread from a piece of mus- beasts could rel y u p on nothin g but the strength of his own lin, and replace it try one of a finer texture. The cotton arm, or the deep villany of his nature. used for the finest thread was grown in the immediate HINDOO SHARK FIGHTER.—" The boat neighbourhood of Dacca ; more especially about Suner- was on its progress down the Houghly, when a huge shark gong. Its fibre is too short, however, to admit of its was seen swimming round it : the combatant, on the offer being worked up by any except th tt most wonderful of all of a small reward for Iris dexterity,—holding the rope, on machines—the hutnan band. The art of making the very which be had made a sort of running'knot, in one band, fine muslin fabrics is now lost—and pity it is that it and stretching out the other arm, as if already in the act should be so. jof swimming, stood in an attitude, truly picturesque, leaking the re-appearance of the shark. At about six or eight yards from the boat the animal rose near the sur face, when the native instantly plunged into the water a short distance from the very jaws of the monster. The shark immediately turned round, and swam slowly to• wards the man, who, in his turn, nothing daunted, struck out the arm that was at liberty, and approached his fee. When within a foot or two of the shark, the native diOed beneath him—the animal going down almost at the same instant. The bold assailant in this frightful contest soon re-appeared on the oppo-ite side of the shark, switntninz fearlessly with the hand be had at liberty, and holding the rope behind his back with the other. The shark, which had also by this time made his appearance again, imme diately swam towards him ; and while the animal was ipparently in the act of lifting himself over the lower part of the native's body, that he might seize upon his prey, the man making a strong effort, threw himself up p,rpendicuiarly, and went down with his feet f t.etnost— the shark following him so simultaneously that we were fully impressed with the idea that they had gone dawn grappling together. As far as could be judged, they re tnained nearly twenty seconds out of sight, while we stood in breathless anxiety, and it may be added horror, waiting the result of this fearful encounter. Suddenly the native made his appearance holding up both his hands over his bead, and calling out with a voice that proclaimed the victory he bad won, while underneath the wave,— ' tan—tan I' The people in the boat were all prepared— the rope was instantly drawn tight, and the struggling victim, lashing the water in his wrath, was dragged to the shore and despatched. This truly intrepid man receiv , d only a cut on the left.arm, apparently from the fin of his formidable enemy." ENGLAND'S COLONIAL COMMERCE AND FUTURE PaoseFers.—Our colonial commerce, is capable of rendering us independent of the whole world,—of giv ing profitable employment to our half-starved population, thus renovating the social fabric at its base, and making England mere secure in her dominion over the ocean, — more powerful for the protection of the oppressed,—more wealthy fur the relief of the poor,—more thoroughly effi cient for disseminating the boundless blessings of religion. Btsylon, Nineveh, and Rome, fell from their high estate, leaving no traces of their past glory but in the name ; their empire was territorial,—their Government that of the " few,"—their knowledge unaided by the Press,- their precepts unguided by the Gospel; not thus is it with fie British empire; her dominion is maritime,her govern • went that of the " many,"—her pople's voice heard iie every corner of the earth through the press, and her en deavours for the spread of the Gospel every where crowned with propitious prospects. Have we then cause to think the British empire has pissed its meridian, and now hastens towards the twilight of existence ? No! unless freedom,—unless knowledge,—unless Christianity be the stepping stones to annihilation; on our empire the sable curtain of night is never complete, for while the bright luminary of the heavens is temporarily unilluining the sales of Albion, it is but to shed light and life on another sec tion of our wondrous social frame ; may this astronomical phenomenon be typically that of our national history,— may the sun of Britain's glory never set in eternity till the great globe itself shall have passed away,—and may our maritime dominion (under the auspices of Him alone to whom power and dominion belong) become more and more consolidated, forming unto Christianity that prophe sied kingdom, whose branches and roots will extend over the habitable earth for the exaltation and happiness of man. COMMERCE BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA. —The commerce between Europe and India has ever been considered one of the most important subjects which could engage the attention of a mercantile statesman ; and the fertile regions of the eastern hemisphere, are now anxiously looked forward to as a rich field for the employment of British capita', industry and skill ; the re-ult depends on the justice of England towards Hindoostan. No two countries could be better adapted by Providence for the blessings of commerce than the parent (or governing) and dependent states : the one a small and insulated kingdom in the western ocean, teeming with a hardy, industrious, and ingenious population, two-thirds of whom are engaged in manipulating and vending the produce of more genial climes, and from their numbers, compared with the area of habitation, pressing close on national subsistence, while peace and foreign competition is daily excluding them rom the monopolized commerce heretofore pos , essed : the other an almost illimitable territory in the eastern world, connected, though separated by the navigable ocean, rich to overflowing with every bounty with which na , ure has enriched the earth, and peculiarly so in those agricultural products necessary to the manufactures, comforts, and luxuries of the more civilized nation. Heretofore the in calculable blessings to be derived from two countries Volt favourably situate, have been wantonly or wickedly or in• advertently neglected; let me hope that a better era is now dawning for England as well as for India,—that the former has now begun'to perceive the suicidal folly of beg garing the latter,—the temporary advantages of which are as nought compared with the permanent irijury received as well as inflicted; and that the merciful dispensations of an all and ever-wise Being who has made the interchange of superfluous or indigenous commodities one of the most powerful instruments for exciting and sharpening the in ventive industry of man, and uniting the whole human race in bonds of fraternal connection and cbristian charity, will no longer be spurned`with an apathy or impiety which sooner or later will receive its merited punishment, THE COCOA NUT TREE OF CEYLON ) ITS TA RIOUS USES —From Columbo to Tangafle, a dis. tance of one hundred miles along the sea shore, planta tions of cinnamon amidst groves of cocoa nut trees, ski:t the whole coast for ten miles from the bordering of the tide, which laves the very roots of those graceful and io dispensable palms, the cocoa nut, being in reality the most valuable product of the island; I recoil, ct he tritity, in Ceylon an enumeration of ninety-nine distinct stacks made from this tree, among the principal were-1. Ar rack (the spirit under this name, made from the cocoa nut blossom, is far superior to the Batavian arrack made from rice) which is distilled from the sweet juice of the incised flower stock, termed, 2. " Toddy," in itself a delicion wholesome beverage, when drank fresh drawn before the morning sun has caused fermentation to commence. 3. Jaghery, a course, strong grained, but peculiar flavoured sugar (well adapted for crystilization, or refining in Eng land), made in abundance from toddy. 4. Vinegar, equal to any made from white wine, also prepared from the toddy, and used in making exquisite 5. pickles, from the young shoots, 6. Cuir or ropes, so strong and elasric, and having the peculiar property of being best preserved for use in sea water (hence their adaptation for mooring and other purposes, to which they are now applied in Mauritius harbour and elsewlttre, as also for running rigeing in the Indian shipping). '7. Brushes and brooms of various descriptions. 8. Matting of excellent quality. 9. Miters for houses. 10. Oil of much value, ant mew used in England for candles as well as lamps. 11. Gut ters or water spouts or conveyances for which the 61147- stem or trunk is so well adapted. 12. Thatching fir 04t, peasantry, the shady broad leaf being admirably sorters foe the purpose. To particularise further would, however, e tedious, suffice it to say, that the natives of the Maldive island send an annual embassy to Ceylon, the boats e„, n . crying whom are entirely prepared from this tr: ee , the persons composing the embassy, clothed and on its pro, ducts, and the numerous presents for the Governor of Ceylon, are all manufactured from this queen of the palms. SINGAPORE. -- PHYSICAL ASPECT.--The i•land is on the north, separated front the main land of the Malayan peninsula, by a very small strait, which in its narrowest part is not more than one quarter of a mile wire. On the front, and distant abiut nine to i it an exte,sive chain of almost desert isles, the channel between which and Singapore is the grand rotate of commerce be tween eastern ~nd w. stern Asia. The aspect is low and level, with an extensive chain of saline and fresh water mar-hey, in several parts covered whit lofty timber and luxuriant vegetation,—here and there low rounded landed 11.11, spersed with spots of level ground, formed of a ferroginoaa clay with a sandy substance. The principal rock is red sand -stone, which changes in some parts to a breccia or conglomerate, containing large fragments and crystals of quartz. The whole contiguous group of isles, about thirty is number, as will as Singapore, are evidently of a sub marine origin, and their evulsion probably of ho very dis tnt date. The town stands on the south coast, on a point of laws near the west end of a bay where there is a salt creek or river navigable for lighters nearly a mire from the sea; on the east side of the town is a de-p inlet for the shelter of native boats. Tne town consists generally of stone houses of two stories high, but in the suburbs, called Campong-g!am, Campong-Malacca, and Campong-China, bamboo huts are erected on posts, most of them standing is the at igultit water. Oa the east side of the harbour en terprising British merchants are erecting substantial and ornamental houses fronting the sea, and presenting a strong contrast to the wretched tenements of the Malays. The ground is generally raised three feet, and the mansions have a superb entrance by an riscrnt of granite stairs, then an elegant portico supported by magnificent Grecian co— lumns of every order of architecture: the rooms are lofty, with IT, , ne,ian windows down to the floor, and furnished in a luxurious manner; each tenement provid , d with its baths, billiard tables, &c., while the grounds are t istefully out wida shrubs of beautiful foliage, the tout ensemble (fording a most picturesque prospect from the shipping ill the roadstead. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Herefordshire Hounds meet on Tuesday at England's Gate ; Friday, at Dinedor Mil—at 10. The Mathon and Colwell Hounds meet on Monday at sewer's Wood ;'Friday, at Bromsberrow Heath—at half past 10. The Shropshire Hounds meet on Monday at Boreatton ; Wednesday, at Pitchford Village; Friday, at Petton ; Saturday, at Wytheford Wood—at half past 10 The Albrighton Hounds meet on Tuesday at Himley ; Thurs day, at Dudmaston ; Saturday, at Moseley Court—at half past 10. Mr. Wicksteadis Hounds meet on Monday at Cloverley ; Thursday, at Stallington ; Saturday, at Willowbride—at half past 10. Mr. Meynell's Hounds meet on Monday at Highlins Park ; Thursday, at Sudbury Coppice; Saturday, at Blythbury—at half past 10. The Brighton Harriers meet on Monday at Patcham ; Wed nesday, at the Racecourse; Friday, at the Dike—at h alf past 10. The Brookside Harriers meet on Monday at Newmarket-hill; Wednesday, at the Racecourse and Kennel, alternately; Fri. day, at 'relscombe Tye—at half past 10. The Hove Harriers meet on Tuesday at Whitelock Bottom ; Saturday, at Erringham—at half past 10. The East Sussex Hounds meet on Monday at Norton c rop Thursday, at Laughton Pound; Saturday, at Clayton Holt—al a quarter before 11. The Essex and Suffolk Hounds meet on Monday at Bradfield. street; Wednesday, at Hadleigh.street—at half past 10. The Tick ham Hounds meet on Monday at the Squirtels, Stock• bury; Thursday, at Eastling.street—at 10. _ _ The Thanet Harriers meet on Monday at Monckton Beacon; Wednesday, at Minster Mills; Friday, at Chapel Inn—at 10. Mr. Codrington's Hounds meet on Monday at Teffont Down —at 10. The Cheshire Hounds meet on Monday at Mere Hall; Tues day, at Boothlane Smithy; Thursday, at Holmes Chapel; Satur. day, at Bartington Heath—at half past 10. Mr. C. Brook's Hounds meet on Monday at Monk Wood Green; Wednesday, at Cliffey ; Friday, at the Rose and Crown, the Lickey—at half past 10. The Cottesmore Hounds meet on Monday at Colsterworth ; Tuesday, at Brook Hall; Thursday, at Grimsthorpe Castle—at a quarter before 11. The South Wold Hounds, meet on Tuesday at Somersby Vil. lage ; Friday, at Burwell Village—at 11. Lord Fitzwilliam's Hounds meet on Monday at Kate's Cabin Wednesday, at Thrapston Bridge; Thursday, at the Kennel — at 10. Sir It. Sutton's Hounds meet on Monday at Gate Burton ; I'huesday, at Fiskerton Long Wood; Thursday, at Saiilby ; Saturday, at Carlton-le.Moorland----at 11. Lord Yarborough's Hounds meet on Monday at Aylesby Mill ; Wednesday, at Chase Hill ; Friday, at Elkington Cow Pastures; Saturday, at Cabourn Village—at I I. The Cambridgeshire Hounds meet on Monday at th e Gransden Wood; Thursday, at Shearhatch Wood—at half past 10. The Doddington Harriers meet on Tuesday at Orton's Thorn ; Friday, at Norwood Farm—at half p?st 10. The East Kent Hounds meet on Monday at Trenley Park ; Wednesday, at the Kennel ; Friday, at Evegate—at half past 10. The Essex Union Hounds meet on Thuasday at Dunton Blacksmiths; Saturday, at Mountnessing Hall—at half past 10. Lord Petre's Hounds meet on Monday at Watton ; Wednes. day, atGreat Haddam Windmill; Saturday, at Scales Park—at half past 10. Mr. Portman's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Corton Denham ; Thursday, at Holton-street. The Cadbury Harriers meet on Tuesday at Wheat Hill, near Lydford ; Friday, at Arthur's Bridge. The Somerset Subscription Hounds meet on Tuesday at Refl. nel Nettlescombe ; Friday, at Slowby Wood—at half past 10. Mr. A. Smith's Hounds meet on Monday at Vernbam Gate; Tuesday, at Oare ; Thursday, at Weyhill . ; Friday, at Tedworth House—at 1 1 . Mr. Horlock's Hounds meet on Tuesday at the Dry Arch near Monckton Farleigh ; Friday, at Dauntsey Park—at hal' past 10. • The Warwickshire Hounds meet on Monday at Swacliffe ; Tuesday, at Mitford Bridge; Thursday at Farnborough ; Friday, at Kenilworth.; Saturday, at Prineethorpe—at half past 10. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, FEB. 2. —Some .Tava Papers to the 28d 0 tuber have been rece'ved, fr , m !I,itth we t ike the N- I wing accounts:— _ BATAVIA, OCT. 15 —Ali 'n' I.alf.oast three this morn. i a violent fire broke out in Bear xt it to Vreden, called also Passa Lama, by which, in si)i,e of every exertion, a considerable number of dwellings, almost all of bamboo, were reduced to asl'es. An almost total want of water, owing to the continued drought, rendered most of the fire•engines useless. The origin of the lire is not known. Ocr. 17.—Accounts from Kathie announce that the Aferapie volcano had been burning violently ever since the lth inst., and threw up from its south-western crater a quantity of ashes and brimstone, mingled with small pebbles; the latter also ran in a small stream down the side of the mountain into the neighbouring des rt, in the listrict of Sevoaen, belonging to Pesbolingo, the inha bitants of which had fled with their effects and cattle to the neighbouring desert. Accounts from Padang, to Oat. IS, state that his Excellency the Commissioner-General hid I,ft that place on the 16 , h, to proceed to the interiur. On the 17th he was at Tambangung, and on the 20th at GuenongSclean ding, at the foot of Mount Illerapie, where he had an interview with M , Jor-Gmeral Reisz, Commissioner of the west coast of Sumatra. By the latest accounts of the 22d September, his Excellency had arrived the day before in Fort De Kock. The marching battalion of the colonial division, under the command of Major Bussel, which has been in garrison ni Flushing for nearly two years, was embarked on Mon day last, and left that port the next day to be conveyed to Harderwyk. The greater part of %hum will be sent as soon as possibl, to Java. THE Mc ux, FEB. 4.—The accounts of the state of the rivers have been very favourable for sonar days past; they are regularly falling. The Rhine at Cologne was, on the 24th, at 16 feet 11 inches, having fallen three feet in two days. The wind having changed, a numb, rof ships, which have been lying souse weeks in the Texel and At Helvoetsluys, ready for wa, were able to sail on the 2d of February. AMSTERDAM, FEB. 2.—Among the instances of rapid voyages that have occurred of late years, that of the Admiral de Ruyier, Captain Kraay, which arrived in the Texel yesterday from Java, deserves mention. It per formed the voyage to and from Batavia, including the time spent in discharging the cargo and taking in another, in seven months and five days. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, FEB. 4. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 494 to 50 Amort Syndic 4% per cent :.. ...........•• BB% to 894 Ditto, ditto, i% per cent. Loan of 14 Million, 1830, 5 percent lOO4 to 109% Ditto, 1832-1833, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London Ditto. two months l2 05 to 12 05 5.10 —Dutch Papers, Feb, 5. PRUSSIAN FUNDS—BERLIN, JAN. 30. St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent 91% 97 Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent 103% 103 Ditto, Bonds lB3O, 4 per cent.... 92 91% _ Exchange on London 625 6 24% —Prussian gtate Gazette. Jan. 31. ST. PETERSBURGU, J. 17.—The Statutes of the University of Vladimir, founded by an ukase of his lthjes'y the Emperor of the 20th November last, have been con firmed by his Majesty. Au ukase of the Sena'e decrees that these statutes shall be in force for four years from the opening of the University, in order that the 111inister of the Interior may be able, at the expiration of that time, to introduce such improvements as experience may have chosen to call for. ST. PETERSBURGII, Jan. 14.—Exchange on London, 10 21-32. —St. Petersburgh Journals, Jan. 18. A SHOCK FOR Miss MARTINEAU.—AI d,nnan Harris, of Bristol, some years ago, bequeathed 1,0001. to each of the parishes of Nunney and Cloford ; the interest thereof to be divided among so many young women, being parishioners, of good character, as might enter into " the holy estate of matrimony " in each suc cessive year. During the past year there have been seven claimants in the parish of Nunney, and who each received their portions on Thursday lase. On cne occasion the interest accumulated at Cloford for two years, and an indi vidual received SOL, with which she immediately pur chased a house.