The Sun. — London, England, 1831-12-24 00:00:00

the by the • the but I ceremoni ;hocked that d to be r f, ti t le in it she " f i finiihed• 61 a la te ill visitor* It t ,„ . 4mtd Died Total lO " e t 4 vered 2 Pk, Remaining at this date, 8 o'clock, A.M 6 '" the Commencement of the Disease, on Oct. 26, 1831 Cases, 514.—Died, 190. NEWCASTLE, DEC. '22. fined at !Ist report cams ll f i) r• mber o• .01 rs of LY° l iii i embarry; 1 throughou." 10(15 to i°' v , # 164 4 I' l ., Remaining at this date, 8 o'clock, a— g, 3.- „ r l ''' the Commencement g of the Disease, Dec. • A.M. 7, 1831 sto nai". 04 ‘_Cases, 164.—Died, 59. on c. .I] he 0: I\ Cases, . Rc , o h /t,,,_ . n SHIELDS AND TYNEMOUTH, Dec 2f2 i hone , 0 4 , 14;4 4 1hed at last report who Nvy 6 101 b i_ett c "" the Pref.-01,1 -- 01 , er e d 0 of his frt . ': o ei Remaining at this date the 'ol°l° O j From the Commencement of the Disease. ''l, Cases, 11.—Died, 9. he Coc o TV No other Returns received. lit insult•ii 4 :' 4, p . 4 (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. and /41. "' 4 r,;;; - A Letter has been received from Wreckington, abou is importo l i t cr l 'es from Gateshead, reporting two deaths from Cholera. have P r ,r Ch • ity rou iti ol ,vl; t 4ll rlatmas, ire regret to say it, is this year corning , the lio o i ( oo ° r . i ll th e_r a cloud. Instead of being ushered in, as IppoiitiO F llf ' i kr) Olden time, by the social sounds of mirth mitti 0 r 4 f e • • stivity, by the merry ringing of the village e ()° ,o l '' 'll! emainde r - 0 4 ', by the cheering sounds of gaiety and th-daf . er: tigh t that c i t y o o f . er, by the added smoke from the la that ir . lir . lat the (0 kt e ~, t i , e rN cottage, telling of good cheer within, the woe' .l ei' Jlb o f t h e ill' ei; " e gatherings and greetings of the peasantry, been re f th 11 ' 4 i t heir holiday smiles and the exchange of kind tinued ' (/ '' l ' A Ernper° bid j 48 between them ;—Christmas, instead of he r rii, R, ,n o. the ,fi f - (2 1 L • ! stated V I tt narbmgered, comes upon us, this year, adjudi` l ier ° , l 4 Period of general gloom. The village t he 00 or d • . West of o i: I) ) ilt locked ring out as merrily as ever, but order to P' 0301 They wake no responsive echo in the breasts of -College° o k w h r 4% o hear them : the smoke, too, perhaps, )W, INC' e° I ttl tis from the cottage chimney, but it is no f o rl 0 E or k , th such , d o , . 6,er th e • • heavy substantial matter it used to be; foundAti),,i o). it i, tment ref ig e , ,, e tik; S t beat but a thin, meagre, scarcely percep :ding 10,0 6 % vie v . The Pe l o i o ', Cqt apour, symptomatic only of a wretched !eieratioa oi",, 4 e repast, begged, perhaps, from the parish et in thi ° of t .; 'orkh alio wer e , II" 1141 ouse, or purchased with the last few tering fallol'4, hall , of nent) t or, o, e the starving labourer. The seldiery , 4 0i " - the song and the joke—the well ,cative ( ; ° :4 e ti he t t thevioll'fil board—the happy guests, together with on their 1 /6 0P t th iAlSand little merry addittaments that once ne. 'f h` l i i ll4 e 4re 1 "0 1 ( Christmas so strongly to an English ninistratO'i ne k en ee , W e d / of 4- -ell, a ll ar e gone ! The peasant's look iggettion / k uneonstit wildness and respect is exchanged for the I their c;,,qa,tr.i: of defiance and despair ; his fire-side is people t Le r 1101 4 , i elCCed t : i e f I: , thip ‘ e ; there sits no happy mother, no chubby instant i'",, urery beside it ; but, instead, the gaunt are tenrieo6 `ape can it e e° o l , re S of famine, yellow, shrivelled, blear s true Pr° ik , Yed, n ashafn v ' ' ,/ , tilt' with curses in their mouths, despe tee of 0 031' 0 1 pi i i ) , h . 1011 ) bitterness, and hatred at their t smells fif e ti I ' 4 II A lout °gen' , " at . Is this an exaggerated picture ? Look if flurno s" ( th e 1 0 • Wife will °l'' 1, he ~., long list of incendiary conflagrations which '''-ot of this day presents. Are these the Not Total. " i* "vered 7 ) 4, 1 ,„ • :: ,f s ,, or 'ma STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. VERM Mock TA 192% New 5 per Cent. — C 4 3.3% V, 3 India Stock 185 1. . a. 4% nt •C0ns LY, shut Ditto Bonds 2 dis. n , prfas RZnt-•••............ , 904 South Sea Stock shut r' are m,3 ,. .. ...................... Old Annuities tht o otreP er Cent: shut New Ditto shut CV )ticed ,- ,o ip: ce ea nt. t. Ar 2 i 6 n. 1726 .... --.- 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 99.5. Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 7 8 pm. IT little ni j i . J , ! 4 , l" l:fl , Lnn. tc . .expire .......500 7 8 pm. , a gr acv jl I , z i n iz. 16 9-16 11-16 Ditto Small . 8 9 pm. tl Ditto Commercial.... ...... —pm. ' , 860 the SCOVItO. 5: 1,. Ditto Advertised — Pm. t( Bank for Opening tjfi J Prils . Pm ls is 3 r'\'• -. 1870 — India for Account Cons. for:Jan. 19 'AM ---- MS e. • chfi` Niel. ') Whi ti n ~. or FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONX O'CLOCK. ti nu t w ill , f azili a _ Bo nds (Neapolitan tr ios 4 , Bonds — ;Peruvian Bonds ...... ......... --- a ro „An 4, io',Z i s Bonds 'Portuguese Bonds — 'Prussian, Old — e id tale : it 1)4: N it).4 Bonds ... ....... ... Ditto, New — Russian ip, ant i . 40 k , 13°, 4 66% 1 4 Spanish, 1821 144 — hi b iFim — li i n g sit ti, r ;, B ^,- 6 ~ 23 French Rentes, sp. c. —t. —r. 50 1 ,,,,.a -.•-- Exchange —f. —^. Q i Att . "' n Bonds - 3 per cent, —f. —c. ' P__ .... 2 5 3.”i Exchange —, —c. 1 , tisk Stock OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, 1 p i , .to c k . DEC.* - * 9.06 1 ,4 St. Patrick Insur. (per O.) t I s, te a s is tw qr s r cent . r E D 4 ,,,,„„ h Pccent. t Patriotic Ditto — 1. tiv , b e . t _ 0 i ti l 4 4 d i jiN i percent .... B4+4 I P R r c o , vincial Ditto elicacyßoyal Irish Mine , r,: - , i Stock — 24% Imperial Mine — ithor Of 2447;t:! C per cent. !Mining Co of Ireland ] Loun t e d .."---- ‘___'._____ _c_ Deb. 4p. c. —!Commercial Buildings o i k COURSE COURSE Or EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. 1 :flinty* t ot , It o, °okra C.F. 12 11 Leghorn 47% IffiCielltlYtA tr r t t sight '1 18/ Genoa 25 65 ''tipr arn 2UI2 11 Venice 474 Mlt is o r :3 0 , bu' g 13 roli% l 4, t , , M.B. 13 121 Naples 13 12! Paleimo per oz. 119 1 , 12_14, uaYs sight 25 40 Lisbon Itma , x, , ,c" ..... .......... 2U. '7O Oporto 47% , . ~ li zi A ,,,. 25 73 Rio .Janeiro ,idloll3 ~iiqi: ................ _ ... . Bahia 27 , rPere," r ton Maine, ............ Buenos Ayres EC With li ytsCurgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Dublin, 21 days' sight l% tit 4 , efft•ctive fi. 2 M. 10 3 Cork ..... do 10 36 3 .4 ISPLLION, PER OZ. 1% 4 X. s. d. 0 TER. :tpbt',4 36% Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 I. leil lo na 364 New Doubloons OO 0 11 7 04 364 New Dollars 111000 tar 474 Silver bars.standard... 0 0 0 of ,i,L ur pov r- ort, t4 HAILS. tale. i I Alnerie Brazil a 0 ) 4 .Due. i Arrived. 0 0 2 Hamburg 1 Holland Due. 0 o riptiolli p Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 arth A n 0I , agena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 0 ~u blin 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 ~,glanders o 0 Malta 0 lgoroli s i ~rance 0 0 Sweden I ~u erneeN &Jerser.. 0 , 1 Waterford lghats• oi", ~i o I „ WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO - MORRO W. n ei... ,1 -I ...40 minutes after 6.1 Evening... 6 minutes after 7. I.IIICO 13 JCHEERFUL CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENT. aracter In Two Vols. post Bvo. price 185 . ssary t ° ~ ,i,l l l °U it in ENGLAND, IRELAND, and i s , howev, FRANCE, in the Years 1828 and 1829 ; with (1 Ifs "I" ~0 .., en the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants , lall, ' po l uecdotea of Distinguished Public Characters. rnent. ii, ~ , By a GERMAN PRINCE. hem ust ,',t4tlti: By the least prejudiced, and most acute „ of r t ,7.,e have read, of the habits and modes of thinking done 1.. IN i l l 'sbnien, and the merits and defects of the country 1 tZlietY."—Globe, Nov. 11. i <___lon: Effingham Wilson, 88, Royal Exchange. Tonal .. 4.9! 0:111 4 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. .ontain tbeir Published, Second Edition, in 1 vol. Bvo. price 7s. 6d. the Alde l i with an Appendix concerning ierly betr - g p A MURDER for the SALE of the BODY, the ', ,CTS RELATING to tile PUNISH- try to 0 0 li wiENT of DEATH in the METROPOLIS. PUNISH- Ient 0 0° 0 . c ,llege)/ 4 1, 4 ill I DWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, Esq. thi, r, Wakefield we are indebted for a masterly exposition of the 0"i Übject."—Examiner, Sept. 11, 1831. Lloyd s. % Also, by the same Author. r. Ra cii : i 4b, I. Glnsf; v A llt e gNG UNMASKED ; or, the CAUSES of RURAL E. E", " A hI bIARISM. Price ls. ;agirri V\lie t '..lie picture of the state of things in the rural districts." , o . c poi 's %tor, Dec. 18, 1831. 11. :RI)), ' l'4 i i , S econd Edition, price 3d. or 2s. 6d. per dozen, ,4 1 .4,YSEHOLDERS in DANGER from the POPU- days S in 4 4,ye , veto s ko ,, 4 4 7 n r . , interesting, and useful pamphlet."—Times, Nov. 22. which lee '''`"° • Effingham Wilson, 88, Royal Exchange. children il (for the bk ` l''',i i I* . • tely sho o f V il ilis t&T •) .... , _g, , _ __Alt* ~.I, l_ ill iOa • 1.• - 1.... 7 4: 0 1::. ' ''t a..--7. 4 W. a and tr (<:::::-..,..,_-', - _ inlet! tbe P a e 4 LONDON, y it was 41,‘, 44 Tu the vre7 RDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1831. inquirer, ' N o , that a ,0 0 . L ERA NIORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. by the .r o , the 1 0 9. COUNCIL OFFICE.—(THIS DAY.) but I Vi r ,l DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES, ceremony lei 11 X, ,,,, SUNDERLAND, DEC. 22, 1831. : p ec ked tr',/ e l ,.`" n ed at last report 7 ~,ficl cases 3 ;ort of fires that should usher in an English Christmas? Is this the sort of spirit that should n-evail among an English peasantry at a season of proverbial merry-making ? Let the borough mongers answer the question. The truth is, that these men, by their persevering hostility all Reform ; by their infatuated opposition to !very effort made by the Ministry to ameliorate ,he condition of the labouring classes, by affording them the blessings of a cheap and effective Government, have at length fairly brought the kingdom to the verge of revo lution. There is no use in mincing matters ; such is the strict, literal fact. And wherefore have they done this ? In order, forsooth, that the engines of corruption may be still enabled to work ; that the Pension List may still be preserved in all its pristine integrity ; and the CROKERS and the HERRIESES (the JANE ISABELLAS and the ROSAMONDS of these would-be Patrician families) may still pre serve their pensions, wrung from the pockets of the starving peasant and mechanic ! Are not these things monstrous ? Are they to be tole rated much longer ? The incendiary fires suf ficiently answer the question. When was it ever before known that an Eng lish Nobleman was unable to keep open house at Christmas, and receive publicly the thanks and blessings of his tenantry ? Yet he cannot now do it. One Lord barricades himself here, another there ; this plants a park of artillery in his grounds, that fills his Palace with yeomanry. And wherefore ? Because each and all know that they are the interested advocates of a bad cause ; and because sooner than abate one jot of their unjust pretensions, they will see the minds of their tenantry demoralised ; the fires of the midnight incendiary ;glare in at heir bed-chambers, themselves ruined, and their country beggared. This state of things cannot last. Willing, or unwilling, with their permission or in spite of it, the boroughmongers must go. Two sum monses to surrender have been already made to them ; let them beware how they reject the third! We have just received (three o'clock) the express from Paris, with the French Papers o Thursday : PARIS. The affairs of Holland and Belgium have for some days past caused false circulations, which have affected the public credit. We think the following is the true state of things:—lt is not trne that the Emperor of Russia has refused the ratification on the subject of the treaty between Holland and Belgium ; the Emperor being at Moscow, for some time received the copy there of the treaty, and the first step the Emperor took, was to transmit it to King William, counselling him to accept it, and Russia has notified to the other Powers of Europe, that she does not wish to take part in coercive measures against the King of Holland. (From the Journal des Debats.) FRENCH FUNDB.—Three per Cents. 69f. 20c. ; Five per Cents. 97f. sc. (From the Temps.) _ They think today that the news so promptly received from St. Petersburgh has been fabricated, to counteract the Belgian loan, by some banking-house. The Papers do not contain any other news of conse quence. The following are extracts from Dutch, Ger man, and Brazil Papers, received this morning. The Brazil Papers state that there was a great disturbance at Rio de Janeiro on the 28th, and that three of the rioters were killed : Tux HAGUE, DEC. 18.—The Grand Chamber of the States General, before the public sitting on Friday, was long assembled in a Secret Committee, at which the Mi nister of Finance was present. It is said that this Com mittee was very important, and that great unanimity pre vailed in it. The remarks of the sections on the project of law for a loan of 138 millions, to meet the extraordinary expences of the war, which the maintenance, the protec tion, and the promotion of the honour, the independence, and the welfare of the country may require in the year of 1832, were discussed, answered, and explained. Yesterday the central section had an interview with the Minister of Finance. The Amsterdam Handasidad gives a report from Berlin that the Emperor of Russia refuses to ratify the treaty of peace--(this report has already been given). Some persons doubt whether this news is in all respects true, but it seems certain that it is not wholly unfounded, and it is affirmed here that favourable news has been re ceived from Russia. . . ..... Tux HAGUE, DEc 20.—The Second Chamber, in its sitting yesterday, received several projects of law relative to financial matters ; many petitions, chiefly objecting to some of the new taxes, were presented. The Engli.h Ambassador yesterday evening received a courier from Brussels, who was again despatched to that city with all spetd. AMSTERDAM, DEC. '2O. Actual Debt, 9.1,4 per cent :39c,, to 44J Amon Syndic, 4k, per cent 6.14 to 65' Ditto, ditto, per cent. Voluntary Loan, 6 per cent 86% to 87 Exchange upon London, one month ll 90 Two Months BRESLAU, DSc.! 9.—Accounts from Warsaw say tha the library of the University is closed. All teaching o the French language in the schools ceases, and the Russian is to be introduced. RIGA, DEC. 3.—The Grand Duke Michael arrived here to-day from Warsaw. STOCKHOLM, Drc. 6.—We learn from Fahlen that on the 17th of November, at half-past six in the morning, there was a shock of an earthquake during a violent stortn from the north ; the shock was accompanied by a loot; explosion. The cholera has appeared in the Russian town of Kern, on the White Sea. It has ceased at Helsinsfors, and has considerably abated in Borgo and Abo, but it is said that it has appeared in Lovisa, where one death bad occurred. HANOVER, Dec. 14.—A proclamation of the Board of Health has been issued, crating that the cholera baying for the present ceased in this kingdom, it has been re solved to remove some of the restrictions hitherto imposed on travellers. The cholera having appeared in Prague, and other parts of Bohemia, the Government of the Kingdom of Saxony has resolved that as it is impossible at this season of the year to subject vessels that may yet arrive to 20 days' qua rantine, the frontier of tie kingdom of Saxony is closed against all vessels from Bohemia, coming down the Elbe. WARSAW, Drc. 11.—The accession of his Majesty the Emperor and King, was solemnized on the 2d in the capital towns of all the provinces of the kingdom of Poland. Count Lubinski, General of the Polish army, has re turned to this city from Moscow. The Warsaw Gazette says, that the 22 fine pictures which were in the Museum of the Jesuits at Plozk, are intended for the academy of fine arts at St. Petereburgh. The bridge over the Vistula is repaired, and a great quantity of provisions brought from the right bank of the liver to Warsaw. THE CHOLERA. BERLIN, Dgc. 16.—There are now 8 patients re maining, there having been 1 death and 2 new cases in the last two days. Rio ne JANEIRO, Sari. 29.—1 n the night of the 28th there was a great disturbance in this city. Two Lieutenants having quarrelled in the theatre came out to fight in the Rocio. Tee Justice of the Peace of the dis trict gave orders to arrest them, on which a great tumult ensued, and it was necessary to call out the Municipal Guards. Three of the rioters were killed and one severely wounded. Many of the Municipal Guards were wounded, but none killed. On the morning of the 30th of September a boat be longing to his Britannic Majesty's frigate Samarang was run foul of by a boat belonging to the Brazilian Govern ment. The English officer not imagining this was done intentionally, asked, however, for an explanation, but re ceiving an insulting answer required the name of the Brazilian officer, and the division to which he belonged, that he might inform the English Commander ; large Brazilian armed boat then came up to the English boat, the crew having their sabres drawn laid hold of the English officer, threatened him with their arms, tore his uniform, much ill treated him, and in the end carried the officer and his crew prisoners to the city. In consequence of this the English Com mander sent some armed boats to give the protection that the circumstances seemed to justify. The only object of this proceeding was to deliver the British subjects in his Majesty's service from the hands of persons who ap peared to be suspicious. The Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs wrote a note to Mr. Aston, the British Charge d'Affaires, expressing the astonishment of the Brazilian Government at the threatening appearance of the great number of boats of the British squadron, a proceeding for which the Mini ster cannot account, and which is likely to produce a most disagreeable impression. In answer to this note, Mr. Aston states the above facts, and declares that the inex cusable conduct of the officers and crews of the two Bra zilian boats is only to be blamed for any misunderstanding between the subjects of the two nations, which he sincerely regrets. Even Lad the English officer been to blame, which was not the case, he should not have been so treated, as a complaint to the competent authority would have answered every pur pose. Mr. Aston is sensible of the unpleasant conse quences that such an event may have in interrupting the harmony of the two nations, and therefore feels persuaded that orders will be given to prevent any repetition of such conduct by Brazilian officers ; at the same time the British Commander will take care to enforce the obser vance of strict regularity in the officers and crews of the British squadron in their communications with the inha bitants of this city. On the 4th of October the Brazilian Government ap pointed Commissioners to examine into all the circum stances of this unpleasant occurrence, and to make a re port on the subject. HAMBURG, Dxc. 1 —The supply but mederate ; good heavy Lowland was bought for exporta tion, and superior Upland for consumption ; in inferior sorts nothing 41 oin g. Little doing in the other sorts of grain. From the 3d to the 9th twenty-nine cargoes ofcorn passed through the Sound, eleven bound to British ports. Weight. Rix-dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white ll5 to 12' l2O to 130 ---- red 117 to 127 120 to 130 --- Silesian and Bohemian 120 to 125 to --- Mecklenburgh Holstein, red 118 to 125 112 to 134 --- Lower Elbe 116 to 123 115 to 132 During the week 344 lasts of Wheat have been im ported, 160 ecported, and there remains stock on hand 1000 lasts. Our stock market appears to tent! to a decline, parti cularly for Austrian securities, which are freely offered for sale. The engagements for the end of this month are very heavy. Money is getting scarce. Yesterday the rate of discount was 4 per cent. money, to day, 5 per cent. was given. End of December. Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent. 63 Anglo-Russian Loan . 93 Hamburg-Russian Loan Russian Inscription, 5 per Cent. Russian Inscription, 1831 Polish Bonds ... 1154 Austrian Bank Shares 1137 Ditto Metalliques New Austrian 4 per Cents 77 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY, FROM LLOYDS. Ponzsmotre, Dac-23.—Wind W. moderate.—Arrived from Bermuda the Manlius transport. Sailed his Ma jesty's ship Revenge, for Lisbon. STANDGATE CREEK, DEC. 23.—Arrived the Moun taineer, Jackson, and Harmony, Ebrington, from St. Pe tersburgh ; and Two Brothers, Peterson, from Copen hagen. MARGATE, DEC. 23.—Arrived off port the Quebec packet, Atkinson, from Quebec. COWES, Dec. 23.—Arrived the Censure, Hopkins, from Georgiana. MILFORD, Dec. 22.—Arrived the Onyx, Harvey, from Quebec, leaky. LtvenrooL, Dec, 22.—Arrived the Solon, Evans, from Philadelphia. Duette, Dec. 22.—Arrived the Nancy, Way, from London. FALMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Arrived the Lyra packet, from Rio Janeiro, sailed the 17th October. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Wind S.S.W.—Put back his Majesty's ship Beagle. BELFAST, Dec. 21.—Arrived the Herald, from Quebec. LOSS OF THE CONGRESS. The Congress, from London, is wrecked at Bellisle ; the Captain and Lieutenant, and about sixty men, drowned ; eighteen of the seamen (British) arrived at Jersey the 19th inst. _ The Lyra packet, arrived at Falmouth from Rio, has brought 100,000 dollars from the wreck of his Majesty'. ship Thetis. The Brothers, from Dublin to Wick, was driven on shore on Dundrum Bay, the 17th inst. and bilged ; crew and materials saved. The Favourite, Fox, from Shields to Brixham, was wrecked on the Kentish Knock on Friday night ; one of the crew drowned. The Wemyss, Wylie, from Limerick, hound to Glasgow, put into Islay, with four feet water in her hold, and must discharge. The Sarah, from Londonderry to London, was at Campbeltown the 19th inst., waiting a wind. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In our private letter from Bordeaux, three days ago, we stated that an English ship belonging to Don Pedro'. squadron was wrecked on the coast of France, which i s now confirmed; she was wrecked at Bellisle, the Captain, Lieutenant, and about sixty men being drowned ; eighteen of the s•amen, British, have arrived at Guernsey. A mail from Rio Imerio arrived this morning, sailed the 17th October ; she brings over 100,000 dollars from the wreck;of the Thetis frigate. THE. FUNDS. Two Hamburg and Dutch mails have arrived. W e do not hear they bring any news of importance. Consols, which left off yesterday at 84-4- e for account, opened at the same price. At present they are 844 RALF•PAST ONE. The private letters by the Brazil mail state that all was tranquil there, and they do not bring any political news of importance. The Exckinge got up to 29} 30 ; Stock, 45 to 46, ex. div. Up to the preseat hour we are quite dull in the city for want of information from the Continent. The Dutch let ters are oleo silent in regard to the conduct of his Dutch Majesty. It was reported at Amsterdam that the Em peror of Russia would not adhere to the treaty with Bel gium, sanctioned by the Four Powers. Nevertheless, our Funds have gradually advanced thia morning from 84k to 84} for the Account ; at present they are 841 I-. There is not a feature in the F,oreign Market worth ob servation at present. Don Pedro's Scrip is at die. THREE 0 CLOCK. Consols for Account, 84ie The public are advised to be careful how they take half-sovereigns. A considerable number of five guilder pieces have, it seems, been imported from Holland by the Jews, and mixed with the former coins, which they much resemble. The value of the Dutch piece is only Bs. 4d. English money.—Edinburgh Evening Post. A NEW BOARD OF HEALTH.—The house of the Duke of Nirxrdatiaxow is so closely boarded up that a stranger in London enquired if it contained a pest ? Not exactly, was the reply, only an Anti-Reformer. _Fi ga ro in London. The most accomplished way of using books at present is, to serve them as some do Lords—learn their titles, and then boast of their acquaintance.—From the Drawing.room Scrap Sheet. In consequence of the change in term sittings, the Assizes throughout Ireland will commence in February next.— Tipperary Free Press. ANECDOTE OF DR. ALDnicH.--The Doc tor's excessive love of smoking was wall known to his associates; but a young student of his College, finding some difficulty to bring a fellow Colegian to the belief of it, laid him a wager that the Dean ALDRICH was smoking at that time (about ten o'clock in the morning). Away went the latter to the Deanery ; when, being admitted to the Dean in his study, he related the occasion of his visit. The Dean, instead of bring disconcerted, replied in per fect good humour, " You see your friend has lost his wager, for I am not smoking, but only filling my pipe."— /Vicotiasia. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY,) His Honour the MASTER of the ROLL. proceeded with the remaining petitions set down before him to-day, but up to the time of our reporter's leaving no case of interest had come before the Court. VICE-CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morn ing with cause petitions, possessing rot the least public importance. THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEA.—The Lord Lieutenant, during his short country excursion, from which he has returned, experienced an acute attack of his dis tressing malady ; but we rejoice to state that his Excel lency is again quite well. He has resumed his habitual cheerfulness, and was all day yesterday as hard at work as even—Dublin Times of Wednesday. THE CnoLERA.—At the sitting of the Aca demy of Sciences at Paris on the 28th ult., a letter from M. SCONTETEN, of Mentz, was read, detailing some unsuccessful experiments made at Berlin, in the hope of effecting a cure of the cholera by the tranfinion of blood from a healthy to a diseased patient. A singular fact grew out of these experiments : it appeared that, in the case of individuals labouring under the chole7a, the arte ries at the extremities may be entirely exhausted of their blood a long time before death occurs. This fact explains the want of pulse, which is so frequently the characteristic of the cholera.—Athenceum. A DISGRACE TO THE CHURCH.—We have received a letter from a correspondent, who states that a reverend man, (we will not say ptntleman,) who is engaged to direct North Riding souls to Heaven, and whose address is in our possession, lately hired a horse of a certain innkeeper, " which he rode so hard as to burst the organs of respiration, and the poor animal died in torture a few hours after." The same reverend man, our corres- pondent says, boasts of having rode the first eighteen miles in one hour—and the servant of his reverence states that he (the Divine) ki:led his own horse, in the same manner, a short time ago. It is well said that " a good man will be merciful to his beast"—what then shall we term this degraded animal in human form, whore official duties, if this be con ect, must he an abomination to the Lord ? For shame, disgusting offender ! repent in dust and ashes ! York Herald. SLEEP WALKING.—A remarkable case of sleep-walking occurred at Linlithgow a few days ago. A young man at the west end of the town, dreaming that his mother had fallen into the canal basin, got up in his sleep, opened his door, and walked in his shirt about half a mile to the basin, into which he plunged, and was immediately awakened by te shock of the 'cold water. He scrambled out with some difficulty and returned home.—Scotsman. In the course of Friday and Saturday three men died suddenly in the neighbourhood of Dublin Dublin Morning Register. ADVANTAGES OF A SET OFF.—Mr. Gentleman DAwsox, we find, in eulogising old mother Church, declared that " it bad added honour and dig nity to the empire." He omitted to mention what it takes away !—Figaro in London. The inhabitants of Cork have been amused by a second Doneraile conspiracy, got up by some fellow who pretended that it was proposed to him to set fire to the Palace of the Bishop of Cork. The charge has been investigated, and yet the informer and the pretended incendi4ry are still at large.—Dublin Morning Register. EUGENE ARAM.—The individual whose story is embodied by Mr. BULWER, in the Romance which is shortly to be laid before the world, lived in the middle of the last century. He was a student deeply engaged in the acquirement of the Eastern languages, and in the formation of a Lexicon; when, impatient of the restraint imposed by poverty on his pursuits, he committed a rob bery and murder, which, fourteen years after the perp. tration of the deed, brought this gifted scholar, but guilty man, to an ignominious end. The details of his crime, and of his life subsequent to it, are of so very remarkable a nature, as to have tempted the novelist to weave them into a Romance. LAWYERS.—A number of years ago, two wealthy farmers in Peehleshire fell into a dispute about a bargain, and determined to have their difference settled according to law. One of them accordingly repaired to the county town, and stated his case to a lawyer. The professor regretted that he could not undertake his cause, having previously been engaged by his opponent, but would do what was in his power to serve him by recommending another lawyer. The farmer thanked him, and took from him a letter of introduction to his friend. The wafer being wet he thought he might as well take a peep at its con tents : he did so, and read as follows :—" There are twa fat geese come to the town, pluck you the one, and I'll the other." The farmer immediately waited on his oppo nent and showed him the letter. The matter was soon ar ranged without the lawyers.—Scotsman. LIVES OF FEMALE SOVEREIGNS.—A work, comprising the biography of all the distinguished women who have obtained a niche in the Temple of Fame and History, in the exercise of their imperial sway over the destinies of man, was much wanted. Those memoirs which will be turned to first by the English reader are doubtless MARY (of Scotland) and ELIZABETH; but there are none which surpass in interest JOANNA of Naples and CHRISTINA of Sweden,—to whom we may also add the female despot of Russia. The talent of Mrs. JAMESON has been long since known to the world. We coincide with the Literary Gazette in regard to her pre sent performance, that " a work, equally agreeable to old and young, could hardly he produced." At a period of the year, when it is customary to present tokens of affec tion or remembrance, we could not name a more valuable one than this last work by Mrs. JAMESON. At one period of his life (says Madame JUNOT) BONAPARTE was decidedly ugly. He afterwards underwent a total change. Ido not speak of the illusive charm which his glory spread around him ; but I mean to say that a gradual physical change took place in him in the space of seven years. His emaciated thinness was converted into plumpness; and his complexion, which had been yellow and apparently unhealthy, became clear and comparatively fresh. His features, which were angular and sharp, became round and filled out. As to his smile, it was always agreeable. The mode of dressing his hair, which now has such a droll appearance as we see it in the prints of the passage of the bridge of Arcola, was then comparatively simple, for the muscadins whom he used to rail at so loudly at that time, wore their hair very long. But he used to be careless of his personal appear ance ; and his hair, which was ill-combed and ill-powdered, gave him the look of a sloven. His little hands, too, un derwent as great a metamorphosis as any other part of his body. When I first saw him, they were thin, long, and dark ; but be was subsequently vain of the beauty of his hands, and with good reason. In short, when I recollect NAPOLEON entering the court-yard of the Hotel de Is Tranquillite in 1795, with a shabby round bat drawn over his forehead, and his ill-powdered hair hanging over the collar of his grey great-coat—that great-coat which after wards became as celebrated as the white plume of HENRY the Fourth—without gloves, because be used to say they were a useless luxury, with boots ill-made and ill blackened, with his thinness and his sallow complexion-- in fine, when I recollect him at that time, and think what he was afterwards, I do not see the same man in the two pictures. TOBACCO AND THE CHOLERA.—The Con tinent is poisoned with tobacco-smoke from one end of the land to the other, and every hour of the twenty-four. That tobacco may kill insects on shrubs, and that one stench may overpower another, is all possible enough ; but that thousands and tens of thousands die of diseases of the lungs, and generally brought on by tobacco-smoking, is a fact as well known as any in the who!e history of diseases. How is it possible to be otherwise ? Tobacco is a poison. A man will die of an infusion of tobacco as soon as of a shot through the head. Can inhal ing this powerful narcotic, in however small por tions, be good for man ? Its operation in these small portions is to produce a sensation of giddiness and drowsiness. It inflames the mouth, and requires a perpetual flow of the saliva, a fluid known to be among the must important to the whole ea, - ;nomy of digestion; it irritates the eyes, corrupts the breath, and excites the throat to perpetual thirst. No doubt the human frame may grow so far accustomed to this drain that the smoker may go on from year to year making himself a nuisance to society; yet there can be no doubt whatever that the custom is as deleterious in general as it is filthy and un-English. A great portion of it has arisen among us from the puppyish affectation of our shopkeepers' boys and city dandies for being thought foreign Field Marshals. Every handler of tapes and ribbons turns a hussar the moment he sallies forth from behind the counter ; the easily applied mous• tache, the fur cloak, and the cigar, furnish the hero ; and England rejoices in her Count Calico and her General Gingham. The cigar speculation must be overthrown.... Monthly Magazine. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMMRIDGE, Dec. 23.—The following gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, at Buckden, on Sunday last the 18th instant DEACONS. J. H. Buxton, Queen's College, Cambridge. G. S. Cautley, 8.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge. T. Furnivall, 8.A., Queen's College, Oxford. T. H. H. Belk, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge. T. H. Langton, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cambridge. H. W. Lloyd, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cambridge. G. Perry, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. H. S. Richmond, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge. R. W. Whitford, 8.A., St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. R. Blakelock, M.A., Fellow of Catherine Hall, Cambridge. J. Raine, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. G. R. Tuck, M. A., Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge T. F. H. Bridge, 8.A., Christ Church, Oxford. PRIESTS. W. Carter, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge. E. Cookson, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. S. V. Edwards, 8.A., Trinity College, Oxford. G. C. Hale, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge- Robert Jay. R. Ingram, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge. D. E. Jones, 8.A., Lincoln College, Oxford. C. Mackie, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. E. A. Uthwatt, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge. The Hon. C. Dundas, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. T. Patteson, 8.A., Exeter College, Oxford. J. W. Daltry, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. T. Jarrett, M.A., Fellow of Catherine Hall, Cambridge. H. L. Jones, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge. T. Lund, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. G. G. G. F. Pigott, S.C.L., St. Peter's College, Cambridge. J. J. Smith, M.A., Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge. T. B. Stuart, M. A., Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge. OXFORD, DEC. 24.—0 n Sunday last the Lord Bishop of this diocese held an Ordination in the Cathedral at Christ Church, when the following persons were ordained : PRIESTS. A. R. Mangin, 8.A., St. Alban Hall. T. Morley, M.A., Oriel College. E Green, 8.A., Magdalen College. J. Gillman, S.C.L., St. John's College. D. Jackson, M.A., Queen's College. G. A. Jacob, 8.A., Worcester College. R. Mitchell, M.A., Lincoln College. W. R. Freemantle, 8.A., Magdalen College. R. Morgan, 8.A., Jesus College. E. F. Glanville, M.A., Exeter College. G. Bellamy, M.A., Lincoln College. W. Cureton, 8.A., Christ Church. J. H. Hughes, M.A., Magdalen College. 0. W. Mahon, M.A., Pembroke College. J. Carter, 8.A., St. John's College. DEACON'S. R. Fawssett, M.A. Lincoln College. H, D. Harington, M.A., Exeter College. C. 0. Mayne, M.A., Christ Church. J. Chandler, M.A., Corpus Christi College. G. Chester, 8.A., Queen's College. On Sunday last the Lord Bishop of Gloucester held an Ordination in the Cathedral, Gloucester, at which the following persons of this University were ordained PRIESTS. Rev. J. Wood, 8.A., Merton College. Rev. E. "Alley, 8.A., Worcester College. Rev. J. A. Harrison, M.A., St. Mary Hall. Rev. W. Gilkes, 8.A., Pembroke College. Rev. \V. N. Fall, M.A., University College. Rev. D. Dobree, 8.A., Pembroke College. Rev. G. W. Bush, 8.A., Queen's College. DEACONS. A. M. Bennett, 8.A., Worcester College. C. E. Henry, 8.A., Oriel College. E. Ashe, 8.A., Balliol College. F. J. Burgmann, 8.A., Trinity College. F. G. Lugard, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. R. Stephens, 8.A., Clare Hall, Cambridge. F. Vidal, 8.A., Caius College, Cambridge. At an Ordination held by the Lord Bishop of Worcester, in the Cathedral, on Wednesday last, the 21st instant (being St. Thomas's day,) the following persons were or. dained ; PRIESTS, Hon .and Rev. Sir F. J. Stapleton, Bart. M.A., Fellow of Tr nity College, Cambridge. Rev. C. Vaughan, 8.A., Cain.' College, Cambridge. Rev. J. Ekins, Fellow of New College, Oxford. Rev. R. J. Rolles, A., Fellow of New College, Oxford. Rev. B. Hemming, 8.A., Worcester College, Oxford. DEACONS. W. L. Isaac, 8.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. T. Whittaker, 8.A., Worcester College, Oxford. J. U. Campbell, 8.A., Pembroke College, Oxford. G. F. Fessey, 8.A., Lincoln College, Oxford. C. Vaughan, 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENT'S. The Rev. H. W. Buckley, M.A., Fellow of Merton College, has been instituted to the Vicarage of Eatington, in the county of Warwick and diocese of Worcester, void by the death of the Rev. E. Ryley, the last incumbent, on the presentation of E. Shirley, Esq : , of Eatington Park. The Rev. H. Thorpe, Fellow of St. John's College, in this University, to the Rectory of Ashton-le-Wall, near Banbury, vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Webster; patrons, the President and Fellows of that Society. The Rev. Arthur Grueber, B.A. of St. Edmund Hall, in this University, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Exeter to the Living of Colebrook, Devonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. T. Rubyns, on the presentation of the Venerable the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The Rev. John Tucker, of Ham House, has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester to the Per petual Curacy of Charlton Abbots; patron, Francis Pym, Esq. of the Hassels, Bedfordshire. . _ . The Hon. and Rev. A. A. Tumour, to the Perpetual Curacy of Arminghall, Norfolk ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Not with. The Rev. J. Badeley, to the Rectory of Halesworth, with Chediston, Suffolk. The Rev. G. J. Dupuis, M.A., to the Rectory of Herningbye, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Pearce. The Rev. A. H. Small, M. A., Dixie uellow of Fmma• nuel College, Cambridge, has been appointed Chaplain ol his Majesty's ship Ocean, by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a good supply at this morning's market, and the trade was somewhat brisk, at but little variation from the prices of this day se'nnight. s. d. s. d. s. d. 8. d. Potatoes (cwt.) Ca'bages (12 heads) 1 9 3 0 Apples 4 0 7 0 Red ditto 3 6 5 6 rears 6 0 9 0 Cauliflowers 3 0 4 6 Mushrooms . 2 0 3 0 Horse Hadish(bundle) 3 0 7 0 Onions (for pickling) 3 0 4 5 Brocoli 0 9 1 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 Celery Carrots ;12 bunches)... 4(I 7 0 Spanish Hazlenuts Turnips Coleworts or Greens... 2 0 3 6 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Leeks. 1 6 2 OiEng.Grapes (per lb.) 3 0 5 0 ._ _ New Oranges (100) 6010 0 Foi . eign Seville Oranges 8 0 12 0 Filberts 0 9 1 0 Lemons 8 0 14 0 Pine Apples (lb.) English Walnuts 1 0 2 6 Endive (pummel) 0 6 0 9 Radishes (12 hands)... 0 6 0 9 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 30 trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 sto £2 10 Kew Meadow Hay 2 13 n 10 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 4 5 5 10 Oat Straw £1 Bto £1 10 I Wheat Straw... 1 14 1 16 Supply moderate, trade steady, and prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Mend Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Kye.grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 15... Generally Oat Straw LI 10 to £1 12 1 Wheat Straw 1 12 1 14 Supply good, trade dull, and prices stationary. The delay in passing the Reform Bill has been very injurious to trade; business is almost totally suspended, so far, at least, as regards tradespeople, and we never recollect to have seen so many shops to let in the metropolis as there are at present, nor so many empty houses. Such might be said to be the result of the ob stinacy of the Tory faction, in resisting the anxious wishes of the KING and the voice of an united people.— Morning Advertiser. THE LACE TRADE.—The manufacture of lace is in a terribly depressed state in the counties of Buckingham, Bedford, and Northampton. CURE FOR GRAVEL.—An elderly person at Manchester, who for many years has been troubled with gravel, has found immediate relief from eating a bunch of parsley boiled.—Liverpool Chronicle. The burning cliff, at Holworth, presented, on Saturday, the 10th inst , a much more than usually inte resting appearance. The extent of surface ignited, very considerably exceeded any thing previously seen, and it was never before so clearly observed from the Esplanade. —Dorset Chronicle. AN AWFUL TITLE.--.A foolish Viennese composer wrote lately some new dances, which be proposed to name the Cholera Gallopades ; but the censors, or the police, interfered, and obliged him to give them a less alarming and offensive title. Toe levity, however, of the fashionabks of Vienna, who are above the reach of the police, immediately led them to call the most popular of the gailopades, (after HOLBEIN'S celebrated series or designs), the Dance of Death.— liarmonicon, Dee. 1. 2o p CHOLERA AT/P,IrtWCATLt. 14. (FROM OUR OWN -. CORRESPONDENT.) ; NE WC AS T1,54V4k . -- The Board of Health informs us to - dj!.y 41;it,ere ire eleven new cases, seven-t4sore44; , ,,ajq'atha +n.l forty-two cases realitining';toer:treatment The five or six cases in the hospitafiti•brieatly all in he second stage of the disease, and are expected to recover. The poor people appear to be prejudiced against the hospital, and do not take care, as they aught, to be removed into it as soon as they are ittacked. A hand-bill, of which the following is a copy, was issued this afternnnn :.-- " NOTICE. " The Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with the advice of the Board of Health, and in pursuance of the powers given to him by the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council, hereby orders and directs that the bodies of all persons who may die of spasmodic cholera within the town of N e wcastle-upon-Tyne, or the liberties thereof, shall be buried as speedily as possible, and in no ca•e later than twelve hours after death ; and that their graves shall he made not less than six feet deep, and in ground to be set apart for that purpose. " Mayor's Chambers, Dec. 22, 1831." I regret to state, that from information I have re ceived, I believe the cholera has reached the village of Hebburn, about four miles to the south-east of Morpeth, and the village of Thropple, about four miles to the north-west of Morpeth. A few days ago the authorities at North Shields, for their own security, drove all the vagrants out of that town, and the disease is said to have been introduced into Hebburn by one of them, who happened to take that direction. I do not know how it got to Thropple, possibly in the same manner. Some persons affect to doubt whether the disorder b , the cholera, which has excited so much dread. lam no alarmist—l shall be glad if it should turn out not to be true. But lam told that Mr. Hawdon, a very respectable surgeon of Alorpeth, has treated the cases at Thropple as the cholera, that the symptoms are similar, and that two persons there are, from this disease, in articulo mortis ,at this moment. I have just heard that a seaman named Jobbing, on board the ship Lavinia, now lying at North Shields, died yesterday of malignant cholera; that the body has been brought up to Newcastle for in terment ; and that the vessel has been placed under quarantine. I am afraid it is impossible now to prevent the malady finding its way to every part of the kingdpm. I think that as it advances into the interior, how ever, its ravages will be found to be less destructive. , lam decidedly of opinion that the cases we have had in Newcastle have been less virulent than they have been in Sunderland. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of Cu)SIIEALAND came to town on Thursday from their residence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Kew in the afternoon. The Princess Sorra), MATILDA came from Blackheath yesterday, to the King's Palace at Kensington, to visit their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of KENT and the Princess `VICTORIA. Prince GEORGE of Cumberland honoured with his pre sence, on Wednesday evening, the ball given by the ladies occupying apartments in the King's College, at Hampton- court. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from Sir WILLIA)t HOUSTOUN, the Lieutenant- Governor of Gibraltar. Viscount ALTHORP left town yesterday, on a visit to his father, Earl SPENCER, at his seat, hithorp-park, North ampton. Sir JAMES GRAHAM left town on Thursday, on a visit to the Duke of RICHMOND, at Goodwood, Sussex. Vis count PALMERSTON and Mr. STANLEY" arrived at Good nrooi on Thursday from Brighton. Viscount i AIEL. B ou R NE a lso arrived at Goodwood on Thursday from town, on a visit to his Grace. - Lord HOLLAND arrived at the residence of Earl GREI, at East Sheen, on Thursday, on a visit to the Noble Earl. Sir FREDERICK ADAM, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, transacted businear at the Colonial office on Thursday. CHOLERA MORBUS.—A philosophical in strument-maker in Bristol named BRAHAM has lately in vented, and is about to obtain a patent, for a simple and effective apparatus to be employed for the purpose . of fu migating hospitals, apartments, ships, and other places impregnated with foul or deleterious' vapour., and for rendering the atmosphere therein pure and fit far healthy respiration. This invention has, we understand, met with the decided approval of the Faculty and Board of Health in that city, as it is particularly calculated for the preven tion of cholera and other contageous &eases. The appa ratus is intended to be carried about by hand in the in fected apartment, and is so simple that it may be purchased for two or three shillings. REMIIiGTON, STEPHENSON, AND CO'S. BANK.kurrcr.—A meeting of credi , ors took place yester day, in Basinghall-street; additional debts were proved to rather above 2,0001. The total amount of claims amounts as yet to 490,7291., a further dividend of twopence in the pound was declared. The amount of previous dividends is I's. 6d. in the pound. • CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE" —The Chancellor's third gold medal for the encourage , ment of English Poetry. Subject for the present year r The taking of Jerusalem in the First Crusade." F a the Bachelors—" Qua prwcipue parte debilis sit et man ce Veterum Philosophorum de Officiis doctrina ?" For th Undergraduates—" Inter silvan Acadetni quwrere verum. Sir W. BuowNes sold medals. For the Greek Ode— " Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem " Vates ?" For the Latin Ode— ,' Oecultum quatiente animo tortore flagellum." For the Greek Epigram— Quis enim celaverit ignem, Lumine qui seunper proclitur ipsesuo ?" For the Latin Epitiram" He n na sum : hurnani nihil ame alienurn puto." The Parson Prize, interest of 4001. Subject for the present year, SHAKSPEARE, Julius Casar, Act 11. Scene 2. Beginning— CAS.—.‘ Csesar, I never stood on ceremonies," And ending— ., Seeing that death, a necessary end, " Will come when it will come." SOMETHING SERIOUS.—The Roxburgh shire Anti-Reformers have taken out a protest against the Kelso Reform address, and after raking 17 parishes, and boring a circuit of 50 miles, they have got 83 signatures to the protest.— Glasgow Free Press. TERMINATION OF THE GREAT PLAGUE tx 1666.—1 n the middle of their distress, when the con dition •f the city of London was so truly calamitous, just then it pleased GOD as it were to try his immediate hani to disarm this enemy ; the poison was taken out of his sting : even the physicians themselves were surprised at it. Wherever they visited they found their patients better : either they had aerated kindly or the tumours were broke, or the carbuncles went down, arid the inflammation round them changed colour, or the fever was gone, or the violent headache was assuaged, or some good symptom was in the case, se that in a few days . every body was recovering ; whole families that were infected and down, that had Ministers praying with them and expecting death every hour, were revived and healed, and none died at all out of them. Nor was this by any new medicine found out or new method of cure discovered, or by any experience in the operation which the physicians or surgeons attained to ; but it was evidently from the secret invisible band of Hi m that had at first sent this disease as a judgment upon us.-- De Foe's History of the Plain. There has been, in all Governments, a grey the backt.ln make deal of canting about the consu m p tio n of spirits. W believe the best plan is to let the pe o ple drink what they like; ando either for the belly oragainst rum and rum sumptuary laws' and water are made by men who can change their wet clothes for dry ones whenever they choose , and who do not often work up to their knees in mud and water ; and in the next place , if this stimulus did all the mischief it is thought to do by the wise men of claret, its cheapne ss and p l en ty would rath er l esse n than increase the avidity with which it is at pr e s e nt sought for. Again, human life is the n noo b ra place, subject to such manifold wretchedness, that all nations have invented a something, liquid or solid, to produce a brief oblivion. Poppies, barley, grapes, sugar, pepper, and a thousand other things have been squeezed, pressed, pounded, and purified, to produce this temporary happi ness. Noblemen and Members of Parliament have , arge cellars full of sealed bottle., to ensble them the biqttr so endure the wretchedne-s of life. The poor m n seeks the same end by expending three-halfpence in gin ;--but no moralist can endure the idea of gin..—Edinburgh Review, So. 63, p. 41, from an article attributed to the Rev, SIDNEY SMITIL F 1 V