The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-01 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE TOWN ELECTION. (From a Cambridge Paper.) We were unable last week from want of room to give :Mr. Spring Rice's answer to the questions proposed on Wednesday by Mr. C. Beales, as to whether he was dis posed to support the ballot, triennial Parliaments, and the abolition of sinecures and unmerited pensions. We insert it this week because it may be regarded as indicative of the intentions of Government on the various important subjects which it embraces. Mr. S. RICE—You are each of you very properly proud of your independence ; do not let it he , aid that he who represents you is not left as free as you are your selves. Declining, therefore, to dive a pledge, had it been asked, I most readily admit the right of the Hon. Gen tleman to question my opinions, anti I recognise the duty which makes it imperative upon me to reply to his questions. The Hon. Gentleman's inquiries refer to four paints—triennial Parliaments, the ballot, the reduction of places and pensions, and the reduction of taxation. Re serving my reply to the two first, or constitutional ques tions, I shall apply myself to the last. I may, however, be allowed to claim credit for the Government with which I am connected for that which they have already effected under those heads, and may support my declaration of faith by the works which we have been enabled to accomplish. The first act of Lord Grey's Cabinet has been in consonance with the principles the Hon. teentleman has laid down. We found the pension list amounting to upwards of 140,000/. My Noble Friend, Lord Althorp, reduced it by the Civil List Act to one half of that sum. Is not this an affirmance of the prin ciple; is not this an improvement of economy, as well as a limitation of influence? It is quite hue that this acts only prospectively, or, in other words, that parties are continued in the enjoyment of their existing grants, but on the expiration of their respective interest a limit is im posed on granting new pensions until the total amount is reduced to 75,000/. It would have been an easy but a vulgar purchase of popularity to have proposed an inirne cliace abolition of these pensions. We had not granted them ; they *ere the acts of our opponents, and, generally speaking, were for the benefit of their political friends. Z' am ready to admit that many of them were highly ob jeetionable, and, were I making a party speech, I could easily refer to names and circumstances that would excite a just feeling of indignation ; but I disdain to purchase rbeer by personal attack, and I will not allude to a single individual, however I might be tempted, at once to illustrate and to strengthen my argument. It is enough to say that these were Tory pensions, granted by Tory Administration., which we, as Whigs, Lac no possible interest in protecting. By striking them off we purchased popularity at a cheap rate, for we purchased it at the cost of our opponents. But popularity cannot be honestly earned if inconsistent with justice. These pensions had always been dealt with and considered as grants for life, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was satisfied with limiting the patronage of the Government and the prerogative of the Crown, without breaking through the claims—tor I hesitate in calling them rights—created under the old system. Next, as to places and salaries. I do not think that it would be either expedient or constitutional that all placemen should he banished from the House of Commons. Their numbers should be strictly limited, and at present I may say, with truth, that there have not been in the late Parliament a sufficient number of persons to constitute a house, not even for the ordinary 'amine of Parliamentary duty ; the Government could only rely upon independent Members. Is that nothing as compared with former times ? And hi the abolition of the offices of Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, of the Post-Master-General, the Lientenartt-General the Ordnance, and the Clerk of the Deliveries, all Parlia mentary offices, the present Government proved it was teady to act up to its former professions, and to curtail as tar as practicable the influence of the Crown within the walls of Parliament. There are limits, however, which should not be passed. So long as Ministers and men in office sit in Parliament the Crowr. cannot name to office, or at least cannot continue in the public service, men who are not accepta ble to the people's representatives. Is it nothing that the Ministers of the Crown should appear in the House on Commons to explain and justify the measures and the course of policy they have advised and pursued ? Is it nothing when Parliaments are dissolved that Ministers should appear before large bodies of constituents, to re• ceise either rewards or punishments at their hands? I, it nothing that my Noble Friend, Lord Althorp, should at the very moment I arts aeldressing, you he required to stand on the hustings of Northamptonshire, before the high minded and independent electors of the county ? Is it no thing that in their approval he should at once receive a proof of respect and confidence and a reward for patriot. ism ? On these grounds, I differ from the Honourable Gentleman if he conceives that it would advance the liber ties of the people of England to exclude all placemen from the House of Commons. Next as to salaries. Any salary which is more than sufficient to procure for the state the services of the most active and industrious public servants should be reduced. For such reductions I shall be read ) to vote. But has not our conduct been such as to justif) your confidence on this point? The Duke of Wellington was in many respects a severe economist ; but after al; his savings we have gone further still. In one year and a quarter only our reductions of salaries have been nearly equal to the redactions effected by our predecessors in three former years. I am next asked my opinion with respect to the repeal of taxes. Where it is practicable to re time) the burdens of the people, I am as ready to affirm as is the Hon. Gentleman that repeal of taxes should take place. You would not seek to enforce, through me, reductions that would leave the national creditors unpaid, or the national interests unprovide.d for ; and were you to make such a demand, which you will not, no personal object of ambition, not even the hope of representing you, would induce me to trench upon either of those sacred principles With these limitations, howevr r, I freely admit that the repeal of taxes is a duty imposed on Parliament and on the Ministers of the Clown; and among the taxes which I should most desire to see reduced or extinguished, are those which affect the press, and thus check the extension and circulation of knowledge. With those taxes it was the intention of Lord Althorp to deal, had he not been counteracted by the conduct of the Opposition. It may be asked whether such a reduction is that which it is most expedient to prefer. My reply is, that if by knowledge you improve the mind of rnan—it you awake his active powers—if you extend the force of moral feeling, and the sanction of religious obligations, you act mo e powerfully on his physical condition, though perhaps not so imme diately or directly, than by any other method whatsoever. Having thus replied to one portion of the Hon Gentleman's speech, I shall endeavour to answer his constitutional quer teons respecting triennial Parliaments and the ballot. It must be admitted that no act of the Legislature autho rizes any law leis defensible than the Septennial Act. It was, in fact, a violent invasion of the rights of the con stituent body. To provide for the prolonged duration of future Parliaments might be a just matter for legislation, but to prolong a trust created for three years to a period of seven—to du this at the will of the trustee only, has ever appeared to me one of the most flagrant acts of Par liamentary assumption. Upon such a precedent, I know trot why the treats of Members might not have been con tinued for life. But it does not necessarily follow that because the Septennial Act was wrong, that therefore a restoration of triennial Parliaments could necessarily he right. It does not follow that because in an unreformed Parliament a more direct and immediate popular check might be requisite, that therefore under a reformed consti tution the power of choice should more frequently revert to the people. The work of legislation is now not only laborious but difficult and complicated, and it takes a considerable time before a Member can learn his business. I address many artisans and traehsmen, and I ark them if the period of service or apprenticeship were restricted to three years, whether the result would be necessarily bene ficial ? The shortening of the duration of Parliaments is a matter, however, deserving of every attention), and if it were found that a reformed constituency did not act with sufficient force and activity as a check upon the represen tation, I shall not be indisposed to vote for short Parlia• ments. In considering the still more important question of the ballot, I must premise by stating that any indi vidual who, either by threat, corruption, or inti midation, compels an elector to vote against his conscience, commits a political crime of the deepest dye. If acts of this kind have taken place in Cambridge, if they can he proved, not by vague statement, but by posi tive evidence, I care not who the offender may be, or how respectable and venerable his station, I pledge myself to you, if 'there be law in the land or authority in the House of Commons, to drag him forth to public indignation, and make him responsible for his evil deeds. That the force of unjust authority is and has been so used in several places in England cannot, I fear, be doubted. In some cases it has proceeded from the aristocracy and the higher classes, and has been directed towards their dependents ; in others it teas been resorted to by the multitude in order by intimidation to control the la householders. In either case it is equally unjust—in both it is equally un constitutional. Electors should he free ; the question to be decided is—will the ballot make them so? The evil to be averted is at once a political evil and a moral offence. The ballot is only a mechanical means to provide against the moral and political crime. Now, it will not be lie • , contended lnit s: tbai if the dbjed to be gaked, namely, freedonar of tWeli Can he secured by moral Cans, the secondary ar Acharical prateetiark ought not‘to be re- sorted to. The moral means which may be employed for this great work will be found in public opinion— that greatest of all checks and correctives. If it can he considered and held disgraceful to interfere by authority in the performance of a public duty by another, men will hesitate before they forfeit the esteem of the circle in which they move. I admit that this check has not heretofore been efficient ; but could it ha so when so much was ano malous, corrupt, and degrading in our Parliamentary system ? But if these obligations of duty are disregarded, may we not hope that a Reformed Parliament will in itself afford us a new and increased protection? I believe that public opinion on these matters will he more vigilant and more enlightened. I believe also that Parliamentary justice • will he more powerful and more impartially administered. Assuming, however, that my expectations on these points maybe too sanguine, it remains still to be proved that the mechanical continuance of the ballot would be an adequate protection to the voter ? Let me put a case—suppose a master who employs many workmen ; he canvasses them, • and threatens dismissal if they do not promise to vote for his favourite candidate. They may, it is nue, refuse such promise, but they may also, under the present system, decline breaking their word, or abandoning their princi ples. But if they yield, the promise is given ; if they keep their promise, the present evils remain unmitigated ; they vote against their opinion. But it is suggested that they may break their promises. True ; but is it to fraud, to lying, and to dishonesty, that we can or ought to trust for a remedy in this case ? Are hypocrisy and baseness thus to become the pledges and guarantees for English freedom? Igo a step further ; not only may the voter break his promise, but he assuredly will do so. This can, I think, be made out by experience. If educa tion produces high moral feeling—if wealth, by diminish ing temptation, ought also to diminish offences—and if the class on which public opinion acts with more force ought to be the most steady to their engagements—let me ask, how the ballot system acts in the higher walks of society? There it has been tried. The election fur an East India Director takes place by ballot. There persons of great wealth, power, and education vote. Wbat is the result? Ido not ask whether the electors are free, I now ask only whether the electors are honest? Is it nut, on the contrary, notorious that every candidate makes his ac count upon 25 violations of engagement in every 100 ? and as ladies vote, and as of course their virtue and fidelity can never be suspected, the whole burden of their falsehood falls on the male electors. But it is said that the ballot has been found to answer in the United States. It is trw that in some of the States it is practised, though not "ittSe all. Where practised it remains to be proved whether the experiment has succeeded in preventing either undue influ ence, faction, or bribery. This is a matter to he proved, however, one way or the other. In Virginia it does not pre vail; and a very eminent friend of mine, a citizen of that State, the eloquent Mr. Randolph, stated some time back to me, We have lately held a conversation to revise certain parts of our constitution ; we have among us many eager spirits, but, thank God, there was not one wild or base enough to propose that a Virginian was to conceal his vote by the adoption of the ballot." One word more on the subject, and I have done. Secrecy is the whole recom mendation of the ballot. May it not be doubted whether secrecy could be maintained ? Suppose the election over, .rd the electors met at the Crown, where we have con versed together, or at the Smoaky, er Sociable, would they' not discuss the merits of the respective candidates and the conduct of the electors, and would not the secrets of the ballot-box necessarily transpire ? I have endeavoured to argue this case fairly, and with a view to the interests and feelings of the peeple themselves, not doubting the pro priety and duty of giving the elector every protection in the free use of his franchise, but expressing a doubt, not to be shaken but by evidence, whether the ballot system could be relied on as a protection. In reply to a question on the subject of colonial slavery, I can only state, that I consider slavery to be at once a misfortune and a crime from which tee are bound to extricate the nation as soon as practicable; and if required to explain my interpretation of these latter words, I should say, that I employ them solely in re:erence to the interests of the slaves thernaelves. WARWICKSHIRE. EXTRAORDINARY INTERFERENCE of the AIJL TARY at the POLLING BOOTHS in NUNEATON, (From the .Birminphain Journal of Sturd.y.) On the 21st December, some slight disturbance took place in Nuneaton, commenced, as it is said, by the par tisans of Sir E. E. Wilmot and Mr. Dugdale, but no thing occurred calculated to excite alarm in the breast of my rational and unprejudiced person. Sonie of the Ma 4istrates, however, thought, or professed to think, other wise, and the military were accordingly ordered into the town. The Magistrates in the place were Mr. Inge, the proposer of Mr. Dugdale, not an acting Magistrate of the division in which Nuneaton is situate; Colonel Newdi 4ate, an ardent partisan of Mr. Dugdale, also not an act ing. Magistrate in tie division ; Mr. Bracebridge, an acting Magistrate in the division, aril the proposer of Sir Eird- 'ey Wilmot ; the Rev. Samuel R. Hewing, brother of one of the candidates, and an acting Magistrate of the division. Messrs. Bracebridge and Fleming were not comulted as to the milit.ty being brought into the town, but Colonel Newdigate and Mr. Inge sent for them, and it was agreed by the four Magistrates that Mr. Homing should go to the commanding officer and request hint to withdraw his men. Those orders were shortly given by Messrs. Inge and Newdigate, not acting Magistrates in the division, without the knowledge of Messrs. Bracebridge and Ileming, and accordingly the ,oldiers made their appearance opposite the booth, at a -ime the polling was orderly and quietly proceeding, and uneffending men, women, and children, were cut down and trampled under the hoofs of the horses. It was at this moment, we believe, that Mr. Glover, an elector and freeholder, of the age of 72, received his mortal wound, and seve...al desperate plunges were made at Lionel Place, Esq., of Waddington-castle, a gentleman of fortune, res'd ing on his own estate in the neighbourhood of Nuneaton. The statements of a few sufferers will best describe the disgraceful scene which took place. James Hales stated, that on the `?lst of December, he was in the act of putting a horse in a gig, in the Castle inn-yard, at Nuneaton, when a soldier rode into the yard, ind, without any provocation, repeatedly struck at him (Hales), with a drawn sword, and cut him across the hand. William Marsh, of Nuneaton, was returning home, when he was attacked near the town bridge by a horse soldier, who struck him over the shoulder with his drawn -word ; he bad proceeded only a few yards when he was attacked by another horse soldier, who struck him also across the shoulder ; he was a third time attacked oppo site the Swan Inn by a soldier, who rode up against him in a most furious manner, and drove him up against the wall of the inn, in the yard of which be was obliged to take refuge ; and, with a view to avoid further attacks, was proceeding by a back way home, but on his way thither was again attacked near the Nag's Head, and struck with a sword ; basing reached his own door, he rushed in hastily, and was stabbed at before he could close the door. William Hall, of Chilvers Cotton, stated that on the 2lst December, during the polling of-the voters in Nuneaton, he was sitting at a table in Mr. Heming's committee room, at the Castle Inn, in the Market-place, and nearly opposite the polling-booths; and so little was he aware that there was any rioting going on in the Market-place, that he never rose from the table till he heard the screams of women and children ; when he went to the window, and beheld Mr. Perceval, a respectable farmer, with a deep sabre-cut on the head, supported by two women; at the same time he saw the dragoons galloping about the Market-place. Not three minutes previous Mr. Buchanan, one of Mr. Heming's agents, came from the polling-booth with a list of the names of voters, and re quested, as the booths I and 2 were so quiet, to send over as fast as possible the voters that were to vote. A short time after Mr. Bracebridge and Mr. S. B. Heming, two resident Magistrates, came into Mr. Dempster Heming's committee-room, and said they believed the Riot Act had been read, but they only knew it from hearsay. Henry Astley, butcher, Nuneaton, said, on the 21st he was standing near the entrance of booth No. 3, when he saw several horse soldiers approaching from the Coventry bridge at a smart trot, with drawn swords, and they pro ceeded towards the booths. He observed one of them pursue a man against Mr. Cradock's wall, and saw the man drop down to avoid the sabre. One of the soldiers approached this informant furiously, for what cause he could not tell ; thought it might be from having on a Dempster handkerchief. He got behind some of the stalls in the Market-place, where he was struck at several times by a soldier with a sword. He saw nothing thrown at the soldiers. On leaving his situation he was again attacked by the same soldier, and on returning to his former situation he was repeatedly struck at by the same soldier. He was afterwards ridden after by another soldier and pursued through a narrow passage at the back of a booth, where he got out of reach. He heard the soldier say " you." He believes, had he not been secure there, he might have lost his life. He had not given any provocation for so wanton an attack. He had nut heard the Riot Act read. Robert Johnson saw six or soon soldiers gallop to- wards the Market-place incl one of them strike with Ii sword at au ohl man ; the man fell, and the rest of the soldiers g +Hoped over him. Did not see any attack made on the soldiers. Mr. John Astley said that on the 21st he was pro ceeding from Mr. D. Heming's committee-room to the poll, when he unexpectedly met several horse soldiers with drawn swords. He found it necessary to run hastily to the back of the booth for safety, finding the soldiers were cutting at the people. He observed a soldier riding down the steps of the Market-house, and on wheeling round made repeated thrusts at the people with his sword through the iron-railing at the front of the Market house. He with many others got into a yard close by, and believes that had not that been done their lives might have been lost. The violent conduct of the soldiers en raged the people, and some stones atsd dirt were thro !yr) at them. Ha had not heard of the Riot Act being read, nor cf any tumultuous proceedings that could have given rise to the necessity of reading it. Three other respectable individuals made similar state ments ; one of thew was a special constable, who said, that when the soldier apdroached he showed his ticket, which the soldier disregarded, and struck at him with his drawn sword, which cut his hat through and wounded him on the left side of his head ; be fell from the blow, and whilst lying on the pound the soldier struck at him three times with his sword ; the only persons near him were three or four girls, and there was n!) disturbance. • Several women, who were quietly sitting in the Mar ket-house, were deliberately cut at two or three times by ! the soldiers. On the morning of the 22d the polling was going on quietly, when the military made their appearance with loaded carbines and drawn sabres, and paraded backwsrds and forwards before the booth. This proceeding intimi dating the voters of the Reform candidates from going to the poll, Mr. Barker, the barrister, and Mr. Lewis, as agents of Mr. D. Heming, protested against the polling going on while the military were parading before the hustings, and called upon the Sheriff for an adjournment. The request, however, was not acceded to, and though every thing was peaceable, the military continued parading before the booth, except when they were employed in bring ing up Messrs. Dugdale and Wilmot's voters to the poll. INQUEST ON THE ELECTOR, KILLED NEAT'. THE POLLING- BOOTH. An inquest was hell on Friday at the Queen's Head, Newton Regis, before Mr. Hunt, of Stafford, Coroner, on the body of Joseph Glover, an old man upwards of 72 years of age, who was killed at Nuneaton on the 21st De cember, after polling for Dempster Heming, Esq. Seven witnesses were examined who saw the deceased knocked down, all of whom agreed that at that time the streets in the neighbourhood were cleared. One witness was positive that no one was near the old man, when he fell, except the soldiers, and four witnesses swore most positively to the fact that the deceased was knocked down by a blow from the sabre of one of the soldiers. Ssveral other witnesses said they saw six or seven persons running before the soldiers, and, to the best of their belief, it was those persons knocked the deceased down, and not the soldiers. The Jury, after about a minute's consultation, returned a verdict of " Accidental death," to the utter astonish• meat of most present. The Jurors we►e, for the ►uo•t part, farm tenants at will, and nearly all voters in the Tory interest. Several are tenants of Mr. Inge, one of the Magistrates who IA ought the military into Nuneaton. SCOTCH ELECTIONS. (From the Scotsman.) TRIUMPH OF REFORM IN PERTHSHIRE. The great contest in Perthshire, on which the eyes of the country have been fixed with intense interest, has been at last decided ; and the result is another splendid victory to the good cause ! Lord Ormelie has polled fully one half more vo!es than his opponent ; and the honest voice of the people has triumphed over intimidation and corrup tion. No large county in Scotland was so inveurately Conservative as Perthshire; and the struggle has necessa rily been a hard one; but the victory achieved is final; and the Tory faction is laid prostrate fur ever. All Scot land rejoices in the success of this patriotic and high spirited young nobleman. INVERNESS-SHIRE ELECTION. Though the final state of the poll for this county has not reached us, we learn from a friend who has a letter from Inverness this day, that Mr. Grant is sure of a ma jority of forty jive votes. In cur next we shall be able to give the result of the elections in the Elgin Burghs, Inverness-shire, and Ross shire, which closes the file for Scotland, except Orkney. AYRSHIRE ELECTION. The majority of the Reform candidate in this larp and populous county has been quite overwhelming—almost seven to one! It is re,narkable that the Tories have not carried one populous county except Aberdeen ; and that, we venture to say, they will never carry again. INVERNESS. There have been queer doings in this county. We un derstand that a fanner has been so fortunate as to sell his wheat at eighty shillings a quarter, though the general average scarcely exceeds fifty ! A correspondent alludes to the nine votes which turned the election against Mr. Stewart, and asks, whether Mr. Cumming Bruce, when he brought up this reserve at the close, did not get a pro mise from Colonel Bailie to defray his (Mr. Bruce's) ex pences ? The story is circulating,, and we publish it in :he hope that it will be contradictel. (From the Aberdeen Herald of Saturday. ) We have only room to mention the important intelli gence of the surrender of the citadel of Antwerp. General Chasse has capitulated to the French ; and the garrison are to remain prisoners of war, till Holland gives up the forts of Lillo and Lief kenshoek. In England, 257 Reformers are already returned to Parliament; and among the 53 Scottish Members (of whom more in our next), 10 or 11 or ly will be Conserva tiv, s. Lord Ormelie is returned for Perthshire by a ma levity of 574 ; and the Right lion. C. Grant for Inverness shire, by one of 36. Su much for the " Dutch war," and the elections ! Poor Tories ! A merry Christmas to them ; and a bumper to " General Chasse and the brave defenders of Antwerp." The die is east, the old leaven of Tory corruption has prevailed, and so far as the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine are concerned, Parliamentary Reform has been in vain ; they are now mere rotten boroughs in the hands of the Gordons, the Grants, the Arbuthnotts, and the other Conservative lairds, by whose machinations and system of intimidation the three counties have been car ried. It is, however, some consolation to know, that the evil effects of this mishap will be almost entirely con fined to the disgrace which these counties will incur from remaining in Tory bondage; for the small number of Con servatives returned to the new Parliament will render them perfectly harmless, especially those of such a calibre as the three worthy Members alluded to. We suspect, too, that those gentlemen will not find their honours sit very lightly upon them. They will soon discover that St. Ste phen's is no longer the snug old house, where they felt formerly so much "at home." They will find, that the ancient edifice has been extensively repaired, its founda tion strengthened, and the inside thoroughly cleaned and whitewashed ; that to remedy the general complaint of darkness, every means Las been used to introduce a great increase of light into the interior, which, by caming an efficient system of ventilation, has also got rid of th e close ness that - was heretofore such a nuisance. A two years' cruise won't do now ; nor will my uncle's practice be to lerated, of never being present at a debate, nor absent from a division. The Reform candidates would have been bailed with joy in the new Parliament, and would have had the satisfaction of witnessing the triumph of their principles, iu the practical application of Reform wherever improvement was necessary. But the reward of the Tory Members, for the great exertions, expense, and last, net least, the humiliating nature of their canvass, will be, after so hard a run, to be just " in at the death"—of their own party; to witness the last pangs of Toryism in the people's House of Parliament; and not even to have the poor con solation of forming a " respectable minority." Their radical friends, too,—with whom they might, as in the last Session, have formed a snug coalition—all thrown out ! Poor Hunt, whose friendship for them has cost him his seat ! To be sure, there's now Cobbett—and, then, there's Dan, with his fiery tail of Repealers, like a blazing comet. But William and Dan are sly fellows, and very apt to leave their friends in the lurch; for although there is a curious report of William's having coalesced with the Conservatives at Manchester, and that both he and Dan are known to bate the Whigs, and only to like Reform when cut from their own pattern, yet their hatred for the Whigs is only a few shades deeper than for the Tories, and if interest causes a temporary co-operation, the unnatural alliance ceases with the urgent necessity which prompted it. A Conservative friend in need Is a valuable friend indeed, But whene'er we can do without, We send them to the right about. Miss MARTINEAU, the distinguished poli tical economist, has been honoured with an interview by he LORD CHANCELLOR. MEMBERS RETURNED. SCOTLAND. ERNE,--STARE,—Right Hon. Charles Grant. IRELAND. :VELARS, BonouGn.—Lord M. Hill. STATE OF THE POLLS. IP,EL. ,AND. COUNTS or CORK, DP.C. 28. KING'S couNvi, DEC. 29. O'Connor l6Bl Fitzsiinon 7') Barry 162.1 Bernard 406 Bernard 960 Lord Oxmantown Morris GALWAY, COUNTY, DEC. 27. Macdonnell Daly llB O'Neil 427 Martin Burke 4OO Cromie 146 Blake ... FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. I;'rom the World of Foshioit: MORNING DRESS.— It is composed of rose-coloured pus de Naples, a high corsage, plain at top, and with a little fulness at the bottom of the waist. Long and very wide sleeves, di vided into three bouffants, the two on the upper part of the arm are very large; the third smaller, each is ornamented with a knot of black and rose-coloured ribbon. The pelerine sits close to the throat, and falls square over the bust and shoulders ; it is trimmed with black blond lace. The. skirt is partially open from the waist downwards, and displays a petticoat of white gros de Naples; it is crossed by bands of black and rose. coloured gauze ribbon, terminating in knots on each side ; the skirt is trimmed with a fall of black blond lace, put very near the edge. The bead dress is a cap of rose-coloured velvet, trimmed with black blond lace and striped gauze ribbons; it is of the form worn in the early part of Louis the Fourteenth's reign. EVENING DRESS.—It is of bird of Paradise crape over satin, a Grecian corsage, trimmed with :meads de page of gauze ribbon to correspond. Very short fall sleeves. Gauze ribbon ceinture of the scarf kind; the ends hang very low on each side, and are attached to the dress by bouquets of larkspur. Head-dress of hair, ornamented with a bouquet of larkspur placed on one side. Diamond earrings; large pearl necklace. OPERA DRESS.—A robe of white gros d'orient, a Grecian corsage, the drapery dispersed in a new form, and beret sleeves. A violet satin mantle, with a pelerine of a new shape, bordered with velvet, which is cut in deep points, each ornamented with a knot of ribbon. Beret of rose-coloured satin, trimmed with gauze ribbons and ostrich feathers to correspond. Neck. lace and earrings of gold finely chased. FANCY DRESS.—It is an open robe of rose-coloured velvet, over a white satin under dress; the latter is pointed up the front in wreaths, each composed of a single rose and a sprig of foliage. The former has a very low corsage trimmed en pelerine with sable, and short sleeves almost tight, termi nated above the elbow with deep blond lace ruffles. The stomacher is white satin, pointed to correspond with the tinder dress. A broad band of sable borders the robe on each side. The head-dress is a very small rose-coloured velvet cap, trim. med with blond lace, and set very far back upon the head. PROMENADE DRESS.—A pelisse of flame-coloured satin, figured with black. The corsage made up to the throat, and tight to the shape ; sleeves of the usual form. The cor sage and the front of the skirt are trimmed in a very novel style with black velours epingle. A rose-coloured satin hat, a round brim trimmed behind with a blond lace curtain ; high Polish crown ornamented with ribbons to correspond, a blond lace drapery, and a white esprit. GENTLEMEN'S FASHIONS. (From the Gentleman's Magazine of Fashion.) AN EVENING DRESS—A brown dress coat, dead gold buttons, skirts long and square at bottom, collar and lappels narrow, and without pocket flaps ; the skirts may be lined with :silk serge, of the same or another colour. Waistcoat white marsella, with gold buttons to correspond with the coat. Black trousers to fit the shape, cut with a whole fall down, and strapped under the foot. A WALKING DRESS.—A drab Whitney great coat, for coach or gig travelling. The edges are formed by having two narrow braids sewn strongly on at the distance of half an inch from the other, which is put on at the edge ; the sleeves are strapped, and at the breast and back double cloth put on the outside ; in the front of the flaps one pocket-bole, for the pur pose of resting the arm, and in an easy position, which is not the case when the pockets are under the Haps. A HALF-DRESS FASHION.—This is a claret dress coat, with buttons of the same colour. ADDITIONAL NOVELTIES IN GENTLEMEN'S DRESS. Furs are very generally adopted, those most in favour among the dandies of ton, are the maitre zibeline and the astrican moire. Several elegans ride in Russian cloaks, wadded, and with collars and fronts trimmed with astrican moire, the cuffs are also of it, and the pockets edged with it. Other cloaks have only the collars and lappels trimmed with maitre zibeline. MANTLES.—Those with sleeves and capes are most nume rous at present ; the capes are mounted in plaits placed behind. Some are crossed in trout ; tnis is not a graceful fashion for strict gentlemen. The pelerine is too wide at the top, and not sufficiently so at the bottom ; round ones base a much better effect. We observe, also, some capes cut in a circular form, and fall on each shoulder. Beaver frocks are very much In wear, and they are generally made double-breasted, and very commonly with velvet collars and facings. Great coats are made very much in the style of these frocks about the breast and collar; the waist, of course, longer, and the hip-buttons wider; but great-coats are not worn long-waisted. Dress-coats vary but little; velvet collars, of the same colour as the coat, are always used, and silk linings in the skirts. Blue and brown seem most worn, but there arc a sufficient number of clarets in wear to fairly entitle them to a position within the pale of fashion. Morning trousers have received a most decided advantage in the patent ribbed kerseymere, and the fashionabie world, too, has received in it a decided benefit, from its being above the pockets of the common people. This is as it ought to be. Gentlemen ought to be as much distinguished by their dress as by their manners; and it requires only this idea to be well ins. pressed on the minds of our manufacturers, to make them pro duce gentlemen's clothes of that material which is above imi tation, as is the case with this patent ribbed kerseymere. S PORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The only horses mentioned were Revonge, Forester, Lord Cleveland's Emmeline, and Bravo. The first, second, and last were hacked, but did not advance. At the close of the room the following were the prices against the principal favourites for the DERBY. to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Glaucus 9 to 1 agst Mr. Bawlinson's Revenge 11 to 1 agst Mr. Hunter's Forester (taken) 1:1 to 1 agst Mr. Mos'yn's Prince Llewellyn 16 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Moses's dam c. 17 to I agst Lord Cleveland's Muley colt (taken) `2O to I agst Lord Exeter's Emmeline c. (taken at '25) '25 to I agst Colonel Cosby's Bravo (taken) No others mentioned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). ----.10---- HA I Dil A RKETS. --) At per Load of 35 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 U to £d 10 NTew Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 (lover Hay 3 15 5 0 Oat Straw CI 4to £1 8 I Wheat Straw.— 1 8 1 10 Supply diort, trade dull, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy'Lowland Meadow Hay .£2 5 to £0 10 New Meadow Hay 0 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover flay (extra fine)...£s o... Generally Oat Straw ... £1 4to -£1 0I Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 Supply moderately good, trade dull, and prices stationary. NIEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (Yrom Abe .Lontlon Gazette.) TO-MORROW, JAN. 2. N. If. F. Whitmore, brewer, Lambeth 1 at 11 J. Gilbert, bookseller, Regent-Areet 1 10 E. K. Proctor, engraver, Pentonville W. Leahy, millwright, Grove, Great Guilford street 1 1 DIVIDEND. S. Cross, jun., timber-merchant, Lambeth it 11 It is stated that Mr. MANNERS SUTTON has received a communication from one of the leading mem bers of the Administration, intimating that the Govern ment are inclined to support his nomination as the Speaker of the new House of Parliament. Died, on Monday, the 31st ult., CATHERINE, the wife of ROBERT PARKER, Esq., of Upper Harley street, and of Kermincham Hall, Cheshire. NEW FASHIONABLE Toun.—lt seems odd that while English travellers, in the words of Mr. LEITCH RITCHIE, are " as native to the Rhine as the river fish," no one thinks of making a tour to the Loire. How it entered into TURNER'S head we cannot conceive; for there existed no baok that we know of, either in French or Eng lish, to serve as a guide. That it did do so, however, is matter of congratulation ; for, independently of a series of views which must greatly advance the character of this country in point of art, it has produced us a complete guide from the pen of LEITCH RITCHIE, to one of the most magnificent rivers in Europe ; which next year, we have no doubt, will become, in consequence, the scene of the fashionable continental tour. " The Loire, to an Englishman," says our author " is the most interesting. It waters those famous countries of Touraine and Anjou, where the bones of his countrymen are found to this day. Its banks are connected with numberless associations, both of history and romance. Blue-Beard and Coeur-de-Lion jostle on the scene. Every ruin on its hills is celebrated in story—every dash of its enchanted wave calls up the spirits of memory— "By a thousand tokens of light and sound, Thou wilt feel thou art treading on haunted ground." —Turnes's Annual Toor. .IIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(TIIIS DAY.) A respectable looking man named John Lardner, a barge-master, was indicted for delivering on the Ist of August last a false paper, called a permit receipt, purvrt ing to be a receipt from the Clerk of the Regent's Canal Company for 41. 10s. instead of 31. 10s., and thereby de frauding Mr. Alfred Rolling of 11. Mr.Putr.urs conducted the case for the proa••cutien and Mr. AnoLeuus for the defence. The ease was not over when our Reporter left, and from the number of witnesses it appeared likely to last nearly all day. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) Woe. TVilkens and John Frederick Lumley, two re spectable young men, lately in the service of Don Pedro, were brought before Mr. Alderman Wxl.sox, charged by Mr. Henry Lister, a brother officer, the former with breaking open the complainant's trunk, on board the brig Britomart, off Margate, on its returning to this country from Oporto, and stealing several articles therefrom, and the latt•rr for receiving a pair of pistols, part of the pro perty, knowing it to be stolen. The complainant stated that he was not quite prepared with his evidence, and begged that the prisoners might be remanded. Mr. Alderman WILSON wished to heir a little more of the case, to see whether he should be justified in detain ing the prisoners. One of the superintendents stated, that he had searched the box of the prisoner Lumley, and found there a case of pistol's, which, on being produced, the complainant swore to be his property. Mr. Flower (of the firm of Harmer, Flower, and C 0.,) appeared for the prisoners, and examined the complainant, fin• the purpose of proving with respect to the pistols, that the possession of the prisoner Lu:nley of them, was only a disputed possession, and not a felony ; that a per son of the name of Maxwell, had given them to Wilkins for the purpose of sale, and that he had so'd them to Lumley. Mr. Lister stated, that Maxwell had given them to him, and he could prove the fact if the case was adjourned ; and also that Wilkins had taken the pistols out of I.is trunk, after having ordered the carpenter of the vessel to break it open. _ . . Mr. Alderman WILSON considered the case to wear a most serious aspect against the prisoners ; and would take care they were kept in custody till they cleared themselves of the charge. The superintendent stated, that a great deal more pro perty belonging to the complainant, had been found at the house of Wilkins's faller, and that a great number of letters, which the complainant was bringing from Oporto, to persons in London, had all been broken open. The prisoners each made statements, which were posi. tively denied by the complainant. Mr. Alderman WILSON ordered the prisoners to be re manded till to-morrow, observing that they must satisfac torily account for the possession of the property, or he elr.uld most assuredly send them to Newgate. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I beg the favour of you to insert the following contradiction to a report which appeared in your Paper of Saturday last, under the head of " Marlborough-strict Police Office." As far as lam concerned, no message was sent to Mr. Long Wellesley's servants, that the Police or any other authority would be applied to, to turn them out of his house. On the contrary, »ty wish and desire is, that they should remain until they can quit his house respectably ; tut I did say, that I could not continue to keep up an establishment, which, under existing circumstances, would be USELESS. The servants are still in the house, and, when discharged, will receive what may appear to he due to them. I have the honour to he, Sir, Your obedient Servant, (Signed) HELENA LONG VELLESLEY. Bruton-street, Dec. 31, 1832. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.: FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, lluc. 3l.—Wind N.E.—The Paulina, Hoff man, from Demerara to Middleburg, which arrived in the Downs the 28tb instant for a supply of water, bas to day been detained by order of the Commander-in-Chief, and is to proceed to Ramsgate. PouTsmou'ru, DEC. 31.—Wind N.W. to N.N.E., strong.—Arrived the Ann, from Terceira. FAL:um:Tit, DEC. 30.—Wind N.E. to S.W., light.— Saiied the Diana, Braithwaite, for New South Wales. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Osprey, Abbi nott, from Oporto. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Providence, Eng lish, from Wexford, leaky, and part of the cargo thrown overboard, bound to Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Sophia and Eliza, flow 'Tarragona. GREENOCK, DEC. 29.—Arrived the Brothers, from Lisbon. CORK, DEC. 29.—Arrived the James Morgan, Wallis, from Gibraltar ; Ursula, Plummer, and Walter Matthews, Way, from London. Off port the Clorinda, Newton, from St. John's, New Brunswick. LIMERICK, DEC. 29,—Arrived the Swift, W.,y, Lime. rick Lass, Oak, Defiance, Dyer, and City of Limerick, Cooper, from London. A cutter, with about 300 recruits for Don Pedro, has arrived from Boulogne, and have been put on board the Edward transport, in the Downs. The Royal Tar steamer, Head, from London to Dublin, having struck on a hank, and making much water, was run on shore near Arklow on Saturday ; crew and pas sengers saved. The Brothers, Marsh, from London to Aberdeen, was driven upon Bonderar Rock on Friday night ; crew saved. The Wandering Man, Smith, from Hull to Gotten burg, put into Blotebogen leaky, and must discharge. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Grecian, Wirly, from Singapore, has arrived at Gravesend ; sailed July, Batavia August, Sr. Helen',, Nov. 7. Prince George, Adams, from London, Oct. 26. DEPARTURES FROM THE CAPE.—The Ada, Fauckner, for the Mauritius, Oct. 24 ; the Diadem, Wilker, for London, 26th ; the Mary and Jane, Winter, for Greenock, 27th. ARRIVALS AT SOURABAYA.—The Royal Admiral ! from New South Wales; Aug. 6, and loading for Europe; the Lucy, Davidson, from New South Wales, Sept. 10. ARRIVALS AT ANJER.—The Sir Charles Forbes, from London, Aug. 16 ; the Cleopatria, from Van Dieman's Land, 18, and loading for Europe. OFF ANJER.—The William, from Liverpool, Aug. 21; the Earl of Balcarras, from London ; arid the Maa,trom, from Rotterdam, 27, leaky. ARRIVALS AT BATAVIA...-.The Diana, from Singapore, and sailed Aug. 27, for the Cape and Liverpool ; the Coote, Company's sloop of war, was to sail for Bombay Aug. 26 ; the Severne, from Singapore, is daily expected, and will sail for London in a few days afterwards. uuzvicc .gym July 10 ; the John Bannerman, Watt, 11 ; the Pascoa, Morgan, 14. From Bombay, the Red Rover ; Clifton, from China, 14 ; the Edmonstone, Harley, and the Por cupine, Laing, from New South Wales and New Znland, 19 ; the Caledonia, Lyon, from Bombay, 22 ; the Hera, Jacob, from Batavia, 23 ; the Lady of the Lake, Pearson, from Ssmarang ; the Maria, Shaw, from NI idras, and the Hardings, Gibson, from Liverpool, 25 ; the Berwick shire, Thomas, and the Diadem, Fairclough, from London, 27 ; the Molacca, from Bat ivia, sth ; the Troughton, from Batavia, Bth ; Angelica, from Penang ; Catherine, from Malacca; British ship Julia, from Pe nang, 15 ; brig Eliza, from Penang, 20 ; Resolution, from Malacca. The brig Hardings, Captain Gibson, from Liverpool, has just anchored in the harbour, July 26. DEPARTURES.—The Camoens, Martins ; and the John Bannerman, Watt, for China, July 14 ; the Red Rover, Clifton, for Bengal, 16; the Pascoa, Morgan, 17 ; and the Edmonstone, Hadbury, 21, for China : the Staffa, Inglis, for Gibraltar, 21 ; the Throughton, Thompson, for Penang, 25. ARRIVALS AT he Homajee Bomaj ee, Gordon ; the Competitor, June 1 ; the Charlotte, Mel ville, 2 ; the Carron, Wilson, and Gleneiz, Lingby, 3, from Bombay. The Indian, Ravenscroft, from Manilla ; the Red Rover, Clifton, from Bengal ; and the ThetiA, Boothley, from Bombay, 5 ; the Water-witch, Henderson, from Bengal, 6. DEPARTURES.—The Falcoln, Oventon, 11 ; the Sylph, Wallace, 14 ; Mary, for Bengal. The Austin, Ricketts, 21 ; and Donna Carmilita Gray, 21, for Manilla. The Duchess of Athol, Daniel, July 24 ; P. Mandie, French ship. JOHN DISNEY, Esq., one of the unsuccessful candidates at the late Harwich election, means to petition the House et Commons against the return of Mr. HER. PIES, on the ground that some of his (Mr. DISNEY'S) votes were improperly rejected by the revising barristers. —Kent and Essex Mercury. GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, Die. 21.—Ye st.rdai, in the forenoon, the Hungarian Diet was opened, with the usual solemnities, by his Majesty the Emperor and King, who arrived at Piesburg, on the 19th, accompanied by the Empress. The speech delivered from the throne on this occasion by his Majesty, as well as the Royal propositions, which were delivered to the Assembly of the Estates, was received with extramdinary enthusiasm. Their Majesties are ex pected back at Vienna to-morrow. Accounts from Alexandria have been received at Trieste. which hold out a favourable prospect of a speedy and amicable adjustment of the differences between the Sultan and Mehemet AU, which have led to a war that threatens the existence of the Porte. VIENNA, DEC. 2l.—Five rer Cent% 85i; Four per Cents. 74; Bank Shares 1,11 I.—AI/genuine Zeitung, Dee. 26. BERLIN, DEC. N.—For some days past a new loer has been talked of, for which the land-tax would be o j security. The amount of this, in Prussia, is 10 milli° and on such security, 100 millions, if necessary, mit, A i easily be obtained by way of loan. It is certain that I Di . possibility of war is more seriously contemplated d ever. At Thorn, the landwehr has been called out, a the men are exhorted in warlike speeches to fidelir bravery, and perseverance. Similar orders are said t. have been already given in both East and West Prussia, and Dantzic is to be the rendtzvous of the regiments Whatever people's opinions may be, the fact is evident that the peace of Europe is preserved wholly by the system of moderation and justice which characterises the foreign policy of Prussia. Placed between the excited passions of France, and the ambition of Russia, Prussia has need of a power of elasticity to keep these two conflicting elements apart from each other, whiie it must also have in itself a centripetal force, that its widely extending members may not in this (girt be detached, from the body of the State. Whatever imperfections there may be in our internal political in stitutions, our foreign policy, in a season of passionate excitement, of obstinate self-will and unbridled violence, will perhaps remain the only point which posterity will view with approbation. The telegraph has been for some days at work, by way of trial. It is a new sight for us, and the gaping crowd look with wonder at the myste riouspositivelyartned,w thatiil b the e use o f signals. tel eg telegraphs ft i t s r private now communications allowed. —Nuremb ur y correspondent, Dec. 24. HAMBURG PAPERS. VIENNA, Dec. 19.—The foreign Ambassadors appear to he more than usually cccupied. Since the entrance of the French into Belgium, the exchange of couriers has een uncommonly frequent. From that time we may date the coolness which people think they have seen between tl:e French Ambassador, Marshal Maison, and the Belgian Envoy, Baron Loe, on the one part, and th e other 'Ministers and Ambassadors on the other part. The latter, as is well known, partly pretested openly against the interference of France at the desire of Belgium, and partly expressed their disapproval of it. At the splendid entertainment given yesterday, by M. Von Tatischeff, the Russian Am bassador, in honour of the fete of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, all the foreign Ministers accredited to this Court including the British Ambassado r , w ere p resent , except i n g! flaying ji. Marshal Maison and Baron Loe, who bad, however, re-, .'i ans, if w ceived cards of invitation. The British Ambassador alone - r sometimes meets Marshal Maison and Baron L oe . oty rettC Intelligence, highly favourable to the Porte, has been' neertaint received from M. Maurojeni, the Turkish Ambassador it. s. spoil g , London. lie is treated in a most fri e ndly mannerby the. British Government, and appears to have completely ant. bigot ceeded in the object of his mission. Several ships ha. their arma already been purchased for the Porte, and other important " , hi , acquisitions prepared. i i eern 'Flie above accounts are all silent respecting the inter- the platen vention of Russia in the differences between the Sultan and the Viceroy of Egypt, as well-i n f orme d persons h ere !.0 0m, felt ire incredulous about it. Account s f rom Od essa an d leit ecitiail: Constantinople, from persons who must be acquainted wit,. itinuld be i such an important affair, say nothi ng o f i t , w h ence i t • • may be considered as highly probabl e th a t reports o f suc h CCM:MS WI an intervention are unfounded. 'is also, th , FRONTIERS OF HUNGARY, DEC. 18.—It may be ex pected that the Hungarian Diet, which opens to-morror., will be extremely important. It is reported t t h h a e t u th o e v : h e . - vernment will ask not only for a contribution of 12,Mi,000 . 1 h . ,,,, i s ra : y l : l : m ena a it x nwf. florins towards the extraordinary expenditure which thc . ;) :It the events of the last two years have rendered necessary, ' ne . , .. ieath of it also for 32,000 recruits. The reason which ment will not fail to adduce will probably contain various ' . i other, ' explanations. COPENHAGEN, DEC. 25.—Last month a Royal rescript 'lanai:Awl - it g t was addressed to the Ministers, Count V. Moltk e , and V.. 3 i tinted, ' Stetnann, and to Messrs. Oersted and Hopp, re l a ti ve to' , y, as n the final drawing up of the laws for the intr o d uct i on o f read provincial assemblies in Denmark, and the duchi es o f t' counter. Sleswiek and Holstein ; they are directed to con s id er and : ,yS in IV; weigh the objections made to the proposal d rawn up l ast . . year by the persons invited from Denmark and th e d uc hi es ... rellilbiin : They are directed to see that as far as local circumstance!. 1 'CW not I real permit, the arrangements for th e ki ng d om an d tle. id duchies shall be the same. The pl ans th us rev i se d are tit ' r 15 * F ( be referred to the several departments concerned, and then , 'e and hi laid before his Majiisty for his final decision; thus thi . various considerations necessary in this important matter scatted will continue till it is finally settled. There is reason to - 1 `lt, and it hope that this will not be long delayed, his Majesty be- moment ing as desirous for speedy termination as o the considera tion of the subject. i - it, To TUESI Thc y€ reel! ) , to t or rather The dangerous navigation of our seas, and th e grea t ! till achie' number of ships that navigate theca at almost every season e words -, of the year, h a ve always caused our Governm en t t o pay , . great attention to the establishment of light-hou s e s an d .. itted as c beacons. Latterly great improvements have been made ; ,to the vo and we learn that the Government has now resolved to do vent elosl away with the remaini n g coa l fires used as beacons, and b i l i to substitute la m p s i n th e i r s t ea d. A b eg i nn i ng will be.; ;, Ic r il W t i e d made in the spring with the two rk :0 lights on Nakk e h ove on the north point of Zealand ; and the Zecksar light- - house, in the isl Ind of F a lster. vophers, HAMBURG, DEC. 28.—Exchange on London, 13 111, tlich the 13 0. Hamburg Papers, Dec. 28. E HAMBURG, DEC. 28 , -...BORSEN•HALLE, HALF -PA S T ng an( Two o'Cr.oesz.—Our corn-market has been extremely Still • advocat during the holydays, and pricts have suffered no variation. ')r the Lasts of wheat imported in 1831, 9 1 , 3 in 1832, IC eacn c 16,697. Lasts of wheat exported in 1831, ,347 ; i n. 1832, 12,116. Stock remaining - on hand, 1,000 lasts. at has The news of the capitulation of the citadel of Ant wer p all we Sa3 to-day operated favourably upon every species of stock. Discount 2, 1 , and 3 per cent. st Come z . ie of hop this Stat e 'OIL The complete i s nr edeces r. . , . I°L wor kmar, %fident e: ave .stor jo ileac s itt a ch tate o f cha ?trogil d e , !a lms of a End of Dec. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent. 67% Anglo-Russian Loan ..................... 97 thunburg ditto 87!6 Russian inscription, 3 per ce nt .... B7 Polish Bonds 11414 Prussian Bonds, 1E32 1013% Austrian Bank Shares 11:27 Austrian Metalliques B6V, New Austrian 4 per cent. 73 Spanish 3 per cent. —Hamburg Reporter. LEI TII.- MOST DESTRUCTIVE RE , This morning, Saturday, about half-past 1, the splendid aria extensive premises belonging to Messrs GOODLET and Co., were discovered to be on fire.. .In a short time the grain whnle lofts, rang extent of ik head of Broad Wynd to the Shore, and along the front of and spirit cellars, extending from th e h o damageut b and and the the Shore to Bernard-street, was one sheet of flame. We range of baths, and comprising the . steana. rn iii,, of the flames about 4 o'clock was awtally The appearance fii a , v is e he o d nl n y n t l i;n t e b r t e o n nyoeatircse i this b stupendousuned tn th e st r g u r et t i oun r de: sublime, and must have been seen over the whole of the property, is not on record in the annals of the tun. The less in the immediate neighbourhood occasioned by water from the engines is considerable. The soldiers in the Fort and Castle were in attendance at an early hur. ti F t i . f e e s c i o m a i s l t a , r, a a s s well as fa a i m . t o o n.n t t he ni s The greatest alarm was felt for the shipping in the hr boor, and one vessel, we heard, was for a time pattilly on fire owing to the vivid flakes and burning rafters til ing in that direction, but fortunately the rising rile n abled the whole to get hauled beneath the lower ditv br,dge, away from the scene of destruction. The los•of p.operty must be immense. We heave heard it estimeed varisously from 30,0001• to 40,000!.— Scotsman. GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS.—On the fist evening (of the late convention in New England), a Leat ster drove up to the dour of one of the principal inns, ed asked, " Can I have a bed ?"_" No." " Well—parof a bed ?"—Every bed in the inn has two at least." " tin you let toe sleep in the parlour ?"—" No, we are golf; to put up seventeen beds there directly." " Lend m bufltlo skin, I will stretch somewhere, and discomindi nobody." "No ! I shan't have you in the entry ; tv, shall be up all night, and I don't want any folks elitter log and sprawling about the floor where people are passing all the time." " Well, you are an accommodating fellow. I say (pointing to the coat-rack), w"Jat will you take to let me hang all night on one of their there pegs ?'' The disconcerted landlord at once said, that an effort should be made to accommodate such a gov'•-humoured - Boston 7'ranscriit. i orals—of ~0 of di; ,r okell U 1 c hange a I) iCal y a. liverse• ant's growl 4 c can 11 tometheus 'tied factior i tm h as fr ten c elbrth lirope, "' hi •'pressed, at t h c oppre: Europe will yet successor th e yew of fulfill vve under ttish and lats to 9 t national '-__._ Arrived. 0 Am , 0 Bra; 0 Bue Cart 1 Dub 0 Flar 1 Frar n Guc HIGJ Morning... TH' Priatin and Co., Published • Sheet, Eigh A G 1 Z 1 iences, A Sum will show annual par Above Viz., 19 Q smaller PI little more of nearly supply the Add to 240 New tailed Ace cellaneoua REPORT Bodies, wii Expediti sisal Publi Original &c., &c. BIOGRA Miss Porte Sketches Statistical Progress ; . A Stazn] by Post. London : CO*