The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-28 00:00:00

_..1 .- trench Deputies re-chosen M. DUPI N to be "president. Bssides, it is worthy of notice .n of the French .24 pra• DUPIN is not a partisx. s-04 'lstry. The u t mos t that can be said of him ▪ that he is an anti-republican ; but he is as little 46 . W 46 AO. V. porter of the present Cabinet as LA -46 °W. ' 'ItTTE or ODILLON BARROT. Prn. r 'Ve should be far from inferring the strength 1,-, — B9 s: Ile French Ministry in public op inion, even 'h it that M. DUPIN were a ocr• ; tl g' were true . lt listerial partisan. CHARLES X. was never tol )ger in the Chamber of Deputies than a •56%' SWAN 'lst time previous to his overthrow ; and only . 1011,7, f •••• ,ewweeks before the downfall of the Wellington ... too dramist ra ti on th e Government here commanded . . roat4 "9.34 a ge majorities. It is much more easy in France, I lere the elective system is so much under the 2oN . , 11 . 01 of the Government, and where the Qors are so few, to manage a Chamber of 50 Puties, than to control the opinion of .94r4 ; and it cannot be expected that thirty 94% 111 lions of Frenchmen should pay implicit re l'ect to the der' Is of a Chamber chosen by only Share. 4%1 140 lfl4 53 14 3 ' 1 5 12 4 tare -- ..... .... •••• • .... •••• ... ...r. -. ... 48 2.5 65 31 47 .. 4C% . 122 51• X ~. $2 36 ~. 31 le• ...• 2. I. d. 0 0 0 3 17 9 0 0 0 0 4 101 0 4 11 Due. es.. .... 0 ... 0 :::: 6 _..., Liter 4. .=............. Ht• .....-./ Wimi=i.,lo esidente , k place the late iajoritp , which rotes fot 1. LA• d 7 for )eputie9 SCHO' 7E. e front decision,_ l e one hundred and twentieth part of the po- I lation. When the elective franchise shall come as general in France as it is in this entry, we will allow that the Ministry, who ' 4 Y be strong in the Chamber, will also be strong the nation. Until then, the Chamber of De iltles can never give permanent [strength to an y t 'inistry; although, by joining with the people, may render the overthrow of the Government 'ore certain. roger in in the. g Co n• elusion. Ike the residen► trengtht would party in lumber ; lave had Fournals üblican9 We have this morning received German I Pers, with accounts from Constantinople o 1 25th, they do not throw much light on the t!ntions of Russia. There is, however, an tide dated from the Belgian frontiers which e3erves attention. It has been remarked by recent travellers in , ranee that a commercial spirit is rapidly taking ' 4 ce in that country of the military mania which long characterised it, without, however, di 114ishing the enthusiasm which is felt o n all 46 jects connected with national honour and tegrity. Many of the anciens nzilitaires stead of wrapping themselves up in the poor e which but too frequently prevents retired 1 4 teera in this country from devoting their talents :Id energies to commercial pursuits, have em !'ked in trade, and been eminently s uccessful. the s wor d h a s been exchanged for the shuttle, : (1 men who headed companies of braves in 'airs of desperate courage, are not now ashamed t° stand behind a counter. \ ,,A. recent statistical publication, by a M. ';!ILLoT, places this fact in a striking light. lie states that the number of Patentes ( li cen ses t carrying on a trade which is necessary in i F rance for business of every descrip tion ) , have 4 ereased from 847,100, the number in 1817 t , ° 1,118,500, the number in 1832, and tillt they are still increasing. Here is 14 increase of 271,400 for fifteen years, w hereas i n th e fifteen years of the Empi re and ' i onsulate, the increase was only 56,000. In 1 ' 41 3 proportion, therefore, have the upper class ° 1 the industrious part of the population France been rising in the scale of society. :the statement is an important one, and may l ead to inquiry as to the extent to which the class may have advanced or retrograded in t his country. )uld cer' it has !sidencl Strength could be )eputiefit firmness N, were he pee a Pre• a poli• a House of from , would the re' [ yet vvc TTON 0 to one' s. .As cted for s o havq It is stated in the political circles that the SOLICITOR -GENERAL will bring forwa rd his ' 51 4 for the abolition of imprisonment for debt e arly in the approaching session. This Bill, modified as we understand it has been under the s uggestions and advice of some eminent lawyers W ho were consulted by the SOLICITOR-GENE -44L, must prove as beneficial to the real interests °I the mercantile community, as it must be a greeable to the friends of humanity who have on too many occasions witnessed the harsh ope ration of the present system. It is generally submitted that when laws or customs which, although not vicious in principle, fail t o effect the object for which they were in troduced, it is always advisable to alter them. If this be correct as regards laws which are had only in practice, and not in principle, how much more must it be so as regards a law which is vicious in both—cruel in principle and i lleffectual in operation, except for bad purposes. 41 1 the horrors of arrest and imprisonment for debt, have not tended to make credit more secure, or to prevent the profligate debtor from defying the power of his creditors—they have not tended to diminish the number of swindlers, or to deter persons of small capital from launch ing beyond their means of meeting their en gagements. The law may here and there, in deed, have intercepted the profligate debtor or the spendthrift in his career, but the interrup tions in such cases have been of short duration. On whom, then, does it fall with severity ?—on the honest but struggling tradesman, who, but for its operation, might be able to apportion among the whole of his creditors the amount of assets which one or two unfeeling men may now reduce to nothing by the expenses attendant Upon arrest and imprisonment, and the conse quent inability of the debtor to manage his affairs In the most advantageous way for his creditors. Th e whole system is as useless as it is cruel, — as inoperative for the purpose for which it was Intended, as it is brutal and degrading. By the Irish papers we see that Mr. O'CoN- I'MLL is struggling for Repeal, just as if he had a chance of procuring it ; or rather, to speak vtith question were in more propriety, as if the the last agonies of dissolution. We find him speaking i n all places, at all hours of the day, now at public dinners, now at public meetings; but invariably, under every circumstance, doing his best to keep alive the old feeling of mistrust of Irishmen towards England. This, we sup- Pose, is by way of inducing the House of Commons, when the question com es on for dis cussion, to view it with respect and calmness. But the most likely cause of DANIEL'S present energy is the Rent. His Repeal agitation is th e 4( value received" which he ;gives for the 1833• ed this ews of ne state Portu• 'finned' for the, ursday , ENGEO M. Funds quota• national tribute—a pleasant mode of doing busi ness, but which tells far better for Mr. 0 1 CON-• NELL than for Ireland. By the bye, we learn, on pretty good authority, that the Repeal Question works its way but slowly, travelling over the country at the slow pace of a heavily laden broad-wheeled waggon. The Arch-Agitator, however, assures us, that it speeds from county to county, from town to town ; from village to village, on the wings of the wind—and he ought to be a competent judge, for he has " raised the wind" pretty considerably by it—but this is one of those fine figures of speech, which are happily illustrated by the apt term, Fudge. The plain truth is, Repeal is sinking, and it is necessary, therefore, for its advocates to storm and bluster, and menace, and prophesy, in order to hood-wink the people into a belief that it is all but triumphant. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind W.S W.—Arrived the Mar earet, Davison, and Millman, M'Master, from Demerara. Remain, with the American ship Chester, the Margaret, Hale, for Demerara, and the Candovery, White for Ja maica, the Superb, Stewart, for New York ; the Thames, Nalsey, for Oran; and the Matthew Plummer for Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind W.N. W. to N., squally. —Arrived off port the David Wotton, M'Donald, from Jamaica ; and Fruiterer, Way, from Seville. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the William Irving, Herbert, from Prince Edward's Island; and John, Queropol, from Seville. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.--Wind S. to S.W., strong breezes.—Arrived the Anne, Stevens, from Rio Grande ; and Elizabeth, Tonkin, frbm Lisbon. Sailed the Night ingale packet, for St. Domingo, Jamaica, Mexico, and Havannah ; Opwsum packet, for the Leeward Islands ; his Majesty's ship Pantaloon, for Oporto and Lisbon ; Anne, Baron, for Port-au-Prince ; Hunter, Shephard, for Ve nice; Ellen, Goodwin, for St. Michael's ; and Malcolm, Pond, for Waterford. RAMSGATE, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Assunto, Ganulo, from Naples. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 26.—Arrived the Favourite, Smith, from Seville. Off port the Hopkinson, White, from Demerara. DUBLIN, Dec. 26.—Arrived the Margaret, M'Allister, from Demerara, with loss of catwater, boats, &c. ; and Sarah Mary Ann, Archibald, from Quebec. GREENOCK, Dec. 25.—Sailed the Mount Steward Elphinstone, Crawford, and the William Turner, Leitch, for Bombay. YARMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Graf Caneron, Ka , e, from Archangel. BELFAST, DEC. 25.—The Lady Shaw, Stewart, from Whitehaven to Antigua, was got off the rocks last night, and will be brought to the Quay. The John and Thoma', of Southampton, Prevott, struck the Caution rock on the 22d inst., and was abandoned by the crew. She after wards floated, and was towed into Portafeny this morning. The Albion, Garson, from Leith to Lisbon, was driven on shore near Plymouth on the 22d inst., after being abandoned. The Tertius, from Wyburg to Hull, put into a port in Norway water-logged. The Union, Mullins, from St. Petersburgh, is supposed to be arrived in the River. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) )EN MARKET. at this morning's market, and 's prices COVENT-GARI There was a moderate supply the trade was dull, at last week' z. d s. d. s. d. . s. d. Potatoes (cwt.) Cahbages,Savoy(l2) 1 6 3 0 Apples 2 0 7 0 Ditto Red 2 0 5 0 P ears 4 0 S 0 Cauliflowers 1 0 2 6 Quinces 3 0 5 0 Horse Radish(bundle) 4 0 6 0 Onions 2 0 3 6 Celery 0 6 1 0 Onions (pickling) Carrots(l2bunches)... 4 0 7 0 Seville Oranges (100)- 8 0 14 0 'turnips 2 0 4 01Sweet Oranges 5 0 10 0 Coleworts or Greens... 2 6 4 0 Lemons 7 0 13 0 Leeks 0 6 1 0 Walnuts l 0 2 0 Endive 1 0 2 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 6 6 0 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 2 6 French ditto English, Forced lO 2 a French Walnuts 406 ii Filberts Pine Apples (lb.) 50 7 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Melons (each) 4 0 8 0 Sea Kail (puinmet) 1 0 1 6 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 31 Trossei.) CUMBERLAND. Supply rather limited, trade dull, and prices bare 3 ly stationary. 10 Coarse heavy Lowlan d Meadow Ha y -€ sto £3 Nt ew meadow Hay 3lO 4 4 3 15 4 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye - gra ss Ha y 4 0 4 4 Clover Hay 4 5 5 5 Oat Straw......£l 6to£l 8 I Wheat Straw 1 8 110 SMITHFIELD. :Supply shot t, trade very dull, and prices as last quoted: 5 C o arse neavy Lowland Meadow H a y £3 0 to £3 New Meadow Hay 3lO 4 4 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 4 4 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s 0 ..Generally 4 15 3 10 :)at Straw ... £1 4to .£1 6 I Wheat Straw 1 8 110 HUNGERFORD. Clover Hay ss. per load dearer than last quoted ; prices other wise stationary. Supply rather limited, and trade dull. Coarse Meadow Hay .£3 5 to £3 10 3 10 4 5 N ew Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay 4 0 4 3 15 5 5 Clover Hay 0 Oat Straw ... £1 5 to£l 81 Wheat Straw.— 1 8 110 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Accounts from Bordeaux state that General Valdez has issued a proclamation, as well as General Castagnon, to the inhabitants of Rimy ; it ends by stating that rigorous measures will be adopted against the revolters, but that lenity will be shown to those who submit. The Bishop of Toledo has gone to Portugal to join Don Carlo They write from Smyrna that the European ships are daily receiving reinforcements, and that Admiral Alslcolm had sailed for Vourla, where the most part of his squadron had assembled; he was waiting for instructions, which he expected by the Salamander steamer from England. THE FUNDS. The express from Paris bringing the French Funds ra ther higher, 751. 15c., likewise the present stability of the French Ministry, have caused Consols this morning to have a much more wholesome appearance than they had yesterday. They left off at 89i buyers for the Account, opened at 90, at which price they are at present. As yet no operations of consequence have taken place in the Market, and the speculators are acting with caution, anxiously waiting the answer from the Court of St. Pe tersburgh, to the French and English remonstrances respecting Turkey. Nothing doing as yet in the Foreign Market, prices at yesterday. Letters from Jamaica, of the sth November, state that all was tranquil there. IIALF-PAST ONE. The New York Gazette of the 26th November says, " It is with great satisfaction we state that the money market has been somewhat relieved by the discounts on Saturday of the Ilaited State Bank, and one or two of the States' banks. We have no doubt this commendable example will he followed, and that the banks generally will afford to our merchants every facility in their power at the present time to facilitate commercial operations." The only information expected of impor tance between this and Monday, is the speech of the President of America. Consols are not so good as in the early part of the day, when they were 90h ; at present they may be quoted at S9l for the account, owing to a lot of Reduced being sold. ' The Foreign Market is void of interest ; Spanish 23i 1 ; Portuguese 561 ; Dutch 501 1. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89i EXPENSE OF LIVING ON THE CONTINENT —As to the expense of living i❑ different towns on the continent for a single person, at the first-rate inns, bed and board, annually, faring sumptuously every day, and in cluding every expense whatever, I take it to be nearly as follows in pounds sterling :—Plorence, 100/. ; Carlsruhe, 1201. ; Weimar, Elberfeldt, Cassel, Dusseldorf, Gottingen, Geneva, 1251. ; Leghorn, Darmstadt, Manheim, 130/. ; Utrecht, Heilbronn, 1401.: Paris, Rome, Turin, Spa, Milan, Heidelberg, 150/. ; Rotterdam, Cologne, Aix-la- Chapelle, 160/. ; Naples, Cob'entz, 1701. ; Amsterdam, Kehl, 1801.; Frankfort, 2001. ; Calais, 300/. I have not the least doubt a person going to these places, and making an agreement before-band to remain some months, would be boarded for one-half of the sums mentioned, and for still less if he went into private lodings.—Reminiscences of an Old Traveller. FINE ARTS. GAGE D'AMITIE, Lo Dory, 1833, Contains a series of well-executed engravings (which we noticed in The Sun when the work was publishing in parts) illustrative of the vari ous picturesque beauties of the Northern coun ties of England. Among the views are several magnificent ones of Windermere and Ullswater Lakes ; Brougham and Howick Halls ; Low ther, Alnwick, and Durham Castles ; and those stupendous mountains, Skiddaw, Helvellyn— which Scott has immortalized in a beautiful poem of that name—Langdale Pikes and Sad dleback. To these illustrations explanatory literary notices are prefixed, the interest of which is heightened by the frequent quotations made from Wordsworth's stately poem, " The Ex cursion." The work, which is now completed, forms one cheap handsome quarto volume. MAJOR'S GALLERY OF PICTURES. VoL. IL PART V. LONDON, 1833. The idea of this work is excellent, and it has been carried on from the very first with a spirit that, we understand, has brought it into very general circulation. It presents us with engravings, at a very moderate cost, from the works of all the ancient and modern masters, not only in this country, but on the Continent, that are accessible ; to which engravings Allan Cunningham has appended critical notices, written briefly, but with an evident understanding of, and hearty relish for, his subject. The present part contains three illustrations from original paintings by Arnold Maas, Patrick Nasmyth and Paul Potter. That from Nasmyth is quite a gem in its way—a homely, rural, English landscape, which ought instantly to sit for its portrait to Miss Mitford : for it comprises a cottage, equal to any she has sketched in her " Village ;" a lovely group of shady woodland trees ; a little pool fringed with rushes, and catching a stray gleam or two of the mellow sunset ; and a distant ridge of hills swelling softly up from a small valley, which looks th e very emblem of repose and beauty. The en_ graving from Paul Potter is the well-known " Young Bull"—one of the most natural and most expressive that that observant master ever painted. LITERATURE. NAVAL AD VENTURES. 2 VoLs. LoxDoAr, 1833. These volumes are a striking illustration of the old adage which Byron has made so popular, " truth is strange, stranger than fiction." They abound, if not absolutely in marvels, at least in wild and various adventures by sea and land, in the new world equally with the old ; in the hyperborean regions as well as under the torrid zone. Lieutenant Bowers, the author, is a gentleman who has been actively engaged in the naval service for upwards of thirty-five years, during which protracted period fate seems to have treated him pretty much like a foot-ball, kicking him about the world with a steady per severance that must by this time have rendered him quite callous to her assault and battery. It is a hard case, though, when one conies to consi der the question seriously, that an enterprising v e teran officer, like this, should have been so long compelled to sit under what Colonel Na pier finely calls "the cold shade of the aristo cracy." Surely thirty-five years' hard service entitle him to be something better than a mere Lieutenant ! This book, however, we hope and believe, will help to bring him under the notice of the Admiralty ; for it exhibits in every page proofs of sagacity, energy, and that lofty, indo mitable fearlessness which has made the name of the British sailor renowned throughout the world. We advise those who are fond of ex citement to read the Naval Adventures of Lieutenant Bowers; those portions of them which allude to the Greenland fishery are full of the most enchaining interest. We subjoin an extract : " If among the perilous and adventurous occupations of a sea-life, there is one requiring more energy, activity, skill, courage, and patient endurance than another, it is when man, in a fragile skiff, comparatively a nutshell, defies and attacks in his own element the mighty monarch of the ocean, one of the fiercest and most active of all the finny tribes, the sperm whale. This enormous creature, as much a fish of prey as the shark, measures nearly eighty feet in length, and from thirty to forty in circumference ; the head, shaped like a huge box rounded at the corners, and rising a little towards the neck, in some species form ing nearly one-half of the whole. The tail, moved with as much facility as the whip of a waggoner, is horizontal, and from eighteen to twenty_four feet in breadth ; while a tremendous lower jaw, from twenty-five to thirty in length, thickly studded with conical, curved teeth, ten or twelve inches long, is m oved as adroitl y as the tail, and both when running on his side, with a power that would crush a ship, and a noise like thunder. To these irre sistible faculties he possesses the agility of the salmon, leaping from the water, and—as in the instance of the unfortunate American South-seaman in 1821 —falling on the decks of ships with a weight capable of shp.ttering or sinking the largest. This redoubtable animal wars not only with many other fish, but with some of the more peaceable of its own species, pursuing, attacking and with its long sharp teeth tearing the flesh from the carcases of many of the whale-tribe." The Journal du Clier says—" A notary al Bourges being informed a few days ago by a good-natured friend that his wife had an assignation with a gallant during his absence from borne, returned unexpectedly armed with a gun, and discharged it at them both together. The wife was seriously wounded." CAPTAIN Ross AND THE BEAR.—It was usual when Captain James Ross went upon a reconnoiter ing or exploring expedition into the interior of the country, to leave his uncle, the senior Captain, at head. quarters, with a small party of five or six men, generally the least capable to bear fatigue. Upon one of those oc casions, whilst the Captain was in bed, his hut, or cabin, well lined with tarpaulins and canvass, and his roof again covered with deep snow, having a small entrance with the view of excluding as much as possible the cold, and two er three loop-holes for the occasional admission of air, that the Captain discovered an unusual pressure and noise of footsteps immediately above the spot where o be lay. Thinking it might be one of the men wh had thus unwarrantably disturbed his slumber, be called out to know who was there ; but receiving no wa. answer, and the annoyance rat her increasing, he . got up, and, peeping through a loophole to discover who it , he beheld an enormous bear, snuffing about to find out the entrance to the hut, which he was then approaching, and no doubt in a few minutes more would have reached his prey. The Captain, however, bad presence of mind to seize a loaded musket which was at band, and levelled it at the monster as he was tearing open the door. The ball took effect ; and, although he did not kill it s e verely wounded the animal that he immediately made , so off. He, however, shortly returned, deliberately walked across a plank into the vessel, seized a young tame bear which lay on the deck, devoured one half of it, and was again making off, licking his chops, when he was pursued and shot. Being one of the largest of many they mat with in those inhospitable regions, the skin has been brought beme a s a curiosity. RAMSGATE, DEC. 27. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sea, —We have now remaining in this harbour upwards of three hundred sail of ships wind-bound, without a pro spect of a speedy departure ; it was a beautiful sight on Christmas -day to see the flogs of all nations join respect to the Saviour's natal day. The meeting of the new Rams gate Stearn-packet Company met, as usual, last Monday at the Comraitoee-roont Pier-house. It is now considered pretty certain that what has so long been wished for will he accomplished, namely, the widening of the gateway to the inner harbour, which has not at present sufficient width. There is no doubt the trustees in London will accede to so advantageous an alteration to benefit the town of Ramsgate• Yours, PRO VAPOR- COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria were present at Drury-lane Theatre. on Thunday evening, to see the new spectacle of St. George and the Dragon. The Lion• Mr. P. Thomson has returned to town. The Right Hon. Gentleman attended yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Despatches were sent off last evening from the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for Mr. George our Minister at the Court of Madrid. BRIGHTON, DEC. 27. The Queen was not in public yesterday. His Majesty, accompanied by his daughter, the Countess of Falkland, drove out to near Shoreham, visiting Kemp Town previous to his return to the Palace, at 2 o'clock. The Princess Augusta as yet has not been able to join her Royal relatives in the festivities of the Palace, although convalescent. The Royal dinner party last evening comprised their Majesties' relatives and the suite and household. The Bishop of Worcrster, Lord Fredetick and Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and Viscount and Viacountess Falkland continue on a visit to their Majesties. The neat Almack's ball will take place on the Bth inst., under the patronage of the Countesses Listowel, Bosse, De Salis, and the Marchioness of Downshire. The Earl and Countess of Moray, the Ladies Stuart, Lady Caroline Dundas, Count and Countess De Salis, Sir F. Burdett, Lady Newburgh, the Ladies Eyre, and the Bishop of Ely, had the honour of visiting their 'Majesties yesterday. Lord and Lady Turatnore have taken a house on the Marine•parade for the season. The Earl and Countess of Moray and the Ladies Stuart are still sojourning here. Lord and Lady Lilford and family will take their depar ture to-morrow for town. On Sunday last sermons were preached in aid of the funds of the National Schools, at the places of worship here, and nearly 1001. collected. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke and Duchess of Sunderland, at Lilley's Hall, Shropshire, from Trentham Hall, Staffordshire ; Lord Gard ner, from Melton Mowbray; Sir Hugh and Lady Fraser, and family, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Madras ; Mrs. Planey, at ditto, from her seat in Berks ; Captain and Mrs. Elliot, and family, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from their seat in Kent ; J. T. Leader, Esq., at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent ; Wm. Davies, Esq , at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Cabalva ; Captain Fielding, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Cheltenham ; W. Moss, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; Richard Allison, Esq., at the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, from the High Cackers mouth ; George Hoskins, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Rev. John Hambleton, at ditto, from ditto. DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess of Craven, from Charles-street, Ber keley-square, for Court Abbey, Coventry; Captain and Lady Agnes Byng, from Eaton-square, for Wrotham-park, Middle sex; Stewart, Esq., from the Albany, for Paris; L. S. Barry, Esq., from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Marbray Hall, Cheshire; Captain Ainslie, from: Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Winchester; the Earl of Onslow, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat, Clandon, Surrey; Captain Fyson, from ditto, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Knight, from Brook-street, for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Maclean, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Dublin ; Captain Locke, from ditto, for Brighton; Viscount and Vis countess Weymouth, from their house, Cumberland.street, for Bath ; the Rev. Mr. Robbins, from ditto, for Salisbury; Captain Banford, 73d Regiment, and Mrs. Banford, from the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, for Staffordshire ; Richard Ro berts, Esq., and Mrs. Roberts, from ditto, for Wansford ; W. Davies, Esq., and Mrs. Davies, from ditto, for ditto; Alfred Morgan, Esq., from ditto, for North Wales; James Jenks, Esq., and Mrs. Jenks, from ditto, for Bath ; Captain Jones, R.N., from ditto, for Brighton; Lieutenant Wild, R.N., from ditto, for ditto; the Speaker of the House of Commons, from Palace yard, for Cambridge; the Earl and Countess Beauchamp, from Portman-square, for their seat, Madersfield, Worcester; the Duchess of Hamilton, and the Marquis of Douglas, from Port man-square, for Hamilton Place, N.B. ; the Hon. John Chet wynd Talbot, from Wharncliffe-house, for Earl Talbot's seat, Ingestrie Hall, Lichfield ; Saville Halifax, Esq., from Arling ton-street, on a tour; Lord and Lady Cowley, from Grosvenor street, for Hatfield ; Hon. General Phipps, on a visit to General St. John, at Ades, near Lewes; Lord Colville, for Brighton; Hon. Charles Compton, and Lady Catherine Cavendish, for Latimers, near Cheshunt ; Lord and Lady Clanmorris, for Brighton; Sir J. and Lady Champagne, for ditto ; Hon. Major Keppell, from Hertford.street, on a visit to Mr. and Lady Anne Coke, at Holkham. ARRIVALS AT BATH. Hon. Mr. Bertie, Sir J. Butler, Sir D. Maurice, Colonel Capell ; Captains Grove, Morris ; Lieutenants Gilling, Moore; Rev. Messrs. Hammond, Williams ; Mr. and Mrs. Whitaker ; Messrs. Bandinel, Brock, Cornero, Crofton, Goodwin, Johnson, King, Milne, Manners, Matthews, Osborne, Robins ; Misses Sherer, Somers, Templeman, Wilson, Campbell, Jephson, Wil. molt, Wyatt, Wilmot ; Mesdames Horton, Murry. The Duke of Sussex has enrolled his name amongst the members of the Western Yacht Club. The Secretary has received a communication from Baron Billow, stating that the yachts of the Club have been granted the privilege of entering the ports of Prussia fret of port and harbour duties.—lrish Paper. The Earl of Warwick, who was expected to return to Warwick Castle, from a tour on the continent, about this time, has had a severe relapse, at Paris, of his rheumatic complaint. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are dispensing their hospitality at Alnwick Castle, to a distinguished family circle. The Duke has been on a visit to his Right Rev. relative the Bishop of Carlisle, at Rose Castle. Tho two accomplished Misses Percy, daughters of the Bishop, reside almost constantly with their Graces. An intimation has been given at .Northum berland House that the Duke and Duchess will not resume the occupation of that splendid mansion until early in February. It was announced yesterday, at the west end, that Prince Talleyrand had taken the Marquis of Anglesea's mansion, Uxbridge House, for the future re sidence of the French embassy, at a very high rental—it was said '7,000/. per annum ; in this, however, is included the use of the costly furniture. The reason assigned for relinquishing the house in Hanover-square is, that it is ❑ot large enough to accommodate the whole of the eiten sive suite of the venerable representative of the King of the French at our Court. We learn by the Neapolitan journals that, up to the Ist inst., Vesuvius continued to emit flames and liquid fire. There have been two new openings formed in the old crater towards Camaldules and Torre del Greco. One of the currents of lava has taken a direction towards the plain of Genetta, and the other towards Bosco-tre-Case. The subterranean reports have, however, ceased, and a thick column of smoke issues forth, forming itself at the top into the shape of a mushroom ; and the clouds of which, carried away by the currents of air, present a very curious appearance. The Commissioners of Customs have received an order from the Board of Trade to prepare the draught of a Bill for admitting the large inland towns, as Man chester, Leeds, and others, to the privilege of bonding. This important measure to the trade of those places may be expected, therefore, to be brought before Parliament early in the approaching Session. BRUTUS AND TITUS.—On the recent visit of his Grace the Duke of Wellington to Dover, he was, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, received on his entrance into the place with military honours by a detachment of the Rifle Brigad e . Th e Major commanding was the Mar quis of DJuro, shiest son of the Duke, who by some acci dent appeared before the hero in plain clothes—a circum stance of which his Grace took no notice at the moment, but on retiring to his hotel wrote to the War-office, com plaining that the officer in command had violated the etiquette of the service. At dinner the same day the Mar quis appeared in full uniform, but not a word from the Duke. By the post, however, came down an order from the Commander-in-Chief to place Lord Douro under arrest for twenty-four hours, as a punishment for not ap pearing at the head of his detachment in the uniform of the regiment. It is but justice to Lord Douro to say t' at he submitted without repining, and when released w a ite, , on his Grace to thank him for hisstiiet measure of justice. Mr. Robinson, the Member for Worcester. has been most wimerously and respectably prop ised the subscribers to Lloyd's as eminently qualified to be the Chairman of their committee. Fishmongers' Hall, standing at the north end of London Bridge, now presents a finished exterior, and may be considered one of the best buildings in that part of the city, so rich with aspect to the works of Sir Christopher Wren. It is a spacious edifice, built of atone, with a handsome front to the water. The external walls are adorned with lonic columns. Over the east front the Fishmonger's arms are well sculptured, upon a large scale. The exportation of the precious metals has much diminished since the last report. By the official returns, the quantity sent out from the port of London from the 13th to the 19th inst. inclusive, was 17,000 oz of silver coin, and 27,183 oz. of silver in bars, to Cslais, and 957 oz. of gold to Hamburg. INTERESTING TO THOSE WHO HAVE A 311 ND FOR A CHANCERY SUIT.-About five years ago a large quantity of oak, ash, and elm timber was felled a Sunningwell and neighbouring parishes, when an injunc tion was obtained from the Court of Chancery to preyero . its being removed till the right in the property W 49 decided by the Chancellor. We observe that 335 of these trees are at length advertised for sale; and it is reported, upo❑ respectable authority, that not less than from 400 t - ) 500 loads of the original quantity have disappeared.-- Oxford Journal. COCKROACHES.—A gentleman has recently discovered that spirits of turpentine are an effectual remedy against the depredations of cockroaches. He recommends to put a little of it upon the shelves or sides of book cases, bureaus, armoire, or other furniture in which they take shelter, and these troublesome insects will soon quit, no only the furniture, but the room. The remedy is simple, and is easily obtained by every person who wishes it. It is not unpleasant to the smell, soon evaporates, and does no injury to either furniture or clothing. —American Paper. BOOKS FOR PRESENTS, JUST PUBLISHED. —The Oriental Annual, containing twenty-five engravings from drawings of Scenes in India, by W. Daniell,El R.A., superbly bound in Morocco, price 215.-2. Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen and Pirates from the earliest times, in 2 vols. bound, with sixteen engra vings, price 21s —3. The Geographical Annual, and the Biblical Annual for 1834 in Morocco, price 21s. " These two beautiful and most useful volumes form a family treasure."—Literary Gazette.-5. Macfarlane's Lives of Banditti and Robbers in all parts of the World, in 2 vols. with 16 plates, price 21e. 6d.—Landseer's Illustrated Edition of Neel's Romantic Annals of England, just completed in 3 vols. with twenty-one engravings, price 18s. " They are valuable illustrations of manners." Times. Letters from tile Mauritius, dated September 10, mention the arrest of six individuals on a charge of high treason—viz. Messrs. Brodelet, Keating, A. Ro billard, Fennouillet, Grandemange, and Regnaud, in consequence of an investigation which was going on befoi e the Executive Council. The papers seized on the occa sion are said to implicate some other persons, and tl,e vigour shown by the local Government had encouraged the colonists to come forward with a mass of further evidence against the accused. The prisoners had been recognized as the leaders of that armed force clandestinely enrolled in the year 1832, and which assumed the title of Volunteers. Their trial, consequently, was expected to throw great light upon the former designs of that body. By the same accounts, it appears that the steady but firm application of the laws by Sir William Nicolay had at last broken the spell of intimidation which had hitherto embarrassed the local Government in all its measures ; and the moderate part of the press could at length venture to expose the opinions of those journals which for a long time had been suff,red to mislead the colonists. The nor approval by the Government at home of the penal code framed during the disturbed state of the colony would, it was expected, enable the Attorney-General to carry his plan of reform into the law department, and make the principles of English jurisprudence the basis of any new code that might be promulgated. HEREFORD WAGS.—The Hereford Times vouches for the truth of the following :—A young man o respectable connections, who took his whiskerless cheeks much to heart, was persuaded by five of his companion, that if any portion of another man's whiskers could be transferred to his cheeks, the hairs would take root and grow there, but that his cheeks must be punctured with a needle, in order that the foreign hair might be firmly fixed. A labouring man was persuaded, on consideration of a shilling, to have halt of his huge pair of whiskers cut off, and the following operation was then commenced. The simpleton was placed in a reclining posture on a sofa. One of the operators held a basin of warm water, whilst the other, with a finely pointed needle, slightly punctured his cheeks. The application of the warm water caused the blood to flow, and in the blood the hairs were regularly planted. After a good breadth had been covered with hair, some oil was poured over, and a broad band or rilaand passed over the whole. His head was then en closed in a night-cap, and the gentleman was safely put to bed. The catastrophe need not be recited. A little water on the following day washed away the incipient nursery, and thus were wrecked the aspirant's high formed hopes of whisker conquests. SIR JONAH BARRINGTON'S MEMOIRS OF IRELAND AND THE UNlON.—Among the numerous other remarkable and important matters contained in this Work, it furnishes the most graphic and exact details per taining to the " Reign of Terror" which desolated Ire land during the rebellion of 1795 ; and recounts, in vivid colours, the stormy proceedings in the Irish Parliament which prefaced the establishment of the Union. Preced ing scenes of an animated time are also vividly at'd strik ingly portrayed in the book before us. We see the Bishop of Derry enter Dublin with his splendid guards, and the gallery of the House of Commons filled by the graceful beauties of the vice-regal court; while in the strong and living delineation of the celebrated characters of the time—Ponsonby, with his cool collectedness ; Grattan, with his drawling energy; Curran, with his quaint vivacity, and Fitzgibbon, with his towering pride —the Author has been retnarkably successful. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ASSAULT AT THE WESTMINSTER SESSIONS YESTERDAY.-1.011193. Bur nett, a young woman of respectable appearance, with an infant in her arms, was indicted for assault;ng Peter Burnett, her husband, on the 21st ~fDeceinber instant.— (This case has recently appeared in The Sun, in detail, under the head of " Police.")—The Chairman wished the husband would make the matter up, and not let the case go to a jury.—No overture being made, he summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. EXTENT OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.—Iii no age, nor in any record of by_gone nations, is a parallel to be found for the almost boundless extent of the Russian dominions, as they exist in the present day. This colossus of power forms a connected whole, which is dislocated by no seas, and intersected by the possession of no intervening sovereignty. There is not any part of it which lies at all disjointed from this congruous mass, save that which lies in America, and is severed from it by a narrow strait. This portion, after all, does not amount to a fifteenth part of the Muscovite territory, which of itself is larger than Europe and Australia put together. It stretches over three quarters of the world ; occupying the larger portion of the north of Europe, the whole of the north of Asia, and part of the north-west of America. The connexion of the latter with Russia in Asia is maintained by a chain of islands which run from the Peninsula of Kamtschatka in Asia to the Peninsula of Alaslika in America. The Russian empire comprehends nearly two hundred and fifty degrees of longitude—consequently nearly two-thirds of th.- circumference of the whole globe; and about forty decrees of latitude—for it extends from Pyzdry, the last station on its Polish frontier, to Queen Charlotte's Sound in Ame rica. When it is 12 o'clock at midnight at its westernmost point, it is 16 minutes past 2 o'clock at midnight at its easternmost. It comprises a seventh part of the habitable earth, and a five.and-twentieth part of its superficial ex tent, land and water. It is 75 times larger than Prussia, 70 times larger than Great Britain and Ireland; 68 times larger than Italy ; 64, times lager than Sweden ; 37 times larger than France; and 31 times larger than Austria. The climate of this immense sovereignty is as varied as its component parts; here we have the heats which ripen the grape, the almond, the fig, and olive, the pomegranate and orange in the open air ; and there, the excessive fri gidity which reduces mercury to the state of hardness in which it may be hammered ; at one extremity the bear housed amid eternal ice, and at the other the camel pass ing over a hotbed of arid sand ; spring blooming along the Caucasus, whilst life and vegetation are entombed along the frozen strand of the Vistula and Neva. Yet in all his greatness, the autocrat scarcely counts twice as many lieges as the King of England ; and lord of scarcely as many cities and made;-towns 43 the single Emperor of Austria. THE THEATRES. GARI?ICK. The proprietors of this theatre appear determined to keep pace with the " March of Intellect," and vie with their competitors in the production of variety, novelty, and amusements for their friends and visiters. Thursday, after the tragedy of Othello, durinz the performance of which the excellent acting of Messrs. GOMERSALL and FREER, Mrs. POPE and Mrs. GOMERSALL, kept the boisterous part of the audience in tolerable order, an excellent pantomime, entitled, The Sleeping Beauty ; or, Earle pin Night and the Enchanted Forest, commenced, and all eyes and ears were fixed in delighted attention. The opening, which is written by Mr. LAWRENCE, the comic scenes by Mr. You no, and the splendid and beautiful scenery by Messrs. CUTHBERT, LEWIS, and SCHINOTTI, do infinite credit to their taste and talent. Many of the changes were dexterously managed, and elicited much applause. The introduction of a patent man-trap, in which appropriate baits worth biting at, for Lawyers, Aldermen, Maids, Wives, and Widows, is placed, and in which each is respectively caught in endeavour ing to get a nibble, excited much laughter. Signor GRAMANI (late of the Surrey), was a most efficient Clown, and contributed in a more than ordinary degree to keep up the delight of the audience. Messrs. FEATHER STON, LEWIS, and FRAMPTON, as Pantaloon, Harlequin, and Periot, acquitted themselves most creditably ; and Mrs. CONQUEST was all that could be expected as Colum bine—her attitudes and dancing were at once graceful and appropriate, and drew forth loud applause. SADLER'S WELLS. The pantomime at this neat little theatre, the favourite resort of the infernal gods, is a very good one, though the uproar of the upper dis-orders is rather distressing to " ears polite." The pantomime is called Harlequin and the Stolen Nose ; or, Four-and- Twenty Blackbirds baked in a Pie. There certainly is a pie in the opening scene, and a blackbird larger than life, hut what either has vrt to do will it we could ill discover. Indeed, the fint opening plot we could comprehend was a " go-off" upon " 'Morison's 'Vegetable Pills." We have o,:r obi friend MA NCHA ICD as .F . Crrienioo7l, and .he is incon— testably the best extant. The Harlequin is a very good one, and there was a young lady whom we understood to be columbine. There are two clowns—which is just one too many, for we do not like too much of a good thing. In short, the pantomime is a very clever one. The scenery is very pretty, and in the course of the piece there is a very well painted and well managed polyoramH, living views of Oporto and the neighbourhood, and of Admiral Napier's victory. The clown's mouth is filled with too many clap.traps. Notwithstanding the extreme inclemency of the weather, the house was crammed. SESSIONS FOR THE YEAR 1834. MIDD. ESEX. Jan. 9*, 16, 29 July 10#, 17, 23, 29 Feb. 3, 13*, 20, 26 Aug. 7*, 14, 20, 25 March 3, 13*, 20 Sept. 4*, 11, 17, 22 April 2,7, 17*, 24 Oct. 2*, 8, 13, 23*, 10 May 7, 12, 22*, 29 Nov. 19, 26 June 11, 16, 25, 30 Dec. 4*, 11, 31 WESTMINSTER. Feb. 13, April 3, May 8, June 26, Aug. 28, Oct. 9, Nov. 20. LONDON. Jan. 1, Feb. 19, April 9, May 14, July 2, Sept. 3, Oct. 15, Nov. 26. OLD BAILEY. Jan. 9., Feb. ‘... ) 0, April 10, May 15, July 3, Sept. 4, Oct. 16, Nov. 27. Those marked thus ► are County Days. A great number of persons who bought copies of the King's speech of the criers in the streets yesterday were surprised on reading it to find that his Majesty spoke of the rupture of Antwerp, the m irriage of the Princess Louise, &c. On further examination they found that they had been hoaxed, the speech being that delivered at the opening of last session.— Galignani's Messenger. ONE OF TIIE AMUSEMENTS OF AN EGYP TIAN GOVERNOR.—I sometimes accompanied him (the Governor of Damietta) in his excursions on the Nile ; he was a capital sportsman, and made it a point to fire at birds with a single ball. In this way I have seen him kill sparrows repeatedly; indeed he very rarely missed. One day I was disputing the excellence of an officer's pistol who sat by me; he would have it that it was an English pistol, though it was really a German one. When I as sured him it was not English, he very deliberately primed it, and, retiring to the distance of four or five yards, he fired between my legs, as I sat on a bench, at a jar about 20 feet distant ; he smashed the jar, and said in a trium phant tone, " Well, is that an English pistol or not ?" " Most undoubtedly," said I, "it must be English." It is not very pleasant to have a drunken Turk shooting be tween one's legs. —Madden's Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, &e. The Doctor arrives at Sidon, and to the stir p ise of all its inhabitants, the far-famed Lady Hester Stanhope invites him to her Villa of d'Joun, eight miles distant from the town ; there is no village in its vicinity, —hemmed in on all sides by arid mountains ; this residence is shut out from the world, and is at the mercy of the Bedouins, if they had the audacity to attack it. But of this there is little fear ; they regard her Ladyship as the Queen of the Wilderness. * ' The room into which I was ushered was in the Arab style ; a long divan was raised at the end, about a foot and a half from the ground ; and, at the further corner, as well as a glimmer ing lamp would allow me to distinguish, I perceived a tall figure in the male attire of the country, which was no other than Lady H. herself. She received me in the most gracious manner, arose at my entrance, and said my visit afforded her great pleasure. One of the most striking features in her Ladyship's character is, that she reads the stars, and is guided by them. The Doctor says that her Ladyship's influence over the Turkish Pachas of Syria has greatly diminished, and for an excellent reason—that she has no longer wherewithal to buy the rogues' protection. Her establishment formerly consisted of 30 or 40 domes tics, and a great number of girls, whose education was hit employment ; but they have all deserted her, with the ex ception of five servants, and on their fidelity her life ie now dependant. Several attempts have been lately made to break in at night; people have been found murdered who were attached to her, and the corpse of a stranger, to lew days ago, was found lying near her gate. Her habits are peculiar ; she retires to rest at the dawn, and rises in the afternoon ; she takes her meals in her own apartment, and never with her guests; she drinks no wine, and very seldom eats meat. Other nights it was still later when I retired ; tea was sometimes brought in towards two in the morning. Part of her Ladyship's conversation turns upon followin g g o b s soldi ers s: Ther some of our late awl most famous statesmen and politicians, Id fo o r pin, e are none like them ; for a coup de main I would have Irish—all Irish. The Scotch should plan the project— tiina [care which yot, r Eery-headed r e y -bea d deliversd Irishth e the Irish execute it ; the latter know not how to retreat ; they have a great deal of wit, which consists in quitltnese of apprehension ; they always have genius, but they never have any judgment. George Canning was one of your fiery-headed Irish politicians. When I acted as Mr. Pitt's Secretary, I had nothing but trouble with this Irishman. One day I could hardly persuade him to sit down to dinner at Mr. Pitt's because Lord Castlereagh was present. He was like a fine lady at a play, who becomes quite fidgett:e because a naughty person is sitting in the next box ; he was afraid of infection. Oh ! there is no one knows George Canning so well as Ido ; he was never stanch to any per son, nor to any party ; he would neither serve Mr. Pitt well, nor yet bleak with him. When Mr. Pitt went out: of office, Canning used his name to make it be believed, he was only waiting for a bait to be drawn in again. Mr. Pitt was obliged to forbid him the house; but he soon in gratiated himself again into favour. He has no largeness of soul; he is voluble and erudite, but he never was such en orator as Grattan. G rattan ' s speeches will read well t G o r e e v ek er a y n o d n L e, at b in ut G G en r t a le tt m a e n n 's ; a t r o e th o e ni c ) o ' are nonsense. To suc h b e i ngs as myse lf , w h o h ave t h e i r u in n t t e r l y ligi q b u le ire to e, y: h o e u y r strong notions of things and persons, the speeches of Can ning are vapid ; there is no depth in his eloquence—oo universality in his philosophy. Lord Castlereagh w as t h e best meaning man in the world, but his intellect was not, of the first order; in the documents he was in the habit of writing for Mr. Pitt, there were always blunder,., but he used to write them over again very goo d sl I uinp u redly. Canning and he were always in one anotlier'e way; the Senate was not large enough for both. When Mr. Pitt was out of office, I acted as his Secretary, and he had thee as much business as ever. He s eldom opposed my opinions, and always respected my an tipathies. In private li e he was cheerful and affable; he would rise in the midst of his gravest avocations to hand me a fallen handkerchief ; lie was l a -wave polite to women, and a great favourite with many of them ; but ice was wedded to the State, and d'eath only could divorce him from his Country. His great re creatioe, after business, was stealing into the country, entering a clean cottage, where there was a tidy woman and a n icely scotered table, and there be would eit bread and c heese like any ploughman. He detested route, and always set down to plain dinners. Re never ate before he went to the House; but when anything iniporeint was to be discussed, lie was in the habit of taking a glass of port wine, with a teaspoonful of bark,-.411 - adden's Tra. eels in Tarkey t Egypt, Nubia,