The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-10 00:00:00

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Prg eES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'Cl,O p e e g r . :Mare. Paid. 9 tri‘nlain° MeX.an s. at 51. pin.' 14'24 Itazil e ll, l lining Compan £lso 464 pi.,„--14,n..p. Min. Co. (itie. at 5/. pm.) EDI , 16 3 i ui, t , „4 , lttnal 1 1112 I),t to ' n t. John Del Rey !titi,), ,‘-ocaes . 5 5 , 4 18'‘ „ hi ton Mining Company £sll 7 3 i '.. - • ' " , i 61Th i51, 14, , n ,,. Mining Co. (is, at 51. pm.) ' O 4 24? 1 ,,, 2'acril l ',Ting Company 124 nem ,- ng Asaociation 19 ki; 9 rii.,; 01 Monte Mining Co. Ski I,, tr lr‘X Ntio I'o (is, at ‘2/.ltm.' . 4 . 0 5 8 , 4 Ali, a ,'" , tely Snip Ptrq,,, Fire 1 quranre Comp l9 Fla,; tite,....' l. f n mir n a . neeComn• ' ;anait 'li4n C o. .... '. , Pri 4 "tnnany l7 46 l'en:Yalßtettnt Navigation Co ' ....._ it 4.,., _ os 30 I, -- -----..z . jtank if I reland Li PILV. ----- tu, , t _ , lit 3 ,f , !KISH STor KR, DUBLIN. JAN. 7• Zsql , - , 4 t '. St, ek be j, eent ' 4 . N ''' , Ct Per cent 913 vatinnal Ditto ,Der (, elv vn N.,. t _. Ti e ,. • ................. Hibernian Bank suYal Vi n • 3i t? percent.... 88'4 Provincial Ditto Zrand o anal Stock . .at v )..,anal Stock — 21 Imperial Mine — sall a ,o ; per cent ---- --....„ZLIce Deb. 4, c . Commercial Buildings . Arri v .. HAILS. 0 Arno.. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 amenc a 0 0 Hamburg 0 B razil. 0 Buenos Ares 1 'artha ' 1 tll,l gena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I pFI la 0 0 Lisbon 3 anders 0 0 Malta 0 Trance ss. " -, .:l"fise‘ to 'ersev.. 0 0 Waterford , echf l eer / wing W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO VI OEROVV. 1.1 •%,.::! . 5 0 Min titeg ,fter 5 I Evenine...l4 minutes after R . k j .r: 0111111111 • tr '44 'IIIIIIPI Lovnn,v, 'ItSDAy EVENING. JANUARY 10, 1833. tn "e Paris express Oyes some particulars re- Louts P HIL IP'S movements north r:r% who was to be joined at Lille on Wed- L e(l4 ? by the QUEEN, as also by King wh ' 3l )oLb and his wife ; the two latter of 1 , 1 , t)111 , it was sup p ose d, w ould set out on a .3t of a few days to Paris. The King of as the same authorities report, has con rillei th e revocat i on o f t h e S a li c l a w, a nd an tthe degree signed during his late illness. Luis the Fourteenth, being once asked what e 'ctsidered a diplomatist to be, replied, " A hi- "" 4ll pith two faces and twice as many tongues." bhe vitol e art of diplomacy appears indeed to e 'ceit. The pot-house champion at the R f.„ 441 e 0 " put" should be a good diplomatist, h! has all the requisites for the higher game. 0 e a Pozzo DI B ORGO , o r a TALLEYRAND, ti ll 1 sm a ll sca l e . S ee h ow h e pl a y s upon the mtltty of his adversary, and affects a confidence 1) 4 48 own strength, which he does not feel. t , ) °Z ; () DI BORGO would not bounce or bully °!` loudly. What a pity it is that the skill w h tx 'n would become a diplomatist should be e lised i n a strugg l e f or a pot of beer. .je Russian diplomatist and the French tr lt i s lassad or are playing their game at put, and I „ j u i tt to say, a lthough the fox is usually more st Ythan the bear, they are in the present in adati p retty closely matched. They have this his eitage, h o w e v e r, over the common " put" f I YEr, their very threats are conveyed a la Ches. they never forget the courtesies of Cilized lif e . Wh a t an a d va ntage it is to be well a e(11 Your ordinary men say rough things in 1 1.e ngit way—your diplomatist envelopes his i O -114 ees in sugar, and always sweetens his d e w --. To hear of the dinners which M. at 4 ALLEYRAND and M. Pozzo DI BORGO th e giving to each other, and the way in which I ) , e Y b andy compliments when other persons are ti'' one wou ld suppose t h at t h e y w ere e ither th t h Louis-Phili p i sts , or b ot h re presentatives of fi e Autocrat of the North. Yet, never did two o e n make a harder struggle. It is who shall th llt 'it the other, and carry off the honours of e Pure. Pozzo DI B ORGO , thinking that -4 the T ur ki s h quest i on h e h as f orme d t h e Me a l 44 of creating distrust in the minds of the " t itish Cabinet towards France, leaves no et lltie unturned in his endeavours to break the l 4 N14 which united the two Cabinets. TAL -I,'YRAND, whatever may he his own views and shes as to the kind of Government and system I ch should ex i st i n F rance , h as a ll hi s diplo t:tie reputation at stake, and will not allow it d i be destr o y e d b y th e R usso -Corsican, who Putes his claim to supremacy as a politician. will ef ` 4 e he reti res f rom the stage of public life he ‘,,, astonish the audience by a feat of power, ti re ic h shall convince them tltat he does not re 4ecause he is worn out. v : Pozz o DI B ORGO pre t en d s , indeed, that lit; ' e it to this country is unconnected with po th ' °tit if that were the truth, what would be e L . wi t ) of hi s l ong a nd frequent interviews . r th e Se cre t :tr y o f St a te for Foreign Affairs ? Ito o , a ue stlay he was closeted for more than three he ard or i w ith Lord PALMERSTON, and we have of ' longer interviews than that. Is the time ear l 41 , 41 PALMERSTON of so little value that he indi v ., ° 'd to devote three hours every day to an If s t 'al in the common chit chat of the town? a i lg th e public might be spared the charge for leav e re , t arY of State for Foreign Affairs, and N o t ne public business to the chief clerks. on;7'if Asmodeus like,- we could transport With. readers to Downing-street, and place them l o b e hearin g of the Russo-Corsican, they would per, t 4 inced that NICHOLAS is making a des e effort to confirm the power which he has gained, and to separate the policy of our Cabinet from that of France. Up to the hour of our going to press, we understand that no authentic account of the King of HOLLAND'S answer has been received at any of the official quarters likely to have the first knowledge of such information. The ex pectation is, that the KING will not accept the proposal of France and England in the present shape, but that he is now disposed to meet their views when modified in certain particulars. In the meantime, he maintains a strict blockade of the Scheldt. It is said in certain circles at the West End, that last night Ministers had made an overture to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S party, to concur in the propriety of adopting some decisive measures with regard to Ireland. The answer is said to have been in the negative. We give the above as we have heard it, with out vouching for its correctness; but we do not think that Ministers, already so strong in the justice of their cause, would deem it necessary to a-k the consent of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S party in adopting any measures which the exigency of the case might demand. We know that Ministers have already determined to act with becoming energy in regard to the present state of Ireland ; and it is probable that a proclamation may ap pear for suppressing all associations of volun teers, or other illegal bodies, through whose unruly agency Mr. O'Cor; NELL may still hope to agitate that unhappy country. We ' hear that several regiments are now on their way to - Ireland, for the pu Those of giving effect to whatever line of policy it may be deemed ex pedient to pursue, until a Reformed Parliament shall have devised the necessary means for re dressing the grievances under which Ireland has so long laboured. Brussels papers, of the 9th inst., inform us that the Dutch will not allow any vessels to leave the Scheldt, nor enter it. We suppose this is done by way of reprisal for the capture of the citadel. The frost will render the navigation impractica ble for the present month, and after that we hope the question will be amicably adjusted. German Papers state that the young King of HUNGARY has passed the crisis of his disease, and is now better : The Morning Herald states that the answer of the King of HOLLAND to the proposals of the British and French Cabinets has been re ceived, and that it is in some degree conciliatory. We have reason to believe that our Contempo rary is in error and that no answer has yet arrived. The letter in the Herald relative to the closing of the navigation of the Scheldt by order of the King of HOLLAND is a literal translation of the despatch of the Belgian Colonel BuzEN. The Spectator of Sunday last contained a paragraph, stating that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would, early in the approaching Session of Parliament, bring forward a proposal for the reduction of the stamp duty on news papers, but that he had not made up his mind to a reduction of the duty on advertisements. The Morning Advertiser of Monday doubted the correctness of what the Spectator had stated on the subject of the advertisement duty, and mentioned a particular scale of reduction as likely to be adopted by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. We have reason to think that our respectable contemporary, the Advertiser, is in error. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER does not appear to have resolved upon the reduction of the advertisement duty. Ho stands pledged, however, to reduce the stamp duty on newspapers, and we may expect that measure in the course of a few weeks. Wha t the exact amount of the reduction will be, is not known. Probably it will not be more than will enable the newspaper proprietor to sell his paper at 6d. or 51-d.; but the public, we are sure, will not be satisfied with anything short of such an allowance as will reduce the charge to the public at least twopence, so that the sevenpenny paper may be sold for fivepence. As to the duty on advertisements, it is said, but we cannot attach credit to the statement, that the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is indisposed to make any reductions until an increased revenue shall enable him to do so without imme diately affecting the yearly returns. His Lord ship seems to forget that reduction of taxation does not necessarily imply reduction of income. There have been many instances in which a re duction of two-thirds of the taxation on a com modity has, by increased consumption, caused a great improvement in the revenue. Taxation could not be reduced on any thing else, with the same certainty of advantage to the revenue, as on advertisements. At present the duty of 3s. 6d. on each advertisement deters the poor tradesman from attempting that de gree of publicity which is essential to his business. A duty of one shilling on long, and of sixpence on short advertisements, would cause an increase in the number of at least six to one, so that the revenue would gain by the change. Thousands who do not now adver tise at all would try that mode of publicity, and others who have been accustomed to ad vertise in one paper only, would extend their advertising to all the papers round. The ad yields, a f ter d e d uct i ng vertisement duty now the expense of collection, only 170,0001. per annum, but let the duty be moderate, and it will yield a much larger sum. The objection, there fore, of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to a reduction of the advertisement duty can not, on any ground, be reasonably maintained. It is, besides, the business of the CHAN CELLOR to see that, in a commercial country like this, ail fair and legitimate means of obtain. ing publicity, and of prosecuting the interest,: of trade, be well supplied. In the United States of America, where every man feels and acknowledges the importance of trade, there is no restriction of this kind, nor should there be any here. The more trade is promoted, the better able will the tradesman be to contribute ,he exigencies of the State. But to meet the CHANCELLOR on his own ground, or rather on that which he is said to have taken, we would ask where the difficulty is of effecting such a saving on some item of the public expenditure as would enable him not merely to reduce a duty which presses so heavily upon trade, but to abolish it alto gether ? Lord PALMERSTON has for some time been talking of reducing the enor mous expense of our diplomatic relations. Why is not that done ? It amounts to more than 250,000/. per annum, and might well be reduced to 100,0001., with advantage to the country, as all that is necessary is to replace men of family, as they are called, and who re quire extravagant allowances, by men of mode rate habits, but real ability. But there is another item of much greater importance, in which a reduction ought to take place im mediately. The standing army was increased by the present Ministry 9,000 men beyond the amount which even the Duke of WELLINGTON, an Anti-Reformer, and an enemy to public liberty, considered necessary. As England has been tranquillized by Parliamentary Reform, and as Ireland is likely to be tranquillized, in a con siderable degree, by a healing measure of Church Reform, surely these 9,000 men, with all their expensive appurtenances, cannot be necessary. Let them be reduced, and Ministers will then not only be atilt: to abolish the advertisement duty, and to effect, at the same time, a great saving to the revenue, but they will make a concession to public opinion, and render an essential service to the country. It has been urged as a ground for not redu cing the stamp duty on newspapers, to an ex tent which would enable the newspaper pro prietors to sell them at the utmost at .sd. each, that all the newspaper proprietors in London do not demand a change. We believe there are two or three newspaper proprietors who labour under the delusion that they would be injured by free trade, and who are desirous of prevent ing an extensive alteration of the existing law ; but, even if these objections were well-founded, we would ask whether the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ought to listen to them. In other cases the Government have not thought it right to conciliate privately, where the public welfare was at stake. There were none of these merciful considerations when the property of the brewers was endangered, by throwing open the beer trade, and we do not see why newspaper proprietors, supposing them to have interests which would be affected by their trade being thrown open, should have an indulgence extended to them which would be prejudicial to the public good. We deny that any newspaper proprietors would suffer by the abolition of the monopoly, which the high ra'e of the present duty is calculated to preserve ; but were it evident that they must be injured in a pecuniary point of view, that would he preferable to the injury of the national pros perity, which an adherence to the present system must certainly cause. Conciliation is out of the question. Justice is what all have a right to expect, whether with relation to what is due to the newspapers, or with reference to what is owing to the public at large. It is a fact not generally known, that the Four per Cents., created in the year 1526 for seven years, expire next April ; that is to say, Government have the power of paying off that Stock by that month, of w hi c h Viere is every prospect, its current price being from 31 to 31 per cent. above par. Taking this for granted, the principal object of inquiry is, as to what security will he substituted for it. Its whole amount is between 11,000,000/. and 12,000,000/. By some it is thought that an annuity for 70 years will be offered to the holders. It is much more probable that either a 3 per cent., or a 31 per cent. Stock will be created with a bonus. A con siderable saving will at any rate be effected by this arrange ment, in which the CHANCELLOR of the ExerarQuEa can only be thwarted by a heavy fall in the value of the public securities. Here then is another strong inducement for Ministers to pursue a " peace policy." By the Seaforth, arrived at Liverpool from Demerara, advices were received to the 28th of Novem ber, stating the colony had suffered for a considerable time from a long continuance of dry weather, and that, what with the effect of the Order in Council of the 24 of No vember, 1831 (rescinded early in November last), the loss o f labour consequent on acting up to it, and the purchas ing provisions for the slaves, nine months or more out of the year, and the low price of produce, the estates yielded but a poor return. The weather had, however, become favourable from the 21st of November, and a good deal of rain had fallen, which proved extremely beneficial to the cultivation, it previ'musly having the appearance of being burnt up and withered. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-house, when the following commanders took leave t.f the Court, previous to deputing for their respective destinations, viz. :—Captain ROBERT LOCKE, Duke of York; Captain Jose to DUDSIAN, Inglis, for Bengal and China ; Captain JAst.gs KELLAWAY, Bombay, for St. Iflena, Bengal, and Chma ; Captain Joint HIKE, Marquis of Huntly; and Captain WALTztt H. WHITE HEAD, Duke of Sussex, for Bombay and China. Cap tain ROBERT Scorr was sworn into the command of the sbsp Vansittart, consigned to Bengal and China. THE APPOINTMENT OF ABERDEEN AS A WAREHOUSING PORT.—We have much pleasure in laying iiefure our readers and the public the fllo4ing gratifying communication, which has been received by Mr. BAN NERMAN, from the Secretory to the Treasury. Tne mer cantile and shipping interests of the city will be greatly benefited by this successful application of our worthy Member : " Treasury Chambers., Dec. 31. " Sir,—Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury your memorial on be'ialf of the merchants and shipowners of Aberdeen, praying that that port may be approved for the warehousing of East India and all other goods, I have it in command to acquaint you that my Lords have been pleased to issue to the Commissioners of Customs their warrant, approving of Aberdeen as a warehousing port accordingly, upon the usual conditions and regulations, pro vided that secure and appropriate warehouses be first approved for the deposit of the goods. " 1 am, Sir, your obedient Servant, " T. SPRING RICE. " A. Bannerman, Esq., M.P.. Aberdeen." —Aberdeen Journal. The following order has been sent out from the Colonial Office tt) the Governor of the Manias :-- "Sir,—l am to ignify to you the King's commands that, in any future grants of laud made by the Crown, a condition be inserted for the forfeiture of the gmnt on proof of the land hav ing been at any time subsequent to the date of the grant culti vated by the labour of slaves. " GODERICH. " To Governor Sir J. C. Smith, Bahamas." , A FABLE FOR THE LADIES.—" Motner, r, said a young fly in great agitation, you certainly are in error about the beauty of these p , r,,ons who are S o affronted with us whenever we touch them. I but just now Fettled on the cheek of a lady of high fashion which appeared to be smooth and natural but, la ! dear mo ther. I thought I should never g t back to you spin. fir I stuck in this filthy red mu • and with the greatest difficulty I got away; only look st my fi-et and legs ! It they thought themselves so handscmc as you say they do, I'in sure they would never cover their faces with such stuff as this !" COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat at 10 this morning in Lincoln's Inn Hall, and rose at 2. During the morning he was eng,ged in hearing a motion in Hurst v. Alrock, moved by Mr. Pepys, for an injunction on hehaT of the plaitriff to restrain the defendant from working. a mine called the Great Rake in Deri•yshire, on the ground that it was a pert of the Glory Mine, to which the pl a intiff had an indisputable title. Ti e same motion was midi before his Honour the Vice-Chanc-Ilo!. who refused with costs, therefore the present application was in the nature of an appeal motion. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) Tke trials were finished at so late an hoar last night that the sentences upon the convicted prisoners were de ferred till to.day. At 11 a'clock the RFCORDEtt, acc,,m panied by the Sheriffs and Aldermen ATKINs and FA RE BROTHER, came into the New Court, when the prisoners received their sentences as follows : To DEATH.—J,Im Hemhery, George Williams, W. Gleddinz, W. Price, Edmond Miller, Henry Hurchin.on, J din Game, Ittnes R eers, Rohm Taylor, and George Forrester, all convicted of house-bre .kine and I irceny. TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE._ V. Wright, 13.-mjatnin Do pere, John Bites, John Darby, John Smith, Samuel Grey. and W. Binkes. FouRTF.EI4 YEARS—Charles Callington (too indict• ments), Stephen Stevenson, Sarah Stadley, Mary Hamil ton, John Smith, John G.test, Charles Duo (two indict tnents), Mir White. Mary Ann ^I .re Robert Smith, Pollard, Samuel Fare, alias Sleith (for the Enfial rohhery). SEVEN YEARS—Samuel B , aman G•orge Alison John Justan. Dmis Redding, Jane Rickets, Eleanor Herlg s. William H e rd, George Gibbons, William Anderson, Eli zaheth Dolly, Diniel Fitzgerald, William Johnson, John Janes, Thomas Munday, Edward Pratt, Joseph Furnace. Edward J 'cobs, Henry Parner, William Carter, James Grimes, Robert Haloek, Mary Ann Imes, Henry Ireland Henry Wood, Ann Dewling, John Plumpton, Martha Ware, Mary Parfect, Amelia Hughes, George Edwards, Charles Friend, John Clark, Margaret Chapman, Eliza both Smith, Thom is Compily. John Hill, Henry L a rdy, Ge , ,rge Hu. , t , r, Thomas Rawlings, and Thomas Keteridve. Thirty-six others received sentence to undergo various imprisonment. Cooper, wl:o was the approver for the Crown on the trial for the Enfield murder, w.ll be discharged from cu,- to , ly to-morrow. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM 1.1,0 Y DEAL. JAN. 9.—Wind E.N.E.—The combined squi dron PoRTSMOUTII, JAN. 9.—Wind E.S E.—Arrived the John, Blake, from Riga. FALMOUTH, JAN. B.—Wind S.E. fresh.—Arrived off port the Wellington, Forster, from St. John's, New Brunswick. PENZANCE, JAN. B.—Arrived off port 'Le Diadem. Walks, from Manilla; and the Navorino Poynter, from St. Michael's. SCILLY, JAN. S.-Arrived the Emma, Chapman, from Lima an.l Pernambuco ; the Diligent, Nichol., from Ter ceira ; the Active, Verian, from St. Nlichael's; the Queen, Cox, from Lisbon; and the Sarah, Hayman, from St. John's, New Brunswick. GREENOCK. JAN. 7.—Arrived the John Cimphell, Spence. from Demerara. NEWRY, JAN. S.—Arrived the Eolue, Faloon, from St Petershurgh. HULL, JAN. B.—Arrived the Newland, Tongue, from DUBLIN, JAN. B.—Arrived the Mark, 'Reid% the Robins and Marv, and the Eleanor, Georg, from London. LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—Arrived the Sarah, Hayman. from St. John's, New Brunswick. The Jupiter, Lefigren, from Hamburg, Valparaiso, and Lima, was totally wrecked on Alderney, 3d inst. Great part of t'.e cargo saved. Two French frigates, and an English frigate. arrived in Portsmouth Reads yesterday, from the Scheldt. The Jean Baptiste, Fishard, has been sent into Pads• tow by the officers of the coast guard, having on board upwards of 290 tubs of brandy. Ex - met Irom the Agent to Lloyd's, at Antwerp, diced Jan. 8 :—" The following is an extract of a letter just received from Flushing, dated the 4th inst. The Scheldt is close , ' ; the marine authorities, pilotage, and Custom-house officers, have refused the entrance to yes eels of any nation whatever. The twenty-two neutral vessels, which were detained at B .hz in consequence of th late occurrences, have had permission to go to set. There are at present in the docks three neutral vessels, v;z. an Austrian and two H moverian. As they arrived here be fore the 30. h Nov., it is supposed that the Dutch Mini ral will allow them to depart as anon as navigation is free, the river being full of fl eating ice.' " TIIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We hear that Government is going to take some deci sive measures in respect to the unfavourable state of Ire land ; they are stated to he as follows : —That the asso ciations lately formed, called " Irish Volunteers," as well as any other like associations, are to be immediately sup pressed by proclamation ; and that any infractions in the terms of the said proclamation will be deemed treasonable, and dealt with according'y. It is also said that a rein forcement of troops is to he sent to Ireland. THE FUNDS. The estafette letter which we received from Paris this morning, dated half-past four o'clock, brings the French Rentes higher than what is already published :—Three per Cents., 721. 90c. to 73f. ; Five per Cents., 1011. 30c. to 40c. It also says that there was no news of importance to communicate from the above capital. In respect to the arrival of the Lightning steamer with the King of Holland's answer, we have no official information as yet o❑ that subject ; therefore we must wait a few hours before we can communicate the real state of affairs. At Lloyd's they have no account of the arrival of the above vessel ; and a letter from Antwerp states that the Scheidt is strictly closed, and no vessel is permitted to go up or down. Report states that the answer of the King of Holland, received by the Lightning. is of a favourable complexion ; and that, although he «•ill not accept of the entire Con vention, he refers his differences to the King of Prussia. There has been some animation in the Consul Market this morning. Consols, which left off yesterday at 876 for the account, opener! at S7=;, and, owing to a percha•e of 260,0001. Consols, they went up to SS to k, supposed to he for the Scotch Banks ; at present they are 87i to SS. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. The Dutch Stock comes l 4 per cent. higher. HALF-PAST ONE. Up to the present hour we cannot obtain any official information in re.pect to the answer of the King of Hol land. Various are the reports en the subject. It is even by some doubted whether the Lightning steamer has arrived. CORSO'S P.i e not s,s good as in the early part of the morn ine, whin they were done at 88 to ;at present they are 871 for the Account. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock is not so good as in the earlier part of the day. In other Foreign Securities little or nothing doing. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 871. We understand that the transmission of the mails to all parts of the kingdom is speedily to be placed under a new and economical arrangement, by which a saving in the expense of nearly one-third will accrue. We hear that mail co Aches of a very light construction, for this express purpose, are to be drawn by two horses only, but that they are to travel quite as fast, if not at a more rapid pace, than heretofore. The colour of the coaches them selves, instead of being of a red-brown, as now painted, will be dark blue, out of respect to the navy. The total amount of saving we have not heard beyond rumour, but no doubt it will he very considerable. On Monday last the Rev. THOMAS JOHN BATCHELER, Clerk of Bracondale, was licensed to the perpetu a l Curacy o f Arrninghall , in Norfolk, on the no mination of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich.—Norwich East Anglian. POWER-LOOM WEAVING.—In the borough of Stockport there are 10,000 power looms, and each loom will average 125 yards of cloth per week, making in the whole 1,250,000 yards, or 710 miles, 400 yards, weekly. The buildings to contain the above, with the necessary prep iration for spinning, steam-engines, &C., would cost 500,000/. ; and the number f people employed in the various departments is about 15,000, requiring 1,423 horses' power to work the shove machinery. T. e quantity of coal for producing this power and beat►ng the mill* would amount to 22,84431 b. of coal per hour, or 734 tone, 17 cwt. of that article weekly. THE DUCHESS OF BERRY. EX TRACTS FROM 0 r, Q s LETTERS IN THE !MORNING CHRONICLE. PARIS, JAN. 6, 1833. Sir,—As to woman we are indebted for all that Cm vtitutes the happiness of social life—a 4 to her we I , o k when oriune frowns, or when pleasure smiles—as she is our companion wh n the skies are most cloudy, and •he heavens most threatening—as she is the last to forsake us, and even le -ve s us not to perish, though we sheuld he reel and ungrateul ; you will not expect from me one word of attack on the person, or the relationships of the D uc he s s of Berry !! She iv a WOMAN ! It would he tsy to say, and will truth and justice, " But women are unman heinee—e , jay the privileges, anl are suhj- c t to he pains and penalties of human society—are b quad to hey human laws, enjoy rights as citizens, and are in every other respects Our equals Then why should any listinction he made? A woman may he a tyrant, an p ressor, an insolent, cruel, and wicked mistress; and may render her family, her peasant' y, or her suLjeets, wretched and foilern." I have nothing to reply to all this— int- it. is as true as the Gospel of Sr. Matthew ; but you must sa.isfied with env first apology, " See is a woman !" Sh e undertook the d fficult, the arduous, the H rcu eon to .k of bringing atioot by her presence, a second Vendean war ! But the Duchess had been deceived— zrossly deceived, and cru lly entrapped. She found in the West same hundreds of desperate Chouans, some score of inf itua•ed Priests, and some faithful ann devoted women, who saw in the mother of the Duke of Borde:rex their former benef ,ctre-s, and therefore, from sympathy and gratitude, attached themselves to her cause. Thus de eeived and di-concerted, she remained in the Bocaee. The geographical position of the country rendered her .evrecy most easy, and she therefore continued to visit the Chiefs—conspire in the chateaus—inspire the minority with hope, by the mere fact of her presence— and above all, by reading to them communications which she received from the Prussian Princes—from the Empe ror of Russia—from the King of Holland—and even, it is said, from some Tory Chiefs in Great Britain. Her arrest was desirable, most d e.irable, an event at which we must rejoice, and which has already produced benefi eial effects in the West ; but that arrest is a far less good than her legal detention, her non-examination, and prose cution by the ordinary laws ; and the resolution come to Yesterday by the Chuniier of Deputies is a calamity. It would have been far better that the Duchess of Berry should have remained in La 'Vendee, should have continued to excite trouble, and even civil war, and should have even o this day kept four departments in a state of agitation, than that the Charter of 1830 should be violated, the laws of 1831 be dimreg Irded, and the penal code be set at defi ante by a Government which is the offspring of the Paris Barricades. Chateaubriand, in a pamphlet which, tier the few days past, has exclusively occupied Public attention, has discussed this question with great eloquence and irresistible force. He says that there were three ways of deciding on the fate of the Duchess of Berry from the moment she was arrested. The first was to subject her to an arbitrary imprisonment, wholly disregarding the Charter and the laws. The second was to liberate her and send her out of France. And the THIRD was to try her before the Tribunals established by law, and to pronounce on he r guilt or her innocence. The Doctrinnaires have decided on the first plan, and the Camber of Deputies has refused to derange it. M. Chateaubriand, of course, demands that the second me thod be adopted, and that the Duchess be set at Ebert), end sent to her family at Prague! Whilst France insists that she be tried—and if found guilty, be condemned to imprisonment or exile. This is the mode of proceeding which I also de-ire to he pursued ; and et Ido so with the full knowledge. and under the feeling and sentiment that " she is a woman." THE MARKE N.-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PItICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Jan. 4, 1433, made up from the Returns - of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, pet Imperial Quarter. Wheat.** 5:25. 611 Oats ISs. 2d.1 3:24. .sd. Rarley--.285. 3d.1 Rye .-31 s. 5c 1 I Pease-- 395. 6d. 111PERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. 11d.1 Oats 18s 7d Itleans—.... :33, 841. 30s. 2d. I Rye 335. 1 . 39s 4d. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN Sd.l Oats :96. 9.11 9s. 91 Barley —,.166. 10d.I Rye 19s. 9d.1 Pease—, 114. Od. HAY MARKETS. --t At per Load of 3e Trusses., CUMBERLAND (LATEST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 5 slew Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old oitto 2 15 3 In Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 lover Flay 4 0 5 0 flat Straw .....£I Sto £1 101 Wheat straw Supply m )derately good, trade rather dull, and prices stationary. SMITH FIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 ''sew Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and ttye.grass Hay ..... Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s o.—Generally )at Straw ... 91 4 t' , £1 6 I Wheat straw, I 8 1 In Supply limited, trade dull, and price , stationary. I ,lr. CHARLES RIDGWAY left town last night with despatches for Lord PONSONBY, his Britannic M tjesty's Ambassador at Naples. THE QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS.—Yester• d a y the dividends that became due on the sth instant, on the sever 41 portions of the public debt, the transfer book• of which have been closed for the last five week., com menced paying at the Bank of England. The attendance of the public was mare numerous than on any similar oc casion, for some time past. In the etrly part of the after noon the Dividend Warrant Pay Office was so much crowded, that the applicants for dividends were three and four deep in front of the counters over which the money is paid. The London Bankers signed on Tuesday, for the amount of dividends due to them, in their character as Banking firms, The dividends were due upon 3 per Cents., the Old and New 3i per Cents., &c., and India Stock. A general meeting of the subscribers to LLOYD'S took place yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, Al derman THOMPSON in the chair. Mr. WILLIS opened the business of the meeting by moving that authority be given to the Committee to allow the agents of the Marine Insurance Companies to extract the shipping intelligence received every morning at LLOYD'S Coffee-house, on the payment of such sum as may be agree upon. The mo tion was seconded, and a long discussion on the subject took place. The debate was at length put an end to by the motion for wijournrnent, which was carried almost unanimously. Mr. MARSHAL gave notice of a motion for the next niee'ing, for the appointment of a Committee of twenty four gentlemen, to investigate and amend all the by-laws, and the other regulations of the eatablishmtnt, and the meeting then adjourned. MR. AND MISS KEMBLE.,—The Boston Atlas of Wednesday says, " The paragraph we published yesterday respecting the causes which are likely to prevent the appearance of Mr. KEMBLE and his daughter before a Boston audience we learn from the manner of the theatre is erroneous. Instead of 8,000 dollars for the month of December, Mr. KxatiaLE was first offered the certainty of double the amount per night that was ever be fore required by any star or stars who have visited Boston. This proposition being declined, another offer was male him, predicated upon the receipts of the houses, which, hail they been equal to those of former occasions—and there is no doubt they would have been greater •••11r. KEMBLE might have received more than the sum of 8,000 dollars. The proposition of Mr. KEMBLE that he would take half the receipts was acceded to by the manager, as we stated yesterday. Then came the requisition for the premiums, and the demand that the Federal-street Theatre should be closed. Every person whom we have seen applauds the firmness of the manager in refusing to submit to such exorbitant exactions."—New York Gazette. Mr. PRICE, the American Manager, is now occupied making his engagements in this country for his theatres in the United States. While the stage is too much neglected here, it flourishes in an unprecedented degree in America. CHARLES KEMBLE and his daughter have profited considerably by their transatlantic trip, and have enriched the treasury of the manager. THE STRING OF PEARLS, BY G. P. R. JAMES, ESQ.-" Many men, many minds; this is fortu nate in most instances, but in none more than in point of literary taste; while one reader will rove delightedly through the pleasant paths of poesie', another will prefer the more actual scenes in pose. We have beard of one of our high legal dignities, one who delights not in Lord BYRON, and declares he never read Sir WALTER Scorr, say that his great enj tyment lay in the Arabian Nights.' such a taste will be gratified ro the 4tmost by the String of Pearls.' The volumes consist of tales which carry us back to the days when our study was the window-seat, or the shadow of some old tree, when we believcd in the Travels of Gulliver,' and never doubted the identity of Robinson Crusoe.' We are greatly pleased with the volumes before us; there is much variety of adventure, with a due nuntb , r of Princesses in distress, rescued by brave and handsome Princes. A rich vein of fancy runs through the whole, and the descriptions are as gorgeous as the East to which they belong. Mr. JAMES has been very happy in the choice of his locale; India has as yet been little made the territory of fiction.".—Neso Monthly Magazine. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. A new comic drama etiii.bal Xll Gwzinne, or tire Prologue; was last night brought out for the fir-4 , time at this heatre It is from the pen of Mr. .4.laaoLn. at d hide 'air to make a hit. The drama opens with a se-nt between the noted Joe Haynes (AlvAnows) and Mrs. Snowdrop (Mrs. Dti.v), in which the firm-r 'alks of his ch.nge nt religion five-and-twenty years hero,. it ..ccorri.d. To this interview we 'earn that Nell (Miss TA v Loa) is the ward of an old Counsellor C,rowstant (11LANcitAran) —that she has escaped trom him—that she has reeited iiefore BETTERTON, of the Duke's thati . e, and that not tieing retained by him, she has se.olred no make ter , t-ay t i the Kihg's Th,,,tre as an orange•eirl In the nat -eerie we at— introduced to Charles II (.1ot:Es) rid Sir Charts Berkeley (FORRESTER) ar. the house of a mil liner, and there they are soon j•Ora-d by Nell, who, we oiould suppose, hail come in of emol , ivineur hal we not he ird ~f he previous r-solution. Tt a IC , ng -nes and of coarse like. h. r. and here we are ro gi%e M . JERROLD cr d t fur the manner in which he h a. con 'tutted h a story, so that the moral sense does not receive anv stiovk trout the overtures of royalty. TO the milliner's the run awry ' Nell is pursued by her amorous euardian ; hit' the !ling :art Berkeley retire. while the old Couns,llor rd..avmtre in vain to p rausde his ward to return. In a mid liu nour4 and as a re tson against it, she alleges that she is ..ctu illy married to a mercer in Cornbill, and the Ring an,s his c , inpanion at this moment advancing from their in king ) 1 'ee the former to t . ie surprise of old Crowsf,ot, ;Ind quite as much of Nell herself, p etends that he is the very aiercer she nad m irriet T,iis is a very pleas nt s'n well-managed scene, and the dialogue throtubout is sprightly, and in some places the retort: and rep trtee., in the:e day: at least, deserve the epithet of witty. NV en 1V: I! cal s the Counsellor old, he remonstrated and say 4, Do not throw my ye.rs in my face," to whit) Nest smartly replies, " I am sure there is no need, for they aro there already." The fault of this is, that the ie•nonstr uca looks a little like a preparation for the reply. Again, old Crowsfoot fondly excia , ms, " O i, how I love to gaze in your eyes." I wonder at it, (returns Nell) since you must .4 e your ugly old self tiere." In the end, the King and Berkeley drive the Cmnsellor off the stage, and pro mise to see Nell at t he the .tre. Old Crowsfoof. thus defeated, ein,:loys Joe Ilaynes, with h- aid of some myrmidons, to seize and carry off Nell fiord the play.hou-e, whither she is determined to repair in the capacity of an orange girl ; and in the next seen , ', which is supposed to represent the in. terror of the King's Theatre, and is very well managed, Haynes, by mistake, lights upon Orange-31,8 (KEELEY) (a well known character, with whom Peers often gussipped), who is masked, and by force takes her to the Mitre, in Fleet-street, 'instead of Nell. Nell afterwards makes her appearance on the scene with her basket of oranges; and Hart (DuttusET), and Aluhun (PcitciNs), engage her to speck the prologue to The Conquest of Grenada, to he brought out next day, Everybody knows that she not only spoke the prologue to that heroic play, but played the character of Alutakide in it. It was one of her very few serious parts :by the way, we may just mention, that when Ur. JERROLD makes Nell sing " My lodging is on the cold ground," he has confounded her with Mrs. DAVIES, of the Duke's Theatre, a mistake which we dare say tie made on yurpose. Tile first act closes with the recognition of .Nell Gwynne at Drury-lane playhouse, by the King—she not knowing that he was other thin some gallant upon the town. T , c first scene of the second act is at the Mitre, to which HAYNES had previously conveyed Orange- Moll, having mistaken her for Nell Gwynne. Sre ie confined in a room adjoining that taken possession of , )y the _King and Berkeley, who had brought Nell with them ag limit her will, after the play. This is a lone but a very amusing scene, in which there is a continual change of characters. Charles 11., and his comp anion, unable to pay the reckoning to the puritanical round-head of an innkeeper, are by stratagem lurked up until assist. ince can he sent for to convey them to pi i-on as rogues. Nell, woo has been a party at their fe is a witness of their confinement, and when she is meditating means of escape for them, who should enter Out her 01l gu C oto.loot, in quest of 'Veil; having been informed Ly Haynes that he had lodged tier at the Mitre in s curity, e prison rs make a noise in order to obtain their liberty, an 1 Crowfoot, imagining that the y are myrmidons of Haynes, consents to pay the reckoning, for a h ch they were io durance. After they are let out, and whil e N e ll has temporrdy withdrawn, Orange-Mull makes her ap pea'ance, and being masked, is mistaken by Crowsfoot tor his waggish ward. He m ikes much of her —that is to say, the most he can—and while they are sitting cheek by jowl, in order to aid the blundir, Nell slips behind Orange chair, anti by concert, an -wern for her Si, that tit- old man is deceived by the voice, a d, in ti e excess of his fondness, mak, s the supoo,ed Nell a presint of his watch and ring. Timis pia of the scene is conctuded by the arrival of Joe Haynes and some companions, set on by the King, who, as the brothers of Mall, iirfilet on Crowsfoot a severe culgelling for hitr gu. rug si ith their sister. The comic effect is heightened by the Counsellor's defeated attempt to escape in the disguise of an old woman. We ought to have noicem, that in the commencement of this scene Nell tells to the King her dream about the foundation of Chelsea 11.1Spit4i, a narrativ • meant tor the galleries, and which did not tail of its effect there. The only business, of yr the cu tgel.ing of Crowsfoot, relates to the speaking of the Prologue ar the the.rre, th • huge hat and belt. The King and Court ire seen in procession on their way to the playhouse. and he last scene represents another interior of a theatre, wi It he King, Queen, Duke and Duchess of York. &c., in their respective boxes. The curtain draws (it iiu.lit at his date to rise, for that was one of DAVENANT's improve meats,) and Nell comes forward to deliver the orulogue, " This joke was of the other house's mak ing," &c. ; sad atter speiking a few lines, she per ceives the King in his state, and for the first time besosnea sensible with whom she has been playing her mod pranks. She is confounded, hut not dumb. founded; for, after an obeisance, she advanc s, and instead of tire Prologue to the Conquest of Grenada, speaks a short Epilogue to Nell Gwynne, which, in fact, tenni oates the performance. The curtain fell, and Miss TAT... LOR, still in her huge hat and belt, gave out the piece for repetition tomorrow. It will, doubtless, be acted throughout this week, and perhaps the next ; hut her modest request extended no farther than a second per formance. Every holy was satisfied, and nothing but cheers and applause could be heard for some minutes. l'he acting in every character was extremely good. Were we disposed, we do not know where we should attempt to tins fault ; for coin the usual error in Nllls TaYaria's performance came in aid in the p irt of the confident Nell (whose name was not Gwynne, as is generally sup posed), and every thing went off as eacisfai•torily as the most singuine hopes of the author could antici pate. JotiEs was quite as merry a Monarch as his prototype, who, if he were not wise in other re spects, was wise in being merry, and FORRESTER se conded him, as well as was at all necessary. ALAN. CHARD was very amusing, an-I gave his dialect a twang of puritanism quite in character with the times be had lived through. KEELT was very ludier us in his woman's part, and got tipsy at the tavern with a most exquisite lerninine grace. MEADOWS did not look exactly like Joe Haynes, " the famous dancer of the King's house," but that was not his fault. In our narrative of the plot we have omitted to notice the instrumentality of Betterton, played by Mr. DIDDEAR, and he has but little to do with it. Betterton was full tweiry years younger gran Hart or Mohan (whose name must be pronounced .h.foon, if King CHARLES'S joke be worth retaining), yet he looked considerably their senior. Among the good things in the dialogue, we ought not to have omitted Nell's moralisa tion upon an orange, and Haynes's reason fir the non payment of taylors' bills. The joke shout a neat's tongue is unworthy of Mr. JERROLD, and we hope will her omitted. Notwithstanding the reported erasure of Do mine by the Licenser, it was pronounced by JozsEs, and we heard MEADOWS give vent to an eath. MR. LISTON AND MADAME VESTRIEIowm. The accounts of Mr. LISTON'S health were mire favour able yesterday than those on the preceding day ; and it is hoped that a little indulgence will be a means of ouce more placing him "on his legs" before the public. We regret to add that. Madame Vxmars, at whose theatre (the Olympic) Mr. Las - row has latterly been playing, was her self taken ill last night, towards the conclusion of the first piece, exhibiting symptoms (hysterical) almost similar to those which distinguished Mr. LISTON'S attack on Saturday night. This talented actress, we are sorry to understand, is subject to a " palpitation of the heart ;" and the attack which she experienced i s s aid t o h ave b een b roug h t on in a great degree by the ex c it e m en t ar i sa bl e f rom t h e incon venience occasioned to the aff,i r s o f t h e theatre by Mr. LISTON'S illness. Dr. ARNO TT , h er physician, was almost immediately in attendance ; and after a little time she felt sufficiently recovered to go on again, thou. h cei tainly to a very delicate state of health. in Notwithstanding r luso, we are happy, however, being enabled to state, that she acquitted herself throughout the night With her usual ability and powers of attraction. I