The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-25 00:00:00

1 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) It 10 iteiled ' pacific' France', CITY, T I'l' - EL VE O'CLOCK. •. Although this is Christmas Day, and a strict holiday in the City, several of our politicians and Stock Exchange gentlemen have made an early appearance in the C.ffee 3,1 Houses. They consider the Speech of the King of France ltiooed,Pd to be Pacific. To-morrow we shall see how this document o ct-' Operates on the Funds. 3 1 ' la 0 Quebec papers to the 24th of November, and Montred upOl i to the same date have been received at the North and ,le South American Cofne House. (From the Montreal Papers.) 2efort h f :0( The arrivals of shipping at the port of Montreal during ee s p rot 0 _. th .e last s e ason exceeded that of the year 1 832 by t w enty as LOP ,bi vessels; the latest arrival in 1832 was on the 27th of to unde r ol October; in 1833 the 2d of November. The following is she p a Comparative statement :-1833, 137 arrivals ; 1832, ob ole lii 117 arrivals. The number of passengers disembarked in most Pr I'.. Ws port from sea - .going vessels in 1832 exceeded that of the entir 6 present year by 663. The number in 1832 was 2,714, and in 1833, 2,045. Since Saturday the season has resumed ,11 the appearance of winter ; snow fell in cessantly, and our port was full of ice ; this morning it Was broken by the arrival of the steamers , (From the Quebec Papers.) After the fall of snow on Thursday night, which con tinued yesterday, the weather has been more mild, and the Wind is at West, favourable for the shipping in port. The Upper Canada Papers of the 14th are without news. The Parliament of that Province met on Thursday last. Letters from Constantinople of the 22(1N0v., state that Russia is still pursuing on a grand scale her warlike pre parations in the provinc , s on the Black Sea. Reports from Madrid mention that Merino was stir. tolinded by General Quesada, after having tried to pene trate into Portugal, since which he returned towarrN Burp?. On the 10th he passed Valladolid, having with him only about 20 followers, amongst whom were some persons of distinction. The news from Mexico, via America, is very favourable for that Republic. The rebels being totally defeated, order and tranquillity has again been restored. :tracts ir cool (man e , and g es, and impre -a A ke Of P, two disc: he Doc' he othe r ' he DO ;t partY; though de, wa 6 mo revert leaving' Luc! Geo' ad no 8 , )U!, 10° 4 le Joe, ediode " Duke s / .as snot! BRIGHTON, DEC. 24. , an ' fho 101 ts, M., X. des' )uchesf, kin, and !lately d ccupied 1., sid io ved. rived s of 13' 'chess Meng Their Majesties were not in public yesterday, owing to the incessant rain. The Duke of Gloucester arrived yesterday at the Palace from Ragsbot, on a visit to their Maje,ties, where his Royal Highness will remain till after the holydays. Admiral Whitshed and Mr. Lichtenburg, Secretary to tilt Hanoverian Minister, had audiences of the King yes terday. Sir Wathen Waller, who has been staying on a visit with their Majesties, left the Palace yesterday afternoon. It must be a matter of congratulation to learn that the Princess Augusta is in a st ite of speedy convalescence, and ter Royal Highness is expected to be able to join her illus trious relatives in the festivities of Christmas. Their Majesties entertained last evening at dinner, the Duke of Gloucester, the Dowager Marchioness of Chol mon delay, the Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Mr. Lichtenburg, Lady IL Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchell, Lieutenant Mitchell, and Mr. and Mrs. Leveson Gower, besides the suite and household. Her Majesty's band attended from nine till eleven o'clock. Names were left at the Palace yesterday fur their Ma jesties by Sir John Leach (Master of the Rolls). Miss Leach, the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, Admiral s from 11' Pringle, Admiral Whitshed, and Mr. Holmes. ition 01111 Majesty will hold a Council shortly at the Pavilion, n the C c '` for the purpose of arranging matters of State, preparatory eneral oi t, to the meeting of Parliament. !z, bevl ' ting ett. , , with l Saes 6e ARRIVALS. (need. The . a . The Marquis, Marchioness, and Count G c a a br t i a e . i n de Pampara nstant '''k and suite, at Long's fr Hotel, from France; Esq.,i Thaotrnton, 'OM F 110.; R.N., at ditto, mKent; Henry Richardson, Assell,bl) ford.street, from Wales o H. ; Samuel Worrall, Esq., at tto, I C 'ro li m f. Oxford ; Lieutenantßunbury, of the Thunderer, at ditto, laved 0 : 0 from Sheerness H. Harrison, Esq., at ditto, ire from Hants; Hants; O'Cioo‘ Miles Staiton Esq, at ditto, from orksh Clarendonred crick the flier! and Lady " Bathurst, in Cumberland-place, from the to lii`r Park ; Sir Wathen er, at Twickenham, from the Palace I V at Brighton ; John Warrender, aii , fd at Sir George Warren before r's, Ai i r n Albemarle-street, froin E Vli fro e m n, Maidenhead; Mr. !rwards 1, and Esq.,s Baillie, in Audley-square , H. Haw ! Senate' kins,in Suffolk-street, from a tour;New J. fri Vietiot4 W ight; m 3l. P c " in Pall-mall, fro p m ur ß t' rig " h l t e on uf d ll i on. Colonel . Dars t Ori d D e ara rt e oos Upper stret Grosvenor-street, from C p o a n r s i t s a , l l i tto; theLd Alvanley, in Ch r a ' rl i e n s- street, Wotton erku Ie Y - square, from Item ditto; ditto; Sir of Chandos, at in llo s use, Bucks, divide ti t Colonel r n C l h ß arles Clarke, Bart., 11e-street, ;pain, 111 ,' from ditto ; in Whitehall-place ‘ from ditto ; lion. Twistleton Fiennes, m a n t ' Belvidere, Kent, from ' a tour; ! COrnife r fled in l,e the Dowager Countess ofßradford, in Park-lane, from S ".f Colonel and Mrs. Gore Langton, and family, at their seat, Salop ,t variati . , ;',. ton Park, near Bath, from Cheltenhan •Dingwall, Esq., toleram from Oxford ;R. A. Oswald, Esq. at Esher, D. Brighton ; i th f u nd Mr. and Mrs. George Latouche, in Bruhtoenr'stfieuenuitt,mß,,e;hlTley es o f t er aqua re, e f , r , o , m ..t . r C e l e itl t Clifton Messrs. Blackburn, at afiirs d St. tour; Charles Standish, Esq., at rhe aei , Symrnons's Hotel ' , StomJanales's-street, from his seat in Lan cashire ;J. T. Elliott, Esq., at the St. James's Hotel, J - pie star ° street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgeraldg,geftto,isreirHruthYenir our tittl seat, in Berks Carain and Mrs. Knox, at Ra ended gd Dover-street, from ; Cheltenham ;W. Lawrence, Esq., at ditto, utel, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, in Harley-street, from :f‘V a ea ri lt _ ii i i ' ' shall an T a hompson's Hotel, Catn a di H ar r e i re ß r e h v. T. L. Her- Hervey, at ditto ; Rev g ore, at dittu; DU Btry ill Messrs. Hunter, at Albion Hotel, Cockspur-stre s et from Edin. nd whet° burgh ;W. Colman, Esq., at ditto, from Brussels; Pope, :h an ow Esq., at ditto, from Eton. followillg , DEPARTURES. m Mr. and Mrs. Phelips, from Lon g's • and • Cli l fford-street, for eayF,rvvenictilis from m nta d e it u t te House, Somersetshireg•'' E.,q,and Master f tal, from , d f i o tt r o ßr f i o g r hton ; John Portal, i‘io For. Vera, ad , for Freefoth House ; J. and R y . iviah rlands, imps_ 00 Esq., at ditto,Sheepshad an House; Quintin ' and the Rev. C. Vivian, from ditto, for Wellingboro'irEghq. ogot WI/ the pre 'ishes dare no / . e at pre' FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. la on the 3132; 9,1,221 stant, ale Portrait* nder the has the r to wit with $ le Nero; ridge of .tw day the c ty the daf iver the )ur per (1822), Colonel Gilbert, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; J. Duwees, Esq., from ditto, for Paris; Maynard Colchester, Esq., from ditto, for Gloucestershire ; Charles Wykeham Martin, Esq., from ditto, for Kent ; the Duke of Manchester, for his seat, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire; the Dowager Marchio ness of Salisbury, from Arlington-street, for Hatfield ; Sir John and Lady Harmer, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Warwickshire ; Mrs. and Miss Desborough from ditto, for Berks ; T. H. Henslowe, Esq., from the Royal Hotel, Jerrnyn. street, for Essex ; Colonel and Mrs. Bingham, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Sir Charles Egerton, Bart., on a tour ; Mr. and Ifrs. H. Gurney, from St. James's-square, for their seat Kes. . Wick Hall, near Norwich ; Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, from Symmens's Hotel, St. James's-street, for their seat in Ireland ; Mrs. Croker and family, from Batt's Hotel, Dover.street, for Paris ; William Lawrence, Esq., from Raggett's Hotel, Dover street, for Cambridge ; N. A. Fenwick, Esq., and Miss Fen. Wick, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish.square ; J. Bell, Esq., and Miss Bell, from ditto; Rev. John Coles, from ' ditto; Miss Wildman, from ditto; Captain and Mrs. Midham, from the Albion Hotel, Cockspur-street, for Woolwich; Capt. Dixie, R.N., and sons, from ditto, for Crawley; Henry Jones, Esq., from ditto, for Paris ; A. Busby, Esq., and son, from 'ditto, for Dover; Counts L. and E. Hohenstein, from ditto, for the Continent; Rev. W. Wyatt, from ditto, for St. Asaph; W. C. Cheniere, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford ; J. Ramsbottom, Esq., from ditto, for Windsor ; J. Mordaunt, Esq., from ditto, for Ramsgate; R. Murdock, Esq., from ditto, for Dublin. BOOKS FOR PRESENTS, JUST PUBLISHED. -..-The Oriental Annual, containing twenty-five engravings from drawings of Scenes in India, by W. Daniell, E'q., R.A., superbly bound in Morocco, price 215.-2. Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen and Pirates from the earliest times, in 2 vole. bound, with sixteen engra vings, price 215.-3. The Geographical Annual, and the Biblical Annual for 1834 in Morocco, price 21s. " These two beautiful and most useful volumes form a family treasury."—Literary Gazette.-5. Macfarlane's Lives of Banditti and Robbers in all parts of the World, Ade soma ct, in rip. sation :—. cuments, in the moment, who ar e stk. m ay DV true Iptota of state 0 1 ention. Lmburg English itandsrd =bangs , it fol.' irg than of per lOid• 2541 r ; 25 SO, ►t Pad, in 2 vols. with 16 plates, price 21s. 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. INVERNESS.—Tuesday a public dinner took place in the Northern Meeting Rooms in celebration of the accomplishment of Burgh Reform in Scotland. The number present was 315 ; the room was splendidly lighted up with gas. The flags of the Incorporated Trades were hung round the walls, and at the back of the Chairman was an ancient painting of the Town Arms, surmounted by the Caberfeigh, or deer's horns (the crest of the clan Mackenzie) and in the centre was a small but beautiful revolving li g h t. The effect of the whole was highly striking and i mpos i ng . Provost Mackenzie was in the chair, supported on his right by the Hon. Colonel Grey, M.P., T. A. Fraser, Esq., of Lovat, Sir Francis Mae , kenzie of Gairloch, Bart., Mackintosh of Mackintosh, Captain Fraser of 13 alnain, &c. On the left were Roderick Macleod, Esq., younger of Cadholl, M.P., J. Stewart, E s q., of Belladrutn, Simon Fra,er Canybell, Esq., &c. &c. An auctioneer in this neighbourhood, while engaged in Isis vocation the other day, thus exalted the merits of a carpet—" Gentlemen and ladies, some folk, sell carpets for Brussels, which are not Brussels, but I can most possitively assure you that this eligant article was made by Mr. Brussels himself."—.stockport Advertiser. FINE ARTS. TURNER'S ANN UAL TOUR. LoNDop r, 1834. We noticed the Illustrations to this Annual at some length a week or two since, we shall now, therefore, content ourselves with saying that they are accompanied by some literary sketches, from the pen of Mr. Leitch Ritchie, displaying much of that practised writer's lively and graphic powers of description. LITERATURE. LIVER SE GE' S WORKS, PA It r VII. LONDON, 1833. The present number of this popular work consists of three engravings, of which the most carefully finished is the one entitled " Popping the Question." The picture of Lucy Ashton by the Fairy's Well, the idea of which is taken from Scott's favourite romance, the " Bride of Lammermoor," is cleverly engraved in portions, but here and there betrays evidences of haste. STORIES OF THE STUDY. 3 VOLS. LONDON,'IB33. The most ambitious of these stories is by no means the most successful. Mr. Galt is no enchanter, no Scott, to recal the dead to life ; Elishah, to clothe in flesh and blood the dry bones of history or legend ; he can only deal with the temper of the age in which he lives, and pourtray such characters as he him self has been in close communion with. For this reason his story of the Lutherans is failure. It is accurate enough in conception of character and incident ; but as regards execu tion, is sadly deficient in spirit. The breath of life is wanting. We would advise those among our readers who meditate a perusal of " Stories of the Study," to skip the Lutherans, and come at once to the Jaunt and the Dean of Guild. Both these sketches are in Galt's most characteristic manner, reading just like realities. The latter is perhaps the best, and when we say that, in force and truth, and that dry, shrewd humour in which Galt excels all the writers of his day, it is equal to his inimitable " Leddy Grippy," we pronounce the highest possible eulogium on it. The incidents of this sketch are slight to a degree ; it is the artful working them out that shows the artist's skill. The Dean of a remote Scotch Guild comes to London to as certain the state of the public mind on the subject of reform ; in order that his Guild and himself may come to some fitting and profitable deter mination. In pursuance of this object, he takes an opportunity of introducing himself to the Duke of Wellington, Earl Grey, and the Lord Chancellor; and it is his opinion on these illus • trions individuals, together with his mode of conversing with, and sly endeavours to sound, them on the political topics of the day, that gives its chief interest to the sketch. Previously to waiting on the Duke, the Dean consults a friend of his, an attorney, observing, " What's your opinion anent my waiting on the Duke, for don't you think he'll take it very kind to hear that we are standing by him in his ad versity ; for the which, no doubt, he'll have a consideration when he comes again to his king_ dom, which, from what you say, Mr. Prosper, surely cannot be far off?" This is an admirable trait of discreet Scotch character. The Dean ultimately makes up his mind to visit the Duke, when the following scene takes place : " My walk up the Park to the Duke's yett was very sober : I pondered well of what I ought to say, and the more I pondered, I grew the snore perplext. At last I came to the house, and being counselled anent the rap ping, I gave a knock on the brazen gate, a, if I had been ca'ing a nail in with a hammer; at the which & fat gasy flunky opened it. " Does the Duke live here?' quo' I. " What Duke?' said he, looking at see saucily, front top to toe. " ' The great Duke,' was my dry answer. " What's your wife's name?' said he. " Ah, ah !' quo' 1, ye want to ken mine ?—but ye look two ways for Sunday before I'm explicit ;—but is this the Duke of Pumpington's? I kent it was.' " It is,' said the man, a little cowed from his audacity. " Then, my man,' said 1, ' ye'll just let him know that the Lord Dean o' Guild of a borough that he knows right well, has come all the way from Scotland to speak with him concerning an extraordinary come•to•pass.' " I would not have been just so peremptory, but I saw by the looks of the man that he needed a dauntoning. So when I said this, he took off his gold laced hat, and called me my Lord,' saying, ' 1 did not recollect your Lord ship ; for ashen I was in Edinburgh, with the Earl of Clawb ick, at the King's visit, my Lord Dean of Guild was, I tl.ought, a different sort of looking man.' " ' Very well,' said I; but let the Duke ken that I'm at the door.' " After some fraca with another flunky, I was taken in by him, and shown into a room, where, as sure as death, there was the Duke hims lf, at that early hour, sitting on a❑ elbow-chair, with his legs dangling over the arm of it, in a festoon-like manner, reading a pamphlet. " He rose up, and having requested me, with the height of discretion, to take a chair, said— " ' I did not, my Lord Dungael, at first recollect your Lordship's title ; but I perceive you do not come often to town.' " How could the Duke know this? I told him, then, that this was my first jaunt of the kind. " Then he inquired, really just like a plain other man, on what particular business I had come—which caused me to reply without trepidation, that in our borough we were in great straits, not knowing how to comport our selves in the hobble-show of the Reform, and would be glad of his advice. " Why,' said he, that's soon given : do what you think's right.' " Ay, my Lord Duke,' quo' I, what would your Grace advise, if we were to turn Reformers?' " If you are so inclined, you have no need of my advice.' " But we're not yet so inclined, please your Grace; for until it is settled that the Whigs are to keep the power, we have resolved to make no change in our prin ciples.' " Api udent policy !' replied the Duke ; and I thought I could discern a downward crook in the corners of his mouth, which was not to the purpose; but, before I had time to make an answer, he again said,—' But your business, my Lord Dungael ?' " Now, what I had to do was not a matter that could be settled by such short questions ; and so I said, in answer, very sedately— " We are not sure among ourselves what is to come out of this Reform ; and being intent to keep a calm sough, we would rather follow your Grace, if we saw that it would be for our advantage ; hut if there was no hope of your restoration, it behoves us to consider about siding with the Eat I. "'lt is impossible,' replied his Grace, that I can be otherwise than delighted to think that there are many like you in the country !' " The❑ your Grace does not yet despair of being taken into the King's Council?—because, if you be certain of that, we will be true to the back-bone.' " I don't doubt it ;'_and rising from his seat and pulling the bell, he inquired of the servant who answered it if the Times newspaper had come; which I saw was a signification to me to take my departal, and I did it with all manner of courtesy, walking straight to Mr. Glut's, to take my breakfast with him, as I had pro mised ; but, in going along, I chewed the cud of my pasturing with the Duke, and really it was not pleasant fodder that I had been eating. It was not of a sort that I could say exactly in what it was not good ; but it did not lie so well on my stomach, as I had some thoughts it would have done, had he condescended to let me crack a little longer in my free way•"' Having failed in his efforts to pump the Duke, the Dean next attacks Earl Grey ; but by the advice of his friend, Mr. Gaut, who observes to him, with amusing archness, " Don't let it be known to a single soul that you intend to w a it on the Earl, for if you do, people will think it a very extraordinary thing, and it may have an effect on the funds, which are just now very nervous," he resolves to keep his visit a profound secret, and if questioned on the subject, to pre serve " a judicious suspension of intcgrity,"— how much character is comprised in these few words !—" which," adds the Dean, " should sometimes be practised even when the heart is fullest." But before he goes to the Earl, he pays a visit to the House of Lords, where the Premier is pointed out to him, and where he sees the Lord Chancellor, sitting full-fledged on the woolsack, of whom says our canny Scotch time-server, in his own dry, quiet vein of mixed shrewdness and simplicity, " Oh, but the Chancellor is a clever man ; he looked from side to side in a manifest affliction, because of the corruption around him." On quitting the House the Dean hastens at once to Earl Grey, by whom he is politely, but somewhat stiffly, received, and in the lapse of a few minutes, bowed out. He then, not yet discouraged by his two repulses, calls upon the Lord Chancellor, who, so far from being pumped", as the Dean hoped, is himself the pumper, sucks. the Scotchman's brains, and then leaves him to bewail the ill-success of his political experiment. The Jaunt is a sketch in the same style as the Dean of Guild, though a little more caricatured. It is a history of his own travels in Greece, penned by a Scotch baillie, who saw only one remarkable thing in Paris, viz., the " Jordan of Plants, in which there is an elephant that has the sagacity of a provost !" Whoever desires to get an insight into Mr. Galt's best and most peculiar style, cannot do better than peruse these two naive sketches. GOLDENTHAL. A TALE. This is a translation from a tale by Zschokke, which few villagers of Germany and Switzer land are not acquainted with ; either in a German or French dress. It is in those countries what Miss Martineau's tales have been to England, only, if' any thing, still more popular, or rather extending its popularity into a lower grade of society than we fear usually read Miss Mar tineau's tales. Perhaps this may be accounted for by the difference in the plans of the two writers. Although domestic matters are mix ed up in some of Miss Martineau's most beautiful passages, yet there is almost in all her tales a dominant desire to remedy poli tical grievances. Now Zschokke has not once touched upon the unhappiness of which poli tical government may be the cause, but has de voted his pages entirely to descriptions of do mestic mismanagement, its evil effects upon a community, and how much it is in the power of a single individual to do towards the restoration of the social happiness of his fellow citizens. That the " Goldenthal" will be as popular in England as it has been in Germany and Swit zerland, we cannot doubt, for in spite of an occasional stiffness in the language, perhaps unavoidable in the translation of such a work, the whole tale is one unbroken chain of inte rest, full of descriptions of the most affecting nature. We had marked several passages for extracts, but upon consideration we perceive that so much of their beauty depends upon a full understanding of the character and objects of the hero, that it would be an injustice to the work to dislocate a single scene, whilst for more we have not space. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Palmerston, accompanied by Lord Howard de Walden, Minister to the Court of Lisbon, had an inter view with Esrl Grey yesterday, at his residence in Down ing•street. Prince Talleyrand visited Lord Holland, at his residence in Burlington street. The Chevalier de Vial, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Fore;gndiffice. Despatches from Sir William Nicolay, the Governor of the Mauritius, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Prince Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, visited Prince Esterhazy yesterday, at Chandos House. CHINA TRADE. Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whiteh3ll, Dec. 24, 1833. Sir,—The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade having reason to believe, from applications addressed to this Board, that doubts are entertained by , ome of the merchants in this country as to the precise extent of the limits of the port of Canton, their Lordships here thought it right to obtain the necessary info-illation on ibis subject, and their Lordships find that the Con - smissioners for the Affairs of India consider that the Bocca Tigris marks the limits of the port of Canton, in which opinion the Lords of this Committee concur. . . am commanded to communicate to you the above statement for the information of the merchants and others who may engage in the trade to China. I am, &c. To the Chairman of Lloyd's. THOMAS LACK RAMSGATE, DEC. 24. Upwards of three hundred sail of vessels are now in this harbour, having run in for shelter during the tempestu ous weather which has prevailed for the last several weeks. The Arrow steam-packet, from Calais, having the mail on board, has come in this morning and landed her passengers, not being able to enter Dover Harbour, on ac• count of the bar which exists there during the prevalence of south-west winds. It it much to be wondered at that this port is not fixed upon for the establishment of the poet-office packet. to and from Calais and Ostend, as steam-packets can at all hours and times of tide start from anti enter the harbour, there being no bar to block the entrance, as is the case at many other ports ; and passengers can always land upon the pier without the inconvenience of boats from the vessel to the shore. O❑ Sunday last Prince Talleyrand landed here (from the Firefly) from Cahill, and immediately proceeded to town. During the boisterous weather in the autumn thirteen steam-packets took shelter i❑ this harbour, at the same time not being able to reach the places of their destination. We are inclined to think that the real truth why Ramsgate hat never been selected for the mail-packet , to un between this country, France, and the Netherlinds, is its want of Parliamentary influence, not having any Mem ber of its own to point out its superior convenience and utility. Surely when the sivety of lives and property, together with the circumstance of its being at all times accessible are taken into consideration, it would become the Government, whether Whig or Tory, to fix the esta blishment of mail-packets at this port. LOSS OF ANOTHER STEAM-VESSEL- THE WATER-WITCH. By the St. George steamer, Captain Pell, from Liver pool, which arrived here this day, we regret to learn the loss of the above very magnifi , pnt vessel, last night, on her passage from Bristol to Waterford, on a ridge of rocks inside the Saltees, called St. Patrick's Bridge. Captain Pell learned this touch at Waterford, into which port he was obliged to put on his passage from Liverpool. Ile left passage (Waterford) last night. The bodies of several of the crew of the Water lVitch had been found yesterday. — Cork Reporter of Saturday. The Water Witch steamer, Captain Stacey, from Bristol co Waterford, was totally lost on Wednesday night in a fog off Ballyhale, on the Wexford coast, when eight persons perished—Mr. Smith, of Headborough, Water ford, his sister, Miss Smith, a relative of that name, and her servant, the mate, and three of the crew. The Water Witch was a very fine vessel, and but re- cently built at an expense of 12,000 i. She was perhaps the fastest asiling vessel that ever floated. The follow ing is an extract of a letter from the Captain :—" It is with heartfelt sorrow that 1 acquaint you that the Water Witch is no more. She ran on a ledge of rocks off Bally hale, on the coast of Wexford, at seven p.m. on Wednesday, in a haze. One boat was launched with the first mate and three sailors, dropped astern of the vessel, and we saw no more of them. The second boat was lowered, which im mediately filied with water, and after getting her up again we put four men and two ladies into her, all of whom got safe on shore. We then all night prepared rafts, and next morning all got safe to land but Mr. Smith and his sister, who were drowned lay the upsetting of the raft. Another Miss Smith and her servant-maid died after reaching the shore. If the weather moderates, some of the materials may be saved."—Limerick Chronicle. The Waterford Chronicle gives the following account : —" On Wednesday night the beautiful new steam-vessel the Water Witch was totally lost during a fog off 13111yliale, on the Wexford coast, and four of the pas seneers perished. We subjoin an extract of a letter received yesterday (Friday), from Captain Stacey, of the ill-fated vessel, who is a most experienced, steady, and careful commander. The melancholy catastrophe is therefore sol Kay attribUtable to the tempestuous state of the weather and the fog which accompanied it. Mr. Smith, the gentleman who is stated in Captain Stacey's letter to have been lost, with a sister (a second Miss Smith), and a servant, was headborough in this county. The melancholy intelligence, on being first rumoured here, spread a great gloom over the city, Mr. Smith having been well known to his fellow citizens. It is reported, but there is no certainty of bush having ben the case, that the first mate and three bailors, who had attempted to go ashore, had also met with a watery gr ive : we hope this will prove unfounded. .It is said they were endeavourin, to reach the shore with a kedge anchor, for the purpose of securing the vessel and saving the lives of those on board. The value of the vessel, exclusive of the cargo, is shout 12 000/., and was not generally insured. Some indivi. dual shareholders may have partially insured. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. "(From the London Gazette.) " TO-MORROW, Dec. 26. M. R. J. Gibbon, jun., mast-maker, Limehouse-hole, Poplar 2 at:11 J. Morris, carpenter, Regent-street, Poplar 2 12 G. Taylor, sail.cloth-manufacturer, Cautched-friars C. Dodd, ship-owner, Lime-street 2 11 G. Watkins, grocer, Homer-street, St. Marylebone 2 11 J. Coward, linen-draper, Bath W. Donnington, licensed victualler, 'l'ash-street, Gray's Inn-lane 1 1 DIVI DEN DS. H. T. Hurst, bookseller, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall 'tt 2 P. Sarrall, merchant, Copthall-court I COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOL• VENT DEBTORS. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Pri soners, hereinafter named (the same having been 61e•d in the Court) are appointed to he heard at the Court house, in Portugal•street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Mon day, the 6th of January, 1833, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. William Ames, tobacconist, St. John-street-road. Joseph Parish, glass dealer, Tarrant-street, Arundel, Sussex. Henry Leuchars, cabinet-maker, Green-street, Leicester-square. James Cooper. morocco leather-dresser, Bethel-place, Vine yard, Tooley-street. Henry Hannaford, draper, Market-street, St. George's, South wark. Nathaniel Frederick Okey, stagecoach.master. John Thomas, farmer, Eve's Well Farm, parish of Christchurch, near Newport, Monmouthshire. Elizabeth Priest, licensed victualler, Sheffield. Thomas Dowding, farmer, Fifehead, Magdalen, Dorset. James Hodges, plumber, Park-street, Liverpool-road, Islington John Henry Vane, gentleman, Dalby-terrace, City-road. Joseph Stoner, coal-merchant, Orchard-place, Klngsland.road. ARKETS. HUSH AND SCOTCH RKETS. FE.—FRIDAY, DCC. 20. From To Average. 1,866 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 18 0 !a 6 23 I) 222 Brie l6 stone 10 6 11 6 11 4 421 16 stone 12 6 12 7 12 2 2, 366 Oats 12 stone 8 6 12 6 910 12,466 Cwt. Flour—„-.... 9 stone 6 0 19 0 0 17 430 Oatmeal Sold to bakers only. 10,073 Cwt. Flout l3 6 19 0 15 Average price of Wheat and Flour 28s. 4d. per sack. 15,0 1 Firsts, from 17s. ed. to 19s. Od. Seconds,...... from 13s. 6d. to 16s. Od Thirds, from 6s. Od. to 9s. Od; sbaelceesiopfts of lil o o . ur, 120 66 IRISH MA. DUBLIN MARKET NO' Quartern Loaf. --- PRICE OF BREAD• I Half Quartern d. CLONMELL MA Per ,RKETS.—Dec. 20. Cwt. s. cl. s. d. New Butter 74 0 to 76 0 Oatmeal 10 6 0 Rendered Lard 37 0 33 0 Per Flour, Second — 0 31 01 —.Household— 0 29 0: Per B P. (1. s. d. Hides (raw) 3'2 0 to 34 0 (!Bacon Pigs 0. ) 0 24 6 Heads 14 0 0 Bag. Flour, Thirds 24 0 —I) Fourths 14 0 0 carrel. _ _ _ Rapeseed ........... 0 1 Bere... ............... 10 0 11 01 Per S 31 11 6 13 0 Coals ;tone. Wheat .............. 1 2 Oats .................. 0 8 (Tallow (rough) 5 6 6 0 Potatoes o3i 0 4 'ound. ! Mutton 0 4 0 5 (Veal 0 41 0 6 Fresh But ter 1 0 i Beef KmitigNNY.—Butter 755. to 87s. per cwt. ; Wheat 225. to 255. per barrel ; Flour 12s to 30s. per bag; Oats 10s. to Ils per bar eel ; Barley Ils. to 125.; Beef 3d. to 31d. per 10. ; Mutton 4id. to sd, ; Potatoes 4d. per stone; Coals Is. Id. per cwt.; Bacon Pigs 265. to 275. Od. per cwt. SCOTCH MARKETS. H A DDINGTON COLIN M A ItKET.—Dec. 20. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. Pease. Beans. First 576 Od I :30s Od 20s Od I 31s Od 30s Od Second 505 Od —3 Od I—s Od 26s Od 26s Od Third There were 342 qrs. of Wheat in market, 324 whereof were sold. IS Upsold. --0 Grey. 21. I Is. 4,1. 9.l2ths, A v erage. DA L.KIETII colt: Wheat. Barley. First ..... • 54s 6,1 2s Od Second... 50s Od !Ztis Od Third..... 383 Od 20s Od M Alt K. ET. —Dec. 19. Oats. Pease. Beans. 228 Od 31s Od 31s Od 18s Od 29s Od 29s Od 168 Od 24s Od 24i Od Since the publication of " Waverley" and " Bob Roy," no work of fiction has appeared illustrative of the military glories of Scotland, particularly as con.l fleeted with the Highlands. In the forthcoming novel by the late Mr. Picken, called " The Black Watch," this theme is understood to be amply treated ; the romantic adventures and early history of that gallant band, in whom originated the heroic 424 Regiment, must afford oppor tunities for the most striking efforts of the novelist's peu. ' UNEQUALLED QUICK PASSAGE FROM DUBLIN To LIYERPOOL.-His Majesty's Post.office packet Dolpf in, Lieut. Saarsfield, acting commander, left Kings town pier on Monday evening last, with the Irish mails, at thirty-five minutes past five, p. m., and arrived off George's dock pier-head, Liverpool, on Tuesday morning. at four minutes past four a. tn. having rerfortned the passage from the pier at Kingston to that at Liver pool, in a heavy gale of wind, in the extraordinary short period of ten h ours an d t wen t y . n i ne m i nu t es; which, we believe, is unprecedented in the annrls of steam sailin g , either to or f rom t hi s port .--D u bli n Paper. A LARGE PlG.—There is now in the pos session of M r . E mmerson, o f E scr i c k, shopkeeper, a yen Pig, which, thou g h on l y fifteen months old, is of the tol lowing extraordinary dimensions 3 feet 3 inches ; length, fr om th e extremity of the snou t to that of the tail, 8 feet ; girth, 6 feet 4 inches ; and breadth across the shoulders, 23 inches. It is still in a growing state, and has been visited by a very many persons interested in this tribe of animals, who have uniformly pronounced it to be superior in symmetry, activity, and weight, to any pig of that age ever seen. It walks about 56 stones, and no doubt would, if kept a few weeks longer, weigh between 60 and 70.-- York Courant: Lieuten ant -C o l on el St. Clair, who is about to publish hi s Narrat i ve o f " A residence in the West Indies and America," resided for some y ears in Guiana, a country of whi c h we k no w but little, and employed the leisure allow e d b y hi s pr ofessional duties in exploring its magnificent scenery, studying its natural history, observing the character and manners of the native Indians, as well as the foreign settlers; and collecting authentic intelligence respecting ral condition o f t h ose va luable colonies. the government, commerce, produce, and gene- AMERICAN PAPERS. By the packet ship North American, which ar rived at Liverpool on Monday, we have receive! New York Papers to the 21 instant. The news from Mexico is important and gratifying. The fol lowing are extracts " LATEST FROM MEXICO. "By the arrival of the Splendid from Vera Cruz, pipers to the 31st of October have been received. They annouree the defeat of the main body of insurgents at \lellado, and that the town of Goanaxuato had been en• stered by Santa Anna's troops, without opposition. " Accounts from the city of Mexico of October 26th state, that official communications from the military com mandants of Atnozoque, Chalchicomula, and Tehuacan, have been received b) the Commandant. General of Puebla. The first states that General Duran (chief of the insur gents), i❑ passing from Huamanila to Nopalucon, sulfc.red much from desertion. His force on reaching Nopalucon was reduced to less than 400 horsemen. The second says, that on the night of the 18th the division of Doran lodged at the hacienda of San Pedro, near Chalchieomula, and that on the 19th it marched in the direction of Oaj ica. The third confirms the seine statements, and adds that Duran arrived at Telmaean on the 20th, with 300 or 400 horsemen, and on the following day took the road to Oajaca. " Santa Anna arrived in the city of Mexico on the 20th, with 425 prisoners —viz., 1 Colonel, 3 Lieutenant- Colonels, 16 Captains, 14 Lieutenants, 24 Sub-Lieute nants, 20 First Sergeants, 31 Second ditto, 47 Corporals, and 270 privates. " Don Luis de Valle has been appointed Consul for Mexico at New Orleans. " General Santa Anna, it is rumoured, has expressed a determination not to resume the executive chair, but to retire to his estate, and leave the Vice• President at the held of the Government, on account of his health, which is much impaired. " A few new cases of cholera had occurred at Vera Cruz, but the dis,ase was generally on the decline. " By the brig Avis, Captain Collins, from Vera Clll7, the editors of the New York Daily Advertiser have re- ceiveri papers from that city to the /lay of sailing, and from the city of Mexico to the 2d ; they are filled with inte resting and pleasing intelligence. The whole country was restored to quietness and peace. President Santa Anna had returned to the city, had published his proclamation on resuming the civil government, and a new and im portant era hod commenced. The feelings and sentiments of a number of distinguished Mexicans, who have recently visited the United States, and who now have influence, are proclaimed. " There is a great disposition to lenity on the part of the President ; but the Congress have declared the Pope without authority in Mexico, and opened the nunneries and convents, in order that all who choose may return to civil life. Many of the nuns have availed themselves of the privilege. " 'lhe United States schooner Porpoise has been cost away on the coast; officers and crew saved. " On Monday, the 28th ult., the law repealing the 11th article of the law of the 6th of April, 1830, which had passed the House of Representatives, and was sus pended in the Senate in a somewhat doubtful attitude, was reconsidered and passed the Senate unanimously. The law for the admissio❑ of North Americans into Texas is now complete ; and a law, authorising foreigners to hold real es , ates throughout the republic, will doubtle.s soon pass. Since the President has resumed his office, his time has been occupied by the great question of the amnesty and the clergy. Today it has been decided to banish the obnoxious, anti to limit the executions to a small number —perhaps, ultimately, none. " LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. " After a long- interval we have late and interesting news from the Mexican Republic, brought by various arrivals yesterday, our latest d ttes being of the lat instant from Vera Cruz, and 26th ult. from the city of Mexico. " The most important intelligence is the restoration of tranquillity by the defeat of the rebel forces at Guanaxuatc , , and the capture of the chief of that division, Arista, together with several hundreds of his followers, all of whom have arrived in the city of Mexico. " Duran, the associate of Arista, escaped with a small pirty of cavalry towards oAjaca, but was pursued by a superior force, which he cannot resist. A part of the federal army arrived in Mexico on the 26th ult., and General Santa Anna would enter the next morning, great preparations having been made to receive him. It is stated that he will not take the executive chair, but retire to his estate and leave the Vice-President at the head of the government, his health having been ntuch impaired during the recent and very arduous campaigns. There is 1 now no fear of any further disturbinces breaking out. " The present party being settled down in power, it remains to be seen how far a wholesome system of reform will be adopted by the Government and Congress, during their session, which, after a long interruption, is again resumed. " The cholera had subsided in the most populous parts, and was fast leaving the country. " A convoy of specie was to leave Mexico about the 15th inst., for Vera Cruz. " The packet of the Ist of November would be detained until the sth inst. " Robert Wilson was still under 6eizure, no decision being yet given by the tribunals of Vera Cruz. "Imports bad been very heavy, particulirly from Europe, and the number of vessels in port was unusually great." THE HEADSMAN, BY MR. COOPER.- The author of " The Spy" is indisputab'y next to Sir Walter Scott in exhibition of character by dialogue, and by the production of the light attendant incident which renders it pointed and illustrative. The story of Sir Walter Scott often halts during this species of display, and possibly so the recent novels of Cooper. This observa tion may be freely allowed, in respect to " The Heads which will, no doubt, be read universally, and a lw a ys with a conviction that whatever criticism may have to plead in the way of abatement, the head of gerniie is always visible, and the vivida vis anima traceable from beginning to end. The scene of this new and beautiful subject is laid in the most romantic dis trict of Switzerland, and the events attendant on a sudden storm on Lake Leman, are described with that power which distinguishes all this author's sea scenes. His de scription of a storm scene by land, amid the mighty Alps, is equally energetic.— Globe. • - NORTH MAGNETIC POLE.-At a meeting of the Royal Society on Thursday evening last a memoir was read from Captain Russ of the discovery of the North Magnetic Pole. He began by stating the importance attached to the solution of this difficult and perplexing problem, assigning as the chief impediment to its investi gation hitherto the unequal distribution of magnetic influ ence, and the difficulty of approaching the magnetic foci. Great advances, however, had been made : Professor Faraday all but demonstrated the identity of magnetism and electricity ; the observations of Sabine, Franklin, Parry, Foster, &c., had shown in what direction the point of magnetic concentricity was to be sought. 1.1,-fore leaving England, Captain Ross bad obtained from the Admiralty a dipping needle, constructed by Jones, whose accuracy had been tested in previous expeditions, From some defect in the vertical circle the observations made prior to 1831 are not very perfect, but that defect was remedied when dis covered. The table of observations showed that the diffe rences of observations were remarkable and great; but they also proved the tendency of errors to correct each other. When, from these observations, the direction in which the magnetic pole should be sought bad been determined with tolerable precision, it was feared that it could only he ap proached by a land journey, the accomplishment of which was beyond the limited powers of the expedition. But these fears were dispelled by the discovery of the Great Western Ocean. The party first sent to explore brought back only some imperfect indications of the object of their search, because they could only take with them a small supply of instruments; but when it appeared that another winter should necessarily be spent in these regions, Capt. Ross made the necessary preparations for a more accurate survey. In May, 1831, he landed on the coast, a ,,d s oy a se.ies of observations determined the place of the mag netic meridian, and, at least approximately, the position of the magnetic pole. Captain Ross detailed minutely all the tests used to determine that the place where he stood was the point of magnetic concentricity, and, so far as the evidence of instruments is decisive, the fact of the disco very was established. But he candidly added, that further investigations, and more especially accurate observations to the north-west and south-west of the place indicated, are necessary to ascertain the limits of error. These investi• gations he deemed an object worthy of national attention, because magnetism was peculiarly a British science. Be -ides ascertaining the position of the pole it would be also of importance to determine its diurnal and a nnual motion, and its periodic variations, if any such exist. The place ascertained to be either the precise spot, or one in its itn medice vicinity, was easily attainable; and he expressed his hopes that the British flag would soon wave on the magnetic pole. In the course of this interesting paper, Captain Ross paid a merited compliment to the generous and liberal conduct of Felix Booth, E-q., by whose aid chiefly the gallant officer was enabled to proceed on bis important enterprise.--Athen""l. MORE INCENDIAR;SM. (From the Stamford New s .) LgADri.nAst.—A fire broke cut ab ou t h a l f-past revel on Friday night at Lerlenhom, on the premises of M:t. Ordl-y, Mucklow. The wind being very high, the whole of the yard was soon in flames. Th, sky was illuminated to a great extent, and the fire was seen a t a ereat distance. Assistance arrived very early from Bark ats.n, Passingham, Welbour ne, &c. It began to Beeline about one, but was not entirely out ten o'clock the next morning. There were consumed a wheat stack, a barley stack and a piece of one, two straw stacks, an old hovel, ploughs, harrows, roll, and other implements. A fodder stock was also for the most part damaged or destroyed. che wind took large lumps of fire into the neighbouring men - rise 3 of Mr. Burrtt, who kept wetting his stacks to hinder them from catching. There is no doubt these premises were fired wilfully, though no particular indi vial, a is suspected. HossEacta.—ln consequence of some disclosures which have taken place since the fare on the premises of Mr. Longbottom, of Holbeach Marsh, suspicion attaches very strongly to two of his own servant men, who, after under. going an examination before Dr. Moore and the Rev. Mr. Morton, magistrates for the division, have, we understand, been committed to Spalding gaol. Tue LATE FLEE AT WEitalNGTort.—Wednesday last a man named Perkins, in the employ of Wm. Bate, Esq., at Werrington, and upon whom suspicion alighted imme diately after the 4rearlful incendiarism which took place on the property of Mr. Bate, who is one of the magistrates fur the soke of Peterborough, and of Mr. Wigginton an adjoining proprietor, was apprehended when at work, by a police-officer, who came from town fat that purpose, and brought to Peterborough, where he un derwent an examination before several Magistrates, amongst whom was Earl Frtzwillistn. The Magistracy began their proceedings by examining several witnesses against tiro prisoner, which occupied a considerable length of time s and during which the unhappy man made a full conies. sion that he was guilty of the crime whereof be had been accused. The result of the investigation was, that the prisoner wad fully committed to take Vs trial at the en suing Northampton Assizes. From what we could ascer asir:, the wretched culprit stated in rff-act that his mind was first directed to resolve upon the perpetration of the horrid act, in consequence of a conversation which had taken place when returning from work in company with some fellow-labourers, who, it appears, expressed a die. satisfaction at the use of thrashing machines having in injuri us effect upon manual labour, and a machine be nr in exercise in the parish, it was suggested by one of the party that " a fire would do good in Werrington." Of this he thought no snore until the morning of the fire, when be was unfortunately tempted to put this in timation into execution, and, rising at his usual hour, breakfasted, and by means of a piece of white rag ignited a heap of thrashed straw, thinking it would make a blase and create an alarm without extending its flames to the destruction of other pro. perty. From the commission of the awful crime, to his subsequent apprehension, it seems that at times strong perturbation influenced his mind, insomuch that, for the whole of one day, he carried a rope in Lis pocket, intending to hang himself ; at another time he was much disposed to wait upon the Rev. Joseph Pratt, a neighbouring magistrate, and disclose the f aal deed which he had committed ; and once, also, he Lad determined upon running away. During the early part of the time in which the m rgistratea were sits, tang, he manifested rather a firmness yet freedom of deportment, which scarcely indicated guilt, but when the scrutiny of the witnesses became rather tedious his apparent courage yielded to those overwhelming convictions of guilt which induced him to develop the fact of his achievement of the black act which so fearfully de pressed his spirits. The prisoner's previous character is fair, anal his reputation unblemished. By his guilt he has left f our small children without a parent, who, he feared, for lack of labour himself, might prove a burden to his parish. MAncir.—Two youths, of the names of Brigstock and Stoney, are fully committed to take their trial tor settin4 fire to Mr. Vawser's stackyard at March, on Sunday Cle B‘h instant. One has confessed his guilt. The oldest is not quite ninetwal THE GUERILLA CHIEF MERINO. The Memorial Bordelais gives the folio,. i ng anecdotes of Merino :—" It has been stated that Merino coolly assassinated in the environs of Burgos a beggar and two young children from the hatted which he bore to their father. This is not sur prising. He did the same with his best friend, Horns, a native of Villamanzo. Horns was the buffoon of the band and a great favourite of Me-. rino. On one occasion, after having amused the company for a long time, Horna turned towards Ma rino and said, " Give me an entirely new pack of cards, and I will place them on the table, and tell you the name of each. " Let us sec," said Mei-itio, astonished. A pack of cards was brought and all the company stood round the table. Merino with his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, watched attentively the movements of Horns, who asked for a compass, a rule, and several mathematical instru ments. When they had been brought he arranged the instruments, and spent three quarters of an hour in preparations, during which Merino fre quently testified his impatience by execrations. HOrna having at length completed Iris prepara tions, with a grave and solemn air put his hand gently on the table and drew a card, which he pre sented to Merino, desiring him to examine it care fully. "Now," said Horna, "give it to me." Merino having looked at it, returned it to Horna with the face downwards. Horns turned the card, and an nounced it with a shout of laughter. This was too much for Merino, who immediately drew his sword, and with one blow laid the poor jester dead at his feet. " One of the mildest punishments ever inflic:ed by Merino was the following. Dan Juan Tapia, Cure of Astudillo, his lieutenant, had quitted his service and raised a band of his own, 900 strong, with which he entered the town of Tordomar. Merino, enraged at the presumption of Tapia, en tered the town at the head of only twelve horse men, and shouted in the streets, " Where is the rascal Tapia ?" Being challenged by a sen , inel, he instantly shot him, and proceeded to the chief part, where he was received with enthusiasm by Tapia's men. Tapia fled, but was soon overtaken, and Me rino was on the point of shooting him, when he was implored by the band to pardon the offender. He consented to spare his life, but to humiliate him, tied him to an ass, and sent him in that way to Paules, twelve miles distant, with an escort. "Merino has his moments of magnanimity. When the brave Empecinado, his greatest political ene my, was entrapped by the corregidor Valdenetro, he did all in his power to save him, and wrote a letter to a friend, in which was the following pas- sage:— "' Is it possible that the son of General O'Don nell, at the head of 2,000 men, has not courage to take Boa with its corregidor Valdenetro, and his victim the Empecinado. Are these soldiers ? Are they not rather the accomplices of the wretches who have taken a brave man, in order to glut their rage with his massacre ? What are the crimes of the Empecinado, and who are those, if he were criminal, who have a right to complain F lie was my persecutor, but I remember also he was once my friend. If I had taken him in arms, I would have shot him ; but he had the King's pass, and his life ought to have been sacred.' and '‘ F o.r o d r this er let ter e d to con N si l d e e r r ino hi la m v s s e s lf u ammotet prisoner d to t Nadrd, hlere ifor four months. He saw the King, and to his face charged him with perfidy. During the whole of the time that he remained at Madrid, he, with four others, went daily dressed as brigands before the windows of the p4lace, in open defidnee of the or ders of his petticoat Majesty." The Journal du Commerce of Saturday last mentions, th a t i t is t he intention of General Sithervic to put sev era l quest i o n. to Marshal Souk early in the ens u i ng the continual moveme n t s o f th e F renc h session, r es p e cting coops, and go beg an e x p lanat ion of the cause. It is stated that during the last month several regiments have gaitted and returned five or six times to the same town. The General Officers of the Army of the n.,rtia, in nuintier 22, are slid to receive war allowances still, so that the pay of 3larshal Gerard, as General-in. Chief, is 150,000 :vines per annum, while, as a curious anomaly, the rest of that diviron of the French army are paid according to peace • regulation*.