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DUCHE , O, LayDor, r. )ur notice c, some time slates an 311 , ty for s, and On or whose 0 raordinary though fai lave perus , sure ; well Marshal friend, si )f obprvilli took place anecdotes light be 01 F a most I, who is 1 11 r of beros° at the Tv, litional that scours CHAPEfi 1833. A its least I Df a Chap . ds conjuro }licit the on with fol mport at 3 es chiefly t 1 ists are in' for gra nteo vill make 31 the near) ' be disapP ent. ig Ile( : full of inc but a lmost a aid of the Is the prof )ere of rnal f that gil l ping out 1 us, which . uthorship. ur tales, e° , male chars' . Opie (s° leerned), bt mestness 0 ' of the tal e utitled, Icates the manner, ;e," whirl hrough lifei )assion, Dry of ai l ass WOlll 3l/. quette frov mly could She w is re sll II in the 1 0 :. rite number d left her ir. graceful al )° , r, at the 0 3° , and castig brought a . 1) ,; * looked doll" Pree t rit Fanny, wit" he hinted i ° • to stand "P do so while [ew to dall I of Isabella I le and to ea r ' L• had hear" ry much O f t ! e had been hird for not.! and wonder" burth that disposition. er ; imply 4 a l nd the reach: eresting th e treasures." V THEAJ 33. iding for Ind in fun )tes by tl r an scarce' , after-dil° necdotes d ends, I t ' rican 60' subjoin Mr. may be re l ; day frorii, y first ess°, command arrival iti , accompo ,nd, lauded well as Written for, the stage, and w as doubtless an ad mirable critic. He acted the part of Figaro when his translation of Beaumarchais' M ar ri age o f Fi garo was Performed at Covent-garden in 1785, under the title of The Follie s of a Day. He was not then a player by Profes,i on , b ut for some reason performed the part on the brat night, B onner appearing in it on the second. Cooper's friends fiding his dermiation to be a hero of some sort invinc n ible, pref e rred the stage to the a ! rt lY, and, after preparatory drilling and much delibera tion as to the scene of operation, he was furnished with i nioney and letters, and sent by the stage-coach to Edin burgh, where Stephen Kernble, commonly called the great 4elnhle from his bulk, was manager. " Arrived at the Scottish capital, Tom, who had here tofore retained the dress of a boy, put on the apparel of !Manhood. Hi s d angling locks were frizzed, powdered, and ipunted according to the fashion or folly of that day ; and, n all th e awkwardness which novelty of dress and situa he ion bestowed, with a fi gure ne i ther that of man nor boy, • „ aw aited upo n t h at awe-inspiring personage, the ma -ager• He was received politely, hut when King Stephen ried hi s l etter, and found him recommended for Young Norva l' his smiles fled, and chagrin marked his counte rnance. Torn, thOugh awkward from novelty of circum• an 'es, was h an d some, and nothing doubting his own ta ts Or appeara nce . th e b The manager took tim e to consid e r usiness, and after another cool reception, a rehearsal %v l as e 'lled, and Mr. Cooper was flattered with the idea of P;aYing Young Norval, with Mrs. Siddons for Lady Ran rlph- The lady, however, did not attend rehearsal, but nTer husba n d was present to judge of the young debutanf. DT I ' ranted- Ketuble wa lk e d up an d d own t h e stage i n -n ce- The rehearsal was over, and Cooper, perfectly satisfied with himself, concluded that Kemble, if dumb, tp a i Only 80 in consequence of extreme admiration, and hi s ..e d the opening of the great man's mouth to receive .ed of praise —hut all that fell from it was a request tothbfanetonh,fiedsev.ould wait on the manager next day. Still full nee, he kept the appointment to a minute. No u gnt had y e t entered his head that could damp the Iv'etr?ie ardour of Young Norval, or lower the tone in ° Leh he had shouted, The blood of Douglas can support itself.' co : p :l: i hi s is a very difficult part you have chosen, Mr. noVery difficult, Sir,' with a s m il e w hi c h sa id, but t t oo di ffi cult for me: " You bad better think of something else.' " Her e the veil was drawn aside ; the reality appeared. h ate was reje c t e d. D ouglas was performed. He saw b other h ero fill the space he expected to occupy, and re ceive th e P l audits hop! had promised and dreams had al l'e4clY given him." !lon D'S COMIC ANNUAL.—LoxpoN, 1833. 119 M r. Ho o d' s qu i ps an d qu iddi t i es are just as t elY and p i quant as ever. We see no symp b°lll of de cay a b out h i m. H i s w i t has not yet eerl compelled to come on the parish, that is, i vi t t i Joe Miller, for a maintenance, but squanders S variou a racy stores as though they were inex hustibie, Mr. Hood makes strange work with e King's English. In his hands it is as sub "BBive as the Slave of the Lamp. He twists It ' and twi r l s i t, i nto as many grotesque shapes ;, a old J oe Mundell used to screw that delight ul a nomaly of his, which he called a face. But , Hood's wit is not solely verbal ; he pos thesses, in near l y an equa l d egree, the wit of t ou ght and f ee li ng . N o man conce i ves a gro hes-que s i tuation so happily. His account of e "Yeom anr y Review, " in the present volume, t S , a rema r k a bl e i nstance in point. The illustra 13ns, however, are not equal to the literary de partment of the " Comic Annual." They are d ime in many i ns t ances , an d f ar -f etc h e d i n t Z ,e rs• There is nothing so good this year as th e Meeting a S e ttl er "—" A ccustom ed to Care o f Child ren "— or t h e " Spoiled h ild," in the earlier volumes. Still, as a whole, the book forms delightful reading—espe eti.ally during the present gloomy, suicidal wea (l7, when no man handles a pair of garters ‘ ll thout a fidgetty recollection of the bed-post. PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock Consols, 3 Der cent Gov. Stock, 3jy per cent 93 Ditto, New 93% I per Cent Goy. Deb. 3 percent 8 6 34 Royal Canal Stock 3834 Grand Canal Stock Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Ottice Deb. 4n. c. - COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight 1 Rotterdam Antwerp 12 8 Hamburg 41.8 13 14 Altona l3 141 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto . U 26 10 Bordeaux l5 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 153 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 31. 10 11 Trieste do Madrid 36!i; Cadiz 36 Bilboa Barcelona 16 Seville 36 Gibraltar 47l LISBON PAPERS. ,12, 11 e Lisbon Gazettes from Dec. 13 to 26, both in before' contain no official accounts of the operations e t e Oporto, except a short bulletin dated Lisbon, Dec , . nrs ' g iv ing an account of the sally made by Don Pedro ' s t r "Pi on the 16th. (This bulletin has already been re longbr Way of F rance. ) Th e G azettes contain very "to of patriotic donations, and promotions in the :t tx ,' l ntit DEC. 16.—Th e B oar d o f T ra d e pu bli s h es a s k-n' t ittion o f an Act of Congress of the United States of tlur4tiericat dated May 25, 1832, ordering that no tonnage th el :!' shall henceforth be imposed on ships belonging to at e 4 gdotn of Portugal, but if at any time it should be t, :rtained that the ships of the United States are subject th,j l 4 nlge duties in the ports of Portugal, .the President the du t i giVe notice of the fact by a proclamation, and . . Po t ,: d l "w paid by Portuguese ships shall be again a nd paid as if this Act had not passed. m the DEC. 20 —Private letters from Vallongo of tb e ,„" t h and 10 t h say, t h at our batteries on the south of th e "our() continued to fire on the c ity o f Op or t o , w h ere d id great d amage ; t h ere was much defection among to thief of the rebels. Some deserters every day come 11 " advanced posts, both on the north and south of the 10th'aro • • • in from Penafiel of the t he same is stated accounts se m ' aucl from Coimbra of the Ilth. Among the de 7'a were some foreigners. 14 ' 1 letter fro m V a ll ongo of the 14th says that, in conse °en" of the critical situation of the rebels in the city of I,rto, and of th e op i n i on t h at t h e cause of Don Pedro 4) , ask P e less, an Engli s h merc h ant h a d l e f t that c i ty to p eave for a ll of his class to remove to some other place. tyji It 0 1( M RAMALLE DE S. COSE, DEC. 16.—The r e b e l s th at t Peat privations in the city of Oporto, and it is said hab.itne Cha m b er of the city has represented that the !n -th,,,Lanta can no l onger bear the loss and ru i n t o w h ic h I, a re subjected b y the continual fire of our artillery. net, ll , °M VILL A N OVA DA GALA, DEC. 16.—Nothing / 0 „ n aa happ ene d ; f or ships attempting to enter the 4 r5 , put about, and desist from the undertaking, at the l' fire o f our artillery4ti° The rebels, b es id es ot h er pri x u ° nat s TreitY ofu fuel, ffer much from cold, i n consequence of the p f DEC. 21.—Hi s M a j esty ' s Government has t ee ived news from Vallongo, of the 18th, at night, an nova h t his Majesty had been on that day to Villa "idga that to review the corps of his army to the 'Nth of the Douro, when he was received with every 6atic of affecti on an d l oya l ty not only by the troops, but 2Y the inhabitants, to th e num b er o f 12 ,000, w h o had "eked from the surrounding country to see the King. VAL LoNco, DEC. 16.—Th e arr i va l o f hi s Ma j esty has ( 'l l : i tecl the g reatest ent h us i asm here. Two French soldiers, o;t.'erters Za have front te rebe sane the ls,av determination.arrived ; they say that forty left with iu,','cisantats, DEC. 15.—0 n t h e 11 t h , 12t h , an d 14th ov t ;' 1 8 soldi ers of the rebels, including a sergeant, came of. 10 u s; t h ey say that there was a great scarcity tri&i , ions i n O porto, that i t had been intended to dis c„,4‘tte dried cod among the foreigners, that on that so but and for want of pay th e y were i nc li ne d to mutiny; (484 officers had appeased them by promises. The l 'isis er ' admired o ur b atter i es , an d t h e a b undance of pro allow-11.41 o E u x r army. They say that Don Pedro will not Ler:" e -Conde de Villa Flor to go out of Oporto. the ‘. from Vallongo give an account of the review of spotin divisio n o f t h e army. While the King was in tiled e the b atter i es a ball from the enemy's batteries three tVornan a few steps before his Majesty, and wounded I lte PPe t 7 l , 46B . His Majesty showed great coolness,.. and . °an,' t '''rward to assist the wounded soldiers, giving his Oth er "e of them to help him to rise. tro ope er letters give a few particulars of the repulse of the C IO ° , f b " Pedro in the sally of the 17th. efloipot,'l'el6th, 42 of the enemy's lancers, completely tti ca e r eity of nd a . rme, deserted : There was a great 26th Provision d s in the city.—Lisbon Gazettes t o nf D ecember, inclusive. M app,,:rge "Garl an d o f B eauty for 1833, " which o on ' i Ot-r th il, the C ourt Journal of this day, will comprise . e er celebrated Beauties—The Duchess de Dine the c,,,aNhionesses of Abercorn, Hastings, and Wellesley ; coun-"teuritesses of Aldborough, Howe, and Lincoln ; Vie- Enlil2,°"B Newark and Valletort ; Ladies Porchester, So vlrirnstone E Wellesley, the Ladies 414, set L ' m th e A ti , ady R obert Grosvenor, the Hon. Mrs. How l a i rd l. , lish, N '.4"t andling Mies C. Manners Sutton, M 1,3 i e ,11,1% C, Tollem;che, &e. &c. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1833. Accounts have been received at the Portu guese Embassy from Oporto, dated the 3d inst. They are on the whole very favourable. General SOLIGNAC arrived on the Ist inst. and met with a very kind reception from Don PEDIto. The army were in high spirits and well provided with every thing necessary. The sortie on the 17th ult., although not so complete as could have been wished, was by no means a failure. The Constitutionalists succeeded in re covering 60 pipes of wine, and obtaining a large quantity of provisions; but what is most important, they destroyed the convent of St. Antonio, which had afforded shelter to the Aliguelites, and been a point of great an- noyance to the army of Don PEDRO. The Chro 11 ica Constitucionel Extraordinary of the 17th ult., gives the details of the sortie, from which it appears, that on the morning o f the 17th ult., a force composed of the battalion of the cagadores, No. 3, and detachments from other corps, crossed the Douro, in front of Massarellos, for the purpose of obtaining posse sion of some wine, on that spot, and of destroying the Convent of St. Antonio. The Miguelites retired on the approach of the Constitutionalists, who succeeded in withdrawing sixty pipes of wine, a quantity of oil, flour, and other pro visions, and also in setting fire to the convent ; but whilst they were proceeding with their opera- tions, the enemy, with a force of 6,000 men, in three divisions, came down upon them, and as they were by no means numerous enough to contend with such a force, they retreated to the point of embarkation, under cover of their own batteries, and it is believed would have been able to cross again, with out the slightest loss, but for the alarm of the boatmen, some of whom fled and left their boats without persons to manage them, so that the latter part of the embarkation was attended with much confusion, and the loss of fifty men in killed, wounded, and missing. The ' convent, however, was reduced to ashes, and the loss of the Miguelites is stated in the official account to have been much larger than that of the Constitutionalists. The Chronica Constitucionel contains two decrees of some importance to commerce. One declares that the Regency will give full compen sation to the owners of all vessels who may sus tain damage from the Miguelite batteries, in at tempting to enter the river with provisions or munitions of war, for the use of the Constitu tionalists. The other reduces to an almost nominal amount the duties on all provisions, brought. to Oporto under whatever flag, and establishes a free dom of coasting trade from any point of the Portuguese dominions, which is, or may be, in the possession of the Constitutionalists. The official accounts state that the num ber of deserters from the enemy increases rapidly, and that hardly a day passes without a considerable number coming over. It is proper to add that there are some private letters in town which do not give so favourable an account of the situation and prospects of Don PEDRO. But we have reason to believ e they are much exaggerated. In noticing the accounts frotn Oporto we cannot help observing that the sortie of the 17th ult. appears to have been conducted with very little judgment, so small a force having been sent to accomplish so important an object. The arrival of General SOLIONAC has, we trust, been attended with a total change in the mode of conducting the operations. An express has been received from Paris, bringing the papers of Thursday, and the Mes sager des Chambres, dated yesterday. They contain very little news of interest, and are priHcipally filled with accounts of the favourable reception that Louis PHILIP and her MA JESTY have received in every town they have passed on their tour to the department of the North. Great preparations were making at Lille for the re ception of their Belgian MAJESTIES, who were expected to arrive there on Friday, when Lours PHILIP, the Dukes of ORLEANS, NEMOURS, and JOINVILLE, and King LEOPOLD, would proceed to Valenciennes, to distribute the croix d'honneur to the troops who have most dis tinguished themselves in the taking of Fort St. Laurent and the citadel of Antwerp. The Royal cortege will afterwards return to Paris, where every preparation is making at the Palais Royal to receive them. An express was received late on Wednesday night, by the Dutch Ambassador, announcing that King WILLIAM of Holland persists in not complying with the terms of the treaty entered into between the Cabinets of the Tuileries and St. James's. On Thursday a Cabinet Council was held, at which all the Ministers were pre sent ; after which an express was sent off to his MAJESTY, at Lille. Negotiations were expected to be immediately entered into for the settlement of the Belgian question, with the concurrence of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, who are to send Ministers Ple nipotentiary to Frankfort. The .Moniteur and tl►e Ministerial Journals denounce as false the reports that have been circulated by the Carlist journals, that the Duchess of BERRY is labouring under illness, in consequence of the bad food and treatment she has experienced during her captivity at the Chateau de Blaye, as every attention has been paid to the comforts of this infatuated Princess by the Governor and his lady. A plot has been forming in Paris by the Carlists to create a disturbance during the absence of the Royal Family, and some of the head leaders have been arrested by the police. It is reported that Government intends banishing the Duchess of BERRY from France, and not bringing her to trial, as the Emperor of AUSTRIA has declared that he will become responsible that she shall not disturb the Go vernment of France. The news from Spain state that great re joicings had taken place at Madrid, in conse quence of the protest of King FERDINAND against the law he had signed during his illness, or insanity, for the abolition of the Salic law, thereby depriving his (laughter of her right to the throne. The Queen REGENT is most inde fatigable in her exertions for the cause of liberty, as she is well aware of the machinations of the Don CARLOS party. M. ZEA BERMUDEZ has resigned office. Although a liberal minded man, he is disliked by the Apostolicals and the Liberals—he is too liberal for one, and not liberal enough for the other. Paris continues tranquil. M. DE CHATEAUBRIAND has published a pamphlet on the captivity of the Duchess of BERRY, in which he declares that her person is sacred, and that her immediate liberation would only be an act of justice. M. DE CHATEAU BRIAND says, three modes of proceeding with respect to the Duchess of BERRY have been proposed—to treat her as a prisoner of war—to bring her before the Legal Tribunal—t o con sider her person as inviolable and sacred, and instantly set her at liberty. The first, says M. DE CHATEAUBRIAND, is adopted by the Mi nistry ; the second by the men of July; the third by the Royalists. Al. DE CHATEALIBRIAND seems to agree with the Ministers in the danger and unfitness of trial by a jury; but he disputes their right to treat the Duchess as a prisoner of war. His argu ment, however, is not very conclusive. He says, that not having been taken in arms against the Government, the ordinary rules of war are not applicable to her. He might as well say, that if the Prince of ORANGE were to invade France with his Dutchmen, he would be entitled to his liberty, provided he happened (when taken) to be without his sword. The Duchess of BERRY was not the less at the head of the party acting under her orders, because she did not happen to carry a gun or a pistol. If M. DE CHATEAUBRIAND had said that the chief of a band of rebels was not entitled to the consi deration which is shown, by the regulations of war, towards foreign enemies, and, therefore, that the Duchess of BERRY could not properly be treated as a prisoner of war, there would have been some reason in the argument. Even the French Ministers themselves can only justify the course which they have adopted on the ground of expediency. But the most curious part of M. DE CIIA TEAUBRIAND'S pamphlet is that in which he complains of the rigour of the Duchess's capti vity :-- " Madame," says be, ironically, " will want nothing: she will be permitted to receive open letters from her booksellers, and from the artists whom she has protected but she will not be allowed to receive letters from persons who are eager to lay at her feet the proofs of their devo tion. She will walk in the interior of the fortress, but she will be accompanied by the commandant or by a gendarme. She will have a physician if she be ill--a generous and able man, but still not the physician she might have chosen. She will be well fed; but previously to placing the dishes on the table, they will be examined. Madame will be well clothed; but her clothes will be un sewn, and examined in every fold. Lastly, she will be permitted to sketch with her pencil as much as she can see from the empire of her ancestors of that sea which would transport her to a hospitable shore. Ought not the mother of Henry the Fifth, and the Royalists, to be filled with gratitude for so many favours ?" It is almost difficult to believe that a writer of the acknowledged talent of M. DE CIiA TEALIBRIAND has put his name to so much ab surdity. What a list of rigours against the poor Duchess of BERRY ! How cruel, how unjust it is to prevent her receiving sealed com munications from the rebels with whom she has been plotting—to have an eye upon her prome nades, and not to allow her to send for a physi clan of her own choosing, who might be the emissary of the Chouans— to peep under her desk-covers to see that there is no correspon dence beneath them, to rumple her gowns, and, fin a lly, to withhold from her the liberty of riding in the fields, or sailing on the Ocean! And who is this poor victim of the July sys tem ? " The mother of HENRY V.," says M. DE CHATEAUBRIAND—" a Princess and a woman." " What atrocity towards so illustrious a female !" exclaim the Royalists. But if we admit that a crime is not the less a crime be cause it is committed by a woman, impartial men will ask whether this Duchess of BERRY —this divine-right champion—was not the chief of a band of rebels ; the author of an attempt against a Government established by the people ; who abhor the divine-right doctrine, and the cause of much bloody execution in the endeavour to preserve France from a return to the despotism under which she had so long laboured. Ifjus tice—not expediency—had taken its course, the Duchess of BERRY, instead of being treated with the courtesy shown to a Princess in the seclusion of Blaye, would at this moment have been mouldering in her coffin, an instance of justly punished ambition. How absurd, there fore, are the lamentations of M. DE CHATEAU BRIAND—how ridiculous the complaint which he has brought against the French Ministry ! We have heard it reported that the LORD CHANCELLOR intends to bring forward his Burgh Reform Bill very early in the Session. It is to be on the principle of the Reform Bill. The near approach of the period when the Reformed Parliament is for the first time to exercise its legislative functions, naturally turns attention to circumstances arising out of the changes in our representative system, which, although perhaps before contemplated, have not in their consequences been examined in that detail which will soon be forced upon us. The expediency, indeed necessity, of altering the mode in which the business of the House of Commons is conducted, we have on a former occasion adverted to ; but there is another point equally deserving of consideration at all times, but more especially at present, which we have not seen noticed of late, or indeed at all, in the manner it has struck ourselves. A vast quan tity of time has hitherto been wasted by Me►n bers bringing forward motions, and introducing Bills, not only without having the slightest chance of success, or of working any benefit, but merely to satisfy, to the ear and eye, constituents who have required a pledge to that effect. We are aware that many motions brought forward, without any expectation of success on the part of the movers, have been made with the more honour able object of exciting discussion, of illuminating the public mind, and of finally forcing a reluc tant Minister into the adoption of a beneficial measure. Such were the objects had in view on the occasion of the early motions on Catholic emancipation, and Reform. Such has been almost constantly Mr. HumE's designs in re peatedly dividing the House upon the estimates, although with only from a dozen to thirty supporters. With a Ministry in power, avow edly opposed to all change, such motions perhaps could hardly be too frequent ; but the case is now materially altered. We have a Ministry so avowedly inclined and determined to make considerable improvements in several of our laws and institutions, that the system of Parlia mentary tactics is very much changed from what it used to be. The necessity of bringing for ward motions for the sake of discussion is almost entirely done away with. The great body of rational Reformers in the House, having confi dence in his Majesty's Ministers, believing them sincere in their intention to do all that is safely possible, will probably deem more than vigilant watchfulness necessary. The Radicals, if they are wise, will quietly get all they can, and afterwards make their push for something more. It is the Tories only who may think it necessary to have recourse to feints of this de scription ; but even their motions will be limited in number and kind. No propositions for change will come from them. What we may expect from them are motions, such as that upon the Russian-Dutch Loan, having some appear ance of plausibility, and pretended to be for the public good, but really meant to embarrass the Government, and gradually to undermine it in the confidence of the people. Such motions cannot be prevented by any Ministry, but all such as are made to satisfy the impatience of constituents, the Government may ; we think, take means to render needless. The King's speech on the opening of Parlia ment has hitherto only alluded to one or two of the leading measures which it has been the in- tendon of Minisuns to introduce in the course of the ensuing session, and till we have it as full as the message of the American President, it cannot be made to answer the purpose we have in view. What we would suggest, therefore, is this, that the principal organ of the Government in the House of Commons should, at the com mencement of the session, take some opportu nity of enumerating all the measures it was pro posed and hoped to bring forward that session. As we suppose a sufficient number of items would be named in this budget of measures fully to occupy the time of the House for the period it might be expected to sit, and as it is utterly impossible that all the public expects to be done should be done in one session, or two, or three, no Member could be reproached by his consti tuents for not having done what there was no tim e to do. Thus all pretence would be cut off for making speeches which every one knows will end in nothing, and which have only been tolerated out of personal consideration for the parties who have found themselves placed in a situation which compelled them so to occupy the time of the House. It is true that different opinions may be entertained of what are the most pressing measures that parties, having any confidence at all in the Government, and not wishing it upon the whole to be displaced, ought to feel that his Majesty's Ministers, not confining their attention to one point only, but having, we are bound to suppose, a full view of the different wants of the country, are the best judges of what it is expe dient first to take up. Of course this argument is not addressed to any opposed to all change, or who fear the Ministry will go too far. What ever may be the value of our suggestions it is clear that with a hundred men in the House, the tenure of whose seats rests upon the investigation or discussion, or both, of every measure brought before Parliament, instead of a hundred, aye, and no nominees, who but for the utterance of three single monosyllables might have been consi dered drunk,—it is clear we say, that under this altered state of circumstances, something must be done to put a stop to the dreadful waste of time, which has for the last few years been so justly the subject of complaint. Ministers might greatly facilitate public business by originating several measures in the Lords, which House has been hitherto rendered almost useless till towards the end of the Session, having to wait for Bills from the Commons. It is noto rious that the House of Lords seldom sits more than half an hour, sometimes only five minutes, for three out of the five days of the week ; whereas double despatch would be gained by both Houses going on at the same time with the public business. We know that all money matters must originate in the Commons, but there are many measures which might as well be brought forward in the Lords as in the Com mons, and thus the public would have the benefit of such laws as are deemed expedient, being carried through in an early part of the Session, with this very great advantage, that if any change or im provement were found necessary when brought into operation, the amendments could be made during the Session. But according to the old system of Bills being crowded into the Lords at the very end of the Session, there was no oppor tunity of acting upon the usual clause—" This Bill may be amended, altered, or repealed, du ring the present Session." The introduction of such a clause, where there was little probability of giving it effect, was quite absurd. By adopting some such plan as we have hinted at, we are certain that more real business would be done in one Session, than in three, according to the old system. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a great supply of Fruit at this morning's market, and that of Vegetables was good for the time of sear, but the trade was dull. Greens were dearer than on this day se'nnight, other things about stationary. s. d. s. d. s. d, s. d. Potatoes (cwt.) Ca l tages,Savoy(l2) 2 0 4 0 Apples '2 0 8 6 Ditto Red 26 40 Pears 40 80 Brocoli ........ ............. 0 6 1 6 Onions 2 6 4 0 Horse Itadish(bundle) 4 0 6 0 Seville Oranges (100) 9 0 12 0 Celery 0 6 1 3 Sweet Oranges 8 0 14 0 Carrots ,12bunches)... 3 6 6 6 Lemons 8 0 16 0 Turnips Coleworts or Greens... 3 6 5 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 Leeks 1 0 1 6 French ditto For. Grapes (per 1b.).... 0 8 2 6 Spanish Hazlenuts English, Forced 1 0 '' 6 French Walnuts 4 0 9 0 Filberts 0 9 1 0111razilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Pine Apples (lb.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to #2 5 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw £1 Bto .£1 101 Wheat Straw ... 110 113 Supply moderate, trade steady, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay Z 2 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ...... Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s 5 ..Generally iat Straw .. .II 4to £1 6 1 Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 Both Meadow and Clover Hay ss. per lo a d higher than on Thursday; prices of Straw stationary. Supply limited, and trade rather brisk. PRICES OF STOCKS Till Flank Stock 3 pet Cent. Red. S 6 ?6 3 per Cent Cons. '4 6!4 34 per Cent. Ditto Red 94% 12i New 3W, per Cent. 93N 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 ..." 4 per Cent. 1821 102 N 3 1 1 , Rank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 186 0 ...17 1-16 ~ ii 1-16 Oct. 10, 1859 - Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 - Aprils, 1880 Jan. 5, 1570 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 9O Belgian Bonds :7% Ditto Account 7 , 4 Brazilian Bonds 43:, Ditto Account ......... .....48% Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account ` - 'O% 1% Chilian Bonds l6 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 9li Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account ll Danish Bonds 71 %4 "Ditto Account — Greek Bonds 'Y11,4 Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 2l Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent 2 51 Ditto Account 25% 5; !sreapolitan —l S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 32:30 South Sea Stock 954 Old Annuities New Ditto ........ la per Cent. Ann. 1751 'Ex. Bills, ..tl,OOO 42 41 pm. Ditto... .........5.0 42 41 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account India for Account 'Cons. for Jan. ..... 8"; )04 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds 1034 Ditto Account .. !Portuguese Bonds ' Ditto Account 49 , 4 Regency Scrip 4l dis. Ditto Account 43111 dis. ! Prussian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1822 Russian Bonds, 182 9 Ditto_Account lOO7 iNew Loan 905 'Spanish 'Spanish Bonds, 1821 1656% Ditto Account 16, , ,i Ditto Bonds, :83 14% ‹.., Ditto Account — French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. —S per cent —f —c. Exchange Dutch Scrip 42. 4 1.; q. 4 Ditto Account 42% French Scrip 4i pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at SI. pm.) £lOO 9 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 1421.6 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. ties. at 5/. pm.) £2O 40 Ditto National IN 1644 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 5!,' ? .lritish Iron Mining Company .... ...... £5O Columbian Milling Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 4930 English Mining Company l2,', General Mining Association ll Real del Monte Mining Co. ..., — United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New Set ip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. ...... Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 94 £1 6 0 7% ICS, DUBLIN, JAN. 9. St. Patrick Insur.(perShare) Royal Irish Ditto ,National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings .NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 46li Genoa 06 10 Venice 461 Malta 46 Naples . Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 48.7.1 Rio .laneiro Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverbars, standard,., 0 0 0 ; :44,411A. AO' 411 ‘ /tit THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) _ . CITY, T WEL VE O'CLOCK At length we have arrivals of Lisbon and Oporto mails ; the former sailed on the 27th December—the latter on the Sd January ; and the accounts they bring are not of a favourable nature to the cause of Don Pedro. It appears that the expedition of Don Pedro's troops to the Wine Stores at Villa Nova, met with a failure on the 17th ult., and were obliged to retreat with considerable loss, during which our squadron in the Douro suffered some loss by the cross fire of the Miguelite batteries. Since that affair no engage ment has taken place on the side of Villa Nova; but Don Miguel's batteries still continue firing on Oporto. On the 29th a shell fell on the Custom-house, and destroyed it. British property has also suffered. The London Merchant steamer, with General Solignac's troops, had arrived, and landed. Some cases of cholera were on board, among the troops. Money continued scarce at Oporto ; provision. were also scarce. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday. 87i for account. The report yesterday that the Lightning steamer had arrived with the answer of the King of Holland proves incorrect, and nothing is knows, up to the present hour, on the subject, for which some anxiety prevails. The accounts from Oporto, this morning, are somewhat of a gloomy nature. Don Pedro's troops experienced a repulse on the 17th ult., at Villa Nova, but the grand attack on Oporto, which was expected on the 21st, did not take place. No doubt, as the French Generals have arrived, we may soon expect to hear of some important operations in that quarter. In the Foreign Market there is nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. The following important letter from Oporto, dated the 4th Jan., has been exhibited at Lloyd's:— " The year begins well, General Solignac arrived on New Year's day, and is very much pleased with the lappear ance withhis of thlempri troops.eal Majesty, H e has a. by yrewadhom h already visited e h th i e . been received most graciously. The organizing already made of the excellent French corps, and the improvement of the English battalions have admitted of the Occupation of the town of Foe, on the 31st ult., and the erection of a battery or redoubt, on the Senera de Luz, thereby insuring the debarkation on the coast to the north of the bar, Our first operation has thus been well combined, and we have a secure landing ;—we have besides strengthened and completed a new redoubt of Onabide, which in two days will begin to play upon the batte ries of the Furrada, by means of which the enemy intended to close the entry of the river. Everything here is in the best possible state, and our military operations will soon take a different course. The recent measures of the Spanish Government not to admit into the ports of Spain, vessels the flag of which has not been officially recognised, have been requisite as a precaution in consequence of the imprudence of some of our naval officers at Vigo. The steam-boats in providing the city will continue. General Solignac, who arrived with his Staff and men on the Ist instant, has been created Field-Marshal, and he will soon assume the offensive. A letter from Oporto, dated the 4th instant, gives a favourable description of General Solignacis first opera tions on his arrival at Oporto. Consols may be qnoted as in the early part •f the morn ing, 871 s.llers for the Account. Danish Stock rather heavy. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 871. CLOSING PRICES. —FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for Account 87i Greek Brazilian Bonds 48 Mexican ... Buenos Ayres... Peruvian ... .... China' Ditto.... Russian ........ 101 Columbian 1824 11 Spanish ............ 161 Sprats have been for the last fortnight taken in such large shoals off Topsham, that they have been sold at the rate of 2s. 6d., and 3s. per hundred weight, on the shore, and at one penny the pound in most places. —Leicester Journal. Pu ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) `~ ~ twl IN RE TOTTENHAM CHARITY. Mr. BETHELL statel, that this tea., a petition prnin fr !S the confirmation of th e M aster ' s report approvingf extended scheme for the regulation of the charity,' and . ; C 3? giving power to a majority of the trustees to execute -- leases. The original founder of the charity had left cer tain property in Tottenham for the support of poor per sons in alms. houses there. A suit bad been filed fur the proper administration of the charity, and under the decree of the Court it was referred to the Master to approve of a scheme for its regulation. A scheme having been approved of, the charity was for some time carried on under it ; but the funds increasing, an application was mad e to the Court to refer it to the Master to approve of an extended scheme, whereby a larger allowance was to be given to the objects of the testator's bounty. The M,ster had approved of such a scheme. Under the charity, as .eiginatly constituted, candle trustees were required to exe. cute th e leases, but as they were attended with great expense the Master had suggested, if it met with the appro.- nation of the Court, that till leases executed by a ina j,,rity of the trustees should he considered valid. The MASTER of the floras thought the suggestion of the Master, that the power of hearing should be given to a majority of the trustees, ought to be adopted by the Court, (nd ordered the confirmatio n of th , .. 11f .titer's report. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His HONOUR. was occupied the .►•hole morning with the arguments in the part-heard case of the Bedford Charity, the facts of which we shall give mere in detail when his Honour gives judgment. KING'S BENCH.-( FHB DAY.) CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. FOLLETT moved to file a criminal infortnation against a gentleman named Parry, a barrister-at law, for writing letters to Sir Richard Juddrill, Bart., tending to provoke a breach of the peace. The names of the parties were already known to their Lordships, and the circum stances which gave rise to the present application, had reference to some cases which were tried in this , Court, in consequence of the publication of various libellous placards and letters in Oxfordshire, at the period when a gentleman, named Fine, became a candidate to represent hat county. Mr. Parry married a daughter of Mr. Fine's, and some of the letters had reference to that lady, which would certainly be some extenuation for a part of Mr. Parry's conduct. Two years ago crimi nal information had been obtained by Mr. pane against a Mr. Ailey, and Mr. Slaney, a solicitor, for publishing those libels. Those defendants had since been tried, and in the course of last term Air. Slaney was brought up for judgment. Ile, it appeared, way the solicitor of Sir Richard Joddrill, between whose family and Mr. Facie's there was a relationship. Since the conviction of Mr. Slaney, Mr. Parry had repeatedly written to Sir Richard Joddrill to cease em ploying Mr. Slaney, or having any further intercourse with him, and on Sir Richard's refusing, on the ground that he did not believe Mr. Slaney to be so far implicated as had been asserted, Mr. Parry broadly insi nuated that Sir Richard and his lady were at least privy to the publication of the libels. That charge was denied by Sir Richard in a letter to Mr. Parry, and sr lemnly sworn to be untrue both by himself and his lady. Mr. Parry, however, repeated his importunities in no very measured terms, that the connexion between Sir R. Joddrill and Mr. Slaney should cease, or in the event of its rill continuing, he, Air. Parry, would consider the ,onnexion a personal insult to himself, and that Sir 11 - bard must be prepared to meet the consequences. The last letter written by Mr. Parry formed the chief ground of the present application. In that letter he stated that no man would shield art anonymous libeller, excepting there was such a consideration for services which coo'd not properly be disclosed, and adding that one could hardly imagine such compound infamy. Sir Richard had sworn that he believed Mr. Parry's object to be to provoke him to fight a duel. Their Lordships granted a rule to show cause. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) Y.IAHONICV V. FRASI. This was an action of trespass tried before Mr. limn BOLLAND in Trinity Term. The question to be tried was whether a commission of bankruptcy taken out against a person named Sowercrop was valid or not. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 1,0001. In Michaelmas Term Mr. Hill applied for and ob tained a Rule to show cause why that verdict should not he set aside, and a new trial had on the grounds of ex. evasive damages, and being against evidence. This morning the Learned Judge read over his notes of the trial, by which it appeared, that Sowercrop had been in the employment of the Portable Bath Company, where be made some steam-engines ; that when he left that, he went to the house No. 5, University-street, which he fitted up to carry on the business of an engineer ; that he there made four engines, two of which were sent to a commission agent for sale, &c. The plaintiff was a builder, and bad levied an execution on the premises for 1,9071., but was turned out of possession by the defendant. who was an assignee under the commission. Mr. HUTCHINSON appeared in support of the verdict. He denied that there had been any act of trading, but that Sowercop merely made the engines for the Bath Coln. pany. As to the amount of damages, he hid no objec tion that they should be referred to a Gentleman of the Bar. Mr. HILL would not agree to that, and The COURT made the rule for a new trial absolute on payment of costs. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 11.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Hero, Smith, from Belfast. Arrived from the river and remain the York, Nyle, for New York; John, Rogers, for Ja maica ; and Rhoda, Hamman, for Halifax. The Nether hinds ship Piet Hein, for Surinam, remains under de tention. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Wind S.S.E. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind E. S. E., fresh,—Ar rived the Diadem, Walker, from Manilla, sailed the 9th June, and from the Cape of Good ape the 26th October; and Four Sisters, Tremaine, from St. Michaels. FALMOUTH, JAN. 10.—Wind S.S.E., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Savage, from Lisbon, sailed the 27th ult., and off Oporto the 3d inst. MILFORD, JAN. 10.—Airived the St. Peter, Alichla, from Cobija. POOLE, JAN. 10.—Arrived: the Robert, Nossvorthy, from Bilbao. BEAUMAAIS, JAN. 10.—Arrived the TOM Tough, Williamson, from Charente. LIVIRPOOL, JAN. W.—Arrived the Laura, Taylor, from Demerara; and Duke of Athol, from Charente. Alorraosz, JAN. 9.-Arrived the Sir R. Barclay, Beattie, and James Hadden, Cobb, from Riga, Off port the Alert, from Riga. HULL, JAN, W.—Arrived the William, Davison, from Riga. The City of Edinburgh steamer arrived off Brighton yesterday, sailed from Opurto on Siturday last, and from Vigo on Sunday night, 6th inst. She reports the French troops had arrived in the London Merchant, and that Don Pedro was about to make an attack on the Miguelite Fort which commanded the entrance of the Tagus. All are ssid to be in good spirits. The following has been posted at Lloyd's : " St. Übee, Dec. 22 : " The Governor has this day informed the Foreign Consuls that he has received directions from the Com mander-in-Chief, to order away any vessels coming from places occupied by Don Pedro's Government, and conse quently the Neid, Eliun, and Ojen, arrived to-day from Oporto, were immediately ordered away and proceeded to the Mediterranean." The elevation of the monument to the memory of M. CASIMIR PERIER has been intrusted to M. ACHILLE LECLERC, architect, member of the Institute. STATE OF TRADE.--Th e markets in the o augur s G a z. various parts of the g rea t manu f actur i ng districts are, We are happy to find, in a s t a t e o f great act i v i ty. In Brad ford more business h as b een recently done than for weeks preceding, the mill s , b o th i n t h e town and neighbourhoo d , being in full activity. I n H a lif ax t h e demand for stu ff goods has be e n g ra d ua ll y i ncreas i ng for some t i me pas t, and all the hand. th ere are i s act i ve employment . L ee ds, and other t o w ns i n Y or k s hi re and Lancas hi re , prese n t similar favou ra bl e prospects . Th e C am b r i an s ays that a slight increase h as t a k en p l ace i n t h e pr i c e of iron, which, waletbobufogr a g h atp e r n e e e r e a n i t rcisoensinnetttovprionr spring. —D oncaster works,ncast The y L h eew arrived the Ist ult. ; they contain no political news of th e s li g h test importanc e . The accounts of the cr o p s are favourable ; yesterday br o ught l t s a la v n a d de p ty a o c f ke lv t, est w India papers to there bad been plentiful rain, which was Enoch wanted.