The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-05 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS. We have received New York papers to the 17th tilt. Their contents are more interesting than usual, as will appear from the following extracts :- ALBAMA.—The party which placed Governor Gayle in the Executive Chair of Albama seems by no means disposed to sustain him in the stand which he has taken against the measures of the Federal Government, for the removal of intruders from the public lands—indeed censure is unsparingly lavished upon him by his former political friends. The grand jury of Madison county have taken his recent t fii cial course, on this delicate question, into considera• tion, and presented it "as eminently calculated to involve the people of Albama in a bloosly conflict with the General Government." They justify throughout the course of the General Government, and animadvert in strong terms on the inconsistency of the Governor's late proceedings, with the doc trines formerly promulgated by him in his executive messages. Extract of a letter from the Secretary at War to Major J. S. M'lntosh, da:ed Oct. 29, 1833 :-- " Sir,—Your letter on the 21st instant to Major- General Macomb has been laid before me ; and, in answer, I have to inform you, that yeu will interpose no obstacle to the service of legal process upon any officer or soldier under your ci mmand, whether issuing from the Courts of the State of Albatna, or of the United States. On the contrary, you will give all nt cessary facilities to the execu. tint.' of such process. "It is not the intention of the President that any part of the military force of the United States should he brought into colision with the civil authority. In all questions of jurisdiction, it is the duty of the former to submit to the latter, and no considerations must interfere with that du'y. " If, therefore, an officer of the State or of the United States come with legal process against yourself, or an officer or soldier of your garrison, you will freely admit him within your post, and allow him to execute Lis writ undisturbed." LATEST FROM MEXICO.—The brig Spark, arrived at New Orleans, sailed from Vera Cruz on the 12th ult. A letter received in this city, states a few minutes before the Spark sailed, an express arrived from Mexico, bringing news that a general engage intent had taken place between Santa Anna and the iebel troops, in which the latter were totally de feated. Duran escaped to the mountains with his cavalry, and Arira retreated to Guanaxuato with the remnant of his troops. Santa Anna had posses sion of the main entrance to the latter city, and a deputation had come out with propositions to sur render the place to prevent its being taken by storm. The New Orleans Bcc, of the Ist instant, gives 'the following extracts from Mexican Papers to the 2ith October, from which it appears that the result of the contest, as stated above, was rendered almost certain. MEXICO, OCT. 4 —We are glad to have it in our power to lay before our readers the results of the movements of the federal army commanded by the hero of Zempoala ; those re-ults are decidedly fa. vourable to the holy cause of the federation. The chiefs of the rebels having been informed that the General-in-Chief had come out from San Migud de Allende with his division, and knowing by their spies, the movement of the federal troops prom Zacatecas and San Luis, determined to oppoe their united forces, and marched with all his cavalry from Guanaxuato. But the President keep ing a vigilant ey, e on their movement, marched to wards the town of Silao, in order to invest the traitor Duran. Duran began to open a fire with all his artillery against the division of his Excellency, who, on his side, returned a heavy cannonading. In a few hours he made such havoc in the ranks of the faction that they were obliged to retreat the same evening ; they rallied at Guanaxuato, where they fortified them selves. The project of the faction being thus baf fled, the other division found no difficulty in uniting to the troops commanded by the general liberator division of Zacatecas, operated a junction on the 29th, and that of San Luis, on the 30th Sept. So formidable a force being now united, there is lit le doubt of the early defeat of the rebels. OCT. s.—The following account from General Mejia, under date of Silao, September 29, was brought last night by an extraordinary courier from the federal army : " Having been informed that the enemy contem plated attacking the Hacienda de Cerritos, about half a league distant from this town, with all its force, amounting to 1,200 troops of infantry, and 900 cavalry, I went out with my division, drew them into a line of battle, and, opening the fire of my artillery, continued it until five o'clock in the afternoon, and, having silenced the enemy's fire, came back to my quarters. We lost in this affair only three horsemen. " We were preparing to attack the rebels to-day, and, although our forces were sufficient to defeat them, the Resident thought it advisable that we should wait for the division from Zacatecas, so as to inflict upon the enemy a more decisive blow; but the faction withdrew early in the morning, a few hours before the arrival of the Zacatecas division. We might have opposed their movements, but as we had detached 1,000 troops of cavalry to prot(ct the arrival of the auxiliary division, we did not think proper to attack them with the infantry alone. " Moctezuma is to pass this night four leagues from here; we will join to-morrow,and shall be able then to commence operations against the enemy." SAN LUIS POTOSI, SEPT. 26.—Yesterday Gen, Estevan Moctezuma marched against the faction at Guanaxuato nth 2,500 patriots, and 10 pieces of artillery, determined to conquer or die. IMPORTANT FROM hAYT i.—Extract of a letter from St. Jago de Cuba, dated the 17th October, and addressed to one of our friends in this city, to whom we are indebted for the same : " We have had in our roads for several days the French brig Le Cuirassier, which has been de spatched to Hayti, by the French Government to carry the ultimatum of the King of the French re specting the immediate payment of the indemnity, in default whereof, it is said, an expedition would be fitted out against the island. " The negroes must be in great anxiety, as in fact, it must be matter of some difficulty for them to collect together a sum of 20 millions of dollars. On Monday the brig will go back to Port-au-Prince for the purpose of obtaining Boyer's answer. It is stated the expedition must now be in the neighbour hood ; but this "wants confirmation."—Louisiana' Courier. NEW YORK.—Sales at the Stock Exchange, Nov. 15.-50 shares United States' Bank, 1071 ; 50 ditto ditto (on time), 1071. THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—The following letter from W. J. Duane, Esq., late Se cretary of the Treasury, to a gentleman of Mason County, has been handed to us for publication : " Philadelphia, Oct. 17. " Dear Sir—l have just now received your le:ter of the 11th inst., expressing your approbation of my course as Secretary of the Treasury. I have always been, and am opposed to the United States Bank, and to all such aristocratic monopolies ; but I considered the removal of the deposits unnecessary, unwise, vindictive, and unjust. I believ e that the law gave to the Secretary of the Trea sury, and not to the President, discretion on the ques tion ; and I would not act to oblige the President nor any body else, when I thought it improper to do so. I never asked office—l accepted it reluctantly—and was removed for an honest discharg e of ray duty. If, to keep office and six thousand dollars a year, I had given up toy judg ment, I should have brought sham e upon the grey hairs of my father, and upon cry numerous children ; so that lam content to return to humble life, with a tranquil mind. • • • • • `< With kind wishes, I am very respectfully y our . , t , W. J. DUANE," The Colonization Societies are making great ex ertions to rid themselves of the free people of colour. The following extract from the New York Com. mercial Advertiser, throws light on this subject :7 " EMANCIPATION.—The Maryland State Coloni zation Society have determined, as is generally kilown, to establish a distinct colony on the coast of Allies, at or near Cape Palmas (south-easterly from Monrovia), combining great and peculiar advantages. In undertaking this enterprize, they avow it as their object not merely of removing thither, by their own consent, the free people of colour, but also effec tually, though gradually, and consi-tently with the rights of all, extirpating slavery in the State, and restoring to the land of their fathers the whole of its coloured population. They design further to call the new settlement ' Maryland.' Such an avowal, in the midst of a slave-holding State—and that, too, by the authorized agents of that State—should put to the blush those Nv It o impudently assert, of this great scheme of benevolence, that it is adverse to the cause of human freedom. " But Maryland is not the only slave-holding State that is evincing a disposition to rid itself of the incubus that rests upon it. In Tennessee, also, public opinion is manifesting its power upon public bodies ; and although it falls short of the extent to which we would gladly push it, yet we hail the following resolutions, recently adopted by the House of Representatives in that State, as auspicious to the cause of final, gradual, and constitutional eman cipation : " ' Resolved—That the Select Committee on the subject of the American Colonization Society, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of memo rializing Congress to make an appropriation of 100,000 dollars annually, to be applied by the said Colonization Society, in transporting to Liberia the free coloured population of the United States. " Resolved:—That said Committee inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation, by this Assembly, of 5,000 dollars annually, to aid the Tennessee Auxiliary Colonization Society, to be applied by the said Society in transporting, to the colony of Liberia, the free coloured population of the State of Tennessee.' " LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, Nov. 23.—Communications have been received by the Minister of the Interior on the 234 of November, from the Corregidor of the district of Setubal, dated the 2lst, who says that perfect tran quillity prevailed in the town, and that the workmen were very diligently emrloyed in the fortification. Front the Juizes da Fora of Monte Penielte and Mafra, under the dates of the 19th and 20th, we learn that those places were tranquil, and the spirit of the merchants good. The Juiz da Fora of Almada, under the date of the 20th and 2ler, writes that information had been obtained from a woman surprised in Aldegallega, who came from Santarem, that provisions were ex tremely scarce there; that a quarter of a loaf per day was given to the men, and very seldom wine; and it was reported among the rebels that they were going to Elvas. The same officer says that in his district perfect tranquillity prevailed, and that the excellent spirit of the inhabitants was manifested by the sincerest enthusiasm at the presence of his Im perial Majesty our immortal liberator. By the communications from the provincial Ma gistrates, which we publish, we may judge, at least approximately, of the situation of the rebel army. We know that desertion has progressively increased for some days. As soon as we have official docu ments on this important subject, we shall have great pleasure in laying them before our readers. "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. " LISBON, Nov. 23.—(Official.)--A decree of the Emperor, in the name of the Queen, revokes as it/just the article of the decree of the 28th of June, 1823, depriving Manoel Gonsalves de Miran da of the honours of Minister of State, under the pretext of his having ordered certain measures while he was Secretary of State for the War Department —an unfounded imputation, because the measures were authorized by the existing Government. " The second decree revokes the article of the same decree of the 28th of June, 1823, which de prived the Councillor Jose da Silva Gayalho of the honours of Minister of State, on the ground that he had absented himself from the kingdom without leave, whereas it is proved that he had obtained a passport on the Ist of that month from the Minister for Foreign Affairs. These two gentlemen are therefore restored to their honours as conferred on them by the decree of the 28th of May of the same year, 1823. " The circumstances having happily ceased wh;ch led to the importation of nwional arid foreign flour on payment of half the usual import dwy, for the advantage of the inhabitants of this populous city and of the liberating army, I think fit, in the name of the Queen, to revoke the decree of the 6th of September last, allowing this importation at a re• duced duty, and to order, that after the expira tion of a month from the date of the publication of this present decree, the old regulations shall again be put in force. " Palace das Necessidades, Nov. 15. " Don PEDRO (Duke of 13ragann) " JOSE DA SILVA CARVALHO.' A decree of the Duke of Braganza, dated the 22d of November, orders to be delivered to the Criminal Judge of the quarter of St. Isabel, a list, which is subjoined, of the prisons of the city, which are classed according to the degree of criminality of the persons to be confined in them, that that magistrate may understand that henceforth the prisoners of both sexes within h s jurisdiction are to be sent to the prisons assigned fur them according to thenature of the crime for which they were to be confined. The prisons enumerated are from No. I to No. 11; they have all the name of Enxovia or dungeon given to them. The infirmaries, both for men and women, as well for contagious as non-contagious disorders, are also pointed out. The usual Court articles, dated from the Palace das Necessidades of the 20th, 21st, and 22d of No vambet, mention his Majes , y going to view the for tifications, and giving his orders ; his giving audience to the Ministers and other persons. On the 20th fourteen deserters from the enemy were admitted into the ranks, and on the 21st five.—Lisbon Chronica, Nov. 21, 22, and 23. The late Viscount Exmouth was an officer who had distinguished himself much in several actions during the late war. His post commission bears date from 1806. His Lordship was a distinguished member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and in the spring of the present year made a rapid voyage to the Biltic in his yacht the Gamymede, visiting St. Petersburgh, Stockholm, &c., and he had the intention of having a schooner con structed et Cowes, in which lie would have made a voyage to the Mediterranean next summer. The Viscount was twice married, first in 1808, to Eliza 'farrier, eldest daughter of Sir George Hilara Barlow, Bart., G.C.B. ; this marriage was dissolved by Act of Parliament, 1820, and he married, secondly (1822), Georgians Janet, (laugh ter of Mungo Dick, Esq., of Richmond. His successor in the title is the Hon. Percy Taylor Pellew, the only sue•• viving son by his first marriage, now in his 19th year, and not the Hon. Edward Pellew, who died in India. The Noble Viscount has left an infant family of five children by the present Viscountess, who remains at the residence of the Hon. Capt. Fleetwood Pellew, in Grafton•street, in a state of great affliction. The remains of Lord Exmouth will be removed from the Colonnade Hotel, in Charles. street, for interment in the family vault at Cannonteign, near Exeter. THE HEADSMAN.—Mr. Cooper's mine seems exhaustless, as productive, as rich in quality, as ever. This new romance is as fresh, as racy, as vigorous, as any of its predecessors. The subject of the story is a difficult one to handle—one such as a writer of ordinary talent would have shrunk from in dismay. He has grappled with it and conquered. To render Balthazar, the hereditary headsman of Berne, (a creature with whom all our sympathies and prejudices are engaged in hostility) mild, meek, amiable, and interesting, was a task fur no common pen. That of Cooper has succeeded. Margue rite, too, the deeply-sensitive wife of Balthazar, is a finely, forcibly drawn picture. And Maso, the brave and gene rous, but hardened, outlaw, with his noble dog Nettuno, is a master-piece. Adelbeid, the gentle daughter of the Baron de Wilading, is also a character most exquisitely conceived and sustained. These, with Pippo, an itinerant juggler—Conrad, a profligate snook—and Christine, the timid daughter of Balthazar, are the chief persons of the drama. We attempt not to sketch the plot, the liveliest interest in which is excited and sustained till the very laat page of the work, SPAIN. LETTER FROII COUNT FLORIDA BLANCA TO THE QUEEI, REGENT. Seriora,.:Were I capable of renouncing the deep and irresistible attachment which binds me to your Majesty's and your interesting and innocent daughter's cause, which I find daily endangered,—could I fail to foresee the bre.. rible proscription of the emigrants, and the misery to which I should myself, perhaps, he condemned by tl e triumph of the Infante, compromised, as I individually an , in the cause of your Majesty, I would certainly übandr a the field and, feeling the most perfect indifference, patient y wait until fate should decide events which ought never to be left to the caprice of chance. But how is it possible to be indifferent to such important interests ? Exempt from ambition,—though I never asked any favours of the late King, and have as little troubled your Majesty by soliciting anything,—can it be surprising that I shoo d now put forward my personal interests, when what is in question is the preservation of the whole of my fortune, which is not invested in foreign funds, but in effects and establishments useful to Spain, and consequently the exist., ence of myself and family? No, it cannot possibly b e thought extraordinary ; and in such a case as the present ought I not to expect from your Majesty indulgence for my importunity ? That I do expect, Senora, and so expecting, shall fulfil the sacred duty of making known our real situation to your Majesty. I shall not again repeat to your Majesty what I have more than once had th e h o no ur o f s t a ti ng t o you in speech and in writing. I shall merely quote one celebrated phrase used by the Ministry in yesterday's Gazette.— " Los hechos hublan" (facts speak). Yes, Senora! on facts nay opinions are founded, and those circumstances which give birth to so muc h f ermentat i on an d uneasiness in the public mind, and to such agitation among good citizen., are f a cts p recurs i ve o f a near an d v i o l e nt crisis, the effects of which may be more easily apprehended and deplored than estimated. But the facts do exist, and, so existing, honour and loyalty command their disclosure to your Majesty. Is it not matter of reasoning or fact, Senora, that our army is quite inefficient, at a crisis, at a period which no one could to anticipate; and after the disbursement of 253,000,000 annually of the appropriation to the War Department? Is it not a fact that forty days have passed without our troops measuring swords with the rebels, except in the insignificant and trifling rencounters of Generals Lorenzo and Castagnon ? Is it not a fact, that the Pretender is conspiring and arming under the shade of Don Miguel's falling cause, which was zealously protected by the President of the Council of Ministers—a cause which, if it has not triumphed, assuredly was not that Minister's fault, and which, had it triumphed, the throne of the Queen would not now have existed ? Is it not the fact, that the same man who defeated the negotiation proposed by England through the embassy of Sir Stratford Canning, is he who now appears as the mediator and negotiator on the same question with England, and consequently stands in a dis a tvantageous position ? Is it not a fact that there are 30,000 Royalist Volunteers in arms against our cause, who only two months ago were styled the throne, while the partisans of your Majesty were called revolutionists? Is it not a melancholy and disgraceful fact, that the Go vernment of Charles V. is established in three provinces in almost perfect tranquillity, while on other points his standard waves, and rebels are armed in his name ? Is it not a fact that the Captains-Generals who preserve their Provinces in a state of tranquillity and fidelity to your Majesty, are those who are accused of being innovators, and whose removal has frequently been the subject of de liberation ? Is it not a fact, that the valuable institu tion of the Council of Government, the great and generous gacy of the deceased King, which history will regard as the most eminent act of his arduous reign, has been ren dered a nullity ? Is it not a fact that the infraction of his late Majesty's testament is a critne which the nation, respecting and venerating that last will of the Sovereign, must regard as high treason ? Does titers not, in fine, exist between the Ministers and the Captains-General a discord so complete that good government is rendered impossible ? All these facts, then, contribute to bring the public mind into a state of anxiety, and even of dangerous effer vescence. They unfortunately cause much exasperation ; they may even lead to a fatal popular movement, and pro. duce a disregard of the respect due to your Majesty, which will undertnine the throne, and lo•sen all the ties of the social edifice. But be this as it may, such is the state of tumultuous agitation into which public opinion is brought, if, indeed, any may be said to exist. Perhaps I shall be regarded as labouring under a mistake, but in.ny sup. porters of your Majesty's cause view the state of affdiis in the same manner as I ; and for that reason I must repeat over and over again that I consid• r it my duty to bring the subject under your high consideration. This letter will perhaps experience the same fate as my memorial, which your Majesty did not think proper to refer to the Council of Government, but placed in the hands of the President of the Council of Ministers; but be that as it may, I am to be deterred by no fear, when yPur Majesty's service and the welfare of my country call upon me to act. These most sacred objects are my sole idols, and your INl,jesty may be assured that I am ready to sacri fice my lire and my fortune upon their altars. I am, Senora, with the most profound respect, your Majesty's meat humble servant, lac, El Marques De MIR AFLORES, Conde Florida Blanca. Madrid, Nov. 15. Prom an Extraordinary Supplement of the Madrid Gazette, dated Nov. 23.) _ . Don Vicent Genaro de Quesada, Lieutenant-General of the Royal Armies, Captain-General of Castilla la Vieja, President of the Royal Chancery of Valladolid, and Sub-delegate-General of Police, &c. Inasmuch as a great portion of the different bodies of the Ex-Royalist Volunteers, who, having abandoned their homes and families, were dispersed in the actions of Teruzincal, Villa Franca de Monies de Oca y Medina de Pomar, have now returned to their houses, I have re solved, in order to prevent them from being misled into the commission of similar conduct in future, as follows :—. Art. I.—No commander, officer, or Royalist Volunteer, who may have returned to his home, shall be molested or troubled by the magistrates of his district. I. The abovementioned individuals, on reaching their domiciles, are required to present themselves before the military authority, or the civil, in the event of no military authority raising in their districts, who is directed to receive front them all the arms and other military effects and distinctions which they may still have in their possession. 3. Upon any commander, officer, or private of the ex- Royalist Volunteers, or any other person whatever, again absenting himself from his district, the magistrate of the same shall immediately proceed to sequestrate all his pro perty, moveable or immoveable, and all the lands and houses which he may possess, whatever be his state, class, or condition, and in the event of his being apprehended, Lie shall be executed, his second flight having disqualified him from enjoying the generous and the abundant mercy, which, in the name of Donna Isabel H. and of the Go ' vernment of her Majesty the Queen Regent, I granted to persons of this class on the 3d of the present month. 4. In order that no one may allege ignorance of the present decree, and that all may be made acqu tinted with it, the military authorities of this district will cause it to be inserted in the official bulletin ; or, if in any province there should have been no bulletin, or its publication should have been suspended, the principal sub•delegates of police are charged, under the strictest responsibility, with the circulation of the decree. 5. The civil and military authorities of the police are charged with the entire fulfilment of the above. VICENTE DE QUESADA. Valladolid, Nov. 21. (From La Aurora de Espana, of Madrid, Nov. 23.) Looaurfo, Nov. 19.—fhe divisions of Field-Marshal Lorenzo and Brigadier Benedicto were not able until yes terday to form a junction with our forces in Haro, in consequence of the orders which were issued to that effect having been intercepted. The factious, too, bad assem bled in the formidable defile of the Conchas, and others in the Camino Real, availing themselves of all iiniginabls means to obstruct those passes. At daybreak this morn ing we therefore made a forced march. At four this afternoon we entered this enthusiastic city, the inhabitants of which are warmly decided in favour of the cause of our august and beloved Queen. To-night we shall con tinue our march, and to-morrow we shall surmount every obstacle, beating the hordes of the factious wherever we may fall in with them, and on the 21st Vittoria will be ours. The appointment of the worthy General Zarco del Valle to the post of Minister of War has given great satis faction to toe army. His knowledge, activity, and honour excite the most encouraging hopes. We have just learned that the faction of Alava, alarmed at the proximity of the army corps directed against it, under the conimind of General Sasrsfield, has abandoned the city of Vittoria, to take up its position on the heights of Penacerrada, on the frontier of Navarre, from thence intending to advance upon that kingdom, or some other favourable point, always evading an encounter in the open field. General Saatsfield being apprised of this movement, he directed his ma rc h by the way of Lugrono, in order to drive the faction irons Navarre, or to destroy it completely if it should await an engagement. At all events, it cannot be long before we bear of the complete extermination of - hese undisciplined hordes. Nov. 24.—0 n the lith of the pre , elt month, General Pastor entered the town of Sepulveda with his division, c insibting of upwards of 3,000 men and IO pieces of a-tillery. At seven o'clock on the following morning they mtinued their march in the direction of Aranda de Duero, which they entered on the 19th. 1,800 of the rebels, who, with their ringleader Zuma lacarregui, had taken up their position in the immediate vicinity of Puente la Reina, have been beaten by that -xcellent General Lorenzo, who routed the whole body, and restored to their homes all those who by deceit and •reachery bad been induced to join it. In v trious parts of the province of Valencia, small par ties of revolutionists, headed by monks and priests, have been formed, who flatter themselves that they will be able to get possession of the castle of Alurviedro. The rebel chief, Balmaseda, bivouacked two leagues from Aranda, with 60 horse, on the night of the 19th. MELANCHOLY LOSS OF THE PILOT BOAT NO. 1. OF LIVERPOOL, AND THIRTEEN OF HER CREW. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) FORMBY, DEC. 2.—This village, situate about thirteen miles from Liverpool, in the shore of the Mersey, since Friday last has presented a most melancholy and heart rending scene, from the distressing wreck of No. 1, Pilot boat, with the loss of a greater part of her efficient crew, four of whom were picked up dead and deposited in an out-house adjoining Formby Church, to wait the result of a coroner's inquest, which took place this day; the bodies of the remaining nine of the crew, who fell victims to the tempestuous and unruly storm, which visited this part of the country on Thursday and Friday last, have not yet been washed ashore. The boat, which was exceedingly well manned and rigged, was one of the class of pilot-boats belonging to this port, having a complement of 21 men for her crew, had been engaged on the night of Thurs day last in piloting vessels outward bound, and, in consequence of the foggy state of the weather, they were unable to ascertain their true situation, at which time the storm raged terrifically, the sea rolling mountains high. I❑ this dangerous situation the vessel was driven towards the Lancashire shore near to Formby. About half-past six o'clock on Friday morning the sea broke violently over the vessel, and washed overboard Edward Webster and Henry Hughes, who although good swimmers sank to rise no more. Suddenly another terrific sea broke over the vessel, washed away the skylight, and filled the cabin with water. They were then before the wind, the gib and foresail were blown to fragments, and shortly after• wards she struck upon Formby beach. Immediately on the vess I striking, which was between eight and nine o'clock, the inhabitants on shore perceived seven of the unfortunate men climbing to the rigging, to which they appeared to cling, and about twelve others contrived to get the punt (a small boat attached to the vessel) along, side, into which they jumped, but were no sooner in it than it swamped, and eight of the number perished. Four, with great difficulty succeeded in swimming to shore, and at the edge of the water they were dragged out more dead than alive by the villagers. Shortly after the punt sinking, the unfortunate teen who had been clinging to the rigging dropped from exhaustion into the water and were never seen again, one of them, named Bates, who had stationed himself at the top of the rigging was seen to jump overboard into a raging sea, and it is considered by some of his surviving companions that he did so in a tit of delirium. At this period (about two o'clock) six were seen, apparently alive, still holding fast to the rigging, in which situation, with the heavy seas continually washing over them, the wretched sufferers had remained since half-past eight o'clock in the morning, no one daring to brave the tempestuous billows to succour them; and when the storm began to subside, although neatly one hundred spectators stood gazing at the wreck and the sufferings of the crew, none seem inclined to proceed to their rescue. At length Mr. Richar•i Sumner, a surgeon, of Formby, stripped himself, and with a bottle of rum tied round his neck, plunged into the river and swam towards the wreck, which, with great difficulty, he reached. He sue ceederi in getting on board, having first encountered in the water what he supposed to be a human being, a hich, how ever, turned out to be a huge black bird. On hoarding the wreck, Mr. Sumner round one man lifeless, en shrouded in the rieging, (Underwood) and the rest (ex• cepting Lancaster) almost dead, and foaming at the mouth. With the assistance of Lancaster, a stout man, who appeared quite fresh, he administered t um, from the effects of which they partially revived, but remained quite senseless. He then got the punt riehted, and, by its aid, succeeded in bringing the sufferers ashore. During the whole time Mr. Sumner was exerting himself, the listless spectators did not appear anxious to lend the least assistance, and, even uhrn the rum was required, he bad to pay sixpence to a person to fetch it from a neighbouring public•house. On being brought to shore, the seamen gradually recovered ; but they had previously been in such a torpid state of insensibility that they were not aware by what means they had been got ashore. It is considered lay many persons that if the life-boat, which is kept about four miles from the place where the pilot• boat was wrecked, had been on th• spot, the two that dropped from the rigging, and others, might have been saved. The survivors say, that if they could have contended with the current or channel called the swells, and have crossed it with the pilot-boat, they would have been all safe. On Saturday last the wreck of the pilot-boat, which is called the Good Intent, was visited by Mr. Edw rills and Mr. Williams, master pilots, who found that from beating about in the sea, she had worked a dock for herself in the sand, about six feet deep, and seventy feet long, from which there will be some difficulty in extricating her; she was full of water, but from all outward appearance was not much injured, she was lying on her starboard side, and judging from the water a hich oozed out of her, it is supposed she is injured on that side ; the lee rigging appeared to have been carried away with her boom, and the starboard channel plates were completely wrenched off. The above is the substance of the evidence adduced at the inquest we at tended yesterday (Monday) together with some additional particulars. There were none of the survivors examined in consequence of the precarious state of their health from cold, and other injuries sustained in the wreck. The jury, of course, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." We heard of other wrecks which took place in the gale on Friday last, near Formby. One was a sloop laden with butter, wrecked off Southport, and all hands perished. The sloop was called the Duke of Wellington, and is supposed to be a west-country vessel. A great quantity of butter has been washed on shore near South port, the barrels bearing the Cork brand. Another vessel, from Liverpool to Ostend, was wrecked on Friday, crew saved ; the wreck now lies on Charles's Bank, five miles from Formby. A large American timber ship now lies a wreck near the Grange, from the effects of the Thursday's and Friday's gale. The names of the deceased pilots picked up at Formby were, William Webster, the master pilot, John Under wood, the apprentice, Edward Richardson, and Thomas Pendleton. The following are the names of the drowned and saved :- SAYED.—George Bark and Ellis Hughes, No. 8 ; George Roberts and Henry Hughes, No. 10 ; William Lancaster, Robert Bispliatn, and Edward Bridge, No. 9 ; Robert Taggart, and a boy, No. 1. DROWNED.—WiIIiam Webster, master, No. 1 ; Ed ward Webster and William Howard, journeyman, No. 1 ; John Underwood, Thomas Bates, John Jones, and Samuel Needham, apprentices, No. I ; E. Richardson, journey man, No. 9; --- Morris and Joseph Roberts, appren tices, No. 9 ; Thomas Pendleton, journeyman, No. 5 ; Henry Hughes, apprentice, No. 4. It is the intention of the Government to dis band the whole of the militia. We understand that a Court of Directors, held yesterday at the East India House, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Esq., M.P., was appointed to the office of Fourth Ordinary Member of the Council of India, subject to the approbation of his Majesty. - - WHITTLE HARVEY, ESQ.—The proceed ings before Charles Wetherell, and other Benchers, in the case were resumed on Tues day evening, of W at ry ey n , v Es q., o . and continued until t en , Harvey, three hours being the time agreed upon for the discussion to last each evening. There were no witnesses called, the time being consua ed in arguments, interruptions, an 1 in referring to matters arising out of the inquiry, after which there was a further adjournment to Friday, when a few witnesses will be called in favour of Mr. Harvey; and Mr. Sedgwick, one of his coun•el, will comment on the evidence produced, and a further adjournment of this very tedious business will take place till Tuesday next, when the inquiry is expected to close. Should the Benchers decide against Mr. Harvey's claims, they must state their reasons at length to the Judges, before whom the business will be heard, and on these the Counsel of Mr. Hervey will argue, before the matter can be brought to a final conclusion. These proceedings have all been carried on with closed doors, but as they will no doubt be hereafter published, the public will be put in possession of all the facts, and will draw their own conclusion. BRIGHTON, DEc. 4. Yesterday afternoon the King and Queen drove out in a clo , e carriage and four, along the Marine Parade, to Rottingdean, and returned to the Palace after four o'clock. The Royal dinner party, last evening, comprised the following personages;—The Princess Augusta, Duchess of Gloucester, .Mirchioness of Westmeath, Mr. and Lady Atv:usta S.-ymour, Lady Elizabeth and Aliss Palk, and the Suite and Household. The Earl of Portatlington, Viscount Berehaven, Count D'Orsav, Mr. Ponsonby, and Colonel Barnewell, are amongst the latest fashionable arrivals. The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and Lord and lady Crofton, are in the departure list. A ball in aid of that excellent invitution, the "Sussex Society Hospital," will take place on Wednesday next, at the Old Ship, under the patronage of the Process Augusta, Duchess of Gloucester, Duchess of St. Alban's, and a long list of fashionables. Under such auspice:, it cannot fail to be well attended. The Baroness Dimsdale has issued cards of invitation for a grand ball on the 16th inst. The East Sussex fox-hounds met on Monday, and again yesterday, but, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, they had but " indifferent sport." COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter on the 27th ult. at Hanover. The Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, and the Right lion. Charles Grant, had interviews with Esel Grey yesterday, at the Treasury. Sir - James Graham visited Viscount Palmerston yester. day. The Lords of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council sat as a Judicial Committee yesterday, in the Council Chamber. The meeting was attended by the Lord Chan• cellor, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, Mr. Justice Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquct, and the Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Court. Dr. Lushington and Mr. Wightman appeared for the appellant, in the case Evans v. Jones (Guernsey); Sir Herbert Jenner appeared for the respondent. The wife of respondent (Mrs. Elizabeth Jones) left a will, the validity of which was disputed by her husband, Mr. William Jones, because her will was suggested to her by the party per sonally interested, and therefore, by the law of the island, was void; because Mrs. Jones (who lived separate from her husband) was living at the time in adultery wit'a the party in whose favour the will was made, sad by a law of the island, a will made by an adultress in favour of an adulterer was void; and because the evidence proved weak ness and alienation of mind on the part of Mrs. Jones, and that fraud and deceit had been practised in procuring her to make the will. The Lord Chancellor, on the part of their Lordships, affirmed the decree of the Ciurt below, with costs. This decision negatives the validity of the will. Dr. Lushington addressed their Lordships in the case Le Gros v. Le Breton (Jersey), on the part of ceruin pro. prietors of buses in Burrard.street, in the town of St. Hilier, against a decree rendering them liihle to repave the street. Mr. Justice Parke gave judgment in this case, that the decree of the Royal Court of Jersey should be reversed, and be remitted for consideration, as the remonstrance of the appellants ought to be received. The appeal Ure v. Smith (Grenada) was opened by the Attorney-General. Mr. Pemberton replied on the part of the respondents. The Court adjourned soon after six o'clock. Sir James Graham entertained several of the Cabinet Ministers at dinner, last evening, at his residence at the Adm►ralty. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Misses Farrel and Algar, at the Union Hotel, Cock spur-street, from Cheltenham; Wm. Bagge, Esq., at ditto, from Lynn ; J. Hart, Esq. at ditto, from ditto ; Captain Denny, 71st Regiment, at ditto, from Canada; R. Welles, Esq., at ditto, from Sussex; Rev. Wm. Freeman, at ditto, from Suffolk; R. J. Gould, Esq., and Miss Gould, at the Trafalgar Hotel, Spring_ gardens, from Harrow; George Johnston, Esq., at ditto, from Aberdeen ; Wm. Offiey, Esq., at ditto, from Monson House, Tunbridge wells; W. S. Streatfield, Esq., at ditto, from Eliot Yale, Blackheath. DEPARTURES. Sir J. Hobhouse, for Basildon Park, Berks; Earl and Coun. tess Brownlovr, from Belgrave.square, for Belton Honse ; Major-General Sir Edward Kerrison, for Oakley Park, Suf folk ; Rev. A. Payler, from the Trafalgar Hotel, Spring_ gardens, for Maidstone; James Ede, Esq., from ditto, for Ridg. way castle, Southampton ; Mr. and Mrs. Williams, from ditto, for Cheltenham. CHELTENHAM. ARRIVALS.—Lord Lisburne, Sir Thomas Phillips. Bart., Colonel 'l'. Wilson, Colonel Eyre, Rev. Mr. Smyth, Rey. W. H. Dickinson, Rev. W. S. Phillips, Rev. J W. Clarke, Rev. J. Askew, Rev Mr. Newell, Captain Hancock, R.N., Captain Yeoman, Captain Pettat, Captain Bradburne, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Guest, Mr. and Mrs. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Shewel!, Mr. and Mrs. Fluck, Mr. and Mrs. Lennard, Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Eginton, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, Mr. C. Lush , ington, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Green, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Hnnter, Mr. Oliver, Mr. Stapylton, Mr. W. Holkham, Mr. Murray, Mr. Royston, Mr. Allen, Mr. Praed Tynte, Mr. M. Newton, Mr. Mortlock, Mr. Moore, Mr. Simms, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Harlowe, Mr. Turner, Mr. Davidson, Mr. M. Golding, Mr. Moon, Mr. Chalmer, Mr. Gauntlet, Mr. Hopton, Mr. Marsden, Mr. Ralph, Mr. Williams, Mr. Arkell, Mr. Hall, Mrs. Gen. Bingham, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Captain Capel, Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Clarkson, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Lowe, Miss Talbot; Miss Burton, Miss James, Miss Leighton, Miss C. Hickman, Miss Wareham, &c. &c. FASHIONABLE CHANGES.—Major General Kerney, for this town.—Major and Mrs. Jones, from this town for the metropolis.—Captain and Mrs. Cary, from Fancy Hall, for Hatcbett's Hotel, London.—Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, from the York Hotel for Clifton, &c. &c. lie Duke of Sussex will leave Runton Abbey, the sporting seat of the Earl of Lichfield, on Frid iy, for Kinmell Park, the seat of Lord Dinorben, near St. Asaph, and will remain in Wales, it is understood, until the end of the month, and consequently he will not be present at any of the Christmas festivities at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, as the sea air does not agree with his Royal Highness. The Duke of Gordon is enjoying the sports of the field at Pitfour, in Aberdeenshire, the hospitable seat of his friend Captain Fere,uson, M.P. His Grace had invited his sister, the Duchess Dowager of Richmond, and her daughter, Lady Sophia Lennox, to pass the winter months at Gordon Castle, and her Grace proceeded to the metropolis from the residence of Lady Jane Peel, at Kemp Town, on her way to Scotland, but the Duchess felt herself unable to sustain the fatigue of so distant a journey at this inclement season, and returned to Brighton. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire is likely to become the purchaser of the manor, estates, ke., of Teversall, which have been for a series of years the property of the Mo'ineux family, but now in the possession of the Earl of Carnarvon. It adjoins the extensive domains of his Grace at Hardwick, Derbyshire. —Macclesfield Courier. Sir George and Lady Louisa Murray have have arrived at their residence in Belgrave•square, from the North. The gallant General had a long interview with Sir Robert Peel, at the residence of the Right Hon. Bart., in Privy gardens. Mr. Alderman Thompson, in consequence of the imputation thrown out against him by the under writers at Lloyd's, through his connection with the Insurance Society at Sunderland, has resigned his office as chairman of the former institution. The worthy Al derman has desired us, on his part, distinctly to disclaim the charge of having secretly allied himself with the Sunderland Society, which was repeatedly advertised in the Sunderland and Newcastle papers, and could not therefore be unknown to the subscribers to Lloyd's. He also denies that the society in question could by possibility interfere, by its operations, with their interests. The instant that he ascertained the feeling that existed against him, he lost no time in determining what course he should take. The letter containing Mr. Alderman Thompson's resignation was addressed to the committee on Tuesday, but it did not transpire till yesterday morning. It will be laid before the general meeting of the sub scribers which is to take place on Wednesday next, toge ther with the reply of the committee, in which they de clare their acceptance, but much regret the occasion, of his resignation.— Tunes. Yesterday was the day for shutting the books far the dividend in Consols, and it led to the transaction of business to a considerable extent by parties anxious either to be in stock for the dividend, or, on the other hand, to keep their money at their own disposal. Some fluctuations occurred in the course of the day, but they did not, on the whole, exceed / per cent. Consols f , r the Account left off at BSi to Exchequer Bills have advanced, and left off at 41s. to 425. premium, which is ascribed to some decision having been taken at the Bank as to the rate at which the accommodations usual at this period are to be aff,rded to the monied interest, and which is believed to he not higher than was charged last ear,— i. e., 3 per cent. No public announcement has, how ever, yet been mad, on the subject. Times. DUBLIN, DEC. 3. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) No event of public interest having occurred here ate° my last letter on the Libel prose cu ti on o f an accov",:cl after the fact, hear what rumour says of matters ofb' affect the future st i t e of this country. It is ad m itted 0 , 1 0 the welfare or misery of this country must depend OP l ' l , Government. If she has been hith e rto p ro viaoll wretched, it is becaus e s h e h as heen badly managed b:, those in high and influential stations ; and if she be tined, at any future period, to emerge from the state ri wretchedness and degradation to which licensed disc o l and faction have condemned her, it must be throOt reform in the conduct of her rulers. Everything indie r i tive of a change in th a t con d uct , s h ou ld b e h a il e d /t lt delight by those anxious for the tranquillity and hapPirl of this portion of the United Kingdom. Under this 01 ; pression I give y o u an account o f reports t h at h ave be afloat for some days past in this city. In the first PI, it is alleged that Government have the courage to atte°' • to manage matt e r s h e r e i n d epen d ent l y and despite of factions that have hitherto controlled their actions. „ proof of this, I hav e h ear d i t ment i one d, b y a person r: ought to be well informed on the subject, that an indie e i dual holding a pr o mi nen t p u bli c s i tuat i on i s to be Yell shortly superseded in his office. The close of the moval is said to be no want of capacity or integrity, ot!' than what may be supposed to exist in an avowed par ; sanship on the part of t h e present occupant , w hil e a toff freedom from, nay, an utter disregard of, sectarian polifl° mat ka the character of a talented Irish Member of Parli . e meat who is to succ ee d hi nt . Sh ou ld t hi s change tat.° place, it will he n o t on ly a goo d earnest o f cleansing tue, Augean stable, by a Whi g Ad m i n i strat i on , b ut t h e gre ater blow that ever was aimed at all the enemies of Ireland! for they do not belong exclusively to any colour or ere' amongst us. It is the imperative duty of Government ° deal it out fo t".with, if they would save the country from that desolating anarchy which has been her certain inheritance for centuries. The following changes are ale spoken of, and may be particularised with less reserve' though the on dits respecting them are not so well anther ticated as the former. The present Attorney-Gel:led' Mr. Blackburn,., is to become, as is said, one of the poistol judges of Common Pleas , Mr. Crampton, "the Solicitor' General, taking his place, and Sergeant Perrin, prime disciplinarian of corporate abuses, being made Solicitor' General. Mr. Richards and Mr. Ball, both eminen t equity practitioners, are mentioned as candidates for the vacant Sergeantcy, should the other changes be effected' The latter gentleman is a Roman Catholic of moderate politics, and less ambitious of notoriety than many of bi i ; religious persuasi o n, w h o wou ld, t h ere f ore, b e as ire' pleased to see Mr. Richards promoted as him ; for, Y et : must know that w e con t en d t h e A t h en i an l aw neutrality, supposed to have been introduced by S o lo° , was but the transcript of an old code, proved to be Hiber nian ! ! Mr. Bag, in fact, is suspected of being a TorY' Such a man, how ever , oug ht to b e regar d e d b y a reforol tng Ministry, were it only to encourage into ac tivity* large and influential class of persons of similar politics, a counterbalance to their repealing neighbours. Thin question of Repeal is gaining ground among the multitud e and least considerate of the people ; and it is likely' when other subjects of agitation fail to sustain S t° national character of dissension and pugnacity, 1)1 raising up new factions. It is now well knovv*l that the Orangemen of Ireland intend demandiogt next Session, that Parliament shall be occasionally held l* Dublin, and, if their proposition be rejected, they are t i join in the Repeal agitation. This they do, however, from no spirit of nationality, or brotherly love toward s their countrymen, but as a last effort to regain their ascendancy. They say, " that the lauded property of th e country is still for the most part in the hands of PO; testants, and if we had a domestic Parliament it wool' have due influence; the old corruptions would reviv . notwithstanding Reform, and, under their fostering pr o ' section, we shall be r e in s t a t e d i n our f ormer mono polt 0 and dominion." PRICE of WHEAT and FLOUR in FRANC E ' The highest price of wheaten if --- mr of the first quality at Paris, by the last return., is 40 francs the 159 !gib ) ; grammes, which answer s t o 1/. 9a. t h e E ng li s h sac k 0 ' 28016. ; and the highest price of wheaten flour of the 6 04 quality in London is 2/. 10s. the sack. It therefore s pars that wheaten flour is 72 2-sthe per cent, dearer 01 London than in Paris, and that with the sum o f 21. 10s. a man may buy 483 pounds of fine flour at Paris, where'll with the same sum he can buy only 2801 b. in London. The price of wheaten bread of the finest quality a! Paris is 11 sous per 41b., F r en c h we i g ht, w hi c h is Ws' t' 4 11.16 d. for the loaf of 41b. English weight ; and the price of bread of the second quality is 8 sous per 41b., French weight, which is equal to 3 7-16 d. for the loaf of Th. English weight. Tire following is the state of things in other parts O f France : At Bordeaux the highest price of wheat of the first qualify id 17 francs the hectolitre, which is equivalent to 1/. 19s. the quarter of eight bushels imperial measure. The highest price of flour is 16 francs the 50 ki l ° - grammes, which answers to 1/. 12s. the English sack 2801 b. The flour of B or d eaux i s o f very superior quality. _ At Chalons-sur-Marne the price of wheat is IS 10 19 francs per hectolitre and a half, which answers 10 1/. 7s. 7d. to I/. 9s. the English quarter of 8 bushels imperial measure. At Cambray the price of wheat rules from II to 1 y francs the hectolitre, which answers to 1/. ss. 2d. aa', IL 12s. Id. the English q u ar ter o f 8 b us h e l s i mpe ris' measure. The price of flour of the first quality is 26 francs the 101 kilogrammes, which answers to IL .ss. 9d. th e English sack of 2801 h. ; and the price of flour o f the second quality is 23 francs the 101 kilogrammes, which answers to 11 2a. 9d. the English sack of 2801 b. At Candes (pres Sautnur) the price of pod wheat is 1 franc 75 cents. per k hectolitre, which answers f° 1/. 12s. the English quarter of eight bushels imperial measure. Saturday the Masonic Grand Lodge 0' Scotland elected as its officers, the King, patron ; the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale, grand master mason ; Earl Buchan, Sir John Hay, Sir David Baird, Ronald Macdon,ld of Staffa, &c., the other grand officers. The dinner at the Waterloo Hotel in the evening was of the most sumptuous description; the Marquis of Douglas pre siding over about 200 of his brethren. The spectacle of a Masonic dinner has not occurred in Edinburgh for some years,. TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—Captain Ross, R•1%1. , the intrepid Northern navigator, is staying here, on a v isit to the Vice-Admiral of England, Lord de Saumarex, at Clarence Villa. We understand these two distinguished individuals were formerly shipmates ; and without doubt the Captain must now prove a very interesting visitor to his Lordship. Captain R. amuses himself daily with long walks in and about our romantic and extensive village: and although apparently very hearty and robust, his portly person and intelligent countenance bear evident msrks of having recently encountered some very hard service.--' Brighton Gazette. The Rev. Gilbert Elliot, who has been pre ,ented by the Earl of Thanet to the livings of Kirkby More and Brougham, Lancashire, is the son of the Right Hon. H. Elliot, formerly Governor of Madras. He is first cousin to the Earl of Minto, and married the sister of th• Countess of Minto, and first cousin to Mrs. Brougham , the Lord Chancellor's mother. The Rev. Edward Jack" son, of Bolton, has been presented by the Earl of Thanet to the rectory of Dufton. The Rev. Edward Heelis, vrb ° held the livings of Dufton and Brougham, has b •en pre sented by the E irl of Thanet to the rectory of Marton•-"" Blackburn Chronicle. THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR O ir " BRAMBLETYE Houstr."—We are requested to srate tha t the new novel, entitled " Gale Middleton," a story of th i e present day, by Horace Smith, E•q., is publi s h e d tb: dry by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street, and 0 , also he obtained of all respectable Booksellers througlo u i the United Kingdom. Agents for Scotl an d, M ess rs. 13e * i and Bradfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland, Mr. John Cut'' ming, Dublin. The f o llowing int e r es ti ng wor k s a re .1 11 ' published : I. ii. NAVAL ADVENTURES. By Lieut. BOWERS, "D" 2 vole. 1' R E V E L Y A N. By the Author of "A Marriage in High Life," 3 foie' The Third and Four V ,, lumee, completing , A ' The EAST INDIA SKETCH-BOOK,or LIFEM IND Tne HEADSMAN, by J. FENIMORE COOPER, 3 oP es TREVELYAN.—One ofthe remarkable featuf ffb in this new story, by the author of " A Marriage io Life," will be found in the striking demonstrati° o o affords of the evil likely to result to f e m a l es , eve n of P oe mind and correct breeding, from a long residence 011 d0 ,4 continent, where the lrxity of manners and e°° Tv cannot be seen without something of contaminatioo• this guy, in great measure, be attributed that fit 3 l l ' t he on the part of the herJine of the tale, which leads t° lity overpowering termination of a plot which, for orig i° and airecting incident, has never been impasse& ' 's krrived. 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