The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-23 00:00:00

,7"‘ iold fOt k geoer frOo ras a the Ow, The a pe rt of the uly. • fisb 01 , md the' itne••,l in to 7 d red on 14 rt of and CO', the 26! im on t! y the i a box,i A. per I a part , nri on He 101 g 50 00'1 3d. per lad a 0 1 ' Years? , I state, Foul& of then gr. employ' living tb l •hey nett ut amo 4 ,he 26tb' be box .e pre mcause open Laside di e ry fi,h i 0 ,hey wed 'hey wet° know the nk it 0 uerobere ti 1, but be : opened , gh thetn i t le refuge' liter 0 0 he price' ley wer e he gene' ant coul d that b. i in tb. d that 0 vas made tey belt itness I so, and ed. Sao a should ;cm, and Mee The bb seed out , ley frou► the part Ad beeo up the Cher the the fob 'ere vist ected to DAY.) fission.) antity of efendant lay, the of goods on them redeem lat, then .tfendant. plain ;bat the L a week be had and io time he was put ing. It - > be so ent as to von the e said be to give ,hi time for the re has , of the rt of the o which Nutue. account we are bat both ir; that Laving a acing to reed to a fixed ; of two be lent to two to bo as made term at te stock t is, w e period. rect, is be first leposi te ime, to metro- amount which 'of the Lion• to willing ;h that s to be teed to Luences ,Cill~ .w THE MARIM,Ts.—(THIS DAN %) CORN EXCHANGE. `The arrivals of most descriptions of grain last week, were t obsiderable, and there was also a large return of Flour. The ride throughout the week was very dull, at the previous Mon- S's prices. This morning the stock of Corn at market con. qsts chiefly of last week's remainders, the fresh surplus being 4, 7 small. Fine Wheat was scarce, and obtained rather more koney than on Monday se'nnight, but other qualities meet dbli trade at last quotations. Barley remains much as last t Vo, rted, considerable sales having been made. Bea n s are and unaltered in value. Pease of both kinds continue at Oat qUoted prices. Oats meet buyers slowly—such as are toed maintain former quotations—other kinds are rather lower. here is a moderate demand for Flour at the terms last stated. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) 42s. 465. Beans, Small (new)... - s. - s ........-..White ((old) 465. 575. --. (01d).... -a. -s ------ Red ' 1 833) 42s. 465. - Tick (new) ....28s 32s* ':---...-- FiiVe 4Bs. 505. '.""----- Superfine.. 50s. 525. -- Harrow (new) 325. 345' -White (18:33). 455. 50s. :."----- Fine 52s 545. Brank -s s ------ Superfine.. 565. 58s. Oats, Feed 17s. 21 s' * " - ----.- b Foreign free -s. -s. - New -s -8' ...ye Earle y 24s. ais. New .-s. s• `- Grinding 27s 30s. - Potatoe 23s 255. ``--.... Malting 3os. 325. .Malt 44s. 50s - Scotch .4s. 9.6 s `Fine New s2s. 56s - Irish l7s. 20s 225. 'Pease Grey New 336. 356. Flour Town (per sack ) 45s 508. `"---: Maple New 36s. 38s. -- Seconds 425. 456. `....-- White - North Country 38s. 40s. •--- Boilers 44s. 465. Bran ..„ ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. From Whence. I , 1.1 .11•••••.MMINIUMMINIMIMMI Aldborongh eron e,_dpo . ..... - "`Y ..... rt . -•••••••• ' IColchester Harwich ' Leigh ) Malden A. eter " Riintsby stin g s Hun -. lewich.....„ i!nt. I Q". :1254 Qrs. 3 10 restoft t 4 )%n A h evrport Lole i ruthampton wockton wisboach arz poodbridge ,nouth ..... a, an roa berdeen Arbth k ff Berwick, Dundee vyerness Alricaldy I my more 4.`clk o ~, Y 4terford wexford Fo en astax. burg .. Total ... AGGREGATE R ye, 0-Tares, I :3372 295 2415 5926 19168 2660 118 5059 COO 14575 - -II 1275 750 - 1485 261 - 950 520 - 555 1281 - -I 19949 798'7 20370 QUANTITY OF OTHER RINDS OF )--Linseed, 841—Rapeseed, Mustard, 30—Seeds, 123. SMITHFIELD MARKET ijhis day's supply of Beasts, Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, was gaited and the trade was dull throughout, at barely Friday' s it iottticins. PRICES PER STONE OF SLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. s. d. s.d erior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Large Lamb 5......... 0 0 0 0 Zftnd quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Prime small ditto... 0 0 0 0 One large Oxen 3 6 310 Large coarse Calves 4 2 4:8 proe Scots &c 4 0 4 4, Prime small ditto... 5 0 5 6 h!terior Sheep 2 6 3 01 Large Hogs ...... 3 0 3 10 pSond quality ditto 3 6 4 0 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4 irrse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 S , Suckling Calves 103. to 28.1. each. "'tthdownWethers 410 5 01 Quarter old Pigs 12s. to 18r.each. ' SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beast& Sheep. I Calves. 64 Pigs I . • 1,044 1,500 120 5,,,,k150ut 400 of the beasts came up the St. A lban's road ; about ZILI Up the other northern roads; about 30 (including Irish) i3yllt the westernr and midland districts; about I''o from Nor - Sttfiblk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 20 from Kent ru Sussex • and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c. &the neighbourhood of London. NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL MA !MET& At per stone by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. teef,inferiot . 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ... middling 2 4 2 6 - middling.. prime large 3 2 3 6 prime prime small... 3 4 3 8 Pork , large . Veal 3 8 5 0 small s. d. tos. d. 2 6 210 30 3 4 3 8 4 0 3 6 310 ,4 'l'. 4 8 NEWCASTLE CORN MA RR. ET.—Dec. 21. ,We had about the usual supply of Wheat from the farmers . 10 -day. the condition generally poor, but having few coasting vals. Sales were steady at the prices of last Saturday. The ,411 17 trade livery dull ; though the arrivals of Barley this w e e k trebeen small, yet the previous supplies have so stoc ked the a Yers, that we can yet note no improve ment on that g rain. %Ye wanted. In Peas or Beans little doing. ~. New. ()id. n.-4, Northumberland 40s. 535. 4Bs. 535.1 ,---•••.- Norfolk and Suffolk.... ........ sos. 53&,..... —s. —s. ,--•--- Berwick and Scotch 445. 495. —s. —B. 11-- Foreign —s. —s —s. —s. Ye, Norfolk and Suffolk 365. 395....... —s. —s. F ore i gn 303. 34s —s. —s. .it Wiley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffblk...3os. 32s —s. -- - Grinding and Feeding 26 5. 288 . galt, Norfolk and Suflblk 52 5. 56 s —s. —s. & "ears, Sm a ll .355. 375....... —s. 40s. g i•- - Tick ... 335 . 358 —s 38$. ' ,ellae, White Data, Gray '' 4 lB, Northumberland, Potatoe ..... l7s, 195....... 198. 20s. ."............—..—....--.. Feed l5B. 165....... 17s. 18s. ~--• F ore i gn —s. —5....... — 5 . — s ;.„, ' 'Our, Fine (per sack) —s. --s. ...... 365. 491. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. 'We have several arrivals from the East Indies : the p a pers are not yet received. Montreal papers to the 17th of November, and Quebec the same date, have been received at the North and American Coffee-house. We extract the fol °tying :—" Scarcely a domestic paper we peruse but 'Peaks in terms of praise of 'the growth and increase of the 1 % 4 : 4 v01t and villages at which they are publ i s hed. York, !' , ltnilton, London, Hope, Cobourg, and Cornwall, ate fast %Proving in size, wealth, and population." The Quebec papers state that the weather has been v ariable during the past week, but sufficiently open to Illahle the farmers to proceed with their ploughing. S everal vessels with their cargoes are still due. t hin other American news received by the papers k n ol morning, we remark the state of the Exchange on -ottdon, which is quoted in the price list of the 23 d of NPvember, 5i to I per cent. premium, being the lowest Point to which it has fallen since the peace made in 1815. We presume this is owing to the pending dispute between ~ ." Government of the United Strata and the Bank, liod er which the latter is contracting the paper circulation 14 the United States faster than the various State Banks I re supplying the vacuum. In the opinion of many per -41131 in England and the United States, this state of things produce great benefit to America, because the mer chants and men of business there will be compelled to ,Irtund their operations more upon rea l ca p ital borrowed in Aurope than upon paper trash, by which that country, as tßell u this, has at times been inundated. THE FUNDS. In consequence of the accounts from Lisbon, Portuguese "ev? Stock has lowered this morning near 1 per cent. Consols, which left off on Saturday S9i for Account, oPened this morning at 139 i j. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. HALF PAST ONE. It is currently reported on 'Change that a Mr. H-, 1 4: the India House, holding a high situation, shot him lelf this morning. The French Funds of Saturday come 75f. sc. to 10c. Up to the present hour we have no further arrivals. Consols remain firm at 691 I for the Account. The King of France's speech is anxiously looked after, 3 / 4 it i s expected it will communicate something respecting the_ present situation and politics of Europe. No doubt 't will be in London in the course of to-morrow should the weather permit. In the Foreign Market Portuguese (New), 56} i ; 'Palish, 281 i; Dutch, 501 1 ; Brazilian, 561 57-1, THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 691 , LA VENDEE Late letters from Nantes state that an association of 500 robbers has been established in that city, and that they attack whole districts, and even menace the troops. It is reported that they have com bitted many murders. In a late encounter forty of them hav e b e en captured, which it is hoped by the inhabitants t 4 Names will be the means of dispersing the banditti. On yesterdpy week the first publication of the ba ne o f marriage of no less than 100 couples was made at the Collegiate Church ; and the second and third Publica tions amounted to 170 more. By this calling over of 40 Dame s in the middle of the service the congregation Vere detained upwards of five-and-twenty minutes...— Atancheiter Quardian, 8760 43 41 r PULS] .Brank, PORTUGAL. (From the Tit:2es.) Llseow, DEC. 11.-Last Saturday the Conde de Taipa was arrested in the street by a tipstaff belonging to one of the common police offices. On his way to prison he contrived to give his conductors the slip, and fled to the house of a brother Peer, the Conde de Ficalho, who not only refused to give him up, but threatened to shoot the policemen if they did not instantly quit his house. Not content with this, he immediately repaired to the Emperor (he is one of his Aides-de-Camp), and complained loudly of this violation of the privileges of a Peer, who, by the Constitutional charter, cannot be arrested, except in flagrante del:cto. The Emperor professed total ignorance of the whole business, but recommended the Count not to interfere with the course of justice by opposing the police. The latter immediately returned to his house, and being joined by the Marquis of Loule, Don Pedro's brother-in law, it was resolved to seek an asylum for their obnoxious colleague on board the Asia, Admirel Parker's flag ship. Accordingly those two noblemen accompanied him thither, where he remained till the following day. The moment the Conde de Medina came on shore he again went to the palace to acquaint the Emperor with what he had done,at the same time lamenting that a peer of the realm should be under the necessity of seeking protection on board a foreign ship of war, and thus make it appear to all the world, to the great discredit of the Emperor, that there was no more individual security under his regency than under the des potism of the Usurper. In the mean time the news of this alleged stretch of arbitrary power had been sent to the other peers who bad been companions of Taipa in his exile, and exposed their fortunes and their lives in the cause of the Queen and the Charter. These noblemen, actually in Lisbon, are nine in number, and you will find their names attached to the document below. They assembled at the Conde de Ficalho's residence, and after a short consultation, it was determined to make a respectful representation to the Emperor on this extraordinary pro. ceeding. An address was accordingly drawn up, and the Marquis of Louie, the Marquis cf Fronteira, and their noble host, were deputed to carry it to the Emperor. They appeared at the Palace in their peers' robes, and demanded an audience of his Majesty. This was immediately granted, and Don Pedro, after listening attentively to the address, which was read by his brother-in-law, the Marquis of Loule, again declared his ignorance of what had been attempted, and was going on to express his astonishment at the manner in which the arrest hail been conducted, when the Marquis interrupted him by observing, that he and his fellow peers said nothing of the manner, but confined themselves to the simple fact of the arrest, and to that fact begged to direct his Majesty's attention. The Emperor then assured them that satisfaction such as became the illustrious body to which they belonged should be given. The three noblemen then retired. He immediately sent for the Ministers, and remained in council with them till midnight. Two more councils were held next day, and the reselc of their deliberations appeared in the Chronica of yesterday in the answer (despacho) annexed below to the address of the Peers. r' OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS, AND FOR JUSTICE. " DEPARTMENT OF JUDICIARY POLICE. REQUERIMENTO.. " Sire,—The undersigned have the honour to represent to your Imperial and Royal Majesty, that this morning an order of imprisonment was served upon the Conde de Taipa, peer of the realm, signed by one of the police ma- gistrates of this city, and actually attempted to be carried into effect; and as this appears to them to be an open infraction of the 25th article of the Constitutional Charter, which only allows the arrest of a peer in the case of fla grante delicto pence capitalis, in the following terms :- 4 No peer or deputy can be apprehended by any authority whatever except by order of his respective Chamber, unless in flagrante delicto panne capitalis,'—they think themselves necessarily called upon for the maintenance of their rights as peers, to beg of your Imperial and Royal Majesty to be pleased to declare if the articles of the Con• atitutional Charter which guarantee to them their rights, are suspended by the decree of the 10th of July, 1832, in order that they may regulate themselves accordingly. " God preserve your Imperial and Royal Majesty. " Duke of TERCEIRA, Peer of the Realm. " Duke of PALMELLA, Ditto. " Marquis of FRONTEIRA, Ditto. " Marquis of PONTE DE LIMA, Ditto. "Marquis of LOULE, Ditto. " Marquis of SANTA IRIA, Ditto, " Count of LU MI ARES , Ditto. " Count of FICALHO, Ditto. " Count of PAR ATI, Ditto, " Lisbon, Dec. 7." " DESPACHO. " The order for the imprisonment of the Conde de Taipa issued by the Criminal Magistrate of Bairro Alto, and by this present despacho recognized and confirmed, was the necessary conseqw.tnee of his regular indictakint. If the accused has anything to allege in his defence, or any of the noble Lords feels himself aggrieved in his rights, be can make use of those means which the laws allow. " Their inviolability, as marked out in the 25th article of the Charter, will be scrupulously preserved. As to the decree of the 10th of July, 1832, as it made no dis tinction of persons, it of course includes all, for by the 145th article of the Charter, sec. 12, the law is thesame for all, whether for protection or for punishment. " JOSE DA SILVA CAR VALHO. " Palace das Necessidades, Dec. 9." And " here ends this eventful history." It will naturally be asked, what great crime is it that the Cdtint of Taipa has committed, to give occasion to all this commotion ? The answer is—that he dared to print a second letter, addressed to Don Pedro, in which he inveighed against tke proceedings of the ecclesiastical commission for the suppression of reli gious houses in rather strong language, and called their President, Padre Marcos, " Pope Marcos," or the " pro faning counsellor." For this he was denounced by the said liberal priest to the Emperor as a seditious agent of the Usurper, and the order for his apprehension was the consequence. The armies remain as when I last described them ; but there begin to be rumours of an attack on our side, on the south side of the Tagus. Powder, and all kinds of war like stores, have been sent over in great quantities these few days past. The James Watt steamer arrived this morning in nine days limn Fahnoutb, and has brought supplies of ammunition, &c. The new Ambassador, Lord Howard de Walden, is anxiously looked for, as it is thought he comes intrusted with powers to act more decisively for the termination of this unnatural and destructive contest. Everybody wonders why Lord W. Russell has not yet placed the Royal arms over the door of his hotel. DzczxßEß 12. The Peers are indignant at the pertness, not to say insolence, of the answer dictated by the Minister, and are going to draw up a solemn protest against this open violation of their privileges. (From the Liverpool Chronicle.) We have received by the Ann Paley, Captain Rolstone, from Lisbon, which arrived in this port yesterday, letters to the 12th instant, together with a file of the Chronica Constitucional, up to the 11th inclusive. The Ann Paley sailed on the 12th inst., at 4 p. m. No movement of consequence had been made by the army; but about 50 deserters had arrived from the Aliguelites at Santarem. General Saldanha's head-quarters were at Catatixo. The weather had been fine for the season, but no advantage was taken of it by either side. It was expected, however, that the Pedroites would commence operations on the south side of the Tagus, great quantities of powder and other stores having been sent over. The James Watt steamer arrived on the 11th, in nine days from Falmouth, with 100,0001., 6,000 stand of arms, &c., for Donna Maria. An American schooner of war arrived in the Tagus on the Sth, and saluted the flag of Donna Maria. She sailed again on the 12th. The James Dunn sailed on the 6th and the Cottager on the Sth, both for this port. • The meaning of this word is "petition." It is thus that the Minister, ad invidiam, terms the representation of the Peers. So he calls his answer " despacho," which properly signifies the answer given to petitions. The Lord Chancellor left town on Saturday for tae north. His brother, James Brougham, whose malady at first was considered to be in no degree dangerous, has in the last ten days become alarmingly ill, and serious feats are entertained for his life. Those who know (and all who are intima e with him know) the affectionate disposition of Lord Brougham, will appreciate the painful struggle between bis sense of public duty and his private feelings which has afflicted him for the last week. The moment he could with pro priety leave his Court, he started for home : alas ! what a home, if he should find his beloved relation no longer living ! ANCHORS.—The cost of anchors for the public service is immense: to supply the navy once only requires a sum above 500.000/. Each first-rate anchor employs twenty men about forty days; forty per cent. of metal is wasted in the forging ; and the cost of such an anchor is 4001. CHRISTMAS PnrsENTs—NEW YEAR'F, GIFTS. STANDARD NO VEL S-E U GENE ARAM. LONDON, 1833. Every one who has perused Mr. Bulwer's Eugene Aranz—that striking tale, which shows how deeply interesting a trite incident may be made in the hands of genius, and which, in point of invention, is the best of all the author's narratives, will gladly learn that it is now republished, and forms one volum e of the Standard Novels. Many, we doubt not were deterred from purchasing this impressive tale, on its first appearance, from the circumstance that it was in three volumes, and cost somewhere about four and twenty shillings—a prodigious sum in these days of calculation and cheap literature—but such economical considerations need weigh with them no longer, for Eugene Aram, cleverly embel. lished, and printed in a type remarkable for its beauty and eligibility, now costs only six shillings. This, by the way, to say nothing of their other ex cellencies, is one of the main recommendations of the Standard Novels. For six shillings, you may purchase the ablest productions of the ablest writers of modern times. Six shillings will enable you to add to your library, the Caleb Williams of Godwin, the most successful fiction, in its line, that was ever penned, and which will hold its ground so long as the language shall endure ; the St. Leon, of the same author, wherein an impressive moral is con veyed in an impressive spirit ; the Corinne of Ma dame de Stael, of which it is enough to say, that it was one of Byron's favourite works, earliest read and longest remembered ; the Pilot of Cooper, whose Long Tom Coffin may vie with Smollett's Tom Pipes, and whose Captain Boroughcliffe hae the rare merit of being thoroughly original ; the Frank enstein of Mrs.Shelley,which is just the work to be de voured over a Christmas fire-side,to make one start at every banging-to of a door, and to send one shud dering to bed ; the Kruitzner of Miss Lee, which furnished Byron with the materials of a tragedy, and Macready with his best character, Werner; the Pride and Prejudice of Miss Austin, admired by Sir Walter Scott, in common with every compe tent judge of humour and elegance; the Edgar Huntley of Brockden Brown, the American, which shows in point of genius how close the new world has sometimes trod upon the heels of the old ; the Laurie Todd of Galt, his best work, and the ori ginal of which is just now lionizing among us in the person of Mr. Grant Thorburn ; the Simple Story of Mrs. Inchbald, famous for its masterly develop ment of the two characters, Dorriforth and Miss Milner—the one drawn, it is supposed, from John Kemble, and the other a portrait (in all but it s frailty) of the author's self ;—each of these striking works of fiction, which were 'once inaccessible to readers of a poetical turn of pocket, may now be had for the comparatively insignificant sum of six shillings) Of all the economical marvels of the day we know none more marvellous titan this. To be sure, the Penny Magazine is cheaper, and the Halfpenny Cyclopedia cheaper still ; but the whole together will not furnish half the intellectual amusement that may be found in any one single volume of the Standard Novels. Where then can there be found more seasonable or acceptable pre sews ? This is the social season of gift-making ; and as in these days of the march of mind, when the veriest trifles in the way of gifts bear directly or indirectly on literature (work-boxes, fans, gloves, and " Trifles from Cheltenham," and " Toys from Tunbridge," being for the most part out of fashion), what more appropriate—what more elegant gift can a young gentleman make to a young lady than Corinne, or the Canterbury Tales? FRENCH PAPERS OF THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. The Memorial Bordelais, of the 17th instant, contains the following extract of a letter of the 11th, front Saragossa :—" Political aff,irs are taking a turn in Arragon, not quite so satisfactory as might be supposed from the news of the last few days. The Carlists are showing themselves at several points of our province, and we are assured that Valencia has declared itself decidedly against the Queen's Government. The partisans of Isabella assert that if the Government had not a consider. able military force in that province it would be in complete insurrection." This paper has also the following from Madrid, of the 9th instant ;—" Commerce has generously supplied this year's deficit. M. Aguado had proposed a very ruinous sort of lona ; but our capitalists, indignant at such a proceeding, supplied the Government with the 44 millions it stood in need of. Rera has advanced ten millions without interest, and several others have imitated his example. The Memorial des Pyrenees, of Pan, says—" There is a vague rumour of an important affair having taken place beyond Alsasona, in which both parties suffered con. siderable loss." A telegraphic despatch from Pau confirms the news that the castle of Morella has been bombarded and taken by the Queen's troops. A complete victory has been ob tained over the rebels at So; they are flying or surren dering by hundreds. This news was transmitted by the Captain-General of Arragon to the Prefect of the Blesses Pyrenees. The Indicateur has also the following of the 13th from St. Jean Pied-de-port:—" lam informed that on the 11th there was an affair in the environs of Peratta, in which Eraso was completely beaten, his lieutenant killed, and he himself escaped with the greatest difficulty. He endeavoured to make his way towards France, hut the Queen's troops lying in that direction, he was com pelled to return into the interior, which, it is stid, he did with great reluctance, because, having separated his band from that of Merino and Ahespa, he fears be will be ill received by his ccinpanions. A detachment of the Queen's troops of 300 foot and 50 lancers, on their way to Orbaicetts, were attacked a few days ago by the sth battalion of the insurgents of Navarre, in ambush in the woods of Zuburg Mendi, in sight of Linzoain. The first firing, from a short distanee, did much injury to the Queen's troops, placed in a disadvan tageous position. The firing, which began at day-break, lasted until eleven in the morning. We are every instant expecting particulars of this bloody action, in which such terrible energy was displayed on both sides, that it may be supposed the insurgents are not so discouraged as we have hitherto been led to believe." Extract of a letter of the 14th inst., from Toulon : " The expedition against Constantine is definitively de cided upon, but we understand that it is first intended to take possession of the port of Colic, which affords a much securer anchorage than either Bona or Bugia. Besides, close to the coast, at a very short distance from Colic, there is an important point, by which passes an old Roman road leading direct to Constantine. Hence it is intended to move the main body of the expedition, and make simultaneous attacks in the direction of Boga and Bogie, in order to divide the forces of the Bey. Those who are cognizant in military movements, are of opinion that no fewer than 20,000 men will be necessary to conquer a capital which contains 65,000 souls, and is surrounded by warlike tribes. In consequence of a vio lent gale of wind that blew yesterday, a French vessel, laden with flour and beans for the navy, went to pieces 'if Cope Cresse, near Toulon. The crew, with great difficulty, reac h e d th e s h ore i n t h e b oa t. Ano - ]ter brig ran ashore on th e i s l an d o f H eeres , an d has been com pletely destroyed by the violence of the waves." The Temps has the following : " The armaments of France and England appear to have excited the attention f Count I'ozzo di Borgo. In answer to the explana t,ons he demanded in the name of his Government, he has been told that the late naval movements ought not to be considered as extraordinary, s i nce it w a s a l wa ys the tustorn of the two countries to change the ships at the different stations at this season of the year. Tne Count, oowever, it is said, was not entirely satisfied with this answer, and we can very well heir eee be was not," Scks. 110 1576 3231 1101 240 336 200 356 - :230 12191 ,;7- M 12516 it. ,12-- COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and .heir Royal Highnesses' hou,hold, attended divine service, yesterday at the Palace at Kensington. The Dean of Chester officiated. Prince Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, had an inter ,iew with Earl Grey. The Lord Chancellor has left town for his seat, Brougham Hall, Westmoreland. Despatches were received yesterday at the C,lonial-of flee from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and of Prince Edward's Island. The Marquis of Sligo and the Duke of Norolk Eirl Grey on Saturday, at his residence in Downing-s•reet. The Marquis of Sligo transacted business at the Colonial office on Saturday. Lord Howard de Walden transacted business cn Satur day at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Earl Grey sat for his portrait in the picture of the Re form Banquet to Mr. Haydon on Wednesday. The Baron de Wessenbnre, the Austrian Minister on a special mission, visited the Russian Ambassador yesterday. BRIGHTON, DEC. 22. Their Majesties, attended by the Marchioness of Nest mea►h, Lord James O'Brien, and the Bishop of Wor cester, heard divine service this morning in the Palace Chapel. On Friday the King and Queen drove out together in a carriage and four (with outriders) along the London road to Dale, and arrived at the Palace at 4 o'clock. Their Majesties took an airing together yesterday also, and as the weather was particularly fine, they prolonged their exercise till towards the evening. The Queen and the Duchess of Gloucester drove out in her Majesty's carriage and four on Friday forenoon. The Princess Augusta is fast recovering from her in disposition, and his passed quiet nights since Thursday. Her Royal Highness, it is expected, will be able to join the Royal party at dinner in a day or two. The King gave audience to Mr. Campbell on Friday. Yest.rdsy Sir J. Kempt was honoured by an audience of his Majesty. The Royal dinner party on Friday comprised the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Ashbrook, Sir James Kempt, the Baron and Baroness de Biome, and the Marquis of Chandos. Names were left during the day by the following persons for their Majesties :—Sir Stratford Canning, Miss Fox, Colonel G. Wyndham,-Mr. and Lady Augusta Fox, Rear- Admiral Monday, the Hon. General Phipps, the Hon. Mrs. Poillimore, Viscount Ashbroolc, Lord Holland, the Misses Godfrey, Major General Sir Thomas and Lady M'Mahon, Miss Langston, Admiral Sir J. H. and Lady Whitshed and Miss Whitshed, Lady Caroline and Miss Douche, and the Marquis and Marchioness Conyngham. The calls yesterday included the Marquis of Chandos, Colonel B. Camac, Mr. and Mrs. Widrington Riddler, Mqor Johnson, Lady Lambert, Lord Colville, Messrs. Morritt, Mrs. Mesander Hay Kerr, and Major and Mrs. Cotgrave. Lot d Adolphus Fitzclarenee, Captain Wooltnore, and the Bishop of Worcester, arrived last evening at the Palace, on a visit to their Majesties, and joined the Royal dinner party, which consisted of the Duke of Argyll, Admiral Sir J., Lady, and Miss Wbitshed, Sir Stratford Canning, and Mr. and Lady Augusta Fox, besides the Suite and Household. Yesterday Lord Holland and family left their residence on the Old Steyne for town. His Lordship's health is much improved by his sojourn here. The Hurdle Race, which was disputed by the gentlpman who rode the second horse, haw been decided by the Stew ards (Lords Erroll and Uxbridge) in favour of Mr. Brackenbury, the rider of Cheltenham, the winning horse. The Duke of St. Albin's is making preparations for an entertainment in falconry, and has his beautiful hawks at present in Regency-square. They have been exhibited for the gratification of the public, and have excited much curious interest during the last two days. The Grand Falconer is determined to keep up the characte ristic formula of this ancient inheritance with religious strictness ; and certainly this dt mi-barbarous amusement could never have had more attraction from the beauty and variety of those innocent despoilers of their species, than is presented by his Grace's little crown-coped murderers. The Hon. Henry Spencer Law, a younger brother to Lord Ellenborough, and to the Recorder of London, embraced the military profession, and attained the rank of Captain in the 28th foot. While Lord Elki borough was in office as President of the Board of Con trol, Captain Law officiated as private Secretary to his Lordship. The gallant officer subsequently sold out of the army to keep his terms in the Temple; and last Term he was called to the degree of Barrister of Law, having re linquished the sward and sash for the wig and gown. Lord Lindsey, eldest son of the Earl of Rd cams, who lately became of age, will gain a large accession to his fortune by the demise of his 'dative, the late Lady Mary Lindsay Cranford. By her Ladyship's seta.ments, examined at Cupar Priory, after her interment, Lord Lindsay is appointed, after the payment of her debts, le gacies, and annuities to her friends, sole residuary legatee. On the death of her brother George, twentieth Earl of Cranford and Lindsay, in 1808, she succeeded to the family estates of Cranford Priory and Struthers, in Fifeshire, and Kilbursie, in Argyllshire. Lady Mary was the daughter of George, nineteenth Earl of Cranford, and fourteen'h Lord Lindsay of the Byres. The Earldom of Crauferd ranks first in the Union roll of Peers. The Earl of Glasgow, Lord Lindsay, and Colonel Lindsay were present at her Ladyship's obsequies, which took place on the 2d inst. - - At a general meeting of the subscribers to Lloyd's, held on Wednesday last, the sum of 451. was voted from the funds of that establishment to Mr. Sumner, surgeon at Formby, Lancashire, as an acknowledgment of his brave and humane conduct in swimming to a pilot vessel belonging to Liverpool, which was driven on shore during the violent gale on the 29th ult., and by his ex ertions succeeded in saving the lives of some of the pilots who were on board. A further sum of 301. was voted to several persons who rendered assistance to Mr. Sumner, and the parties rescued by him, when they got near the land, in a very exhausted state. A traveller lately arrived from Moscow re lates as follows:—" When I wos preparing to quit the city of the Kremlin, the nobles and great proprietors of the southern provinces were arriving in crowds with their sledges to pass the winter season, and give themselves up to all the enjoyments of a town life. The scene was most curious thus ro find Moscow so abundantly repeopled, for in the course of a very few days the population was in creased by upwards of 100,000 souls, and of this number 30,000 are employed in the service of the sledges. There are but very few soldiers in Moscow or in the interior of the country. The garrison of the town does not amount to '7OO men, and yet the Moscow Gazette is very pugna cious and seems to take great delight in attacking Eng. tan 1. The officers, the most wealthy of whom reside in the city during the winter, talk of a crusade in the East, of penetrating into Asia, and even into India, which they conceive offers a glorious career to the youth of the em pire."—French Paper. During the severe gale of the 25th ult., a fisherman named Packley, and his two sons, were return ing from their arduous day's work, in a small coble, laden with fish, when a heavy sea drove their little skiff against the rocks, under the perpendicular cliff of Flamborough Head, and dashed her to pieces. The unfortunate parent and one of his sons perished on this melancholy occasion. The survivint,* son was rescued from impending destruction by the extraordinary exertions of a poor man named Emerson, exhibiting how much may be done for the pre servation of human life by presence of mind, courage, and humanity. The approach of the little skiff to the land, as she skimmed the mountain wave like a sea bird, was anxiously watched by the men of the coast guard station, who saw how impossible it would be to render any assist ance by boats, owing to the tremendous surf which beat against the rocks, The poor fisherman, finding he could not reach the l an di ngplace, lowered h i s sa il, an d endea voured to pull th e coble along the lan d c l ear o f the tide-, They were thus ex ert i ng themselves w h en th e y were driven against the rocks an d dashed the ca bl e to pirces. The survi ving son succeed e d h a getting on a le d ge o f a r ock in a cavity at the base of th e c l i ff , to wh i ch h e c l un g until Emerson descended by a rope to his relief. Having secured the perishing man to the cord by which he had been lowered, he was battled up to the edge of the cliff, by the coast guard man, his li m b s benum b e d an d his frame quite ex hausted. The r ope was aga i n l ower ed for Emerson, who bad in his turn citin g to the rock, the seas breaking against him with relentless ft4,yo be scarcely eq ual to the task of . Thus situated, the poor fellow became so exhausted as t securing himself to the rope ! w i t h much difficulty he ac complished it, a n d after be i ng t h re e-quarters of an hour exposed to the fu r y of the e l emen ts, he was hauled up by his companions on t h e cliff, a height of 150 feet, quite cold and feeble. - e are happy to find that the Royal We Humane Society h as lib era l ly rewarded Emerson for his courage and humanity, TO TAB BDITDE OP TAR TIMES. Sir,—Several of your contemporary journalists having t ken, it is hoo d unint-totionally, a very erroneous vita tf the object of the ci !omission which has recently been .ssued under the Royal sign manual, for the purpose of inquiring into the civil administration of the army, and the oracticability and expediency of consolidating the varit us ffices connected with it, you will, I am sure, agree with me, that it hecom's an act of justice, due no less to the Government than t , the c tmtni.-ioners themselves, to ndeavour to disabuse the pterlic mind upon th;s matter. A large majority of your readers may not be aware that the civil administration, or in other words, the pecuniary •nanagement of the affairs of the army, is conducted prin • cipally under the authority of the three great and expensive public office., the Pay-office, the War-office, and the Controllers of Army Accounts, at the annual tost of Pay-office, 19 404/. ; War-office, 33,7831. ; Controllers, 11,183/. ; thus forming an aggregate sum of 64,370/. for the management of the financial concerns of the affairs of the cavalry and infantry of the regular army (about 80,000 men), and this, ton, -.xclusively of those parts of the army payments which are made under the authority of the East India Company, the Treasury, and through the medium of the regimental agents, and exclusively also of the whole of the Ordnance Department. If this were the whole of the charge which the public .re called upon to pay for this necessary service, the amount even in such case must be considered as enormous and excessive; but this is not all, nor nearly all, the money that is annually paid to these three offices, as, upon reference to any Army Estimates, it will be found that the sums now annually charged as pensions to the numerous individuals of those departments amount to the gross sum of 36,216/., of which the War-office alone receives 20,6961. If we look at this charge in another point of view, it will be seen that here is a sum of money issued to the retired servants of those fiscal departments which is equi valent to the retired pay of no less than 90 General Offi cers of the army ; and of this sum there is paid to one individual alone, a retired Deputy Secretary at War, an annual pension of 2,5001. It will not be disputed that the civil and financial busi ness of the army is simple, and, as compared with other armies, of no great extent, and that it ought as such to be conducted by one department, and not by three depart ments; and that if it had been so directed, there would not have been this long list of official pensioners thus saddled upon the people of England. As things now are, and with this exposure before the public, it was impossible that any Government could resist a full and minute inquiry into the civil administra tion of the army, and least of all a Government whose every action is rigorously watched by a reformed Parlia ment and an educated people. The issuing of this Royal commission became, therefore, a measure indispensable to the character, if not the existence, of the Government, and in this persuasion there cannot exist a shadow of donht but that the Commissioners, with this plain path of their duty before them, will steadily and firmly perform it, without favour or affection, and wholly regardless of the misrepresentations and calumnies which have been opposed to them. A MODERATE REFORMER, M.P. The following is a list sioners : ,f the names of these pen- WAR IFFICE. One superintendent of ac- One other clerk £lB2 counts £666 One ditto l9O Two private secretaries to Three ditto, each at 1754 525 Secretary at War 3OO One ditto 162 Two other clerks, each at One ditto l6O 2254 One ditto One ditto l2O Eight ditto, each at 150/. 1,200 One deputy secretary at One ditto 135 war 2,500 One ditto l3O One ditto 1,000 Two ditto, each at 1251.... 250 One chief examiner of ae- One ditto lOO counts l,OOO One ditto B5 One superintendent of ac- One ditto B3 counts One senior clerk One ditto 5OO One ditto.... One ditto 533 One messenger One ditto 525 One ditto One ditoo 466 One ditto Two ditto, each at 4501.... 90 Two ditto, each at 501.. 1 0 One ditto 350 One ditto V Four ditto, each at 3001. 1,200 One ditto 3O One ditto 290 One chief clerk One ditto 275 One ditto, at I I.los. per day 547 One ditto 270 One other clerk 135 One ditto 266 Oue ditto lO4 Two ditto, each at 2441. 448 One other clerk 212 Five other clerks, each at 2001. l,OOO £20,696 PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE. Two accountants, each £ iOne deputy paymaster £ 1,0001. One cashier of half-pay 500 Two ditto 730 One ditto :350 Four ditto 1,095 One ledger-keeper 6oo` Four ditto 730 One ditto 5OO Twelve.assistants One clerk B2 One clerk 63 CONTROLLERS OF ARMY ACCOUNTS. One c0ntr011er.,.............£2,000 One clerk £l2o One ditto One secretary ....... 530 One ditto 7O One first clerk 583 One ditto 5O One clerk 275, X 4,703 One deputy muster- X master-general ....... 396 One chief clerk 4311 Onejunior clerk lOO One ditto 99 One ditto su One agent-general 350 One deputy agent-ge neral One clerk llO One ditto l l ,O Two ditto, each at 90/ lBO One ditto B5 Two ditto, each at 501.... 100 One ditto 45 One ditto 25 £2,420 PUBLIC BREAKFAST to JOSEPH PEASE, ESQ., M.P., AT DARLINGTON. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DARLINGTON, DEC. 21. Yesterday, Friday, the 20th instant, a public breakfast was given to Joseph Pease, Esq., M.P. for the southern division of the county of Durham, by his consitituents at Darlington, at Mr. llird's, the Fleece lon, in that town. It was estimated that about 120 persons sat down. The chair was filled by CHARLES PARKER, Eq., of Darlington, in the absence cf Cuthbert Rippoo, Esq., M.P., who was expected to preside, but was unfortunately prevented by indisposition. . _ After the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN deli vered a long and able address, in which he descanted on the conduct of the Hon. Member, Mr. Pease, during the late Session. He regretted the votes given by the Holt. Member on the question of the Irish Coercion Ha, and on that of triennial Parliaments. He, however, approved of his conduct generally, and in an especial manner with reference to his opposition to the grant of twenty millions to the West India planters. He also begged to know his sentiments on some other important topics of a political nature, such as the vote by ballot, and the exclusion of the Bishops from the House of Lords. At the close of the Chairman's remarks, Mr. Pease, being loudly called for, rose, and was received with loud cheers. The Honourable Member invited any remarks or animadversions upon his conduct, which were freely communicated both verbally and in writ ing. He then entered upon an explanation of his conduct with reference to the questions above-men tioned, noticing the objections and inquiries which had been started as be went along. Ho expressed his decided approval of the ballot, and his willingness to support a measure for the exclusion of the Bishops from the House of Lords. Although he disapproved of triennial Parlia ments, for reasons which he assigned, he was disposed to shorten their duration to a term of five years. The Hon. Member also entered at great length into a justification of his vote on the Irish Coercion Rill; and afterwards pro ceeded to other importaut questions of a political nature affecting the different interests of the country. After a very prolonged address, which was listened to with great interest, and received with general and frequent expres. sions of approbation, the Hou. Member sat down amidst the most deafening applause. Other speakers ((Wowed, and expressed the entire satis faction they felt in the manner in which their Representa tive had explained his, views and his conduct. The utmost harmony of feeling and sentiment appeared to pervade the assembly to the close of the proceedings, when all parties separated, apparently highly pleased with their Representative, and with entire confidence in the integrity of his principles. MR. JAMES BRO,UG,HAM.—We regret to announce that this gentleman still continues seriously in disposed. On Tuesday he was attended by Dr. Holland, who came express from London.—The doctor held out some trifling hopes of a recovery, and returned to London on the day following, leaving such instructions as he thought necessary, thouth hitherto his applications have had no visible effect.— Carlisle Journal. As a proof the mildness of the present season the cuckoo has been heard several times during the past week at Oakham, near Retford. For several months past a wry bad fever has prevailed there, which is some in ntaace ß has proved fatal, and to the unsophisticat e d villagers, th e notes of the cuckoo, at this unusual period of the year, has been considered of a somewhat direful and unlitlous natare....Nottineham Review. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS " A Moderate Reformer," whose letter wil he found in this day's Times, explains pretty •learly the objects of the commission recently , ppointed for inquiring into the civil administra tion of the army, and the practicability and ex oediencv of consolidating the various offices con .lected with it. This is an important subject, as well with a view to the rendering official respon sibility more effectual, as to that of simplifying the public accounts, and promoting a sound and t real economy. It is wonderful in what a mon strous proportion the civil branches of the admi nistration of the army and ordnance have exceeded the military with regard to mere expense. On looking over some of the army estimates, those for grossu orinHorse cost a G n ete of the year , o a r f d s t e i,ml e liln a i dtr military we find that administration he offi ee o f the of thee ee Commander-in-Chief, with its two subordinate departments of the Adjutant and Quarter master-General, was somewhere between 26,0001. and 27,0001. ; whereas the total of the civil departments, with the War Office at the head of them, cost upwards of 190,0001., — nearly eight times more than the aggregate of the military I To any one, therefore, who con siders this enormous disproportion, it will he little surprising that a Government so severely watched in its application of the public money should be anxious to discover the means, if they exist, of effecting some more frugal arrangement of the civil business of the service, consisting indeed principally of financial matters. It is to be hoped, however, that in any alteration which may result from this inquiry, two points may be kept steadily in view :-1. That on the two frequent but vicious plea of " compensation," individuals still capable of active employment may not be prematurely superannuated, to make way for new corners, and thus the. country be saddled from the starting post with two salaries instead of one. 2. That some strict regulations may be established, whereby too much patronage shall not be concentrated in a single hand, and too_ much discretion be not allowed for the abuse of that patron age, by the exercise of an unjust favour itism, to the detriment of humble but deserving functionaries, against whom no misconduct can be charged. A frequent submission of the in terior of each civil office to the superintendence of Parliament might, for such ends, be desirable. The list -of pensions to retired servants of the War-office is absolutely startling. It appears impossible that there should be such an army of superannuated under secretaries, private secreta ries, superintendents, chief clerks, examiners, &c., still quartered on the public, and so extravagantly paid, if the slightest regard had been shown to the public interest, or even to public decency. When one superannuated personage receives 2,500/. per annum from the country, others 1,0001., 9001., 7001., and 6001. each, it is surely time that some inquiry should be made into the grounds on which the fortunate pensioners have been permitted to retire with such well crammed pockets ; whether they were really superannuated by infirmity—that is to say, too old for further active duty—or were only given a perpetual holiday, by favour of the great man at the head of the office, and granted the means of enjoying it out of the people' s , money ? The sum of these pensions so lavishly given by the War Office is, as we have said, frightful—it amounts to not much less than 21,0001. per annum; while the saiiries of ins . dividuals in actual employment there at present, exceed 33,0001. a year ; making altogether 54,000/. a year. The Pay Office-r.properly speaking, a branch of the War Office =Mists up wards of 19,0001. Per annum, and its pensioners above 8,0001. The Control of Accounts—another manifest offshoot from the office of Secretary at War—stands the publi c , f or i ts act i ve service, • 11,0001. per annum, and for its superannuations these wle re facts, systemwe say o f r t a h n e k r e abusemu s N t a o have looking o l) b e l e i n n above 7,0001. per. annum.at all that Parliament will not do its duty, ir gs, s o o ma i n l i principle of correction be not applied. While upon this subject, we may add that a good deal has been said of a plan for consolidating the military ordnance with the office of the Corn mandetnin-Chiel, and for suppressing the office of Quartermaster-General of the Forces. On this we shall observe merely, that to any change from which the compound advantage may be in sured of greater economy and equal efficiency (the last being a sine qua non), 'every rea sonable man is bound to give his approbation ; but in all these cases, without exception, the • question must be answered, " is the improve merit real, or is it nominal only ?"—Times. The Manchester papers of Saturday contain ample reports of the dinner given to Mr. Pou lett Thomson and Mr. M. Phillips, on Thurs day. One of the objections of the opponents of Ministers to the extinction of nomination boroughs was, that an administration must, in all time coming, either allow themselves to be I swayed by every popular impulse, or it would be impossible for them to find an admission to Parliament. We have now had some experience i by large e gkad esal ma jority hadigoialnee- of the working of th e new system , an d , hi t h erto, l : upon the whole, Mi n i sters h ave h a d no hcaoßuuslidie to l jcli\em )) affairso. r Wellington, rarsnreirdfs sti e yeeiyet g ciidntwt r i,u e got ko t etft ihonfett enc l necessaryttwipht,e r et was ehlsnisen:i ng es insew u a, Be l sctit t ntiheoh . ll huoefauoacutsnrdi l lutedi ntdhnnirc country, admitted t a hAdbt cteealede(, interval,mß as ßrebie t without leniyatlfuilsot h s hsrrttt e el irhahitilnoaiDßotvtnbh Reform s e t approbation could fonofs hope th etocondct intelligentu successfully the impasses osed. ' tb ik e I h o ii b s l t i e g r a s tio f n therebypopular middle c d of com mun i ng, occasionally, with oe T nn l e te iteis r le, e in tu a, r i ? of constitu or those whom they represent, is of the greatest benefit in many respects. Ministers have thus an opportunity of explaining to their consti tuents, and through them to the nation, the s id to im motives for th e i r past conduct, an d o f sound i ng them with respect to t h e f uture, an pressi on ma d e on t h e i r au di ences may and the a be a tri a l o f t h e pu l se o f th e nat i on. Placed as to be Ministers are between two fires---b e t wee n the Conservatives, House of have a small but compact Commons, and possess a in tie majority of the Peer s , w h o are op p os ed to all li reform—and, II change, except a cha n g e hostile to the peopl e , an d t h e great b o dy of the people force who value reform as a means to an end—namely, the obtaining the benefit of good government, and car r yi ng i m provement into all our institu tions,muaings between Ministers a nd the p eo ple are not merely of use in enabling th ese corn • Ministers to see what the people expect from t h em , but they serve to satisfy the Conservative s !hit Ministers are under an absolute necessity of moving. They serve to show the mitt/mune of improvement which the people of Englarnk an 2d. vats