The Sun. — London, England, 1836-02-22 00:00:00

....--...----------....---- - PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. - 218% 19 18% India 5t0ek................. ........ 257 3 per Ccnt. Red. 92 I% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons 91 % % South Sea Stoek Old Annuities 354 per Cent -- -- Ditto Red. 100%%% New Ditto --- New 3% per Cent .........99% 100% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751. 31 pm. ...-. New 1 per Cent - Each . B ills, Xl,OOO l - Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 16 7-16 5-16 Ditto Small ....... .......... 19 21 pm. Oct. 10, 1850 lO% 3-16 Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm. Jan 5. 1860 l6 Ditto Adver tised...... .. .' 19 18. .. Pm. Jan. 5, 1880.............. April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 —l Consols for Acconnt ............ 91% Omnium Pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 1034 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds ................... Ditto Account ................ Portuguese Bonds.. Ditto Account ..... — Ditto Nevi Bonds. .......... . gv Ditto Account .............. . 834 Ditto, 3 per cent.... Prussian Bonds... Russ i an Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account .... ........... Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1E34 46 3 4 6 Ditto Account 46% b!,6 French, 5 per cent. -- 4 per cent. —f. —c. S per cent. —f. —c. _ f. —e, Belgian Bonds 103 Ditto Account . Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account . .... ......... -- Columbian Bonds, :R..> t......... 3 2% Ditto Account .................. Danish Bonds ..................... 77 Ditto Account . ................. Greek Bonds... .................. Ditto Bonds, ISS ............. Ditto Account ... ............... Mexican Bonds. 5 per cent.... Ditto Account .................. Ditto 6 per cent. ........ Ditto Account .................. 35% Neapolitan -- Eichange i Dutch, 24 per cent. Ditto Account 5 5 4% Ditto, 5 per cent. 104% Ditto Account 10141,4 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE OC O'CLK. Paid. Per Share. Bolivar Copper Mining Company 4 5 Ditto Scrip British Iron Company 6g 10 Cats Branca Mining Company Candonga Mining Company 5.3%, 2% Mexican Mining Company 8 EIN, 9% Polberou Consols Mining Company 40 •1 (Jolted Mexican (issued at 2/. pm.) ....... '''''''''''' 10 • 12!,i Alliance Assurance Company Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 5 13% Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company — 43% pm. Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 2V. 4“. Commercial Blackwall Railway Company 2 3N Great North of England Railway Company Great Western Railway Company i 0 814 4 1 1 . 31 4 Hull and Selby Railway Company 5 0 11 Leeds and Manchester Railway Company — Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company lOO 244 Brighton Railway Company Drighton (Rennie's) London and Blackwall Railway 1 9 5 4 V, London and Dover Railway Company London and Gravesend Railway Company 1 MO.; London and Birmingham Railway Comp an y 5O 125 Landon and Greenwich Railway Company 2l 29%. London Grand Junction Railway Northern and Eastern Railway North Midland Railway Company . n is South Far.tPrn Railway Company York and North Midland Railway Co i.pany British American Land Company national Provincial Bank of England South African Bank Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company 25 , -4 'NUN pm. 13.4 tRICES OF IRISH STOCK: 3 per Cep!. Consols 9l S. DUBLIN, FEBRUARY IS. Gram! Canal Debt. 6 pe7.• cent SB Ditto, 4 per cent 59 Hibernian Bank City of Dublin steam Co. ll3 National Insurance Co Cit v Debentures, 4 per cent — Ballast Mice Debentures, 4 ve- cent _ - Vtto Reduced - 3'C per Cent. Stock 99 Ditto New, IS,ltt St.; per Cent. Debentures 91% Bank Stock 21 1 34 Royal Cana! Stock . 34% Grand Canal Stock ......... ....; 2314 MAILS. Arrived. Du Nrrived. Dile Arrived. Dui 0 America (I 2 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico o rartliagetia 0 0 Holland 2 Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 2 i'llitders HIGH NV ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.NIORIIOW. ..... 12 minutes after 6. 1 E:enino 31 minutes after f 6 THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed the Tragedy of THE PROVOST OF BRUGES. Bertulphe, Mr. Macreado; Thancmar, Mr. Warde; Bouchard, Mr, Cooper—Constance, Miss E. Tree ; Ursula, Mrs. Vining. To conclude with—THE • BRONZE HORSE. Yang, Mr. Templeton; Tsing Sing, Mr. H. Phillips; 'rain Ka, Mr. Seguin; Yanko, Mr. Duruset. Ste!la, Miss Forte; Mangli, Miss Poole; Toajin, Miss I Cawse; Peki, Miss Shirreff. it Stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. , ... . The Box .otlice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, o whom Private and Family Loxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtaine,l. Boxes, 70. ; Second Price, 38. 6:4.—Pit, 3s. 6.1. ; Second Price, is. Gallery, ‘2.s. ; Second Price, Is.—Upper Gallery, I A. ; Second Price. 6.1 BETTS'S PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY. THE increased and inereasinp• demand for this va luable spirit has, very naturally, had the effect of stimulnt ing pretenders to force into public notice articles which can only 4 tolerated where the PATENT BRANDY is unknown. The sub terfuges to which recourse is constantly had for that purpose are however, too contemptible for more serious notice. J. T. BETTS and Co., need not dwell upon the high charac ter of the PATENT BRANDY. It is established beyond the pcwetr of envy to disparage, or attempted competition to shake, its merits. Its value and purity have obtained for it the support and recommendation of the first Medical men of the day, in preference to any other Spirit, British or Foreign, for its salutary properties. It is, in fact, the only attested pure Spirit known ; the Reports made upon productions which others have submitted to chemical test, having invariably been such as they have not dared to make public. The frauds that have been constantly practised by the imposition upon the public of inferior articles, compel J. T. BETTS and Co. to draw attention in a particular manner to their Address, their " only establishment" being the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-Bars, lea.ling to St. John-street, where their Brandy may be obtained, --at-the 111 6 1,...t le c t-A-m-o s ttri-armtgnreerr - '3Yrtntngs --- per Imperial Gallon, in quantities not less than Two Gallons , sent to any part of the Town, free of expense, for Cash on delivery. W A liberal Discount to the Trade: The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. -... -5* A,.., HAMBURG, FEBRUARY 5, 18:36. N approach of the 24th INSTANT, HEINE BROTHERS, Contractors for the GREAT LOTTERIES of the State of Hamburg, beg to state that Tickets of the SIXTY SE VENTH HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY, WAR RANTED UNDRAWN, will sell between the 12th and 23d instant, at Bancomarks 200, or 151., say Fifteen Pounds. The largest Prize of Bancomarks 100,000 net, will most probably be drawn on the 24th instant, it being a Premium for the FIRST DRAWN Prize of Bancomarks One Thousand. r 'Ci`O e + LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1836 The Navy Estimates for the service of the year 1836-37 have just been published. Notwithstanding our Naval Establishment is to be increased, and 5,000 additional seamen provided for, the amount is only 287,8201. above the vote for the financial year 1835-36, as will be seen by the following abstract : Required for the Last Vote for the Service of the Financial Year year 1 , 36137. 1835136 Naval Service Effective Non-Effective 1,562,597 1,561,423 Total for the Naval Service ... 4,284,198 3,977,723 for the Service of other Departments 249,345 268,000 Grand total £4,533,543 4,245,723 Among the many loyal and dutiful addresses, which we were the first to suggest, which have been trans mitted to his MAJESTY from the various Corporate English towns, thanking him for the late admirable measure of Municipal Reform, we are glad to find one from the Council of the borough of Berwick upon-Tweed, which is characterized by a spirit of manly and respectful gratitude ; expresses " entire confidence in the present enlightened and upright ad visers of the Crown ;" and adds, as regards Corpo ration Reform, that though " much improvement has already been effected, much yet remains to be done." The more we reflect upon the debate in the House of Commons on Friday last, on the subject of Lord DUDLEY STUART'S motion, for the purpose of enabling the British people to judge impartially of the policy of Russia, the greater is our astonishment at the comparatively insignificant result in which it terminated. We had indulged the hope that our Government only waited an opportunity of expressing the strong indignation with which the repeated per fidies of Russia had inspired it—of assuring the nation that the Earl of DURHAM'S mission to St. Petersburg had reference to the national resuscitation of Poland and the protection of the Sublime Porte—and that, in the event of the terms proposed by England being rejected by the CZAR, Ministers were prepared to ask Parliament for such subsidies as might be necessary to enable them to vindicate the honour of Great Britain. We cannot be persuaded that there would be any thing impolitic in such a straightforward and energetic course. The Russian Ambassador might possibly remonstrate against a declaration at once so intelii -0 ble—and accordi ng to t h e str i ct et i quette o f ,auto cratical diplomacy—so extremely , premature ; but the Noble Lord, in repelling such a charge, might only refer to the principles of our Constitution, and the right of Parliament to exact a knowledge of our re lations with foreign Powers. Besides, why all this deli c acy towards a Government that has not scrupled `, to represent us to the whole world as regardless of the faith of treaties ? Are we reduced low, that we must first passively submit to the compulsory violation of our honour, and then volun tarily deny ourselves the right of complaint ? But the prompt and spirited manner in which the Noble Foreign Secretary replied to the remonstrances of the Carlist Bishop of LEON, is a proof, if any were want ing, that the Noble Lord would not tamely allow him self to be bearded by the Imperial Court, for preferring the discharge of his duty to his country, to a strict ob servance of diplomatic etiquette. If the illegal murder of a handful of Christinos was sufficient to call forth such, an unqualified expression of his Lordship's official _ _ resentment, what powerful language might we not ex pect him to employ when denouncing the wholesale massacre of the gallant Poles by command of ,the tyrant NICHOLAS ? Without presuming an acquaintance with the rudi ments of diplomatic intercourse, we may be allowed to fancy the purport of a note addressed by Lord PAL MERSTON to the Russian Ambassador, in answer to an Imperial complaint of a premature appeal to the patriotism of the British Parl iament. After referring to the Parliamentary usage of this country, in confirma tion of the readiness of Ministers, at all times, to sub mit to the representatives of the people such measures as were contemplated for the conservation •of their interests and the maintenance of their rights, his Lordship would possibly continue thus Your Excellency complains that his Britannic MAJESTY'S Government has not waited the result of the negociations pending between the Cabinets of London and St. Petersburgh. This charge would have been a grave one, had not the Cabinet of Lon don declined to communicate to the Representatives of the British people its remonstrances against the abo lition of the nationality of Poland, while there re mained the shadow of a hope that success would attend such remonstrances. Neither would the charge have been less grave had the negociations to which your Excellency refers, as pending between the two Courts, been first sought on the part of the Imperial Cabinet. But here it may be necessary to remind your Excel lency, for the greater satisfaction of the Imperial Cabi net, that there are three material points in the consi deration of this question which the British Govern ment is boulid to hold in perpetual remembrance. First, that by the Treaty of Vienna, England guaran teed the independence of Poland : Secondly, that the documents now moved for by the British Parliament, were withheld as long as his Britannic MAJESTY'S Ministers had reason to hope that Russia was disposed to hearken to the mediation- of Great Britain in favour of Polish nationality—being only made public three years after the violation of. that treaty ; and Thirdly, that the negociations now pending between the Cabi nets of London and St. Petersburg, were entered upon at the instance of England, and therefore cannot be pr , !- smiled to impose a restraint upon the British Cabinet in any communication which it may think proper to make to Parliament. With respect to the treaties en tered into between the Cabinet of Russia and the Sublime Porte, and more especially the treaty con cluded between Russia and Turkey, at Constantinopl , 2, on the Bth of July, 1833, your Excellency ought not to regard it as extraordinary if Great Brisain should express herself apprehensive of the intentions of an ally which secretly stipulates, at an 'immense sacrifice, for excluding English ships of war from passing the Strait of the Dardanelles. In this treaty of defensive alli ance, the high contrasting parties have engaged them selves to lend mutually material succours and the most efficacious assistance for the safety of their respective States, as often as one or other of them shall require such aid ; and yet, in a secret article annexed, the principle of reciprocal aid is limited on the side of the Porte - to shutting the-Strait-of - foreign ships of war. Your Excellency must be aware that a treaty made, without the knowledge or consent of Great Britain, and which has for its object the re striction of her dominion, cannot be imposed upon her without the application of force. And here it may hz pertinently asked, if the designs of Russia were not ag gressive,why stipulate to pay so large a price for the closing of the Dardanelles against foreign vessels of war, know- ing, as she must, that their object could be no other than to support the Sultan against the Emperor ? If it formed no part of Russia's design to offer an in sult to Great Britain, why was her flag not excepted, or why was she not made acquainted with the secret article of the treaty, before it received the sanction of the Plenipotententiaries of his Imi:,:nial Majesty and his Highness the Sultan ? And were England to dis pute the passage of the Dardanelles, would Russia, by virtue of the treaty referred to, consider herself bound to succour the Sultan in enforcing the observance of the secret article ? Upon all these points it must be obvious to your Excellency, that the British Ge vernment ought to have no secrets apart from the great body representing the people. At the same time, you will be pleased to remember, that. the Government has uttered no menace ; unless the pledging itself to the vindication of the national honour, in the event of the total failure of means more accordant with its inclina tions, be so regarded--a pledge it will be no less its plea sure than its imperative duty to assist in fulfilling." We have purposely abstained from any reference to the sufferings of the exiled Poles, because it can only he ascertained by documents in the Cabinet of our Foreign Secretary, how far such sufferings were the consequence of the culpable apathy of the British Go- vernmeut. The Noble Foreign Secretary in his speed► deprecated the spreading abroad of menaces of war, and could perceive no grounds for disturbing the peace of Europe. He likewise defended the closing of the Dardanelles, on the authority of immemorial usage on the part of the Porte. But here we find an omission which remains to be examined. If the closing of the Dardanelles was an immemorial usage on the part of the SULTAN, why did Russia secretly stipulate, at the risk of immense sacrifices, for its continuance ? What could have induced Russia to guarantee to the Porte the supplies necessary to resist success fully every enemy, without: any expense what ever, if the condition annexed thereto would have been equally well observed without any such hazardous stipulation ? And as to the maintenance of peace, which the Noble Lord considers of such im portance, we should be most happy to learn what might be the nature and the extent of the outrage which in his opinion would justify a declaration of war? Is the violation of the Treaty of Vienna nothing ? Is the destruction of the balance of European power nothing ? Is the erasure from the map of Europe of one of the oldest and most magnanimous Christian Kingdoms, nothing ? Is the butchery of thousands of men, women, and children, and the strewing the wilds of Siberia with the bones of exiled patriots, to all of whom Great Britain solemnly guaranteed not only life but the blessings of constitutional liberty, nothing ? Is the Treaty signed at Constantinople in 1829, by which the SULTAN was compelled to cede to Russia nearly a fifth of his dominions, nothing ! If they be, then in the name of national honour, what is the out rage which the Noble Lord would repudiate by a menace ? The Noble Lord may delude himself with a bonc that by diplomacy England may succeed in restoring Poland to independence. We indulge in no such plea sing delusions. , Russia will never give up one foot of territory—no matter how obtained—unless compelled 3~ 5 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1836 by a dread of provoking hostilities which may prove fatal to her. We had intended to have noticed the German com mercial league, with the preponderance which it gave to Russia in the councils of the smaller States ; but the length to which our observations have extended, obliges us to postpone the consideration of this part of the subject till another opportunity. One thing, 'hovvever, is certain—namely, that by the Commercial League, all Germany is placed within the grasp of the Autocrat The whole of the Paris Papers of Friday and Sa turday have been received. We have copied from them an account of the execution of FIESCHI and his accom plices, PEPIN and MOREY, which will be read with lively interest. It was reported on the Bourse on Sa turday, that some changes had been made in the New Cabinet. These changes are specified, but as they are founded on mere rumour, we decline to take further no tice of them for the present. NEWS OF THE MORNING. PARIS, FRB. 20.-The Ministerial crisis is so little ad vanced that the friends of M. Thiers doubt whether he accepts the post of President of the Council. The refusal, or the he sitation of M. Duchatel, is another cause of embarrassment. Lastly, as the retaining of M. Persil has has been spoken of, M. Passy also refuses his aid. An offer of the post of President of the Council to M. Hu mann is talked of. Everything is again in doubt, for M. Humann cannot accept but with liberty to enter into engage ments with the Chamber for the reduction of the Fire per Cents, which M. Thiers hoped to put off by means of vague promises. A letter from Toulon of the 15th says, that there may soon be six ships of the line in the Roads ; there are only three frigates fit for sea, but armaments on a greater scale may be expected-certainly there is no want of ships. Report ascribes all this activity as caused by the latest news front America. This is probable, but it cannot be supposed that :the Government seriously think of diminishing the maritime force in the Mediterranean, when the highly important ques tion of the affairs of the East will have to be decided sooner, perhaps, than is supposed--a question which so nearly affects the political and commercial interests of the Constitutional States of Western Europe. At Brest, the Jena and Santa Petre of the line, and the Hermione frigate had orders, on the 16th, to be ready for 504 in a very short time. The Diadem of the line, and the Venus frigate wili be fitted out as soon as possible. The Dryade frigate will soon be in the Road.-Messager , Feb - 20 . FRENCH FUNDS.-PAnis, FEBRUARY 19. Five per Cents., 109 f. 75c. 80c. 70c. 65c. 6 1 c. Four per Cents., 102 f. 25c. hree per Cents., 80f. 80c. 60c. 70c. Bank Actions, 2,165 f. 2,167 f. 50c. Rente de Naples, 99E 60c. 59c. 40c. 55c. Roman Five per Cents., 104. Spanish Actives, 47 47 1 4 47. Spanish Passives, 15%%j. -- Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103% 101. Portuguese Three per Cents. 53. Haytian Loan, 40uf. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. OrieMOnth, paper, -c. -c. ; money 25f. 50, Tree months, paper, -f. -e. ; money, 251.35 c -t o.rs FRENCH FriNDS.-Psars, FEBRUARY 20. . Five per Cents., 109 f. 60c. 65c. 50c. 60c. Four per Cents., 1• 1 2 f. 25c. 21c. 'three per Cents. 80f. 80c. 60c. 70c. Bank Actions, 2,165 f. :1,167f. 50c. Bente de Naples, 9 , f. tisc. Roman Five per lu4. Spanish Actives, 47 ti .s. Spanish Differes, 24!4 21. Passives, 15 i,t 2 . • itocc I.oan, Belgian Loan, Kive per Cents., 101. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 53. EXCHANGE ON LONHOS. One month, paper, -f. -c. ; money, 251 !le. Three months, paper, -f. -c. ; money, 25f. 35c. -Coors Authentiome. BOURSE, TIIREE o'Cnocx.—A, total stagnation of business has taken place at the Bourse. The Three per Cents. opened at 801. 80c., and were for a moment done at 801. 85c., but they have since receded to 801. 75e., buyers. The Spanish securities are rather better, in consequence of the news from Madrid of the 14th, that the stocks had im• proved'there on the 13th. Four per Cents., 43k; Passives, 151; the Actives opened at 47+, and gut up to 47i, buyers. QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 1091. 75c. ; Three per Cents., 801. 90c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Guch bards, —; Differes, IS4 ; New Loan, —; Actives, .47i ; Passives, 15k; Ducats, 99 70 ; Romans, 104 ; Pedros, —; Belgians, 104 ; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, —f. _ c . Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 13f ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 24 ; Five per Cent. Ferpe tuelles, ; Royal Loan, 34. We have received advices from Madrid to the 11th inst. The arrival of his MAJESTY'S Speech in .that capital had created a great sensation among the people. All expressed themselves grateful to Great Britain, for the interest taken by this Government in the fate of the _Spanish_ nation. _ The Catlists have circulated a report that Ba meceda and Mereadillo—inconsiderable towns nen Bilboa—have capitulated. The garrisons in bot ,hese towns did not number 150 men. The Committee for effecting a railway communica tion between Whitchaven and Carlisle, waited on Lo Lowther on Monday. His Lordship, we are told, received them very courteously, and appeared to enter into their views with much interest. He stated that neither himself nor his father could express any decided opinion until the survey was completed, towards which he put down his name for a subscri ber of 501. Whiteharca Herald. Mr. J.-Griffiths, of Stockton, near Leominster, lately killed a pig that weighed 40 score and 81b. Length from the root of the tail to the end of the snout, 8 feet 3 inches, girth 8 feet 2 inches.— Worcester Herald. The Town Council of Ludlow have transmitted to the Government the names of John Hutchings and Hum phrey Smith, Esquires, for the Magisterial office.— Worcester Herald. A Mrs. Mary Bagnall, of Abberley, in this county, was "gathered to her fathers" a few days since after havil,g attained the venerable age of 102 years.l Her death was preceded by about three months of sickness, but up to that time she enjoyed excellent health, and her general fa culties were very slightly impaired to the last.— Worcestff Herald. A dreadful case of hydrophobia, at Henley-in- Arden, occurred on Wednesday. The rabid animal first at tacked a little girl, daughter of the late Rev. Mr. Barker, Baptist Minister, and the child's face was so dreadfully lace rated, as to present the most heart-rending appearance. The dog continued to worry her for nearly the length of a street. Mr. Noble's servant boy, hearing the noise, ran to the child's assistance, but was also attacked, and had the end of one of his thumbs bitten completely off. Two other children were also bitten, one of whom was the daughter of Mr. Nicholls. — Warwick Advertiser. There is no other town in England in which public decency, public morality, and the religious feelings of the in- habitants, are more openly or more frequently outraged, than at Portsmouth.—Portsmouth Herald. CHURCH RATES.—There was recently a most decisive triumph of the Voluntary Principle at Wakefield. NEWSPAPER TAX.—The subjoined passacre is con tained in a letter lately sent to Mr. Maudley, of Stafford, by Mr. E. L. Bulwer :—" Be assured that I will never cease to struggle for that principle, which deems that to enlighten the minds of the people is even more the duty of a patriot than to strengthen their hands. With respect to the stamp duties, I feel certain, and felt so even last session, that this parliament will witness a great reduction ; and might I venture to advise your fellow-advocates for the diffusion of cheap intelligence, I would strongly urge the expediency of accepting a great re. duction, even if we cannot immediately obtain an entire abo lition of the duty." — ree T gh h e e f A c d h d e r st e e s rfi s el t d o , wtfaise, K th l e N ß G o . the s sTCouncilo 'r of E Kie tD f D re ß m E in compliance with their request, forwarded by the Mayor to the Earl of Burlington, for the purpose of being that nobleman to his Majesty.—North Derby Ch ron i c l e. THE HIGH SHERIFF OF DENBIGHSHIRE. This functionary, we understand, is a merchant resident in Liverpool, who a few years ago sported 5,0001. i n the pur chase of a mountainous tract of land in Denbi g h s hi re,tl principal production of which, we believe, is —gr ouse. Ti ' l e c Sheriff is a near relation of the renowned Josh ua King and from the circumstance of the Rev. Gentleman maki ng , a, annual incursion into Denbighshire, in the month of Aukust--, - the above property was probably purchased for his recreatio,n and amusement. Be that as it may , it is too insignificant a qualification for the King's representative, in a county w hi ch boasts of so numerous a class of resident Gentry. Indeed it is high time these nominations were taken out of the hands of monopolising attorneys, who, for obvious reasons, are generally more anxious to stuff in their own clients, than to select proper persons to fill the office.—Carnarvon Her a ld. TO NATURALISTS.—WC have j ust seen a pearl of about one-twelfth of an inch in diameter, extracted from a per riwinkle. It has hitherto been represented that pearls are only found in oysters.—Hampshire Advertiser. MUTABILITY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS.--Amon" a bundle of old paper, in a snuff shop at Edinburgh, there was discovered a number of receipts and household papers, the pro perty, and several of them in the hand-writing, of the father of Sir Walter Scott. The dates run from 1777 to 1798, a period embracing- the bo)hood and 3 euthful days of the future author of Waverley, and some of the items, trifling in themselves, no:v assume an importance Irons being connected with the p orso. , of the gifted Minstrel. One of these occurs in a barber's a._ count (we beg pardon , they are hair - dressers now) ; a mt enumerating shaving, hair-powder, &c., it states—" to a new wig for Master Walter." From the date, this a ppears to 1 e in his fifteenth year , the time he suffered severe illness• from th e bursting of a blood vessel, when it is probable his hair was taken off. Some of the papers are docketed on the back Sir Walter himself, and here they are for snuff-wrapper proving that the greatest, as well as the most obscure, m ay " write for the snuff shop; as well as for glory l" L'ALLEGRO BY A WHIG. Hence, avaunt, ill-mannered Spleen I O! spare, gaunt form, and sallow mien, Out at elbows, grim and gory, And looking, with thy phiz so hoary, Just like some old-fashioned Tory— Hence, avaunt, thou ancient prig I'm a well-fed, jolly Whig, Happiest of the sons of earth And the very soul of Mirth ; I've no need of friends to borrow, By promising to pay to-morrow — (A proinise which is all a hum, For such to-morrows never come) — No, not I ; my prospects sunny Flow in streams of milk and honey ; Sawney, Johnny Bull, and Pat, - • When we meet, take off their hat, Compliment me on my size, Praise my good looks to the skies, And give me place, and pelf, and power, (Generous souls) by way of dower. Hurrah, then, lads, for a spree, I'm your man for well-timed glee Shall I shake my patriot fist At the long-tailed Pension List ? Scare a bigot with my frown, Or knock an Irish bishop down? While broad-shouldered brother Pat, Marvellously pleased thereat, Cries, like a Kerry boy of trim age, "Janus, what a lovely skrimmage l" Or shall I take a stick, and drub The whole existing Carlton Club, Just to hear the rascals roar, And John Bull cry out " encore ? Shall I do all this, or more ? Yes, for I will yield to no men In hatred to my country's foemen ; Tories swear by church and steeple, I swear only by the people ; Hence I'm in such good condition, (How unlike the Opposition 1) Hence I'm sanguine, rich, and gay, While the sun shines making hay, And showing by my form so stout, The difference 'twixt IN and OUT IL PENSEROSO. BY A TORY. Hence, ye twin-born fiends accurst, Hope and Joy, by Folly nurst ; Hence, with all your dreams of glory ! I'm a sour, desponding Tory, With eternal Spleen, I trow, Stereotyped upon my brow. Sure never, since the days of Priam, Lived so sheer a wretch as I am ! Doomed to pine (oh sad condition) In Siberian OppositiOn ; Doomed for aye, to bid good bye To the public Treasury ; And, worse, to sit and sulk o'nights, At the Carlton Club,.or White's, Afraid to call e'en for a tater Least the damu'd, suspicious waiter (Such vulgar dogs at nothing stick) Should hint that " Master gives no tick !" Come then, birds of Tory feather, Come, and let us croak together! What's the use of looking sunny, When we've neither place nor money ? We've no prospect, and no hope, Save from arsenic or a rope, Let us, then, 'mid tears and sighs, Dole out dismal prophecies ; England's ruined, or if she Be not, at least she ought to be ; Ere another year has pass'd, Mother Church shall breathe her last ; . Down shall go the Funds, and down With them, go the Monarch's crown; While Rapine, in the shape of Dan, Shall summon his Destructive clan, To fleece the wealthy with their shears, Destroy the poor dear House of Peers, And in a deluge of ablution, Drown our once glorious Constitution 1 Billy Holmes's Kay of pronouncing the word " potatoe." KING'S BENCH-(THIS D AN). There were two Special Jury cases on the list for trial, both of which were arranged at the sitting of the Court. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY.) _ _..._ CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are two French and two Ostend mails. We have also several arrivals of ship letters from the Eastward. _ . The Journal du Commerce of Antwerp of yesterday gives the prices of the Dutch Funds of the 19th of Feb.:—Two and a Half per Cents. 55i 56 ; Five per Cents., 103{ ; Ar doin's Loan, 48k. The same paper states, that Austria has proposed to Prussia to join her in preventing the differences on the eve of break ing out between England and Russia ; but Prussia has refused to comply ; and Austria has decided to conduct herself ac cordingly ; and has sent special instructions on the subject to her Ambassadors. Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 20th December, have been received at the North and South American Coffee House. We subjoin the following extracts:— " Our intelligence from the frontier this week is scanty. The country, as far as the Kei, is said to be tranquil, and a treaty, offensive and defensive, has been rati fi e d with a chief of the Tambookies, named Massassa. The basis of this treaty, however, we do not pretend to understand. He is said to be received within the limits of the Colonial Territory, as now defined. Defined by whom ?—and by what right ? These questions must be answered in a satisfactory manner to the British Government." " WITENHAGE, DEC. 12.—0 n Saturday last his Excellency the Governor arrived here, from Perth Elizabeth ; and yes terday left for Cape Town. Plans of batteries have been struck out upon two eminences adjacent to the town, which are to be mounted with cannon. The news from the frontier announces all quiet. " A meeting of the Caffre Chiefs took place on the 12th of December, at the residence of Colonel Smith, at which the Tmocano Tayah and Unhale were invested with badges of Chief Magistrates of their own districts, having previously taken the oath of allegiance as subjects of the King of Eng land. Colonel Smith addressed the Chiefs, calling upon them to exert their influence in putting down murder, witchcraft, and theft; and to induce Creeli and Boaku to return by the Ist of January, 25,000 bullocks and 100 horses, which they were bound by treaty to fulfil; but which they hesitated to perform." THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the price they left off on Saturday, 91i i both for time and money. No business of consequence has been done as yet. Exchequer Bills 19 21; India Bonds 3 5; Bank Stock 218 k 219 ; India Stock 255 257. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds continue heavy, at 46# ; Portuguese 83k ; Three per Cents. 531 ; Colom bian 32i ; Mexican 36} 37 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. 55i HALF-PAST ONE. The British funds continue steady, at 911 buyers for the Account, and 91i for next time. There is not a feature in the Market worth observation. Exchequer Bills, 19 21 ; India Bonds, 5 ; Bank Stock, 217 2181 ; India Stock, 255 i The Foreign Market continues ver y heav y . Spanish Active Bonds, which were in the morning 47i., have receded to 47 1 ; Portuguese 831 ; Three per Cents. 52k 53 ; Colombian 321 ; Mexican, 364- ; Dutch 2} per Cents, 55k. Little doing in Shares. We do not hear of any further arrivals. A private letter from Vienna says that Don Carlos's agents there have been dismissed by the Emperor ; and the horizon has a cloudy appearance with respect to the affairs with Russia. THREE 0' CL CK. Consols for the Account, 94. QUICKSILVER. --A mine of liquid quicksilver has been found in Haute Vienne. In the same spot a vein of gold was supposed to exist, but it was not rich enough to pay for the working. THE FARMER'S GALLOPADE. --A farmer not one hundred miles from attended the ball there one even ing of last week, and returned home in the morning about the usual time of commencing to thrash. Having desired the ser ♦ants to yoke the mill, he changed his clothes, went to the barn, and took his stance to feed the mill, but fell asleep. No sooner was the mill set agoing, and a servant had handed him a sheaf to feed the mill with, than he took it round the middle with one arm, and commenced a capering in imitation of a gal lopade, the other arm waving gracefully in the air. The asto nished servant seeing that that he was more likely to feed the mill with his arm than with the sheaf, took hold of him, and he being interrupted in his gallopade, awakened in a great pas sion, conceiving he had been insulted by one who was no gen tleman, but to his confusion he found he was in his own barn, in place of the ball-room, holding a sheaf of corn by the middle instead of a lady's waist, and had mistaken the noise of his mill for the charming music of the musicians. The servant having shown him how nearly he lost his arm in his caper, the confounded farmer was able to refrain from sleeping till the morning's work was over.—Ayr Observer, LITERATURE LAMB'S POETICAL WORKS. Moron. London, 1836. However suitable the genius of Charles Lamb may have been to the quaint, fantastic essay, where wit and humour, subtle thought, and acute speculation on life, are blended together in odd but harmonious fellowship, it was ill calculated for the purposes of poetry. It wanted ease, pliancy, and that fine ima ginative apprehension, without which, though there may be ingenious versification, there can be nothing really and truly poetic. In all Elia's attempts at verse we find a constant elaborate straining after effect; but though the mountain is so often in labour, it sel dom or never produces anything better than a mouse. The best of his poems is his well-known song on the " Old Familiar Faices," which, however, is suc cessful, not so much from the manner in which it is treated, as from the nature of the subject. The very repetition of those three magical words at the close of every stanza have—like the Scottish " Auld Lang Syne"----a charm in them for the reader, which will always carry him readily through the poem, no matter how stiff and prosaic the rest of the lines may be. As. for the " Tragedy of John Woodville" —on which we believe C. Lamb greatly piqued him self—it is at best but a mere bald, servile imitation of our elder dramatists, Massinger especially, with but one solitary passage that can lay the slightest claim to fancy or feeling. Its blank verse is the blankest possible—stiff, prosy, here an Alexandrine in its length, and there " curtailed," like King Richard, of its " fair proportions ;" and through out as utterly unmelodious as that remarkable sow gelder's horn which so annoyed Don Quixote, when walking on the ramparts of the Enchanted Castle. Most assuredly it is not by his sonnets, lyrics, or album verses, that Charles Lamb will go down to posterity. As a poet, he will be forgotten long ere the first spring flowers shall have withered on his grave ; but as a critic, and above all, as an essayist, he stands as fair a chance of immortality as Steele, Addison, or even " surly Sam" himself. It is impos sible to think too highly of his prose, or too meanly f of his verse. CHERVILLE'S FIRST STEP TO FRENCH. E. Wilson, 'London, 1836. A useful elementary little work, containing a collec tion of progressive familiar conversations, in French and in English. The plan, if not original, has at least simplicity to recommend it, its main object being to present a comprehensive view of the French language, by means of connected examples, easy to be recollected by the young pupil. This object the author has ac accomplished with great skill. WAVERLEY NOVELS-1 3 41n I, 11, 111, IV. Either, London, 1836. A Number of this admirable collection of novels is published every Saturday, at. the compardQy insig nificant price of one shilling, and the our first of these are now lying before us. The are neatly printed, and have the advantage of som dmirable Illustrations from the pencil of Tinter, rich will, no doubt, be the means of still furtlA ncreasing the circulation of these well-known fictions. LAYS OF THE HEART. Smith, London, 1836. An unpretending volume of Poems, in which there are occasionally some pleasing images, and indications of considerable feeling. The author, if we may judge from the wilfulness of some of his rhymes, and the un pruned luxuriance of his epithets, is a very young man ; and if so, we would recommend him to study the works of our hest models in poetry, before he again ven tures to appear in print. Above all, do not let him affect, like Master Stephen, to be too " melancholy and gentlemanlike," which ie no more a proof of genius, than walking abroad without a shirt-collar, with " looks commercing with the skies." THE SCHOOL BOY. Longman, London, 1836. This Poem is very much in the manner of Gold smith, and is evidently the production of a writer of cultivated mind and elegant fancy. Had it possessed a little more nerve and vigor of thought, it would have had a far greater chance of becoming popular ; though we doubt not, that even in its present state, it will find favor with the select few. HIS TORY OF THE 0 VER THR OIV OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Whittaker. London. 1836: A sensible and industrious compilation—for it can aspire to no higher praise—from the works of a va riety of historians. Occasionally, We see tra ces o f original thinking, which convince us that the author might employ his talents more advantageously to him self and the public. The account of the last sack of Constantinople is animated, but will not bear a mo ment's comparison with Gibbon's stately and heart stirring record of the same imposing event. LARDNER'S CABINET CYCLOPIEDIA. No. LXXV. Longman. London. 1836. There is much valuable matter in this volume, which treats chiefly of botanical matters ; though we should have a better opinion of it, if it were less en cumbered by harsh, technical phrases, which must be caviare to nine out of ten readers. But this, perhaps, is not so much the fault of the author, as of his subject. FINE ARTS. HIGHLAND HOSPITALITY. Hodgson, London. 1836. There is considerable animation and character in this picture, which is engraved by Giller from an ori ginal painting by Lewis. The scene represented is a Highland cottage, in which two sporting „gentlemen, hungry, no doubt, and thirsty, and fatigued with the pursuits of the morning, have taken temporary refuge. One sits leisurely smoking his cigar, which being somewhat of the shortest, he holds to his mouth by the tongs ; and the other is just about to experimenta lize on the virtues of his Highland host's whiskey, who is himself busy in pouring out glass after glass with an expression of countenance implying, " you are welcome to the best I have," while the " gude wife" is casting many an admiring glance at the hand some strangers ; and her daughter also, though more slily, is on the same laudable look out. The group ings of the different figures are remarkably natural, and not less so, the subordinate accessories of which the picture is made up. The strangers' dogs, in par ticular, have quite an aristocratic air about them. They seam conscious that they belong to the " and one of them casts a very edifying glance of disdain at the cottager's humble colley, who, however, is by no means deficient in spirit and acuteness, though perad venture it may be of a plebeian stamp. The engrav ing is one which, from its cheerful character, is very likely to become a favourite. S UN- SE T. Hodgson, London. 1836. This is a very carefully finished engraving from a painting by the late lamented Richard Bonnington, which is now in the possession of the Marquis of Westminster. The materials of which it is constituted are the simplest possible—a homely old cottage, with one or two children loitering outside ; a low, naked. sea-shore, utterly destitute of picturesqueness ; and a tranquil expanse of water, lightly tinged by the sunset • hues, with here and there a white sail glistening In the distance. Yet out of these rude, and familiar ma terials, the artist has contrived to work up a painting , which is f u lly equa l i n m inuteness and beauty of de tail, to the b es t o f C ra bb e 's descriptions. But 13 011- nington was an ar ti s t, i n hi s way, of first-rate g enius, which at once ex pl a i ns the secret of his success. SCOTLAND AND SCOTT. Fisher : London, 1836. This is the first number of a series of Landscal22- historical Illustrations of Scotland and thoAlraverley Novels, and contains two engravings, the subjects of which are both taken from Waverley. The designs for the future numbers will, we-Understand be supplie d by by . Turner, assiste by Lyidseer and other ar tists of eminence ; and th pric,/ of each will be on l y shillina—a small pr . (e, indeed, if the work b e coil tin i the sam uperior style in which it has be n commenced. - ---- - - ----- THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals of most descriptions grain are 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 ; derate, and of Flour the quantity was not considerable. ,f,'",..5 trade geaerally was firm, and Wheat was again dearer. '''''„ morning the supplies fresh up of every kind of corn 'core better than last week. The millers purchased all the bes t parcels of Wheat freely at Is. to 2s. per qr. advance on last Monday's terms, but the trade was slack for all other qu alities , s Fine Malting Barley maintains its last quotations ; other sort continue dull in sale. Beans firmly support last week's ra tes ' Pease of both kinds have no variation. The buyers of Oa ts are chiefly out of stock, and the demand continues good a' rather higher prices than this day se'nnight. The mil lers have endeavoured to advance the top prices of Flour to 42 " bttt this has not been unanimously agreed to. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. ..--1. Wheat, Red (old) Tis. 4ls. Beans, Small (new) ..... -g• , .-- White (01d)... 40s. 455. --- (old) ............ --s•L s , -Red 1835) - Tick (new) ............ 3'25 !)::,.. _- Fine aSs 40s. ---- Superfine 425. 435. - Harrow (new) ......... 3 4,4 ,1; -Wh to (1835) 365. 40s. -- (I I) .400- 4- ' 428. 448. Brank o , ........ . i 6 ois. Fine ` , s. --- Superfine 455. 48s. Oats, Feed Foreign free -s. s. New .. l' s ' ...... • ~s 2. „ Rye 30s. 114 s. Poland Barley .1s 2:5g. -.-Ne• f 20.1 2• New ............. 055.00 . - Grinding ' 24s. 268. Potatoe - Malting •zBs. 325. -- New ...... -'"- mss . Malt 445. 50s. Scotch ..... . 0 cr.-- -- Fine New 50s. 5Ss Irish 16,....... 1 3 '• 3 9:: Pease, Grey, New 304 325. Flour Town (per sack) ...... . 26 " a s ! , - Maple New 32s 345. --- Seconds ................ ..:14s „„,••- -- White ')2s. 345. - North Country....... 9.,.:35 "'- 101.... - Boilers 16i! 38s Bran -% rElc -N LONDON DURING LASTX___--- ARRIVALS oF GRAIN I Wheat Barley. Oats. o acic S English I 656 2 qrs I 9,759 qrs. I 9,:_;5 , ) qrs. 6, 7 - Irish . - - 9,2,i0 Foreign I SMITHFIEL The supply to this day's marke dull, at the following ) MARKET. was not great, and the trade RN PRICES PER STONE OF BLII. TO SINE THE OFFAL!" q d• s. d. to s. d d. to • • 0 5 ; 4 3 a Interior Beasts o 4 2 6 I ntet i er S h eep l.. • 3 .... Second quality ditto 2lO 3 2 Second quality ditto ..... •'3 4 4 4 5 Prima large Oxen 4 0 4 4 Coarso-wolled ditto ...• 4 t, 511 Prime Scots, 8,,c 410 5 2 Small Porkers ...... . ••••• 14 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs ............. 4.. 3 ° 4 ' Prime small ditto 4 0 S•ickling Calves each —l4 c 30 0 i Quarter old Pig, each. 10 1, .., SUPPLY, AS Pelt CLERK'S STATEMENT. , Beasts. PfP"' 2,630 2 S O" F 7 e O I O). I Calves.2:'s 1 4;0 i • ' .220" g About 300 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban'; road ; about,,ofer the other northern roads; mon. 220 (including Ina) from the .,d (air all midland ,tistricts : about 111-0 trono Not folk, Suffhlh, I.:ssex , ',..l„,inde b7idgeshire ; about 140 from Rent and Sussex ; and most of the rein rom the marshes, &c. iu the neighbourhood of London. _______---"'". NEWG ATE AND LEA At per stone, i i. to s• i ; s 61. to 8 d s . . 6 I Beef, inferior 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior ......... . ~, 3 - middling . ..... >., -- prime large '3 4 38 - prime ............ :' ''' ' 4 4 3 -- prime 6mat ..........1 8 310 i Pork, large 3 Veal 3 8 5 it I____sm a ll .................. 4 4 JENHALL MARKETS. ,y the Carcusi NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET —Feb. SI . O. for Our supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day was large, off which there was a good demand, and the whole was take n las t readily, at an adva nce o f 2 s . per quarter on the pr i ce s Of ere Saturday. Oats met a dull sale, and last week's prices '',.. e , barely supported. Fi ne B ar l ey i n good demand, an d l a te Pl;_lc at are fully supported. Malt sl ow sa l e. B eans an d P ea s wit' ai , change. Rye nominal. Ship Flour in good demand, at advance of Is. per sack. New. Old. Wheat, Northumberland Norfolk and Suffolk 39s. 47, ..... .. —°. --- ' - Berwick and Scotch 370. . ....... 411 5 . - Foreign —s. —,..•,,... —s'. —'• Bye, Norfolk and Suffolk - Foreign s. s —s. --'• D, Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sulfolk... 28s. 31s ---- Grinding and Feeding :23s. ifs Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk 504. 55 , —s. --`• Beans, Small lls. 333 . —S. --': - Tick 303.313 --s --0• Pease, White 4os. 425..... —s. —O. - Gray Oats, Northumberland, Fotatoe ...... ----- -- Feed 173 19; . 194. 203. Foreign —s. N G. . j 1 Flour (per sack) s.: s ....... 30,4. 323. NEWspAPER STAMP DUTY.--Ilis Worship tl) 9 Mayor, in compliance with a requisition to that effeet,;bBs called a town's meeti ng t o cons id er t h e propriety of petit ni ing Parliament f or th e repea l o f t h e taxes on newspape°' p - t e l t. the means of com mun i cat i ng k nowledge generally. Them ing will tak e pl ace i n t h e Sessions-house, Chapel-street, °a. Thursday. —Liverpool Chronicle. GLASGOW ELECT ION . — A t twe l ve o'elok ou `N erd' nesday, She r iff Ali son, i n presence of a large crowd In fr To „T o of the Court-houses, made the offi c i a l announcement 0 ' state of the poll. B a ili e B ank i er, as Chairman of L or d 11 Liam Bentinck's C omm i ttee, i n the name of that no bleman , returned thanks f or the high honour whi c h h a d been conferred upon upon hi m b y appointing him representati ve o f a constituen c y large and influential as that of Glasgow. TAX ON N EWS PAPERS.—The people can Il i e%er li roperly att a i n any perfection in, what we call, their P° ltio • education, as long as the present oppressive and °die ° a er upon newspapers is continued. Great as has been their ds a vance, of late years, in this branch of knowledge, has been their thirst for it, driven on by the general mare bag intellect amongst us, there is no doubt that this irnP?"" Ce qualn" ll f shut out countlessnumbers fthat • • from intimate ac strength o with the state of public affairs, the position and boparties, and all those great and important matters w bie • t hout' only be derived through the medium of the press, and ',.. l ;hich• which no man can feel that interest about his country n .. c ' ton ought to glow in the breast of every Englishman. o ple' increased 01 dency of this mischievous tax, therefore, is to keep the P e ,,i s ao in ignorance ; and ignorance is the very state in which l°r 'i c in• would delight that they should continue.—Liverpool Cht" The swollen state of our Northern Rivers, in CO ; queue° of th e snow and rain, has proved very injuriou s prosecution o f th e sa l mon fishing, and the number ta k e n 'I ST trifling.—Leverness C our i er. fr Co Yl%lf RESTORATION TO PERPENDICULAR.- - le l3 l ol, ton-mill in the course of erection at Walshaw-lane, nea r to ol, which was bl own out o f its perpendicular by the late s fi re has, by the judi c i ous appl i cation of windlasses, &c., been stored to its former erect position.—Liverpool Chronieleq• „ NEWSPAPER PROSECUTION. —A man ti o , Brown, a bookseller, was last week convicted for sellingnots; stamped newspapers. He was convicted of five sep t a b r a a t te ne; but in consequence of a statement in mitigation tended to discontinue the offence in future, was ' fined i r . ,;iinif 10/. for each, i nstea d o f 20/., which the law awarded: ' - to pay, he is to be imprisoned for two months. NjOir EXTRAORDINAR Y C ASE OF RESCUE.—`-''' ere day last, as a c or p ora l and a file of men of the 23d Foot p his escorting a soldier from Manchester to our barracks, ° n re way to the hulk s a t W oo l w i ch, being a transport, t h e Y i joined on the road hith er b y two fellows, as the segu e thi. show, compani ons o f t h e convict. When they reaehed. n town, an invitation was given to the party, by the two eg in terested ones to halt a t a pu bli c house in the Market-Plaire'sh. order that the man i n c h arge m i g h t partake of sonic re e d ment, along with th e w h o l e party , b e f ore he was consigneog the black-hole in th e b arrac k s f or t h e n i g h t. Not au s P, v e coo' the trap which was l a id f or th em , t h e escorting Par'Jciiall sented, and they all partook of some - beef-steaks and a ar o tity of ale, which they continued to e nj o y. Th e so l d i ers bee jo g so intoxicated in consequence of th e a l e g i ven to them b e ing " drugged" by the two fell ows , th at t h ey became 0:11-the either to defend thems e l ves or p rotect t h e i r charge, an d la of' general row which followed, kicked up no doubt for the p in pose, pose, the prisoner con t r i ve d to s li p off the handcuffs alho double-quick time made his escape. The two fellows, ° ° t ing how well th e pl an h a d succeeded, lost not a move;Fieli taking their departure also, leaving the three soldiers tO the cud of bitte r di sa p po i ntment, and to return to i ria9rl ters with a sad re p or t o f t h e i r own indiscre tion.—°`° r Advertiser. r Aber EXCOMMUNICATION.—Th e Presbytery 0. o de deen are making an att em p t to restore the revolting r ro e of bringing matters of scandal before promiscuous co ,g o f tions on the Sabbath-day. An individual, accused e or breach of the Seventh Commandment, and of c ontul , "ag a refusal to obey the usual summons of the Kirk Sessio befo re publicly cited, from all the parochial pulpits, to appear b l am e ' sars' r the ensuing meeting of Presbytery ; and it was at t a, t h i s_ time intimated that this step was taken, in accordance s ' e ` nte ,,,ce t rules of the Church, preparatory to pronouncing the so that of the greater excommunication. As it was well I'ol° ref , this horrible species of Church censure had not been 3lf 5 to, at least in this part of the country, for more than be ets century, and as even common public rebukes had lag j oie discontinued, the citizens generally, and the more le s P i e or ticti: i and moderate of the adherents of the Establishme nt l ot alr' larly, heard of the intimation with mineled astonishirai.. r e' indignation. On Sabbath last, however, the eitationesaessarl peated; and it is now understood that, after the _ e ij etv steps have been taken, the sentence of the r eater exce, a rti• nication will be duly pronounced against the offendilinrcking For the information of our readers, and at the risk of sea' Of tu h their religious feelings, we shall reprint the form 0 ro e i s to tence. The day being come, " the minister sermon suited to the solemn occasion ;" and, a fter ) gr , da ter " with great grav i ty and authority, " to pronou nce lido excommunication. —Ab er d een H era ld. ti - tek e 113 d TIIE LACE TRADE.--Since our last , • _A a been several buyers in the market far white goods, an ,e 51);, considerable amount has been sold by the man and neli _ cially fancy goods, which arc in good dema nd ; terns are eagerly sought for.---Nottingham Re view '. • , ,