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LITERATURE. Is AND THE PAR I:1 Nn IN 1835, 2 VoL4, . _ - Bentley; itstOhi, 1835. Mrs. Trollope,thOusli one of the mast uriters of the dav-,-generally illn / .jllB her appearance once or twice a year as ,a novelist or atraveller—is by 'HO means remarkable for her soundness or profundity of obP , ervation. She is fond of sacrificing truth to effret, as in her well-known work on America, which 'as full of 'broad, reckless ccricatute, and seemed to be written with no other view than to raise a laugh against Brother Jonathan. This, however, it was, that formed its chief recommendation in the eves of the Quarterly Review—a journal which, WC regret to state, has not yet got over its old transatlantic pre judices—and it was in consequence. of the favourable manne r in which her talents were regarded by this periodical, that Mrs. Trollope has been enabled to take a tolerably high stand as an authoress. But her present work will scarcely sustain her reputation. In many places it is as much a novel as her " Tremordyn Cliff," and, througholit, seldom or never pierces below the surface in its estimation of Parisian character. Yet, though we do not rate its intellectual power very highly, it is impossible to deny it the praise of being . a n amusing book. Though Mrs. Trollope occasion ally dogmatizes, yet her dogmatism is not offensive fr om any pompous air of superiority she assumes. The tvorst we can, .say of it is v that it is- specious and flip- Pant, and thrown off with an air of utter indif ference). so . that 'the reader may pin his faith on it or not, just as he pleases. It will be seen from the ohjoined extract that Mrs. Trollope is no admirer of the " Glorious Three Days," which, she says in her usual quiet sarcastic manner, have given the Parisians 1 . 1 . 0 oth er pr i v i lege than that of " presenting themselves (tiny, ; instead of clean, before the eyes of their mag nates". •---, ti s 4 b . L :" the present moment, however, some of the rub ,;" !Jlt the commotion of " the Ordonnances' stirred up 4, 5 11 be seen floating about in what surface ; and . it is 'cult t o o b serve w i t h ou t a smile what chiefly consists 1:0 liberty which these immortals have so valiantly bled to 4 equire. W e ma y truly say of the philosophical popula tion of Paris, that " they are thankful for small matters ;' one of th e mos t rema r k a bl e o f th e i r new l y - acqu i re d r i ghts Ping certainly the privilege of presenting themselves w rtY. instead of clean, before the eyes of their magnates. " I a m sure you must remember in days of yore,that a t o say, before the last Revolution—how very agreea bl e part of the spectacle at the Louvre and in the Tuileries G ardens 'was. constituted by the people—not the ladies and look pretty much the same everywhere ; but the , careful coque t r y o f th e p re tty cos t umes? now a c "*loise, and now a toque—the spruce neatness of the men *he a tte n ded them,—nay, even by the tight and tidy tri mness of the wee things' that in long waist, silk apron, and th snow-whi te ca p, an d f au ltl es s chaussure, trotted be s id e 'am All these added greatly to the pleasantness and gaiet y o f the scene, But now, till the fresh dirt. (not the fresh gloss) of the Th . ree Days' labour be worn off,'dingy jackets, uncomely easquetles, ragged blouses, and ill-favoured round -eared caps, that look as if they did duty night "and day, mu s t a ll b e tolerated ; and in this toleration appears te consi s t at present the principal external proof of the I n creased liberty of the Parisian mob." Mrs. Trollope gives a moderate tribute of praise to the pacific policy of Louis Philippe, of whose saga city, however, she has doubts, because, forsooth, he laughs like one of the greatest men of the 18th century, Frederick the Second of Prussia, " at treasonable ca ricatures and seditious pleasantries of all sorts'!" This " doubt" gives us no very elevated idea of Mrs. Trol lope's sagacity. Of Victor Hugo's productions, which she discusses at some length in a chapter expressly de voted to the subject, she speaks in terms of marked reprobation. Some of her observations on this bead are deserving of attention; but, generally speaking, they are too severe and l'..arneasured in their tone. The volunes are embellish e d with a variety of engravings, Nvhich*add greatly to, their attractions. L IFE of PRINCE TALLEYRAND. Vols. 111. and IV. The Life. Lond on : Ch urton , 1836. of Talley ran d is yet to be written. These volumes, interesting as they undoubtedly are, convey but a very faint impression of the real character, and a still fainter idea of the social habits, of the ex-BiShop of Autun. The author is too much of a politician, and too little of an agreeable gossip, to write lives of such men as the Prince of Benevento, in the only way in - which the world would like to read them. Hetella us that he studied diplomacy under Talleyrand, and that, In fact, he belonged to the Foreign-office during the Consulship ; but though this may inspire confidence in such statements as regard official questions not yet sufficiently authenticated, it by no means proves that he possesses those talents absolutely necessary to the productiOn of interesting biographical memoirs. He has betides several positive faults, which in themselves amount almost to a disqualification. One of these is tlye constant introduction of himself, standing on tip toe, between the reader and the great diplomatist, as if lie wished for a time to overshadow the celebrated hero of his work. Thus, at the opening of every chapter, we are almost sure to find him prepared to apprise us that he is going to relate somethi:og startling ; and - what is more, that the story when told shall be true I Then there is the anticipatio ns of a thousand critical attacks on his statements% followed by tens of thou sands of, assurances t l ,lat the writer does not care a singl e sous for all the~ critics in the world. Besides the singular number is never used to denote the writer ; and though he is constantly obtrudinn• himself on our notice, he does not relate a single anecdote showing that Talleyrand ever held a personal conference, or took part in a conversation with him. All this shows a great want of true delicacy; a great deficiency in the tact of w r i t i ng t h e bi ography of a man still living ; and by implication, a want of the faculty of representing With fidelity a pictur e of the mind Aud imuners of the prince tie Talleyraml, The writer, moreover, betrays a number of prejtlilace-3, without which his . work would have been equally perfect, and quite•as,valuable. The Worst epithets apr)ear to him too good to apply to England ; and w:lien be gets into the camps of the First Consul and the Emperor, or takes his place at the European Dauncil Board, it requires the reader to have a ,g°°d sto'4l . ; of pati ence t o awa i t hi s re - appearance at the uffici'al or private residence of Prince Talleyrand. This, 'work is, however, of the greatest importance as a k ey "to the diplomatic history of the Consular and hape.rial Governments' of Napoleon. It is, moreover, the only historical record in which we have a correct representation of the state of public feeling among all "'classes in Paris during these memorable and ev e ntful peri o d s . Neither is it deficient as an apology for many of the crimes and errors imputed to Talleyrand by his enemies, nor as a depository of his witticisms ; but w hi le the Minister and the Courtier is exhibited at fultl en gth it rarely o ccurs t h at we catc h so muc h as a glimpse of the man. To be brief, it is rather a sum nrry• the h i story of the Consulate and the Empire, t ,an the . hie of an individual who certainly exercised great in . fluenee over the affaits of France during the brief period of her Consular and Imperial glory. . There . in truth, but one person in Europe capa ble of writing tin, memoirs of Tallevrand, and that person is—himself. Profound, penetrating, sagacious, fond of mystification, witty, shrewd, frivolous, and li bidinous---a 'stickler for rank, a stockjobber, a gam blerdiplomatist b fo r p o wer, a y nature, and a rake by constitution—only in earnest when most in jest, and never earliest when seeming most serious_Tallevrand presented too many phases to be observ e d, muc h l ess understood by any p erso n save himself. With him . there was no ou t pour i ngs o f the heart—no moment s of invol un t ary wea k ness w h en t h e man is disclos e d, naked „ as he is, without, the . conventional c'Ovelings worn in society. It were to.stei• 1 . 6 write the lives of an hun dted ffieli such as Napoleon, than to sketch the cha racter of Charles Maurice . de Talleyraita; T here is this peculiarity abodt the ). Profession distin!:4. from all othett stamps an indelible impression upon the individual character, 't,•ti that the roan is for ever lost in the rieSt. 'the individual may renounce all conneetion with the Church—he may even enter another profession, in which a conduct the very reverse of clerical may be requisite to distinction ; nevertheless the priest, and not the man, will remain visible. The only quotation which we shall make from this work, is not the most creditable to the character of the ex-Bishop of Autun that we might select ; but it will serve to show the spirit by which the pa triots of the Consulate were actuated : ” Public credit rose once more by the severe probity of the Government, though its progress was slackened by the terror with which the very name of Buonaparte inspired jobbers, brokers, and speculators,—a set of men who, with few exceptions, should be denounced as robbers of. the public money. Napoleon waged implacable war against them ; the only instance perhaps in which we may be al lowed to prefer arbitrary power to justice, for justice was venal, and Bilenaparte's arbitrary power, in making these blood-sutkers of the State disgorge their ill-gotten wealth, wad always justly exercised. We do not mean to apply this opinion to an absolute despotic power ; we speak only of the splendid epoch of the Consulship, when everything which was done, independently of the law, was more favour able to the national interest, than the strict application of the law itself. ' At this period M. de Talleyrand had amassed considerable wealth. The profits of his specula tions in the French and Foreign Funds during Lord Malmes-. bury's negotiation at Lille, was supposed to have amounted to 150,000 francs. It is reported that be had received 1,200,000 from Portugal ; a million from Austria for the secret articles of the convention of Compo-Formio in 1797 ; a million from Prussia for giving her notice of these articles and preventing their being carried into execution ; 500,000 francs from the Elector of Bavaria, and as many from the King of Naples for the recognition of his neutra lity ; 50,000 crowns from the Pope, most probably as an expiation for the sentence of excommunication his Holi ness had formerly pronounced against the Minister, who received, moreover, 300,000 francs from the King of Sar dinia ,and 500,000 francs from the Grand Duke of Tus cany, for a guarantee of protection of his territories against the depredations of the French troops. Report added to these sums a million from the Cisalpine Republic, for the grant of a new constitution, which was really a very mode rate price for a constitution ; also 1,200,000 francs from the Batavian Republic for the same object, so that their constitution must have been worth 200,000 francs more than the Cisalpine ; 1,800,000 francs during the first six months of the Congress of Rastadt ; two millions, for his share of the prizes made by the French pirates of vessels belonging to the neutral powers ; a million from the Prince of Peace ; 500,000 francs from the Grand Vizier ; as much from the Hanseatic towns ; besides a pretty long list of millions and half-millions, which would have made M. de Talleyrand's fortune amount to upwards of thirty millions from the 18th Brumaire." $ s a a • However this may have been, the First Consul, who, as we have shown, was not to be trifled with on the score of fortunes rapidly acquired, one day sent for M. de Talley rand, and said to him in an affectedly mild tone of voice— ' By the bye, Citizen Minister, they say you are very rich : how does that happen ? ' " The simplest thing in the world, General : I bought stock the day before the 18th Brumaire, and sold it again the next day.' " This flattery was so ingenious, that Buonaparte could not take offence ; indeed, he was seldom offended with those whom he thought necessary to him, and the most implac able enemy of M. de Talleyrand cannot deny the impor tant services he rendered Buonaparte during the Consul ship. Besides, there were circumstances under which Na poleon, whose impatience almost outstripped time, did not stickle for a few millions more or less, provided matters fol lowed the current of his will." LINCOLN MUNICIPALITY. A correspondent, who furnishes us with a correct list of the new Corporation, congratulates the Reformers of Lin coln on the triumph they have gained. Lincoln has now a liberal mayor, six liberal aldermen, eighteen liberal council lors, a liberal sheriff, a liberal treasurer, and a liberal town clerk—all men of tried integrity, and possessing, to the fullest extent, the confidence of the citizens. Yesterday the election of four new councillors took place, in room of those who had been elevated to the aldermanic office ; and again the Tories resorted to their old practice of trickerY. But they failed ; and the result has given the greatest satisfaction, as establishing upon a firm basis the preliminary ballot system, and will be the means of uniting still more firmly all true Reformers. In the 'Minster Ward there was no opposition to the Liberals. The following gentlemen were elected : Mr. H. H. Byron, corn-factor ..........187 Mr. East, gentleman ..................... 189 The Tories knew there was no chance for any of their own party, and their only effort was to cause dissension among their opponents. The Dean and Chapter are astounded at the liberal choice of the Minster Ward, and our highly-talented and highly-whiskered Member, the Militia Colonel, is already trembling for the safety of his seat. As . the freemen of Lincoln are diffused all over the country, the following complete list of the new Corporation may be useful in your columns : Robert Fowler, Esq., Mayor and Alderman, Bridge Ward. Mr. Thomas Newton, Sheriff. BRIDGE WARD. MINSTER WARD. Alderman John Rudgard Alderman E. Fowler Luke Trotter C. Beaty, M.D. - Howson Councillor J. East Councillor William Fisher W. Rudgard R. Harvey E. J. Wilson John Stevenson H. H. Byron J. Nettleship W. Dawbor W. Wriglesworth 11. "Williams J. Hill G. Brooks G. Calder J. Turner T. 'Wetherell W. Bedford, jun Henry Blyth R. Mason, Esq Mr. C. Arno' 1., Town Clerk. Ad, Treasurer. The last year was fertile in dramatic productions in Paris ; 211 new pieces were brought out, the works of 183 authors. The following is the enumeration of them at each theatre :—Academy Royal de Musique, 3 (1 opera and '2 ballets) ; Theatre Francais, 10 (4 dramas and 6 comedies, besides 14 old plays reproduced) ; Opera Comique, 9 (and 6 reprises); Theatre Italien, 3 ; Gymnase, 16 ; Vaude ville, 17 ; Varieties, 26 (one of them with couplets) ; Pa lais Royal, 28 (including '2 operas) ; Gaite, 8 ; Ambigu Comique, 19 ; Porte St. Martin, 41 ; Cirque, 16 ; Po lies, 9 ; Choiseul, 14 ; Pantheon, 17 ; St. Antonie, 5. Total 211. On Tuesday last, between nine and ten o'clock at night, the inmates and family of Eddi.-,bury Lodge, the re sidence of C. W. Phillips, Esq., deputy-surveyor f Dela mere Forest, were much alarmed by the following diaboli cal occurrence :—The children had just retired from the nursery to their beds, when the report of a gun was heard the shots from which shattered all the glass, and entered the room. In the course of half an .hOur another gun, loaded with shot, was fired through the window of an ad joining apartment, in which a light had been placed, and the glass fractured ; but no One was injured in either in stance. It then seems that the villains who committed this most wicked outrage proceeded on to a lodge in the neigh bourhood, occupied by one of Mr. Phillips's woodmen, the windows of which were fired through and the glass de. stroycd, but fortunately no one was injured by the shots, as the inmates were in bed.—Chester Courant of Tuesday. An aged widow lady, named Stand.ley, residing at Alveston, near Stratford-nn-Avon, attended by a daughter and a servant, were in the habit of sleeping in one room, and during the cold weather of the past week, imprudently introduced a chafing-dish, heated by burning charcoal, al though frequently cautioned by a neighbour. Saturday last the neighbour was alarmed at being unable to arouse any one, although he made great efforts ; and, after calling some friends, a ladder was obtained, and on gaining access the three individuals were found in a state of suffocation. The servant, a fine young girl, was discovered, partly dressed, near the window, and the chafing-dish being thrown over, it is supposed she had made an effort to get to the window to open it. Surgeons were immediately sent for, and unwearied exertions made to restore animation, but the servant was quite dead ; although there were some encou raging symptoms in the case of the lady and her daughter, it was very doubtful as to the result.—Hereford Paper. ' In several quarters of Paris, and particularly in that of St. Eustache, a novel mode of swindling has been set on foot. An oyster..woman makes her appearance at the shop 'of a milliner or bonnet-maker, and makes purchases to the amount of 15 or 20 francs ; she pretends then to have forgotten her purse, but states that she is the oyster woman at the corner of the street, and will leave her tub of oysters under the counter until she can go and get the amount of the bill. She departs, and does not return, while the shopkeeper examines the tub of oysters, i n t en di ng t o open and eat them in all their freslines3, but has the be nefit of finding it to contain nothing but empty —Gc ',wile des Tribunaux. THE StJN; LONDON, ViitD AV, JANUARY S, 1836 BRIGHTON-THURSDAY. The King; accompanied hy Lad* ral d tiiu, di•oi'e out this aftern6in at his usual hour on the Rottingdean road. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and Sir A. Barnard quitted the Palace this morning for London, and arc not expected to return this seasorl. The performances of Mr. Bailee, Mr. and Mrs. 11. R. Bishop, yesterday evening, at the Palace, gave the utmost satisfaction. The celebrated chorus of Vire le Roi is a great favourite with their Majesties. Several more large balls are in contemplation, one of which ekcites intense interest in the fashionable world— namely, the " Bachelor's Fancy Ball," which will be got up on a scale of great splendour. The officers of the Cold stream Guards will give a grand ball shortly. The following distinguished persons had the honour 'of dining with their Majesties yesterday evening :—Countess of Charlemont, Lady E. Clements, Earl and Countess of Beverley and the Ladies Percy, Lord Lovaine, Marquis of Bristol and Lady G. Hervey, Lord Abingor, Hon. Camp bell Searlett, Baron Gersdorff, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ash ley, Sir E. and Lady Disbrowo and Miss Kennedy, Sir Jas. Cockburn, the Marchioness of Ely, and Sir Robert Smirke. On Tuesday, the Duke of Dorset, accempanied by Lord de Lisle and Sir Hilgrove Turner, visited Colonel Chatter ton at the barracks, and inspected the horses, &c. Prince ErneSt will review the 4th Dragoon Guards on his return to Brighton. NATIONAL DEBT. The iiorcls ,Cornmissioner; of his Majesty's TreaSufy —d ie d to flw ototulssietiers for the ReduCtion of naving cc.. the tact' 10, Geo. IV., the National pursuance o. l Debt, in -4' •• United e. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus Revenue of Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditurefthered, for the year ended 10th day of Octo ber, 1835, amounted to the sum of 1;541, 9041. Os. 90. The Commissioners for. the Reduction. of the National Debt hereby give notice that the sum of 385,476/.. Os. 2d. (being one fourth partof the said surplus of 1,541,904/. Os. 9d.) will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 77th day of January, 1836,..and the sth day of April, 1836, to the following purposes, viz.:--- To be applied to the . purchase of stock -£335,476 0 2 Add interest receivable on account of dona tions and, bequests, to be applied to the pur chase of Stock 3,241 15 5 .:C388,717" 15 7 S. Fil fIAM, Comptroller-Gcncral. National Debt 06Se, jar,. 4, 1836: SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE TOR Y PRESS. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Considering the slender chances which the Tories of the present day have of again obtaining a hold on the Government.of the country, and the absolute and unconquerable hostility felt by nearly all 'Classes of Englishmen to those members of the Tory faction whose principles and practice are most completely in accordance, we cannot wonder that the more clever and prudent organs of the party trek to turn away the public attention from dwelling'upon stihjects only cal culated to increase their enmity and diigust, Atid to fix it upon the only representative of Tory sentiments, who is in the slightest degree " presentable" to the people of this country. It is not that the views of the present idol of ." moderate" Toryism—Sir Robert Peel—arc in reality of a more sincerely liberal or enlarged character, than others of his party ; but his prudential conduct has placed him in a posi tion somewhat different from that of others ; and, it is hoped—by thrusting forward a politician so skilful—and one imbued with so many negative qualities as Sir Rotert, as the ,symbol and and repre sentative of modern Conservatism, that the most re pulsive feature of Toryism will be overlooked and for gotten by the British public. It is not that the Tories love their present leaderfar from it, they both dislike and fear him ; but they know that they cannot do without him ; and whatever feelings of envy or hosti lity they may secretly cherish are studiously hidden from general observation. Under these circumstances, it may not be unamusing or uninstructive to recal to mind the past, and in all probability the real and deli berate sentiments of his present eulogists, and to com pare their former studied depreciation with their pre sent. unmeasured flattery. A tolerably complete por trait of Sir Robert Peel might be drawn from the pages of the Times and the Standard alone. We shall se lect some specimens of their recorded opinions of that gentleman's qualities and pretensions. Character of Sir Robert Peel from the Times and Standard— His ABILITIES.—" The more accurately this gentleman is measured the more moderate we begin to suspect will his dimensions be found."— " lie may have been, and has been—but, spoilt by flattery he will not be again—a useful subaltern officer. To talk of such a man as a statesman or a chief, is merely an idle abuse of words, for no man whom it would be worth while to deceive would listen to such misrepre sentations."-.--Tinies. " His mind is of thin staple, carefully, yet not finely cultivated ; the soil is light and dry, not rich and deep ; no brilliant flowers, no costly fruits of delicious flavour— nothing beautiful by which society is adorned—nothing generous or noble by which true greatness is comme morated, has ever sprung from or ever been connected with this specimen of common-place nature."—Times. " A man wholly unworthy of the lowest degree of trust—a man of thoroughly proved incapacity."— Standard. HIS CANDOUR, LIBERALITY, &c.—", WP have been per fectly sickened with praises of Sir R. Peel's liberality, tem per, candour, &c. &c., in the course of some late discus sions. Sir R. Peel's liberality ! Sir R. Peers temper!! Sir R. Peel's candour!!! Why, the gentleman has for the last eight months been all but bursting with animo sity towards the Liberals, and with rage at their success throughout the land. There is nobody who, so far a; party politics are concerned, can crouch, or twist, or turn his back upon himself and his professions more skilfully than can the existing Tory leader. He can laugh on calculation, and look grave on joke ; yet we wilt venture to affirm that no gravity was ever put to so severe a test as that of the Right Honourable Tory Baronet, when some of the soft ones about the Treasury bench began to butter him on his ‘• liberality' and candour.'"—Times. HIS SERVILITY.—" Mr. Peel's denial of the secret influ ence at Windsor had been much better omitted. We know what its object was, but it 'will fail. There is a strong personal antipathy to him in a high quarter, and it is sought to overcome it by subserviency. We hear, in deed, that the dislike has been carried to such a length that it has been desired that, even on official business, the Right Honourable Secretary should be seen there as little as possible, and that the necessary communica tions may be conveyed through the head of the Ministry. Who would be a Minister upon such terms -?"—Tinges. HIS SACRIFICES FOR PLACE.—" His whole life presents but one record of prostrations : ex. gr., he sacrificed his principles to the acquisition of a new place, upon the Currency question ; he sacrificed his principles to the preservation of place, on the Test and Corporation Rs-- peal Bill ; he sacrificed his principles to the preservation of place, on the Popish question ; he gave way, for the sake of place, on the Magistrates' Chancery Reform Bill—the Scotch Judges Bill ; in short, upon every occasion in which place and principle came into collision."—Standard. 'lts CLAIMS TO OFFICE.—" Failing:other reasons for con tinuing Mr. Peel in office, his services are recounted,and very properly in the front of the schedule are put the occasions on which lie betrayed his post, or run away from it ; they are, indeed, the landmarks of his political his tory, and we fully accept them as all the proofs of his integrity or talent which can be offered. As to his re pealing of time-repealed laws, his slaying of the that prudent activity'—happy phrase—which he dis played in denouncing abuses, which, after as careful a scrutiny as Falstaf made of Hotspnr's corpse, be . ascer tained could present no danger ; for his prudent activity be may be entitled to a decent clerkship, but - certainly the Empire is not to be sacrificed to secure the continu ance of such nihili pill labours."—Standard. :Is REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.—" We know from Mr. Peel's own lips, that he it is who has been so long tor menting Ireland and disgracing England, by the mixed impolicy of a partisan and a bigot. To get rid of such a peddling interloper between true Statesmanlike principles of action and the nation, for whose benefit they will henceforth, we trust, be al lowed to act, without such illegitimate obstructions, is a real advance towards public happiness, and a subject•of . honest rejoicing to the empire."—Times. COMMITTEE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. THE CITY OP LONDON MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL Yesterday a very numerous meeting of the Committee of the whole Court, upon the Municipal Corporation' of London, took place at Guildhall, to receive a communication from the Municipal Corporation Inquiry Commissioners relative to their Report on the City of London, and to the Bill proposed to be introduced into Parliament thereon. William Pritchard, Esq., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN informed the Committee that' he had considered it necessary to call the members together to con sider the result of the communication which he had by their direction made to the Commissioners of Corporation Inquiry. He had addressed the following letter to the Secretary to the Commissioners : - " Doctors' Commons, Dec. 12, 1835. " Sir—l have been requested by the Committee of the whole Court of Common Council, in relation to the municipal institutions of the City of London, to convey to his Majesty's Cornmissioners who have investigated' the state of the Corpo ration of London, the expression of the great anxiety with which the Committee have for some time past been expecting . that the Commissioners' report of the result' of that investi gation would be completed and made public. The Com mittee having understood that tile report is very near comple tion, beg leave respectfully to suggest to the Commissioners the great advantages that would attend its being perfected (if practicable) in sufficient time to admit of its being considered, nof only by his Majesty's Government, but also by the Coly art of U :on Council, with the deliberation due to its importance prior t 4) the approaching session of Parliament, in the early 1) s vhich it will no doubt become the subject of have s tive mea -I:sure of some extent and difficulty. —I the honour -;to be, & c., "J. Parkes, Esq., Sec., &c. ~ Will. PRITCHARD." To thi s letter he had received the following answer : AWNiotrAt., COAPQRATION COMMISSIONEAS--ENGLAND AND WALES. " 21, Great Geor e - s t r eet, Westminster, Dec. 19, 1835. " Sie,_ln answer to your letter of the 12th instant, re liipecting the completion a the report of the Commissioners 04 ~ COURT CIRCULAR. The Russian Ambassador, the Sardinian, Belgic, Portu guese, and Brazilian Ministers, visited Viscount Pahnerston yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Messrs. Kirby, Coster, and Burnell presented a petition to Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street, re specting Trinity Chapel. Lord John Russell arrived in town last evening, from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. Despatches for the Earl of Gosford, his Majesty's High Commissioner and Governor-in-Chief of Lower Canada, were sent off last evening from the Colonial Office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA7'TESALL'S. THE DERBY. 6 to; 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot,--offered, 12 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Mumniy--offered 15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Babel colt—taken :20 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Taishtecr 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's The Cauld Boy of Helton—taken Offers to bet 13 to 1 against each of,the first four. The others as on Monday. T. LEGEIt. The entry for the St. Leger amounts to 75, and not to 76, as stated in the beghining of the week, Taishteer having been named for the Newmarket instead of the Doncaster St. Leger. The entry for the Newmarket St. Leger includes Lord Lich field's Elis, Duke of Grafton's Alumnus, Duke of Grafton's Cal muck, Mr. Batson's Taishteer, Lord Exeter's Brother to Beiram, Mr. Forth's Brother to St. Nicholas, Mr. Thornhill's colt, by Merlin, or Merchant's dam, by Phantom ; Lord Jersey's Brother to Musquito, a filly of Lord Exeter's, and another—in all ten. We have not learned the names of the two last. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Lord Yulaoro;g h's Hounds on Monday at Hell Furze ; Wednes day, at at Saxby Mill ; Friday, at 131jboroup - „h Hall ; Saturday, at Roxton Wood—at 11. Mr. B. Fretwell's Hounds on Tuesday at Cold Aston ; Thurs day, at Winchcomb ; Saturday , at the Rising Sun—at 11. Mr. W. Horlock's Hounds on Wednesday at Bremhill Grove— half-past 10. The Devizes Harriers on Wednesday at Tan Hill ; Saturday, at Tinker's Plentation-11. Mr. A, Smythe's Hounds on Monday at Oare Hill ; Tuesday, at Manningford Abbots ; Thursday, at Ftnckley Down ; Friday, at Porton Firs--11. The Cheshire Hounds on Monday at Weaver Hall ; Wednesday, at Kinderton ; Thursday, at Tatton Park; ,Saturday, at Bartington Heath—hf-p. 10. - - - Sir T. Stanley's Hounds on Tuesday at Hawarden-10. . Mr. S. Oven's Hounds on Monday at Onslow; Wednesday, at Uffington; Friday, at Condover Hall—hf-p. 10. The Wynn stay Hounds on Monday at Worthenbury Village; Saturday, at Overton Cross—at 11. Mr. Meynell's Hounds en Monday at Wichnor Park; Thursday, et Longford ; Saturday, at Blythbury—half-past 10. The Marquis of Hastings' Hounds on Wednesday at Whitehors Wood ;Saturday, at Morley Toll Bar—half-past 10. e Mr. Portman's Hounds on Thursday at Lydlinch Bridge ; Friday, at Shillington Cliff—half-past 10 The C. H. on Wednesday, the 13th, at East Lydford Gate ; Wednesday, 20th, at Down House ; Saturday, at Anchor Bridge ; Wednesday, the 27th, at Babcary ; Saturday, at Galhampton. Mr. Hall's hounds on Monday at the Windmill Inn, Chariton— half-past 10. The Thanet Harriers meet on Monday at Monkton Sea Mark ; Wednesday, at Minster Mills ; Friday, at Nash Court Hill--at 10. The Brookside Harriers on Mondays at Newmarket Hil ; Wed nesdays, at Lewes Race Course ; Fridays, at Telscombe Tye—half past 10. The Brighton Harriers meet every Monday at Patcham ; Wed nesdays, at the Race Course; Fridays, at the Dyke. Mr. Giles (Mathon and Colwall) intends hunting the Gloucester 1 country on Thursdays ; the home country he will hunt on Fridays, AS usual, for the remainder of the season. The yeomanry of the Cotswold Hunt invited Mr. Fretwell to a dinner, on Tuesday last, at the Naunton Inn. A highly respectable,corneany assembled on the occasion, and the even ing was spent with all the conviviality so characteristic of true sportsmen. Sir J. FLOWER'S HOUNDS.—Sir J. Flower's hounds met w the Round on Wednesday last to hunt a deer, upon which oc casion a handsome breakfast wes provided. The field were met at the Hall by the hospitable Baronet, who was particu larly attentive ; but the peculiar elegance of Lady Flower's attention and kindness was the general remark. A large party of Ladies had assembled at the Hall to see the deer, which was turned off in front of the house about twelve. The hounds went off after twenty minutes in brilliant style, but from the numerous field were constantly checked, by the deer being headed. Strange, though true, the deer was taken, after two hours' run, close to the Hall, when Sir James in the most libe ral manner again invited the field to refresh themselves there. THE BRIGHTON HARRIERS.---Our harriers met on Tuesday, for the first time since the frost, at Patcham, and found thoir first hare near Pangdean Holt, whence she went off nearly to Clayton mill at good speed. A boxed hare was then turned out near Brappoole Barn, and, delighted at regaining her liberty, she went Oh to North-heath, leaving Saddlescombe to the left, thence nearly to the London-road, where, being headed, she went off towards Newtimber Holt, and turned back over North-heath once more, and reached nearly to Patcham, where she crossed the London-road, and took away to Pang dean Holt, through which she passed, and turning to the east ward, made her way nearly to Patcham, whence she turned once more to the north, and had nearly reached Standean, when the dogs, after having chased her above two hours, ran in upon her and killed her in good style. Although the diameter of the circle run in that time was but limited, yet the space she so often went over by various doublings must have measured very many miles iu extent. The ground was much better than could have been expected after so severe a frost and heavy fall of snow, and no accident for one moment marred the pleasures of the chase. .The Kilkenny Hounds had a rasping chase last week after a " raial fox," who " puts up his horses,"' and " knocks" them up sometimes, in the neighbourhood of Mullinavat. He gave them a run unchecked of one hundred minutes by Joh'n Power's gold repeater, and then kissed hands to them as he brushed over the demesne wall of Besborough. The ground Was rather splashy for such work, and many a tall fellow cooled his ardour in a boghole during the hunting of that day. An eye witness of the exploits (quorarn pars magna fuit) thus cele brates the downfall of Mr. Tom White, who broke down a bridge to his own share in this remarkable chase :—" One of the most perilous accidents of the day was that which befel Mr. T. White ; and more was the pity, for he was going it in thundering style, on a big bay brute, long before many of his fellow sportsmen. Mr. White was crossing a small stone bridge, beneath which ran a stream from three to four feet deep. He was scarcely on the top of -the bridge when the centre gave way, and down went Tom ' ' horse and all—as if he had descended through a trap-door. 'Accordinc , to sonic, he scrambled back througn :the hole which he had made ; but others affirm that nothing more was seen or heard of him ex cept the words ' Oh, my God l' mingling with the water; underneath, and rising in mournful accents through the wide gap. in the bridge. I have since understood that an action for damages is about to be commenced against this worthy gentle man, who was making a rapid character for his Bucephalus, until he met with the unlucky accident above described." COURSING. It is at length decided that the winner of The Coursing Match at Chatsworth, in November last, was Mr. Bailey's dog Brutus, as was at the time determined. The 'Ashdowne Club afterwards decided that the match between Brutus and Mr. Bennett's dog Rubens was no course, and must be run again : but at a meeting of the Manchester Club, recently held at the Bush Inn, it was finally decided that the match was won by Brutus, whose owner has received the plate. Letters received yesterday from Brougham state that Lord .Brougham is considerably better. His Lordship was indisposed previously to his leaving town, and will remain longer in the country than he first intended, but will return to town before the meeting of Parliament:.. The principal business of the Liverpool Town Council, up to the present time, has been the choosing of Aldermen, the election of a Mayor, and the dismissal of Mr. Foster, and the appointment of Mr. Radcliffe, as Town-Clerk. YORK ELECTION.—We are in the midst of elec tioneering • bustle still. On Monday public notice was issued by the Mayor, of the following new elections, viz., one Town Councilman for Guildhall Ward, in lieu of Win- Oldfield, Esq., resigned ; two for Monk Ward, instead of James Meek, Esq. and George Hudson, Esq.. who had been elected Aldermen ; and two for Castlegate Ward, in consequence of the similar elevation of T. W. Wilson, Esq. and John Simpson, Esq. These announcements caused the whole party machinery to be again set to work, and ward meetings, and canvassings, and intriguing, became the order of the day. The declaration will be made on Saturday. Much of the excitement which has prevailed, however, might have been spared, had not the Tories a gain been determined to carry party feeling to its utmost stretch. ~.,,York Courant. the City of London Corporation, I am directed to inform you 1 U that the draft of the report is finished, and merely req uirin g revision in print. . " I transmitted a copy of your letter to Lord John Russell, and I have his permission to inform the CommittCe of the Court of Common Could], through you, that it is the inten tion of the Government to introduce ameasure of reform next Sesstof Parliament, as soon as they have • sufficiently con ; " Sidered the repo am, Sir, :4 1: • . , ybedient humble servant; " 1 " JOSEPH PARSES. " W. Pritchard, Esq., Chairman of the Cu7nuatee of the whole Court of Common Council." Since he had received the communication lie had trrld& further inquiry, and was' informed that the report would' be complete in the ensuing week. Under these circum stances, he had considered it to be his duty to call the CoMmittee together, in. order to originate a course of pro ceedings on the important question. It was known to the Committee, that all the resolutions which they had sug gested, and in which. the Court of Common Council had acquiesced, had been placed before the Commissioners, and they Were aware of the obstructions which were offered in the two last Mayoralties to the efforts of tile Court, to add the remaining resolutions for the consideration of the Corn noiS:iloners„ It had been thought impracticable, in the ,pre5,..,10. Mayoralty, to pursue ilia eonsicleration of the latter resolution, tea flie labour would be too late. He believed, however, that the effcct of the exertius of the Com mittee would he advantageous, for he had taken care to sabmit to the Commissioners the miconsidered resolutions as well as those which had received the sanctmm of the Court, and, in his opinion, the former,Posses.sed the essence and substance of the latter , havin g been, digeusse,l by persons merely under a different form of assembling.— (Hear, hear.) It appeared that Ministers were, deter- mined that the measure of Municipal Reform should origi nate with them, and he thought it would, be wise ,in the Committee to confer with the Commissioners on the sub ject ; to be vigilant ; and to go on parn passe with the Government measure, so that a Reform might be produced . in every respect eligible in the opinion of those who were most interested. Mr. PEWTRESS said that the Chairman had made a most alarming statement, from which it would appear that they were likely to have a' contest with the Government. He saw no necessity for this extreme haste. ad sufiiicient confidence in Ministers tobelieve that they wouldbring . in a Bill founded upon true principles ; and as to the details, he had no doubt of their disposition to adopt the stigtes- Cons of the Corporation. It appeared to him that there was no necessity whatever for thus calling together the Committee. The CHAIRMAN thought that it would be advisable' to have some delegated body to confer with the GOvernment, to prevent the interference of persons who were not autho rised by the Corporation, and who might have particular interests to answer. Mr. R. TAYLOR said that the Committee were greatly indebted to the Chairman for having summoned them upon so important an occasion. He had no fear of the Govern ment, but he suspected the interposition of interested indi viduals who professed to communicate in the name of the Corporation without being authorised. (Cries of i° Name.") The Committee knew well that persons had acted as he had described, and it was, therefore, necessary to appoint men upon whom the Committee could rely. It was not at all too soon to take the matter into consideration. • Mr. GAnsntrt thought the communication a private one, and that there was no necessity for assembling. Sir P. LAURIE attended merely as a looker on, without any intention or wish to take part in the proceedings of the meeting. Upon former occasions he had attended, because he had been asked to join for thc,purpose of making up the number necessary to constitute a Committee. He now saw a full attendance, and he believed that gentlemen at tended in the expectation that a communication of great , importance would be made to them ; but nothing. of the kind had been done. In fact the whole business was irre gular in the extreme. The Secretary of State knew nothing of the Committee of the whole Court, except merely as in dividuals. It would be much more advisable if the Court of Common Council would enter into communication with the Secretary of State. The CHAIRMAN said that no communication had been entered into with the Secretary of State. Sir P. LAURIE said that Mr. Parkes was in constant communication with the Secretary on the subject, and the communication was to all intents and purposes with the Secretary of State. Now, he considered that upon this subject the members were bound to go to their Wards. Mr. TAYLOR—So we have. Sir P. LAURIE said that his,Werd had not considered the matter ; but he had pledged himself to call them to;ze ther for that purpose, as soon as he should perceive any thing tangible issue from the Commissioners or• the Govern ment.. lie was glad that : the. communication had been made that Government intended to bring in the Bill. It might be such a Bill as the Committee might think it necessary to oppose, and if so, he knew the Court of Aldermen would db.° oppose it. If, however, the measure should prove ad vantageous he should give it his support. He considered that the commvnication would, if it had been made to the Corporation of London, have, been very different from what it was. In fact, he looked upon it as a complete rap on the knuckles. Mr. MARCHANT assured the worthy Knight that he wa., quite mistaken in insinuating that any underhand work had been used. The Committee had acted in the most open manner. He was glad that Sir Peter Laurie had adopted the mode of applying to the constituency, for no persons in the world were better disposed to get rid of the Aldermen, as they were at present offensively constituted. Mr. WATSON believed that the contemplated change would be so great that it ,would be most necessary to watch it narrowly. Mr. HUNTER thought there was no necessity for haste, and that the Committee ought not to do anything cal culated to prevent the Government from bringing out the 15111. Mr. EDWARD Wir.soN then moved the following reso lution :—" That, in the opinion of this Committee, the Court of Common Council should; at its next sitting, be moved to refer it to this Comniittee to consider the forth coming report of the Commissioners on the city of Lon don, and the Bill which may be introduced into' Parlia ment thereon ; to confer with his Majesty's Govern ment, if necessary, and to report from , time to time to the Court." Mr. HEPPEL thought it would be unwise to wait until the Bill should be brought in, and approved of Mr .Wil- son's motion. Sir PETER LAURIE said that he heard. the ,principal Law Officer of . the Government declare that Government could not originate a 13i11. Sir C. Mmtsimr. moved an adjournment, which -was negatived. Mr. LAURENCE advocated the motion. 111 r. CHARLES PEARSON was of opinion that the Lord Mayor should be requested to call, on an early day,,a Court to consider the remaining propositions contained in the se veral reports-of- the Committee, and that the Chairman should be,requested to band.such requisition to his Lord ship. -It was necessary to adopt means of Pirenting the introduction of a measure Which would be fraught :itith evils to the City of London, but which, i( once introduced, the Government would be obliged to adhere to. The Govern ment were, be had no doubt, disposed to accept of the sug gestions of the Corporation ; and if the ingredients of a Bill . calculated to satisfy` the popular wish were not offered, a municipal measure would be proposed which the members of the Corporation would be compelled to oppose. There' were several points in . the Municipal Bills lately introduced to which there were the strongest objections as applied to c City of London. The adoption of those points it won be easy to counteract before the appearance of the Bill, although any change.:afterwards would be qUite impractica ble. The idea of waiting for the .report of the Commis sioners he considered to be.quiteabsard, as the ptobabi, lity was that the Bill would rapibly follow the report, and thus render ineffeetual all opposition from those who were most interested.—(Hear, bear.) He believed it would be an easy matter .to induce the Aldermen to agree to _Such propositions as the Court of Com Men Council Should'eim sider necessary. They were completely physicked by the examples which bad' been made of their brethren in the sur rounding country. They would .now jump at the seven years' tenure of office at which they a year ago turned up their noses.—(Laughter.) He recommended the course of coming to an agreement amongst themselves upon the im portant matters of the municipal measure, in order to pre vent the Tories from taking advantage of the situation_ which they must otherw iSe be p laCed, and accusing the Government of having been bullied by the Corporation' into a measure unpalatable to it.—(Cheers.) It appeared to hirn to be indispensable that the Corporation should acrree upon the co mmon p rinci p les, a nd make suggest to the Government, and he thought the Government would be disposed to concur. At all events it would be satisfactory to the .Corporation that they had done all in their power to obtain the best species of Reform. After some further discussion, Mc.Pearson's motion, with an addition by 111 r. Heppe], to the effest of authorising the Committee to confer with the - Govt' and the Commissioners on the subject of amendimi; the Municipal Corporation of London, was adopted, - au I the ComMittee adjourned. THE WEATIIER.—A letter from Antwerp of the Ist says, that the Scheldt, below the city, is full of ice, and that the navigation - Would soon be impeded. A letter of a' later date says--" The Scheldt is so full of ice . that the navigation is entirely -impeded. The Lz!dd has in vain. attempted- to get down with. the ebb. r•!.oc, ice which covered the roads yesterday delayed the a rriva of the mails, ana of several diligenees."—Brassels Paper Jan. 5. ...II SEFUL ED IN NCE. A present-413-y, when so many opinions are'exnressedl on the t the es* I,A a- ..,I?:titifie e:dneation, - .ztifew facts; 'derive d fr,mn a generg:-114011.: the Ministrc de la Marine pi :France, bf N C Dn,p,i i ii;;lTill'inteivst , those who have directed 'their sYstem of useful in tili• the French. rWitbotit raising..a question as to, the best course of theological' strtdies; the object , in .11rance is. to .qu'alifY'' men for the _various duties they, may, have to discharge in the arts, trades; and - manufactures. -M:is is .ell clod by teaching geometry and rneelaune.s amilicable to •industry. The learned Gentlem anbe g ins his report lir'iaiidikrfi g . that iu gemetry . a,:d m echanics there .are. 'certain eleme n tary truths which .con., ey - , clear and positive information with In s,dect to _dimensions-, mo :ion, and force. Guiding the inchistry of man, those brunches o f s( 2 . ;ence . will lead to the accomplish meat of useful works.'ro display a correct picture of the efforts made to propagate the now plan of education and the results, M. Dupin refers to towns on the ,sea coast, in which it was first introduced. The first is 1-_,`,unkirk, one_ of the richest, most active, and pop ulous seaperts in France. This city, contiguous to several canals, is obt:,ged to ex p ort a t reat portion of the products of ancient French Flanders. At 6 Dunkirk they also import, for the use of the northern departments, many exotics and commodities of the colo nies. By diffusing a knoWledge faisonnee of •geomotry and mechanics they have enabled builders and, artisans to con struct Ships for commerce -and vessels of every description for the canals, ,thus introducing,,a decided improvement in the different : branches of industry' practi;ed in the North.: 'Fhe teaching has been / confided to M. Petit Genet, whose i,lcrary attainments give _bird - the' means of presenting his ideas reMarkable clerifriess. Although the inhabi tants of 13forikirk are for. the part better acquainted with the Flertish tongue than the french, the new lectures were never attended by less than e.;glity auditors, who folloWed their teneher- with .unc..%ampleci assiduity. The port of Calais is, after Dunkirk, the first- where geometry and mechanics in aid of industry is reamlar:v teught._ The lecture's of M. Legrand are always Nvefi atteilded. In Bou logne the population is double that of Calais, and the results .ofthe new teaching are corequently more important. In the little town of Sant Valery.Shr-Somme thei new system of teaching will produce happy fruits ' when they shall have finished the extensive works for improving the entrance of the channel which, forms the bed of the Somme. IR. Valery will then develope its nautical industry, with the.: advantages possessed by a population uniting instruction to practical experience. The example given by Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne, -and St. Valery, ; produced a good effect in the departments of the north. The municipal authorities; sanctioned the . new teaching ; the society to promote emu lation at Douay, influenced by a noble sentiment, voted a gold medal to . recompense the best artist lbrnicd by the new school. The municipal council of Arras, unwilling that the chief place of the Pas-de-Calais should remain . deprived of the means of instruction which had produced such happy effects in the secondary cities of Boulogne and Calais, es t a blished a' chaire for geometry and mechanics, applicable to the arts.; in short, all the departments followed the new , system. The city of Havre offered all the encouragement the plan &served.. The Chamber of Commerce gave up a vast space of ground to form a school. Cherbourg, Granville, St. Mal°, Morlaix, Brest, Rochelle, Roche- • fort, 13aydnne, also the ports of the Mediterranean, have established schools and teachers. At Mar seilles, which is considered one •of the first manu facturing and commercial, cities in France, all_ the authorities were willing to afford the prefessor the 'means of making the new system prosper., Independent of the.sea ports, the-plan has been:followed in the interior, and at the present day-at least 10,000 artisans or foremen of shops, .. yards, and factories are acting upon the instruction offered- - gratuitously in the maritime and other cities of France.-1 It „ . will be found that industry has derived incalculable benefits front the easy study of geometry, and that branch of ma thematiles which considers motion and moving powers, their, nature ann' laws, with their effects in machines. It isthe opinion o f m any that this new plan of eduCation, which works well in Fiq..neb, might be adopted with advantage in the United Kingdon:: Under the Municipal CorporationA , Act the Councils via;' apply their funds to the establish ment of schools, and the ;)a . !,,lnent of lecturers or teachers. We should then have a sys i.em of gratuitous useful educa= tion, proper for those who have previously acquired a know ledge of the ChriStian (Protestant) religion, which is the foundation of all liberal education. The proposed instruc tion will not benefit those who can pay for the learning of our Universities ; the classes wh ich pro.t by industry - ht the arts, and those mechanical operations Which supply, the wants of commerce, will gain by the plan. . To such men, and their success, England owes its trading ebvsacter and prosperity. 1iM........•/.0.11•••.MMINNIN.10•1•••••=••••1111.••,,T,A ,1(51, SHIPPING IN TELLIG-E1..,,,,,,:,(\ ADVICES, ARRIVALS, DEPARTUIVER AT THE 'SCOTCH WHARFS, JAN. 7..• • - FIORE'S DYNDEF. AND • PRATII•' 5TE. , 44 the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's steam ship Perth, John Spink commander, sailedlibrn"litindee oti the 6th inst., for this wharf. HORE'i WY Adtiees Dundee; Perth, and London , Shipping C om pa n y' s schooner Courier, William Mills master, arrived at; Dundee on the 2nd inst. ; the Peter head smack Courier, 'Jelin Ross master, arrived -; at pcterhead en the 3d inst., on.which day the smack Margaret, Begrie master, sailed from Peterhead, fur this wharf. No arriOils. Departure : ''the• Dundee, Perth. and London Shipping :.!oinpany's smack Glasgow, John Caithness master, for Dundee, ‘ 7ith a general cargo and passengers: D o e.ra's wiosta.—Advices ; the Montrose and LOnaon. Shipping Compare :63 smack Vigilant, John Strachan master, arrived at Montrose on 2d inst.; and the Bridport Shipping Company's vessel Londlz,',. J. Swain master, va sai l or de led from 13 port on the 6 th inst., forhl• wharf. No arripartures. CARRON Alruker.—Aclvic.c the Carron Shipping Com pany's smack Dynamene, Roberialtkheer sa m n a ie ste d r a , y, a t r h ri e ve s d am r e .t Grangemouth on the 4th inst. ; Company's brig 'MinerVa, Andrew' Graham master, sailed from Grangemouth for this Wharf. Arrival : the Can - on Shipping ComPhity's smack Proserpinc, Richard .Wcbster master, from Grangemouth, with a general cargo. No de.par tures. MILLER'S WHAar.—No adviccs. Arrival : tl aebert ie London and Edinburgh Shipping, Company's schoM er , William Andersen master, from Leith, with a vneral cargo. No departures. 11 LEITH AND BRRNTICK WHARF.—Advicc: TE The l.4Oll OO and Leith Old Shipping / Company's smack Duke of But:- clench, John Jordan master, arrived at Leith on the 3d inst. Arrival : the liorwiek- Shipping Company's smack Commerce, William Crow ma;:•ter, from Berwick with a general cargo. Departures : the London and Leith Old Shipp C ing ompany's smack Ocean, 11. Johnon master, for Leith With a generat iargo. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT Tin', ,CUs 'TOM-HOUSE, JAN. 7. Earl of Liverpool , Lomax, from o,:tend; Alilford Port, Richards, St. Michae l ' s ; Geor g e Anson, Oakley, Tagurog; Swift, Tremayne, Payal ; Harps. Faillaiut, CalaiS ; Smith, Gijon ; i\largaret, Ilertric, S Mc: t. liars ; An., Web ster, Riga ; Sarah ,. 'f ludsOn. Villa Nova'; Beer and Wvn g'yett,- Glendering, Zante ; City of Exeter, Robinson, Se ville ; Friends of Liberty, , , Smyrna; Lc Brocagar, Maunier, St. Maio ; Ilircss, Light, Messina ; Seienec, Baker, Tacgurog ; T ra nsit, Scatty, Lisbon ; Reba,' Hughlon, Prilermo ; Ceres, Craighead, Madeira ; Black-eyed,Susan, \\Talkin, Odessa ; Fortitude, Stewart, Havre ; Symmetry, Relief,. Mauritius; Sp6ert of the •• Isles; Lewis.Patinbu Eliza. Yalta, Messina; John Winter, 'Humer, Callao ; Ocean, Ford, Demerara ; Collingwoocl, Rowland, 01Ln - elite; Susan and Ann, Brown, ittrtgolfl;E:.'' • •:• ENTERED OUT\TA,tIYS'FOR LOADING—IAN. 7. Planet, Brown, for Gibraltar ; Henry Davids2n, Williams, Jamaica ; Ch au, Partri:te. lizinbuq ; P;:nce et' \',atrloO, Davis, Dunkirk ; William Glen Anderson,' Dobson, Sycli,ey. CLEARED OUTNYARD-S-WI Flint H 7. Hope, Lughrue , f or Saint Eitt's !Redrnan, , on duras ; Ariel, Dye, Alexandria ; P.uladelphia, Morgan, New York ; Elizabeth, Walke'r; 'Grenaiv;i Futter,' Mau ritius ; John, —,'Mauritius ; Scott, White, Smyrna; Seppings, Rogers., larnoica. CL W E ARED OUTWARDS IN. B.M.LA eli, ST Geathb , JA:• . :. 7. H a wk, Nerris, for Saint :',lichael's;.Restilttfiuts, Norway. --- ESEL,S SPOKEN WITH . The Holland, French 'whaler,• Sept. -19; off Cape Horn, lat. 57. S., long. 71. W ... . . . A Neapolitan brig , from Bahia for Na.ples, Nov. 9 . 5 . l at 20. .50. N., long. 30. 30. W., out 36 days: • - ' The Joan Frederick , of Nantes,- 'liver Gabban (coast of Africa), to Nantes , D cc. 6, lat. 31. 6. N., lung, 36. 20. W. t he 20111, The Julie, Bcrndz , 1110 Janeiro, for' llanibuy let. 48. 2., long. 10. 20. , .The Napoleon, of and for New Yorl,, from Live:pookitlite • 40th, lat. 50. 50., lung. S. so., I,i the Flamm and Abu c.a, arrived at Sv:r.nea. ' • ' , ? 1 .'! • : ' ~ v The Elizabeth, Nov. 2, hat..- 34. ,29,1 i., 1QR5!,,. 17 : b, ,,' ^-"\'\.. The George, - Nov. 24, lat. l). 40. N•, lqng• '-. `, • • _ The Flora, of Guermov, the 18th uIL; lat. - :A , long. 2, 58. r, by the Anne, Christie,. arrived ofr Dovr. ~,,, 1. , % N 1t . ''-• long. The Thet.22.)t i Gipsy, Gazelle, soy. NN v c. L i v i; 0 : e a r r i i ) d o i o a l i ; d , for., for.l3ail:eiari,L.::::tilicat.mhs. lat. 31. N., long. 36. AV. • •., - 1 -,, ;1 The Aglonquin, Liverpool, tor . n,..1 ) (1e1; - ;1111, the 29th, lat. 49., long. 10., by the; 1 : - ' 1. / 2-1 -.''''-'''''''''. L'l'-`1:1*, arrived - at'Li. verpool. ..t The osty, i c l l , Antigua, for I I :1 1 .1':0 7: , the 30 1 ,11 ult„, hit. 37. • l'ong.'f6.•lN'b:itoii'vr"OiNt.li'si ' o t t l t ; s ° m l :::l .93 vi ' a": l ::l l :l 3 ::, l! tb ' ..e .'a ., ‘ ' -: ‘ ,.1.,1 1 :. n e t:11 , a 'W 't a ts i e )''' o ll , b : g; supplied 3 a rrivedls:n The i a t t .; Montague, l l ' a il 2 '° 2 u . l o : , O N - . o l ‘ e y - i i,: , o g t . i . •.. ( 1 T . , , , - ; t.l l,) t . o th P e o l o t ,l l.l , , evllear,yl3lreoalkyyr,i t a l l ', e i. rived .at Liverpool. ' The Ellen Jane, front Liverpool, from Liverpool, ,the 18th ult., lat. L.: N.,10r.g. 1.. W. ' 'The 'Titania, Hamburg - to Aftlea,the Sith, off Sc:illy, 1:y the Clugos, arrived at Antwerp.;