The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-29 00:00:00

PiIICES 01 , STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. BF , it Stock. — i lndia Stock — S p !.r Cent. Red '3 i , er Cent. Cot, — S - nth sea :; fuck 3 1 A. tier Cent... .... - 0714 07.:, 'Old Annuities flat° Red , s•Xyi : New Ditto — New 114 i ne- Ceti- New Suer Ce it..... — Exch. Bills, 4:1;w Bank LongA onuitiesto,pire D:rto -06 .... , 0 1 22 pm .lan. 5, 1/130 Oct. 10, /31f1 — Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. \ I.P P... ..... Jan. 5, IPS /.... .......... ...... Bank Stock for Account....... April 5. DOI Jan. 5, 1i , 70 — I Consols for Acconnt S'i!V4 Omm•im pm. PRECES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds Peruvtan Bonds Beig.an Bonds Ditto Account. Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account ...- Buenos A-raiz Bonnis Ditto AiToiint ........ Chillian ...... :)itto Ace , Ilia Colombian T.ontli —, Ditto Account — —, Portuguese Bonds— H Ditto Accoirot - -. Ditto New Bonds l-1‘ y i Ditto Account — , Ditto, 3 per cent. , Prit,sian Bonds —, Russian Bonds, 1, , ~.2 — : Ditto Account Arrived. Due.l 11 America ...... ..• 0 i 0 Itra&il 0 I 0 Buenos Ayres 0 i 0 t7;irtiiagena 0 0 Dublin... 0 Hai - Kier , MAILS. Arrived, Die 0 France,.... 5 0 GLIMI. &Jersey 2 0 flair:burg 0 0 H011a , ..a 2 0 Jaw erica 0 L•zewatd Islands I . Ar , ive.l. Due I) Lisbon 1 0 Malta 0 Mexico 0 0 Ostend 0 Sweden 0 0 Waterford WATERIiIGH A .II LONDON BRIDGE 'IO—MORROW. Mocning... ...... 31,ni nw.es after ti Evening 3( minutes after MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. A NEW" EDITION, in 3 vols. post Bvo., of 31 It S. Alt IVI YTA G E ; „ Or, FEMALE DOMINATION. By the Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters." WILL BE PUBLISHED WITH THE MAGAZINES, JANUARY I. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq. ORDERS FOR THE FIRST NUMBER OF TIIE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE for 1837, EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq., to appear on the Ist of JANUARY Next, should be forwarded immediately to the Booksellers, to pre vent disappointment on the day of publication. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street ; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; John Cumming, Dublin. HAMBURGH, DEC. 12. ON approach of the COMMENCEMENT of JANUARY, all those who may have to write to us before that time, are reque4ted to do so without delay, and to be particular in directing, T AEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURGH, and to otserve, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, b,at several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 101. 201., or M., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng lakid Note would only cause double Postage, but 101. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a muc h hi g hr charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person havinc , to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note; or having to receive :Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. We request not to overlook these particulars. - _ HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGH. P. S. To persons having to remit 81., on receiving a Ten Pound Note, we return Two Pound in the cheapest way possible. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. Ditto Ac( omit colonfhiar Bonds, I'`_i '2 , y Spanish Bonds Ditto Account ........ ........ Ditto Account D tnish : Solids Ditto Acce int (:reek ar.vis Ditto li'mds, 1525 Ditto I.ccolint Mexi-ar Bonds, 5 per cent Diite Accfiunt Ditr f; per cent. ...... icy Account Nea xihtan Ditto Bonds, 1: 4 .34 10 1 / 2 1 4 Ditto Account French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —c. 1 _----- 4 per cent. —l. —c . — 1 —__— U cent r- - -- , per Exchan'e Dutch, 2%,', per cent. , - 3y 2 Ditto Account — _ Ditto, fi !ter cent ......... - Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Paid. Great Western Railway Company :3O Brighton ( Rennie's) 3 London and Birmingham Itailway Company 7O London and Greenwich i'zailw•at Company 2O London, Saliisbury, and Exeter Railway 1 Australasia Bank British North American Bank ...... ,7 t ,_____ 1... ,-.7 - , . , Trle ~ . Y~Z LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1836. The Glasgow Constitutional contains a long report of a meeting held in that city on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of organizing a Conservative Association, under the title of the " Peel Club," to commemorate the election of the Right Hon. Baronet to the Rectorate. Well may the object of all this ill timed flummery cry out, with the individual ist Horace, " save me from my friends l" Of course, being emi nent above all things for his discretion, he would naturally desire to have the utter defeat of his party at the Town Council hushed up as soon as possible ; yet here is a proposition which will have the effect of keeping it constantly before the public mind ! Yes, the " Peel Club" will less commemorate the Right Hon. Baronet's triumph at the University, than his defeat at the Town-council. So long as it exists, it will be a standing memorial of his inability to obtain the freedom of the city of Glas gow. It will operate as a " refresher"—to use a legal phrase—to remind his friends that a majority of the most influential Glasgow citizens repudiated with contempt and indignation his claims to the character of a sagacious statesman. In a word, it will be a standing jest against him, and his—if, indeed, it be not so already—for never was more ludicrous balderdash spoken than by the projectors of this notable " Peel Club." Not one sound argument could any speaker adduce in support of the necessity of such an institution ; all that was alleged was, that the Constitution was in danger, and that a Glasgow Peel Club would go far to free it from its perilous con dition. So argued the headmaster of Eton some months since, when he proposed to bring up the boys in strict Conservative principles, by way of enabling them to wage battle against the Reformers, and set the ricketty British Constitution firmly on its legs again. A Mr. NORMAN MACLEOD was quite enthusiastic on this point. He felt convinced that a Glasgow Peel Club would be the salvation of the Empire ; for not a University Professor but would gladly, when called on, come down with a long Club Tail, con sisting perhaps of seine six score sticking Con servatives, and break every Ministerial head, as successfully as ever Hercules broke those of Hydra. This vivacious Caledonian then launched into a most delectable definition of the word " liberty," which he said was now almost unknown—thanks to the spirit of Reform, which seemed to take a perverse pleasure in everywhere substituting " licentiousness" for freedom. But a " PEEL Club" would soon set all this to rights. A " PEEL Club" would save the Monarch ; oust the 'Whigs ; and restore Sir ROBERT to his pride of place. There may —nay, there must be—truth in these remarks. Mr. NORMAN MACLEOD well knows the irresistible influence of the Glasgow "boys" when bent on the regeneration of their country i and that no thing can stand against them, when "armed with heavy dictionaries, and his own speech i:s which weigh heavier still, they shall commence a.n assault and battery on the Reformers generally tly:oualtout the kingdom. But to return to the " r :EEL Club." On second thoughts, we do iii consider the idea of this institu tion to be sa ",much amiss, provided it be made a sing ing dal., i nstea d o f a spauting one, and that on every club night the members be compelled to chaunt the "IVliserera," in appropriate testimony of their regret for their patron's loss of the freedom of the city of Glasgow. : t is gratifying to the friends of religion and of re lig,lous liberty, to see the progress which —resistance to thurch-rates is making throughout the country. The impulse given to public opinion on this important question by the great meeting at Exeter Hall, when the Central Abolition Association was formed, has. been productive of admirable results. Those who had long felt the grievance of being compelled to contri bute to the support of a worship which they could not conscientiously approve, but who had hitherto re- frained from active proceedings to obtain redress, have at last seen the utter hopelessness of being relieved from this odious and irreligious tax, without an ener getic co-operation in the common cause. Happily, too, this question is not taken up by Dissenters only. Liberal Churchmen—those members of the Establish ment who, though they prefer the mode of worship adopted by it, disapprove of all compulsory methods of supporting it, as contrary to the very nature of re ligion, and forbidden by the word of God—are as ear nest in their endeavours to remove this crying evil as those who dissent from the Church. The opponents of this much desired reform cannot, therefore, stigma tize the agitation that now pervades the country for the abolition of Church-rates as a sectarian agitation. They are precluded from this favourite mode of raising a prejudice against public measures of a liberal tendency , One of the most pleasing displays of true spirit that ought to animate the abolitionists which we have observed was exhibited on Thursday last et Leeds. A public meeting was called, in vnhsequence of a requisition to the Mayor, nurnotously and respec tably signed. About 1,000 persons met in the Court house of the Borough, the Chief Magistrate in the chair, and a series of resolutions, breathing determined hostility to the principle and pttetice of taxing one des cripti'n of religionists for the purpose of supporting the f..a . ith of another, was passed, if not absolutely without a dissenting voice, yet with all but a unanimous one. Petitions to both Houses of Parliament were also pre pared, and given in charge, the one to Lord BROUGHAM, the other to Mr. BA INEs who attended the meeting and made an excellent speech on behalf of the object for which it was convened. We were, how ever, better pleased with the speech of Mr. GILES, a Minister of the Baptist persuasion, than with that of any other gentleman who addressed the assembly. Our readers will find it in another part of The Sun, extracted from a well-got up report of the proceedings, given in the Yorkshireman of Saturday last. The Liberal electors of the northern division of the county of Down, have paid a just tribute of respect to the public character of Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD. On Thursday last they gave a grand dinner to the Hon. Gentleman at Newtownards, at which, though the town is in the centre of Lord LONDONDERRY'S property, and therefore surrounded with all sorts of un. propitious influences, no fewer than three hundred and twenty gentlemen were present. This is a proof of the strong feeling which exists in that county in favour of Reform principles ; for it was on the uncompromis ing representative and powerful advocate of those prin ciples that this distinguished honour was conferred. Several admirable speeches were delivered on this animating occasion. Indeed the display of talent, as well as the tone of sentiment, which characterised the meeting were altogether of a superior order. Mr. S. CRAWFORD'S speech was, as might have been expected, replete with sound principle and co (rent reasoning. He dwelt at some length on the tithe system, the origin and iniquity of which in Ire land he traced and exposed with a master's hand. An assertion made by a poor unfortunate clergyman, named C tpa mi NG , who at the late Tory dinner at Ballym.'ena had rested the claim of the Clergy to tit l 7.es on a decree of the Synod of Cashel, afforded the honourable gentleman an excellent opportunity, both of exhibiting his powers of sarcasm, and of show ing the real ground on which the right to tithes stands, namely, the sanction of Parliament. The inference is obvious—that what Parliament has applied to one purpose, it may, if it see fit, apply to another. The total abolition of tithes in Ireland is, it is well known, Mr. CRAWFORD'S great and favourite ob ject—an object which he has steadily pursued through good report and through bad report, and for which he has not scrupled to endanger much that was dear to him. He therefore naturally enough alluded to his exertions in support of that question, and to its unani mous recognition by the General Association of Ireland. That it mu s t, at no distant dat e , come to this, there can be not the least doubt. The Association— that is to say, Ireland—has declared " that it is in compatible with the great "principles of religious liberty, that any man should be compelled to pay for the ordinances of a Church with which he is not joined in connexion ;" and when a nation has once declared its will in relation to its own offairs, what shall prevent its executing it ? If the Tory Lords wince at this, let them re flect that they have their own stupid obsti nacy alone to blame for it. By timely concession they might have preserved a modified tithe system :some time longer--now the whole thing must be cut up by the roots. In conseque nce o f the continuance of the snow storm, we are yet without any arrivals from France and Spain. By to-morrow it is expected that French Papers will reach London with advices from Bilboa and Madrid. We have received from Athens, together with let ters and papers to the 29th ult., a copy of the financial Budget of Greece for the years 1833, 1834, and 1835, published in obedience to a Royal decree signed by the Ministers ARMENSPERG, RISoS, SMALTZ, MANSOLAS, CRIEZIs, and LASSANI. According to the financial statement of the Greek CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER) the ordinary receipts for the Year 1333, exclusive of loans, amounted to 7,721,370 drachms,, while the expenditure was 11,821,234 drachms. In 1834, the ordinary receipts were 10,921,787 drachms, the expellees 14,987,298 drachms ; and in 1835 the ordinary receipts were 13,635,930 drachms, while the current expences did not exceed 13,338,375 drachms. This shows a great improvement in the internal revenues of Greece —an improvement which would render it quite unne cessary to advance the third instalment of the loan, were it not for the extravagance of a horde of hungry Bavarians who infest the public offices in every corner of Greece. The Regency under Count ARMANSPERG thought of nothing but how to glut themselves with the spoils of the country. In 1829 the whole expenses of the Go vernment of Greece under the President CAPO DIsTRIAs only amounted to 223,6001. sterling ; while under the management of ARMANSPERG, in 1833, the expenses were equal to the sum of 1,053,700/. ! It is extremely gratifying to find that all the Liberal Greek journals oppose the advancement of the third instalment of the loan, and undertake to show that Greece is now in a condition, not only to 'defray the necessary expenses of her Government, but even to commence the payment of her debts. It fact, all the intelliEent Greeks consider that it would be throwing away money to entrust it to the management of a pack of hungry adventurers, without patriotism, and who are intent only on amassing wealth, wherewith to re turn to their native country. We are precisely of the same opinion. If it be found necessary to advance more money, a Committee of Management ought to he named, with the consent of the Governments of England, France, and Russia, to see that the sums advanced be expended for the benefit of Greece. The Greeks were impatient for the return of their KING and his Royal Spouse. It is probable that before this, his MAJESTY has reached the capital of his dominions. He is very popular ; and the great fear of the inhabitants was that he would not return to them. Russia was not idle during his absence. Her agents were at work in every direction, exciting the prejudices of the common people against the influence of Great Britain and France. The Commissioners appointed by the Government to effect a reconciliation between the people and the local authorities of Malta, had met with an unex pected obstacle since their arrival in that Island. From the Maltese papers received to the Bth instant, we learn that on the arrival of the Commissioners, some cvd disposed persons caused it to be rumourcd, that the real object of the Commissioners was to dis.' cover the names of all disaffected persons, in order to effect their ruin. The consequence was, that no person ventured to prefer a complaint, lest he should expose himself to the vengeance of the Government. A proclamation addressed to the people by the Governor, exposing the gmundlessness of their fears; And °tiering to protect all witnesses it their persons, properties, office's, and vepntatibils, was insufficient to dispel the general tetor. The existence of such a fear tundig any portion of our Colunifqn leaks a degree of harshness on OA dart of the former Governors of Ma 4.3 .) few thinking men will consider warrant able. A people that can be made to credit a ittinintir charging the Government with A suret design to ruin them, must have been pretty familiar with the worst evils of a tyrannical Administration. In this fact alone we read the political history of Malta, THE STORM.-MAILS-(THIS DAY.) ONE O'CLOCK. ARRIVAL OF MAILS, 29TH DEC. Arrived. Due. Edinburgh Glasgow 0 2 Boston 0 1 Chester Dover Liverpool (Evening Mail ...... ) 1 0 Leeds (Evening Mail) ......... 1 1 Manchester 1 1 Portsmouth 1 0 Exetcr and Falmouth Hastings . 4 0 Brighton .. 1 1 Poole Norwich Holyhead & Dublin 1 1 Worcester Gloucester Bristol 1 0 Bath ... . lowich and Yarmouth ... 1 0 Birmingham Lincoln and Hu11... 0 3 Stroud • • 1 1 Devonport .. Lynn Halifax THREE O'CLOCK.—The Bath Mail his just passed The Sun Office. Part of the bags only arrived by the Edinburgh Mail this morning. The Brighton mail, due this morning, arrived at the Post Office, at a few minutes before 8 o'clock, and also the Manchester mail, with part of the bags. Per Share, 44 139 20 Ry 57 ci% PLAN OF A SNOW PLOUGH. The following may be made in Three Hours by any Carpenter or Wheelwright, and has been used with great effect : To be drawn forward in direction of the Arrow. A The Nose of the Plough to be A Shackle shod with thin Plate Iron. to be attached to the Nose to which to hang whip hings or bars f or th e orses to draw by. Brace. fi "c? Brace This plan has been issued from the Post-office to all parts of the country where it has been prac ticable to send it. From four to six feet deep, according to the depth of snow. There need not be any bottom, but load it on the top, by laying planks across, to receive sufficient weight, in order to keep it down. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay..., £3 10 to .£3 15 New Meadow Hay 1... 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 10 4 15 Clever Hay 5 0 5 15 Oat Straw £1 16 to -£1 16 1 Wheat Straw 1 18 2 0 SMITHFIELD, Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay /3 10 to £5 15 New Meadow flay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay (extra fine. /6 0 Generally Oat Straw /1 16 to -£1 181 Wheat Straw 1 18 2 0 WHITECHAPEL. Coarse Meadow Hay ..f3 10 to £4 0 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and llye•grass Hay .. Clover Hay 5 0 0 0 'ld Straw , £1 16 to X: 131 Wheat Straw .... ...... 1 13 2 0 In the Sheriff's Court, at Birmingham, on Friday, Mr. Peters, a wine-merchant, obtained a verdict, with 8001. damages, against Mr. Ladbury, an assistant of the plaintiff's, for crim. con. Goldsmith once startled a brilliant circle at Sir Joshua Reynolds', by beginning one of his stories with— " When I lived among the beggars of Axe-lanc"—just as Napoleon did, when, among a circle of Crowned heads at Dresden, he began his story of—" When I was a Lieute nant in the regiment of La Fere !"—Prior's Goldsmith. Between the hours of nine and ten yesterday morn ing, a young female, apparently about eighteen years of age, was observed by one of the L division of police to throw herself into the Grand Surrey Canal, close to the Docks. He immediately proceeded to the spot, but the wretched woman perished before any assistance could be procured. _ _ Coals have fallen in price to the consumer about 3s. a ton, owir , to the late prevalence of North and North-east winds, which have been favourable to the arrival of colliers in the Pool. The Caffre Chief, Tzatzoe, has been addressing several congregations in the Dissenting chapels at Notting ham, on which occasion upwards of 701. was collected. _ _ It is confidently expected that the whole line of the London and Birmingham railway will be completed early in the summer of 1838. The communication between London and Hemel Hempstead will be opened to the pub lic on the Ist of June next, and will be continued as far as Tring before the close of the year. A certain couple had trudged on together in the pil grimage of life for about a quarter of a century ; but Ellie, the weaker vessel, instead of being a help -mate for her husband, was cross-grained, and always seated herself on the cross-benches when any domestic bill was brought in by the head of the house ; even in the uphill pulls of life she was apt to put " the drag" on the laudable exertions of John. The connexion at last was abruptly terminated by John's death, who was drowned in attempting to cross a ford when the river was swollen. The wife, as may be conceived, was inconsolable, and went to her father, a crusty old cake as ever was fired in the oven of social life—" Father, my man's drowned! John's dead ! and I'll never marry again in this world." " Save us !" quoth old crusty, " wilt thou no baud thy tongue ? you're unto soon thinking about it—wha's seeking thee ?" Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Department from the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands, and despatches were forwarded from the India Board for the Governor-General of India. The mails have been very irregular in the times of their arrival, during the past week, owing to the state of the roads, which have, in many parts of the country, been impeded by heavy falls of snow. Yesterday the Bir mingham mail did not arrive till ten o'clock, and the London mail also was much beyond its usual time of arrival. There was quite a famine of news, the morning papers not arriving at all.—Liverpool Albion. Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, as a man, named Brashenen, was in the act of clearing away some snow from the roof of 61, Wellington-street, Cavendish square, he missed his footing and was precipitated from the fearful elevation, and in his descent he fell on the iron area railings, two of which entered his side to a great depth, where he was suspended for several minutes in the greatest agony, and before he could be tak e n tt/ Middlesex Hospi tal, he died. LLOYD'S SKIPPING.-CrillS DAY.) PokTsmotrit, 0.- n A r riveci the Marco Bozaris, Warnsineh, from Ilataia--- , sulle:l ttle August, and from St. Helena the .25th October ; and Graf Carcrin, Totize, from Riga. Off port the Prederick, from Rio Janeiro: Sailed the Hibernia, Girlies, for Madras. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the t yrimn, Main; from Loridoti;•leakY; etifgd heat6di anti must dikharge, bound to LiVcrpikil. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind strBlig and squally.—Arrived the I'ranqs Charlotte, Pttke; from Seville. The ThiSqe;,theOld; Livailicidi to Lond3n, 4ltt.i! gtlle night, aiiti gra:tidal I'o thk , Oat 1 3 dicit ghe e has been assisted off this flood tide, with loss of rudder anu other damage. PENZANCE, DEC. 26.—1 t blows very hard at E. to E.N. E. —Arrived the Landscldppep; fiom M'il'ord for Lon don., lost tvialit:llooi3l schoUner; boeblomster, Gronold, from Dram and Ade laide, Ellice, from Bristol for Dartmouth, having lost anchor and calle. SHEERNESS DP,v7, 43.-:-Ift Is bioWing a strlong tit N. it. to P.N. t.--116 Lord Jackson, from Antwerp to London, has put into this harbour, with loss of anchors and chains ; the John Bull steamer, with a broken anchor; a brig, with loss of foretop mast, and a great number of other vessels. CARDIFF, DEC. 26.—1 t has blown last night and this day a strong gale at N.E. to E.N.E. The Isabella, Partridge, from Newport to Philadelphia, carried away her windlass, and lost boats in Penarth Roads, and drove some distance, with two anchors a-head, but brought up; a small schooner has been riding to the Eastward of the Roads these three days, with mainmast carried away, supposed to be brought up. 27.—More moderate. Stur.t.os, DEC. 26.—1 t has blown heavy gales from N. E. since 24th inst.—The Tobram, Robinson, from Hamburg to Aberdeen, in making this harbour this morning got upon the Heard Sand. PORTLAND, DEC. 22.—Arrived off port, the Stad Retricht, Rolfe, from Amsterdam, for Batavia. DARTMOUTH.—Arrived the Josephine, from Antwerp—was towed in with loss of boat, anchor, and cable, haring missed stays. NEWPORT, DEc. 27.—Arrived off port a barque, supposed to be the Maria, from North America. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—The Canton, for Jamaica, is still at anchor near the N. B. Buoy, with windlass broken, and in want of one anchor and cable. A steamer has been sent out to her. The Traveller, for St. Lucia, has put back from Hoy Lake. The Thomas Tucker, for Antigua, &c., has has two lighters alongside receiving her cargo, which she is discharging. The John Whyte, for New South Wales; the Albyn, for Alexandria; and the Quentin Leitch, M'Kay, for Philadelphia, are still at anchor near the N.E. buoy. Put back the Hope, Swan, for Barbadoes. Sailed the Shannon, Leadbitter, for Savannah ; Matilda, Choss, for Odessa ; Donna Maria, Steele, for Oporto; Laidmans, M'Kie, for Calcutta; Sir Charles Forbes, Lestre, for Bahia; Ranger, Amiley, for Bombay ; James Leman, Norton, for New Or leans; Mary Ann, Carrick, for Gibraltar; Antigua Packet, M'Knight, for Demarara. Wind E. N.E., moderate. The James and Isabella, Gray, bound to Belfast, was aban doned near Spey on the 21st inst., having been on shore. The Cecilia Margaretta, from Copenhagen to Gloucester, was run down and abandoned in the North Seas on the 16th inst. ; crew saved. The Eagle, Sinclair, from Aberdeen to London, is on shore near Mundcsley ; crew saved. The Dantzic (packet), from Dantzic to London, is on shore near Stangate Creek. The Caroline, Aabborg, is totally wrecked near Redcar ; crew drowned. The Levity, Smith, from Stockton to Sandwich, is on shore on Cliff-foot Rock, after being in contact with the Mary of Sunderland. The Wansbcck, Oates, from Newcastle, is on shore near Lowestoffe, and bilged. The Malta, Hardy; William, Patteson ; William, Morrison; Sceptre, Taylor ; Amphitrite, Rogers ; Alderman, Miller ; and Anstruther, from London ; Clementine, from London to Hull, and Prospect, Anderson, from ditto, aro on shore near Yarmouth. The Atalanta, from London to Sunderland, is on shore on Corton Beach. The Young Regulus, from Shields to London, is lost on the Mouse Sand ; master and part of the crew drowned. The Esk, from Newcastle to London, is totally lost on the Heaps ; crew saved. The Black Boy, from Richebucto, has arrived off Lowestoffe, dismasted. The Fame, and the Sarah, from Dublin, were on shore near Kingstown, 25th inst. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. At twelve o'clock, the only letters from the Post Office were delivered along with the Post Office List. Our ar rivals consisted of one Hamburgh mail ; one Dublin ; one Waterford ; one Donaghadce ; two Guernsey, and one Jersey. Of Foreign mails, five French are due ; as likewise two Ostend, and two Dutch mails. We have no ship-letters in the City. We continue in the same state as yesterday, anxiously expecting the arrival of Foreign and inland mails every hour. No postman has as yet made his appearance. We hear, however, of the arrival of the Liverpool and Ports mouth mails. THE FUNDS. The Funds continue inactive. Consols opened at the leaving-off prices of yesterday, 89i 4 for the opening ; Reduced, 88i ; Exchequer Bills, 19 21 ; India Bonds, 10 12 ; Bank Stock, 2081 2091 ; India Stock, 259 260. Spanish Active are rather improved—done at 191 ; Pas sive, .53,- ; Portuguese, 44+ ; Three per Cents., 28i 294 ; Colombian, 221 ; Dutch, 541 HALF-PAST ONE. To the present hour we do not hear of any arrivals from Calais, several messengers are waiting there for an oppor tunity with important despatches for Government, no doubt with the King of France's speech. A steamer has been sent to Dover last night ; it is expected to return this even ing with important information from France. Consols may be quoted 891 for the opening. Reduced, 88 ; Exchequer Bills, 22 prem. ; India Bonds, 10 12 ; Bank Stock, 2081 2091. Spanish Active, 191 ; Passive, 5i ; Portuguese, 441 ; Three per Cents., 29 ; Colombian, 22i ; Mexican, 221; Dutch, 541. TWO O'CLOCK. We have just heard that a steamer has arrived in the River from Boulogne in eleven hours, with passengers. The information she brings has not as yet transpired. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, $9 I. Cashel, where the important Municipal Reform meeting was held last week is one of the most ancient cities in Ireland, and an Archbishopric. It is remarkable for the remains of grand Abbey, of the same style of architecture as Westminster Abbey, and nearly as extensive. A great portion of the building still remains and even some of the gilding ; it is erected on a rock, and on ascending to the top of the Abbey, the view is very interesting and exten sive. The city being in the interior has no trade, and has not either in buildings or traffic kept pace with its original importance. The young Emperor Don Pedro the Second is said to be docile, intelligent, and well-disposed. His Majesty, for whom some magnificent carriages are building in this country, regularly once a day gives audience to the Regency, who solemnly present themselves to inquire after the youth ful Monarch's health, and this accomplished, the members retire at one door and his Majesty at the other. The Christmas parties at the seats of different no blemen and gentlemen in the country, which were to sepa rate this week, have been weather-bound, and will be obliged to prolong their visit until the roads are in a condition to enable them to travel. THE SEA HORSE.—A captain of a West India man wished to purchase a horse. He applied to a well known character, who sold him one. After the purchase had been made the captain observed, " Well, now the horse is mine, pray tell me candidly whether he has any faults, and what they are." " What do you mean to do with him ?" replied the other. " Why, take him to sea," said the captain, "to the West Indies." Then I'll be candid," replied the other, " he may go well at sea, but on land be cannot go at all, or I would not have sold him." On Tuesday an inquest was held at Abbey Hohnc, Cultram, Cumberland, on the body of the Rev. Thomas Martin, aged 84, who had been found dead in his bed on the Sunday preceding. At mid-day he was in his usual health, and about five the servant who went to take bim up some tea, discovered that he was dead. Verdict--" Natu ral death." ADVENT.—In the last days of advent the Cala brian minstrels enter Rome, and are to be seen in every street saluting the shrines of the Virgin Mother with their wild music, under the traditional notion of soothing her until the birthtime of her infant at the approaching Christ mas. This circumstance is related by Lady Morgan, who observed them frequently stopping at the shop of a carpen ter. To questions concerning this practice, the women who stood at the door said it was done out of respect to St. Joseph. The custom is represented in a clever etching, by D. Allan, a Scottish artist of great merit. In Mr.. Bur ford's excellent panorama of the ruins of Pompeii, formerly exhibited in the Strand, groups of these peasantry are cele brating the festival of the patron saint of the master of a vineyard. The printed " Description" of the panorama says, " These mountaineers are called Pifferari, and play a pipe very similar in form and sound to the bagpipes of the Highlanders." It is added, as Lady Morgan before ob served, that " just before Christmas they descend from the mountains to Naples and Rome, in order to play before the pictures of the Virgin and Child, which are placed in various parts of every Italian town." In a picture of the Nativity, by Raphael, he has introduced a shepherd.at the door, playing on the bagpipes.—Patriot. - Wk.STiVIINSTER SESSIONS, DEC. 29. John London and , were indicted for tkfilinir tip fli& 19tit inst. 141bs. of then afflaed to the dvitni. g .Lboie tAst g aie.: From the statement of the pitf:NYtuter it appeared that the prisoners on the 19th hist went niW to public-house k'ett ley him in Little fio•ien:stree't ; Westminster, and called fdr Some drink. In the of the master and servant theyy, t00k . t....f.ny tart of a leaden pipe, which was ni . tervi , ards fotind in their pnsessioP. Guilty—to be impri sdped thfa tt.ihnflig atkl kept to lied Initpuy: dedrge ;tag indicted for stealins a pair of H• o iisers; indite 10s.; the property o f William Wa llis. It appeared frtfin the etidenc6 of the proseefitor, who is a tailor, residing in WhitettYthe:street i that Gtl the 21st ingtot t11!3; prisoner called at his sfiuti finder pretence of haviiig Mended, and while Wallis waj employed in doing so, he took from off'' the CCOntcr a pair of trownrs be longing to a Mr. Preston, one of the prasttutor's customer& Ile dieti hid till . ; and, being pursued by a policettmo, threw away die sfoieti article. A prayer-book was found in his pocket at the time of his apprehension.—Guilty. To be imprisoned three weeks in the Mouse of Correction. Nathaniel Wilson, aged 12 years, was indicted for steal ing, on the 15th inst., a watch value 305., the property of Charles Westley. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner was employed as an assistant to a baker working for Mr. Westley, iu South-street, Marylehone ; and that on the day named in the indictment he was left in charge of the bakehouse, where the watch was placed. On his master's return home it was missing, and, enquiry having been made respecting it, it was traced to a pawnbroker's office, where it was pledged by a young girl employed for that purpose by the prisoner. —Guilty. 'l'o be imprisoned for three weeks, and once well whipped. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-THIS DAY. CHURCH-RATES.—Charles IVellbeloved, John Cotton, William Browne, Charles Fanning, Charles Wing, and Joseph Day, all inhabitants of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, were indicted for assaulting two officers of the parish, and resisting them inilevying a distress for Church rates. _ By the advice of their Counsel (Mr. Charles Phillips) the defendants pleaded guilty. Mr. ADOLI'HUS, on the part of the prosecution, said the case was one that called for severe punishment ; the defendants not only resisted the process of the law, but en couraged others to do the same. One of them (Cotton) was a parish constable, and was in that capacity bound to assist the broker, instead of opposing his authority. He then proceeded to detail the facts at length, and in con clusion called upon the Court to maintain the just admi nistration of the laws of the land. The CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence, commented strongly upon the conduct of two first defendants, and sentenced them to pay a fine of 10/. each, and the other defendants to pay a fine of 40s. each. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, DEC. 28. The Wharfinger, Cosens, from Rotterdam; London, Pear son, Rotterdam; Caledonia, Whittingham, Ilamburgh ; Alk maar, Heath, Rotterdam; Paley, Embleton, Rotterdam; Osprey, Berry, Amsterdam. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. The Manchester, M'Leod, for Lisbon ; Abel Gower, Hen derson, Gibraltar; Breadalbane, Morris, St. Andrew's; Hus. kisson, Marr, Jamaica; Calpe, Wrightson, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar ; President, Chadwick, New York. CLEARED. OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. The Queen Adelaide, Murray, for Havre ; Adrina, Jones, Berbice; Manchester, M'Leod, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. On Friday last, at a meeting of the church-wardens and :overseers of the borough of Kidderminster, held in the vestry, a rate for the relief of the poor was made at Bs. in the pound. This is the first rate under the new Poor law Act.—Worcester Herald, _ Mr. O'Connell arrived in Limerick on Thursday evening in a chaise and four, stopped to change horses, and then proceeded to Rathkeale, where he remained same night with his son-in-law, Mr. French, Stipendiary Magistrate, and arrived at Darrynane yesterday.—Limerick Chronicle, of Saturday. Miss Cottell, of Bath, who a few days ago died of a fever at Wells, took a dislike to food early in life, and took no nourishment for the last twenty years before her death, but a small quantity of milk and water twice a-day. LONGFORD ELECTION.—There is, we repeat it, no ground whatever for the vaunting of the Orangemen. We have made the most minute inquiries into the circum stances of the election, and we have not the slightest hesita tion in announcing the approaching victory. The people of Longford have resolved to emancipate themselves from the Orange Oligarchy of the County ; and we shall be much surprised, indeed, to find that the Edgeworthstown people will be found wanting to themselves on this occasion. On Tuesday we shall have the first day's triumph to record, and this day week we shall have to declare the return of Luke White, Lieutenant of Longford, as the Member for that county.—Dublin Evening Post. Yesterday morning, about ten minutes after eight, a fire broke out in the workshops of Mr. Robert Anderson, carpenter, George's-place, Copenhagen-fields ; and such was its fury, that before the flames were extinguished, although the engines were soon on the ground, anda good supply of water obtained, a great portion of the building was con sumed, and all the contents destroyed. If, instead of the dangerous practice of throwing the snow (sometimes accompanied by pieces of slates and tiles) into the streets, persons would merely clear the gutters, and lay their contents upon the shelving roofs of their houses, the whole would gradually thaw without any inconvenience. The Commissioners of Police have made arrange ments for the purpose of warming the cells of the various station-houses by'steam apparatus—that of the G division in Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell, has already been completed. A Liverpool Paper has made the following curious estimate of the votes of the licensed victuallers of that bo rough at the last general election :—Out of 1,240 of that body 206 voted for Tories, and 194 for Reformers ; whilst 102, who were qualified, did not vote owing to absence, sickness, &c., and 738 were disqualified. It was further found that 24 publicans who voted for Reformers in 1835 voted for Tories in 1836, and that the 13 who voted for Tories in 1835 gave their suffrages to Reformers in 1836. MANGLING A FRENCIIM AN.—A very testy-looking Frenchman, bearing a most sinister-looking squint, and an "os frontis" that Lawrence would certainly have classed with that of the Pongo of Southern Africa, summoned a poor old dame named Harrison for 10s. 3d. It almost required an interpreter to make out what the French man spluttered forth.—Commissioner : What have you summoned this poor woman for, Sir ?—Plaintiff Ah, ah —I shall so tell you next presently—she mangle me, mangle me long time.—(Laughter.) Ver-good--she mangle and a mangle, Monsieur, till me have no back left to my clothes. Attendez, Monsieur—me send de Madame my mangle for de clothes—yen me go for clothes de Madame say—" Oh, oh, Monsieur, all a'your clothes been a fetch from my mangle." Peste me say, where your mangle take my clothes—what for de dcbble—ah, ah— where my clothes you Madame ?—(Considerable laugh ter.)—Commissioner : Do stop, Sir. Mrs. Harrison, we must trouble you to explain this matter, or we shall be kept here all the day.—Defendant : Sir, the plaintiff washed his own linen, and was in the habit of bringing it to me to be mangled. It so happened that the last parcel he brought to me was, by accident, delivered to some 'person in mis take, and I never could trace where the things went to. After a vast deal of annoyance, he sent me :bill which I have. Commissioner—Hand it up. • The following items were read :—" three shirts, 24d., six caps for de night, 36d. —(Laughter)—two coats for de waiste, 24d., and 20 feet for de stockers, 39d.—a1l a' which make a 123 d." You admit you lost these valuable commodities then, said Mr. Dubois, addressing the defendant?—Yes, Sir, she replied, but they were all rags, and not fit to be seen ; he has charged too much. The Jury, after a short consideration, decided that the Frenchman's claim was good, and adjudg ing the old mangler to pay Is. per month. On learning the length of time allowed to the defendant, the plaintiff wcn:: into a most magnificent rage—the chattering of his teeth, and the terrible obliquity of vision, which rendered it impossible to say who he was addressing, formed a scene of the most awfully ludicrous character. On quitting the Court lie said, " Ah, ab, I be revenge—l be revenge ; me take a you Defeat de In cuirasse ;'" but whether this threat was addressed to the Commissioners, the Jury, or the reporter, not even the Court of Conscience could divine. LIGHT.—The Italian natural philosopher Melloni has recently invented a mode of depriving the rays of light of caloric, which seems to open the way to great discove ries respecting the nature of light, when thus insulated. his method is very simple : he passes the sun's rays thronli a combination of transparent bodies (water, and a particular sort of glass-coloured green with oxide of copper), which bodies absorb all the caloric, and but little of the light. The light thus separated from its caloric is very yellow, with a green tinge ; and when so concentrated by lenses as to be as bright as the direct ray, the most delicate ther mometer does not show the smallest degree of warmth. It has long been known that the prism, besides dividing the ray into its several pencils of colours, separated at one end of the spectrum a pencil of heat-makinc , rays, and the other a pencil of chemically-acting rays, both perceptible only by their effect; but this mode of severing the heat from. the light offered little means of experimenting upon the una dulterated light, of which Melloni's discovery seems to give the philosopher as complete command as he has of the gasses, &c.—.4thenalan. BRIGHT N.-MONDAY. The King, we are happy to state, is entirely free from gout, and her Majesty's cold is better ; but the extreme severity of the weather has not only confined their Majes ties i.": - .1( 1 the Court generally within doors, but also all our fashiouables. • His Majesty granted an audience yesterday to the Earl of Westmoreland, and thin morning to Sir D. Wilkie, ILA- The grand ball which was to have been given by thc Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's this evening is put off, in consequence of the severity of the weather ; and from the same cause, we understand, the Countess of Winter ton's ball is postponed. The Duchess of St. Alban's, after distributing her muni ficent bounty in blankets and clothing to the poor fishermen and bathing-women on Saturday, had an evening Christmas party, at which Mr. Yates and Mr. Rice, from London, per formed their parts inimitably well, assisted by the Duke and th e Major Koppel, as amateurs. .A sumptuous sup per (itas served to the company, including---. The 'Earl and. Countess of Rosse, Lady C. and Miss Capel, Lady Cathe riae and the Misses Stewart, the Hon. Mrs. Greville and General Phipps, Sir R. and Lady Fitz Wygram, Mr. and Mrs. Grant (of Grant), Miss Gibbins and the Misses Bur dett, Lord and Lady . Francis Gordon, and the officers of 'the - Guards. COURT CIRC ULAR. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipsthal is expected to pay a visit to Hanover during his stay on the Continent. Viscount Melbourne continues indisposed at his residence in South-street. Viscount Palmerston left town on Tuesday. Lord Holland had a dinner party on Christmas Day. Holland House, Kensington. The Earl of Munster and family are settled at Hampstead for the winter. His Lordship presided at the last meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Earl and Countess of Jersey will shortly re sume their dinners and conversazioncs in Berkeley-square. They returned a short time ago from their visit to . Sir R. and Lady Peel, and are now at Middleton Park, o.xfordshire• Lord and Lady Mayfrard and family have arrived at Euston-square, from Dover. His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Denmark and suite will, it is said, pay a visit to this country in the spring. Prince and Princess Polignac were to have arrived on Tuesday on a visit to the Countess of Newburgh, at Hindon Hall, L sussex ; but the state of the roads being ren dered nearly impasOble, the Prince has postponed his jour ney until Saturday. rile Prince and Princess remain at the Clarendon, where they 'Lye in a quiet and unostentatious manner. A courier arrived at the Russian Embassy on Tues day night, with despatches from St. Petersburgh. He came by the Hamburg steam packet, and ho describes the passage to have been one of the roughest he ever encountered. During part of the time no communication could he carried on from the stern to the forecastle. R. Errington, Esq., arrived yesterday at the Claren don, from Melton Mowbray. The Hon. Gentleman de scribes the fall of snow to have put a stop to hunting ; the leading members of the hunt were about to proceed to joie the festivity at Belvoir Castle. The French Ambassador and Countess Sebastiani , who were expected to leave Manchester House this day for Paris, have been obliged, it is understood, to postpone their departure, in consequence of the difficulty of travelling, arising from the heavy fall of snow. W hear that the vacant Lieutenant-Coloneley of the Royal Ayrshire Militia is to be conferred on one of our much respected Deputy-Lieutenants, Major Neill, of Barn well.—Ayr Observer. Badminton is the scene of great festivity. Lord anti Lady William Somerset have arrived from Bath. Lord and Lady Granville Somerset have also arrived. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are in excellent 12ealth, and look for ward with pleasure to the day when their lovely daughter will be united to the Hon. Member for the ezistern division of Gloucester. The seat of Sir Henry Paton is to he the resort of the fair bride and bridegroom immediatdy after the marriage is solemnised. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are expected to leave Alnwick Castle early in February for Northumberland House ; and, in consequence of the favour able state of his Grace's health, the parties are expected to commence soon after their Graces' arrival. Mr. Yates and Jim Crow were the last travellers posted from Hickstead to Crawley on Sunday last. The snow drift came on so rapidly, that the road was blocked up. Mr. Rice, if he had been an hour later, would, with all his agility, have found it rather difficult to " turn about or wheel about." A physician of the name of Buller, residing at Ham burgh, has lately invented a new surgical instrument, by means of which he can amputate a leg in one second, and which has the effect of benumbing the pain of the patient by a simultaneous pressure which accompanies the operation. The ordinary meeting of the Zoological Society, for scientific business was held on Tuesday evening, Richard Owen, Esq., F.L.S., in the chair. A continuation of the paper of M. Frederick Cuvier, on " The Rodentia of familY of Jerboas," was read by the President ; after which Mr. Bennett read the conclusion of his paper on " The Nat Ural History and Habits of the Spermaceti Whale,' which has excited an interesting conversation. The meeting, which did not separate until a late hour, adjourned to Jan. 10... DINN E R TO MR. FIUME AND MR. BYNG.--- - A meeting of the Stewards for the dinner proposed to be given to the Members for the county of Middlesex was held yesterday at the Salopian Coffee-house. Several Members of Parliament were present—Sir John Scott Lillie in the chair —when it was resolved that the Marquis of Tavistock should be invited to preside, and that the dinner should take place on the 23d of January, in Drury-lane Theatre. It is intended to have a public meeting on or about the 16th of January, to express the sense of the " Men of Birmingham" on the present state of affairs, political and mercantile. We have i . .pason to believe that, in addition to our own, we shall be favoured on the occasion with the presence of Sir Wm. Molesworth and several other highly influential Members of Parliament.—Birminghanz Journal. It is remarkable that when Halley's cornet appeared in 1760, it was followed by snow, - boisterous weather, a nd a frost, much the same as its appearance has been followed this year. The snow on an average is supposea to be three feet deep throughout the country ; and the quantity fallen in two days is greater than the quantity that fell the last four years. The real Simon Pure, Mr. Rice, alias Jim Crow, leaves London on Sunday next to fulfill a fortnight's en gagement at the Liverpool and Manchester theatres ; he then returns to leis London quarters at the Adelphi. On Friday evening, being for the benefit of Mr. Charles Kemble, on his final retirement from the stage, six hundred and forty-one pounds were received at the doors of Covent-garden theatre, to which the various amoonts en closed to Mr. Kemble, for private boxes, &c., are to be added. It is calculated that Mr. Kemble will net upwods of one thousand pounds. At the last meeting of the Meteorological Society was presented the following :—" Anticipated State of the Weather during the approaching Month of January, 1837. —The tendency of the weather throughout the month will be to drought. Frost may be e xpected to set in about the sth of the month, if not sooner, and the period of greatest cold may be expected to occur on the night of the 13th, or following morning, succeeded by a thaw ; squa!ly weather with rain thence to the 22d, after which a return to the frost and dry harsh weather to the close of the month." .1 It appears that there is no truth whatever in t•le p statement which has appeared in most of the papers, or Madame and Mademoiselle Garcia, the mother and sister of the late Madame Malibran, having been at the Opera Buffa on Thursday evening. The truth is, that Madame Garcia, after having accompanied the remains of her la mented daughter from Manchester, arrived on Wedne:daY morning at the house of a friend in Finsbury-square, aild remained there until Friday, not having left the house at a ll on Thursday evening, but, on the contrary, having re tired early to rest apparently worn out by grief and fa tigue. Mademoiselle Garcia has not been in England, bu t is remaining with M. de Beriot at Brussels. A grand full-dress ball is to be given next month, at the Great Assembly Rooms, York , in aid of the feeds for restoring the bar-walls of that city. The whole of the Nobility and Gentry of Yorkshire are expected to be late sent, and the meeting will exceed in brillianay the WI ball of the Yorkshire Hussars, given by Earl de Grey an the Officers of that corps. At the dinner given to Mr. Grainger by his consti.- tuents of the fourth municipal district on Wednesday last , that gentleman stated, with reference to the English rail ways, that on the completion of the London and Birming ham Railway, and the Grand Junction Railway (which is the railway from Manchester to Birmingham), both of whic h are expected to be open in eighteen months, the immediate effect will be to reduce the time in conveying the mail bern tween Manchester and London from twenty-one hours to ten hours. So th a t, w ith ou t making any alteration on the present speed between Manchester and Edinburgh or Glils" gow, the London mail will reach those places early on the morning of the second day out of London, and the dePar ture rill be at eight in the evening, instead of nine in the morning. I n this way the course of post with London Will be reduced to three days, instead of five, as at presente' Scotsman. THE SUN, LONDON, TIIIIRSDAS, DECVMDtat 29, Is 3(.