The Sun. — London, England, 1836-01-09 00:00:00

AWFULFIRE- IN, NENir YORK. (From the Arew,York Transcript of Dec. 18..)._ In mentioning in our paper of yesterday the breaking out of an awful conflagration. in Merchant-street, and its extension from thence to the, East River, sweeping ever thing into wide ruin before it, we expressed our appre. pensions that it i'vould not be stayed until the devastatioi w as still more e'xtensite,'and until' it had numbered among the wrecks which it had made. numerous large and splendid edifices, besides those included in the range of buildings which we described as having alreadY been levelled with the ground. Our apprehensions, we lament to say, were too fearfully realised. To the blocks of buildings and streets which we represented as then being in flames, many, very many other s were added, the particulars of which, as far as we are able, with the- assistance of some of our contempo— raries, to gather them, we now proceed to state. The fire broke out in Merchant-street on the 15th of e. 7 ember, in the triangular block formed by Wall, 'Wit ham, and Pearl s t ree t s , at about nine o'clock. A fierce Wind was blowing from -the NAV , and the weather so i ntensely cold, as t o re nd e r the efficient working of the engines' impos s ibl e . The consequence was that the fire . held the mastery through th e night, sprea di ng with great and destructive rapidity. The arm of man was:powerless, and many of our fellow-citizens who retired to their pillow affluence were bankrupts on awaking. , fact of the powerlessness of the firemen, from the almost instantaneous congelation of the water, and the be numbing iniluence.of the cold, increased the consternation which prevailed among the thousands of the agitated multi tude who were witnesses of the calamity—many of them doom e d to stand' anitsce the destruction of their own for tunes, without being'. able to.lirt.a finger for their rescue. To F r 5 t• the flames,at one time seemed to us impossible, save bso e blowing of'ranges of buildings in advance of the fire, ihat its progress might thus - be interrupted. But the difficulty w as t o o btain, powder; none of consequence being allowed in the city. A, sufficient supply, therefore, could not be obtained short. of the Navy-yard—whence, also, the Mayor was obliged to send for a strong military f orce, to p reserve property f rom the swarm of robbers who 'ar e ever ready on such occasions. Such i s diffi culty the confusion that prevailed, and such the diffi of Working one's way among the smoke, and fire, and heated ruin s , that it is impossible to detail particolos with any pret ens i on to accuracy. W e g i ve the . f o llpying as the b est result that we could arrive at from perienal observe tionQ - and by lng the South side of consu Watill-street,map from WI - Hiatt-street` to East River, including the Merchants' Exchange, and "excepting wue three or four buildings between Merchant-street (fbi ffierlY Hanover) and Pearl. Also from William to Broad, building s not destroyed, but injured in the rear. i 3xchange-street:both sides, from Broadrstreet, crossing william to Merchant-street ; the - Garden , -street Church was embraced in this section.. Merchant-street (formerly Hanover) both sides, from Wall to Hanover-square. Williain=stfeet; both sides, from Wall-street to Hanover square. Pearl -street, both sides, from Wall-Street to Coenties in4uding the whole sweep of Hanover-square. StOne-street, from Hanover-square to the lane leading' to the end of coenties-slip. Exc'eange-street and part of Beaver-street, from Pearl nearly to Broad. Water-street, both sides, from Coffeehouse - slip to Cocr.- ties-slip. South-street, from Coffeehouse-slip to Coentie , slip: South side of Coffee-house-slip; from Pearl-street to the East River. Both sides of Old slip (including the Franklin-market), f rom Pearl-street to the East River. North side of Coenties-slip, from Pearl-street to the river. Jones's -l ane , Gouverneur's-lane, Cnyler's-alley , and p art or Min -street_ Seventeen blocks of buildings, of the largest and most Oestly description, are totally destroyed ; the large block bet ween Wall-street and Exchange-place, bounded on the West by Broad-street, that between Exchange-place and Beaver-street, fronting on Broad-street, and that between Beaver and Mills-streets, also fronting on Broad, are greatly injured, and may almost be said to bc deikilii . ),J=644except the single range of stores fronting on Broad-:street. The numb er of buildings it is impossible to ascertain, but it is estimated between 700 and 1,000. The amount of pro- Pear destroyed is incalculable. Those acquainted with our city will at once perceive that near ly the entire seat of its greatest commercial trans actions has been destroyed. It is not probable that the destruction of any given section of any other city in the world, of equal extent, would have involved a greater de strtOiorr of capitil, or ruined the fortunes of a greater number of men. The destruction of goods, of every de scription that can be enumerated, has been immense ; and what - Yet fie-tiler magnifies the calamity is the fact, that the portion of thc. , city thus destroyed, is one which has been almoSt entirely rebuilt within the last five or six years, and was covered e -ti- every hand with the most noble and substantial range mercantile edifices perhaps in the world. Before the guriPefv4er was used in blowing up houses, there were many loud reports from occasional explosions of powder and casks of - Spirits: ' . During the whole night the scene was one of awful terror and indeScribable grandeur. The drought of the season had contributed to the com bustibility o 1 the matter; and the rapidity with' which house after house, and range after range, were wrapped in flames was truly astonishing. The wind being high, large flakes of fire were borne whirling aloft through the dark vault of Heaven with fearful splendour. From the direction of the Kind—to which, under Providence, the salvation of perhaps the Whole city is owing —the city of Brooklyn Was, consi dered in danger, and the flakes of fire were borne along in quantities beyond Flattbush. The buildings on 'Exchange-place having become involved in the conflagration, the flames communicated to the Mer chatts' Eiehange itself, the exemption of which had been so strongly confided in that a large amount of goods was deposited there for safety. Before these could be removed and the numerous tenants of the edifice could remove their private property, the fire communicated to the roof, and this soon falling in, carried with it the wall at the east end of the building, beneath which several persons are said to have been buried alive. The splendid dome of' the Ex change, after sending columns of flame to an immense height for half an hour, until it was reduced to a body of fire, fell in with a tremendous crash, burying the elegant statue of Hamilton in the ruins. At the time the fire in Pearl-street reached Hanover square, the large space of ground was filled with piece goods promiscuously piled together; and much of this property was of the most valuable kind. S unexpectedly and rapidly did tha flames extend on both sides of the square, that an unsuccessful attempt was Made to remove it, for much of it Was destroyed in the street, and the residue, though depo sited at a greater distance in stores and otherwise, was shortly afterwards consumedl.'' Dr:;;Matthew's Church bad bee n m a d e a d e •vository - ror gabils — irilie early part Qf the re, which acre ‘o,' cotirsb::entietlY eMsiamed with the build= tug, leaving nothing but the bare walls. With the Exchange, the public:has sustained a loss in the ,Fine Arts wlik!h is greatly!lo be regretied; We refer to the statue of lIamilto"1, erected by the munificence of 'our merchants during the pvcseut, year, in the centre of the rotunda of that building. Tba:,.whieli Was designed to re main for ages, is in eight months ..pvQoipitated _,#' yip its pe : - dest a l, and is mixed with the runs- of that ill-fated structure it was erected to adorn. The mere amount of property wasted and destroye,l, not by the flames, but in the conftlion, and hurry, and despera- Con of the time, is probably equal to the entire loss at ordi nary fires. It is laMentable to see the piles of costly furni ture—rich mahogany tables. with marble tops, sideboards, Sofa s , &C., &c., broken and heaped up like worthless rubbish ; rich merchandises, silks, satins, broadcloths; fine r u slinsi and every species of fancy goods, trampled Under Foot ; packages half burnt ; boxes of cutlery and hardware burst open, and their contents scattered in the mud ; bottles cf wine broken ; and, in short, thousands• upon thousands and tens of thousands of dollars lying wasted around, in the - .for m of ruined merchandises. Carmen and porters were heaping goods upon carts, bar rows, in coaches and omnibuses. The Battery and Bowling Gree..n were thickly studded with piles of goods, some in boxes, others just as they were snatched from the shelves. Alarines with fixed bayonets patrolling amongst them for protection against marauders, and-all eyes fixed upon the volunaes of dense black smoke, whirling away before the darti ng and roaring from the roofs and win ~lows of tlia firen,n wn whole streets—walls tumbling to the ground, and out with thei r exer ti ons , and almost dis couraged from r further efforts,ni vainly striving to make head against the secured flames, which ed to mock all human skill and power. Amidst this dreadful 1( an nounce that the glil,ll distinction we are happy to an vas - nany v t nt; have not sustained any material injury. A them were lying at the docks, be( tween tween Murray's Co e :, ‘ t - - ' c that the fe's slip • and at ono time we had our fear would have been destroyed. The . water was veiy I^a, , could not for some time get away. The brig r ow mau wa s on five, but it was soon kXtinguisix - 1, 111)&1111, except one British - ,briu• iu Comfit's slip, tinrdlyigot into the stream, .where they are now at anchor. in .all cases of great public or individual eaLmit:e3, espe cially those -oceasicning loss of 1) 11 )1 , t,v, the first n-npres sinus, and first rei.orts, are of coursejoseaOkexaprrgerated. And. befor.o concluding this has t y and itn i ) e. l 4 abroad •account, - • We take leave to caution the I, ro ‘ r credence to first reports. The ealainitt a 't C li til lc eine. and the losses will 1) i mn ienso, .1 3 , 0 t• -ranted in th e b e lief that the burden will prlVlpakixia:ll) Such a manner that it will be borne without shaking the credit of We city; or chocking its prosperity for any length of _time. We take it for granted—nay, it is adm►tted on all hands—that_ the Fire. Insurance Companies are ill ruined. SOTTIQ.wiII not be, able to pay fifty cents. on the dollar of their. .policies, and:others, perhaps, not more than twenty-five—While others. may he rather more fortunate: But vet the condition of things is not by far so bad as many who are not, on , the spot imagine, and not by any means as deplorable as will ,be, represented abroad. A number of gentlemen, well known.as able and cool calcu lators, estimate the amount of loss to be not more than twenty-five millions of dollars. The total amount of capital held by the whole of the Fire Insurance Companies in this city does not amount to more than ten millions. The cal culation is that about six hundred stores have been con sumed, the insurance of which does not average more than ex or seven thousand dollars upon each. The loss, thereupon, in real estate, is not be far so great as will at first be supposed, inasmuch as the lots themselves constitute the chief value, being often worth three or four times more than the buildings on them. Whatever amount, therefore, the Insurance Companies may be able to pay, the holders of real estate-will be able to sustain and bear up under the loss. The losses most severely to be felt and de plored will be those of widows and orphans, whose property has been invested in stocks. Some of our contemporaries are of opinion that the dis aster could not have occurred at a more fortunate period, because, as they allege, the autumnal sales will have mate rially reduced.the stock of the different dry good stores. On this subject we differ from them in toto, believing that, in anticipation of a war with France, the importers have made much more extensive purchases of late than they have previously been accustomed to do, and had, consequently, at the breaking out of the fire, a larger amount of goods than usual. During the night all descriptions of carriages were in the immediate vicinity of the fire, either waiting to remove books, driving away with merchandise, or in attendance upon those who were watching the progress .of the flames. Pearl-street, from Hanover-square to Broad-street, was .made a depository for piece goods ; and piles, valued per haps at .half a million, were burned. Old Slip was also filled with every species of valuable `Property, which was destroyed. A large number of the militia -were ordered . out last - evening, to protect property through the night ; we have not been able to ascertain how many, but understand that the orders embraced several regiments; among them the Washington Grays, under the command of Colonel George P. Morris. _ . None. of the .numerous banking houses in Wall-street have received any serious injury. Among the rumours which were afloat yesterday morn ing, was one that the fire was the work of an incendiary. There was another that a fellow was seen early in the morning to set fire to a house in Broad•street. The columns and front of the Exchange, which yct stand, present a magnificent, but melancholy spectacle. We have heard, as yet, but of one person actually being killed, upon whose body, as will be seen from our report the C6roner held an inquest. The fire was not effectually checked until about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, it having continued to burn up to that time from its commencement (eighteen hours) with the most fierce and fatal rapidity. The merchants who have suffered so extensively by the great fire have applied' to the Secretary of the Treasury to renew for the term of three months all bonds now com- ill , due. ''' LII3ERALITY.—We state on the authority of Mr. Worth, the cashier of the City Bank, that all rates now - due, and fallingfdue at that institution, will be renewed on the same securities as now attach to them. So praiseworthy an example ought to be followed, and we have no doubt it will be, by all the other banks in the city. The east river yesterday presented a scene almost as gay and lively as a regatta, - hundreds of boats skimming over the surface for the purpose of taking - up such goods as were found floating. Were not the associations connected with such a scene of a most melancholy nature, the ap pearance of the river itself would have been a truly pleas- ing one. POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENT.—UntiI a more commo dious building can be procured, the business of the Post office will be conducted at the Custom-house in Pine-street, where letters may be mailed, and will be delivered, as usual. A CITIZEN GUARD.—The Mayor issued a proclamation yesterday, calling upon such of the citizens as had leisure to form themselves- into a patrole for the protection and preservation of the large amount of property now strewed about the streets, and which else might be scattered to the four winds of Heaven. Public meetings have been held to devise measures for the safety of the city, and a subscription has been set on foot to relieve the immediate wants of the families who have lost - their all by this appalling fire. The Advertiser of the 21st; and the New York Times of the same date, contain articles which we subjoin, stating that the first alarm li'a'ving subsided, the aspect of affairs was found to be more favourable than could have been expected under the circumstances. - • • ( From - the New York Times.) The-pnblic mind' has experienced much relief during the last . .ltwo ' days. We '-are - beginning to recover from the shOek,' came onus with such overwhelming force, that 11-e were not only prostrated, but stupified by it. We are hegiiming to look around us, to examine coolly and dispels-. §ionately into the extent of the calamity—to inquire, vyith • cautiousness and prudence, into the course to be pursued to 'relieve us from our temporary sufferings—for temporary, we trust, they will be. The elastic spirit of. our citizens. is begineing to rise from the temporary pressure that weighed it down. Our energies, checked for a time, have again begun to exert themselves. Sufferers , of a ll classes, have determined to Tint their own shoulders to the wheel, and then, irne'd6s4ary, to call upon Hercules—to trust to them selves first, before they trust to othersto ascertain first, whether in ou ;ity, and our own State, we have not the means to repair our losses, before we ask aid from other sources. Despondency now is as unwise as it is unmanly. We want action, prompt,irnmediate, decisive action. Our prosperity may be ehecked,but it is far from being destroyed. We hare that within us. L--the sources of our riches , and. prosperity—that disaster cannot break down. -We have all that has male us what we are—energy, promptness, and entdrpr4e. I,\ 7 'e need the exertions of these qualities now-- and; unless we mistake the' character of our citizens, they will be called into prompt and . vigorous exercise. In times like these, the minor eonsideratiorm which ordinarily divide us must be discarded. In relieving each other—in restor ing the prosperity of our citizens—there must be but one party. We Must act with entire unanimity of feeling, as if but one heart led, and one•hand acted. We have received O. check in our prosperity, but it has been after a business ' year , of most unparalleled success. The calamity, heavy as it is, has fallen at a time when it could ere best borne by our commercial community. The stocks of our merchants are at this season of the year gene rally very low. Our banks are disposed to act liberally, and relief will and must be obtained, if not from the Gene ral, at least from the State Government. Our citizens are of good heart. They will do justice to themselves ; and we trust that within a brief period we shall be able to state that we are again in the full tide of successful expe riment, and fast recovering from our recent disasters. The energies of the City of New York cannot be easily re pressed or destroyed. " Onward" is the word. (From the New York Daily Adverti.wr.) . The aspect of affairs is decidedly more cheering. Al though about flay-two acres of ground resemble tho ruins of the old world, yet on a close inspection of the things it is discovered that the losses have not been half as great as was first contemplated. Ten to fifteen Millions will. probably be the extent. The Insurance Offices will pay better than Was expected ; the North Riser, Equitable, • City, New York, Bowery, Guardian, Fulton, Eagle, ands Greenwich, all pay.' The confidence that the Corporation will issue teck to enable the Ciinipatiiei to "i)eY•preniptly, and the spirit among - 111e Banks to be liberal, and a corresponding disposition among all classes to yield :o circumstances, has imposed more hope in the public. Not a failure, as we can Jearn,.has yet taken place ; no bonds are to be put in suit. The merchants meet as usual. The Board of Brokers commence to-day, and already business begins . to• assume some appearance of activity. Our columns begin to pre sent a fair share of goods for sale ; many of the larger houses have advertised to discount all their notes out. All these conspire to give confidence. Let every sufferer re double his exertions, remembering that industry, integrity, prudence, and economy will soon bring all right again. (From an extra edition of the New York San.) NEW YORK, DEC. 19. The history of the United States does not record a heavier calamity upon its citizens than that of which we now publish the fullest particulars that have been collected. With the exception of the great fire in London, in 1666, and the destruction of , some ancient cities by ruthless con querors, we doubt if any conflagration has ever occurred which involved the loss of so immense an amount of pro perty as 26,000,00 0 dollars, which is the latest estimate that has been made of the loss sustained by this city on Wednesday PiOtr The memorable fira wf Lenden ; in 1666, desolated that city to the extent of 436 square acres, consurging 400 streets, 113;000 houses, and 86 churches ; but nearlytwo-thirds of these buiidiugs being constructed of wood, and the produc tions of the arts mid oi4lllM,C! , Pres of that period being far inferior in value to those of the present ago, the Rctuul 'a.i4. - 44.nt of property then destroyed bore comparatively little pro'portion. t,v •i4e4;, which , occupies the same topographical space in modern commereng ie ere of opinion that all the preceding liTs ti t thi;; pity, or Wiric;li AVe any account , ha ve des t ro Y ed. '23.000A0 d o llarS which include a liberal annual average THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1536 4.. of loss over and above that oces . inned by fires of the larger cla3s. But this one fire cannot -be repaired for .25,000,000 dollars. On the night preceding this unequalled calamity a fire broke out in Water-street, which eventually destroyed eight houses and other property there to the amount of 50,000 dollars. Before these flames were extinguished others were seen to ascend in an upper part of the town, which proved to be Chrystie-street, in the square between Delaney and Rivington-streets, by which 11 houses were reduced to ashes, and many poor shivering families were driven out into the most severely piercing wind that has" been known in this latitude for many years. So i ,inteuss! ? , indeed, was the cold, that many of the engines were reA4qrp.ki .inopc rative by the freezing of their hose, to say .nothing of th e exhaustion of the firemen. These two fires, however, were only gentle preludes to the solemn requiem which was soon to be heard—mere symphonies to the grand anthem of desolation. At nine o'clock on the night of Wednesday, the 16th of December, 1835—a date which will long be memorable in the history, not only of New York; but of the nation of which she forms the first commercial emporium—smoke and flames were seen to issue from a five-story building in Mer chant-street, formerly Hanover-street, in the vicinity of the Merchants' Exchange, and in part of the city the most crowded with wholesale warehouses and stores, filled with the most costly productions of foreign and domestic manu facture.. The building was ascertained to be the, dry-goods store of Messrs. Comstock and Andrews , No. 25, in that street. The flames soon leaped forth in fury through every aperture, and seized on the two adjoining houses for their immediate prey. The street being narrow and confined, and a fierce North-east wind having arisen with continually increasing force, the flames embraced the opposite houses, until the whole triangular block, formed by Wall , William, and Pearl-streets, bcame one lofty altar of waving fires. Taking, then, the direction of Wall-street, below Pearl,:'dri. the one hand, - and Pearl-street below Wall, on the other, the flames rolled on like angry billows upon a rocky shore, and mocked all human efforts to restrain them. The following is said to be a correct estimate of the number of buildings destroyed :—Water street, 25 ; Pearl street, 72 ; South-street, 37 ; Waterstreet, 76 ; Front street, 80 ; Hanover-street, 16 ; xchange-place, 62 ; Ex- , change-street, 81 ; William-street, , 44 ; 33 ; Coen ties-slip, 16 ; Stone-street, 6Q ; Hanover-square, 3 ; Beaver street, 23 ; Governeur's-lane, 20 ; Jones-lane, 10 ; Guyier's alley, 20,; Mill-street, 38.—Total, 674. Last night and ThurSday night strong bodies of cavalry and volunteer infantry were patrolling the streets near the fire, and preserved perfect order,,and, we believe, prevented any further serious depredations. The passengers descendihg . the Hudson saw the flames from the - Highlands, forty-five Miles distant, and the light was also distinctly seen in New-Jersey-as far as Cranberry. All the fire engines froin .Brooklya came promptly over to our assistanee, as also two 'engine companies from New ark—for the active exertions of all which, the thanks of our citizens are ..gratefully-rendered. Meetings were held in the - different wards last evening, and volunteer patrols organized to aid the civil authorities in protecting the intnense amount of property that still lies exposed in the streets. A meeting of the Presidents of the Banks of this city was held yesterday forenoon at the Bank of New York, at which it was unanimously resolved to extend every possible facility to the merchants and traders, and the public generally, in the present emergency.---,-- - Messrs. J. Campbell and Co., paper-deahn who were burnt out at the great fire in iinn 7 strect, in August last, and had removed into Merchant-street while their store was rebuilding, lost their whole stock. I. and A. Brown, importers of Irish linen in Merchant street, lost 40,000 dollars. William Redmond, importer of linens and British dry goods, in MerAantstreet, lost 100,000 dollars. Hyslop and Sordest 40,000 dollars Mr. Stephen. Whitney had just built 24 stores at an ex pense• of 10,000 dollars each—all were levelled to the ground, and no insurance. • ' After raging 16 hours, the course of the fire was stayed, but not until a further supply of powder had been obtained from the mills at Red Hook to eXplode other houses. The chief cause of this great devastation was the intense cold, which .not only benumbed the firemen, who were already greatly exhausted by previous efforts, but which speedily congealed the water as it lay in the hose. The most remarkable circumstance attending this tre mendous fire is, that very few persons are supposed to have fallen its victims. Only those named in the Corone r 's re regarct to - the ixtertion of th - e traty-of the 4th of July with th e U n it e d States of good A faith meri of your l‘ Po l'' l j ie cs ;, Y has also 'di s pl aye d th e ju s ti ce an d and expressed your desire of see ing those differences terminated in a manner honourable for too great nations. An important document recently published leads to a hope that this desire will- be speedily realised. "Your Majesty has made known to us that our fi nancial condition is satisfactory, and that the public re venues are receiving fresh and happy augmentations through the sole fact of the 'general prosperity These, Sire, are the results of order and liberty. We have wel comed this assurance, and we cherish the hope of at last z;eeing the re-establishment of that equilibrium, which is so necessary, between the public expenses and the extraordinary resources of the State. " The finance and other laws which ara to be presented to us shall be examined with that mature consideration re quired by the interest of the country and the dignity of our deliberations. " Sire, FranCe begins to reap the fruit of her prudence and her c.mrage. She has learnt from a long, and some times a terrible experience, that she can find safety only under the protection of a constitutional monarchy. For you it was reserved to satisfy this necessity of a great people. Public reason, enlightened by the paSt,• is now allied with a skilful policy, which under circumstances the most difficult, has been able to unite energy with moderation.' " The country, shaken by a glorious and legitimate re volution, is nevi 'acquiring strength, and she hopes to exist ,under the shelter of her laws and the shadow of your na tional sceptic,-; ivigilant, firm, and at the same time a - will invariably find us anxious to se ., jeuos :i d calculated to calm the public feeling, and to protect the national interests. " Sire, France, with a feeljno• of gratitude, will be indebted to your reign forlierreme, her liberty, and her greatness. This is your worthiest,r,ccompense, and it will also be your glory." =, • all. lle Tescher ascended the tribune to present some general considerations on tile state of Europe, and to call the attention of the Government to the fate . of unhappy Poland. 'The Noble Peer contended that it was for the in terest and the dignity of France, to demand tke execution of the treaties of 1815—treaties so onerous to France—and, to insist upon the fUltilment of the stipulations made with regard to the independence and the nationality of Poland. He maintained that the peace of Europe depended on the execution of those treaties, which had, in every in stance, been violated by the Russian Autocrat. After an eloquent description of the various misfortunes sustained by Poland, the' Noble Peer expressed his regret that a ',French diplomatic agent had not been sent to Cracow to counterbalance foreign influence there, and repeated his hope that France would insist upon the fulfilment of the treaties entered into on behalf of Poland, which he regarded as her surest barrier againSt the incursions of no: them bar barism. He declared that, had he felt assured of meeting with sympathy from the Chamber, he would have proposed the revision of the draft of the address by the Com inittetc, in order that a phrase analogouS to the sentiments just expressed by him might be inserted in the document. As it was, however, he would conclude by invitinc , the attention of Government to the facts which he had sub mitted for the consideration of the Chamber. _ _ The Count de Montalembert, in a speech of great length and considerable ability, entered into an examination of the influence exercised on the policy of Europe by the power of Russia, which state he described as almost unknown before the reign of Peter the Great:; but since that period daily gaining fresh •accession of territory, seizing upon the east, and at the same time threatening Europe with her prepon derance. The Noble Peer expressed his apprehension that Russia, if allowed to retain possession of Poland, would break down the last barrier between her own formidable power and the interests of civilization: He concluded with an eloquent appeal to tlie . Government on behalf of unfor tunate Poland. . _ _ _ _ The PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL declared that he sym pathised with the generous feelings which actuated the ' Noble Peer who had just sat clown, but the latter had ,not rendered justice to the Ministry of 1832, when he said that the circumstances in which France was then placed had prevented her from exerting her. utmost efforts in favour of Poland. The future historian, however, would do justice to the illustrious individuaiivho Was at that period at the head of the Cabinet: It Waia'ini4take to imagine that even a humane interference with•another Government was always seasonable ; it frequently counteracted the attainment of the very object in view. No doubt treaties should be exe cuted to the .fuli extent-ottlitit ntrei and'spirit ; but, in those which related to Poland, there was, in many instances, a want of clearness and a degree of contradiction in the text which led the Powers, who had concurred in framing them, to give an erroneous interpretation to their meaning; and to carry their own principles too far. But this difference, as to the proper construction of certain phrases, was not to be decided by force of arms. It belonged to the States men to settle the difficulty in the interests of peace and • port are known to have perished, although it. szqmns almost inevitable that many must have been overwhelmed by the roofs or walls of such a multitude of houses. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Extract of a latter from New York, dated the 19th and 21st ult., from a house of the first respectability " Ourcity was visited' On the evening of the 16th, with a dreadful Conflagration,' which destroyed fifteen millions of dollars'in property. The fire was in our immediate neigh bourhOosl, 4nd was obliged to remove our books, which was done early without confusion. The capital of some of our fire insurance companies exceeds ten millions of dollars ; all of which, save two or three, are bankrupts. The mer cantile interest will suffer severely, but not more than they can bear. We do not look for any failures,;or any sus pension of moment, and none that will affect. any, houses in 'England. Paris and Lyons will suffer heavily, particularly the latter, as most of the French importers are burned out. The wholesale grocers are the next sufferers, but their stocks, if- good, are always light at this season. The capi tal of our Fire :Insurance Compani,eS are for the most part lent out in bonds and akortgages in the city and county, the immedi a t e eallitig in of which would cause ~r eat distress and sacrifice of property. This will probably 7 be obviated by the issue of scrip for several millions of dollars by the State, on the city corporations, by security, to be paid to these Companies, and receiving from them their bonds and mortgages. In this manner the Fire CoMpanies will be enabled to liquidate at once the claims the merchants may have on them. This event is a great .calamity ; but we are all in good spirits, and in a short time we shall sec our city rise like a phoenix out of her ashes: Meanwhile busi ness is almost entirely suspended." humanity. M. Villemain concurred in all that had fallen from M. Tescber, and maintained that France and England ought.to unite in insisting upon the maintenance of the treaties by which the nationality of Poland was guaranteed. • - M. De Barbe-Marbois' cordially participated in every sentiment that had been uttered in favour of Poland ; but he - thought that Noble Peers should be guarded in the ex pression of their feelings, in order to avoid exciting hopes which might never be Irealised • - M. 'llehouchage followed on the same side, and -after wards expressed 4 wish that Ministers would present the •Btidget to the Chamber immediately after the vote on the two AddresseS:. By this means, he observed, the Peers would be enabled to discuss that weighty question on which they had hitherto never been allowed time to deliberate. The Noble Beer was of opinion that the prosperous state of the finances would admit of a reduction of the Five'per Cents. and of a diminution of the taxes that pressed most heavily upon the lower classes. He terminated by demand ing that the laws relative to the competence of the Court of Peers, and the mode of proceeding before that high juris diction, should be submitted to the examination of the ex isting Legislature. • The commencing paragraphs of the Address having been successively adopted, - The Marquis de Dreux-Breze wished to make .some ob servations on the paragraph which related to the policy ob served by the Government towards Spain. The Noble Peer lamented that an artful female (: 4 s he designated the Queen -Regent of Spain) should have been alowed to take advantage of the last moments or her dying Consort to the detriment of a Prince who, by his Urth, was entitled to the throne of Spain.—(Violent murmurs.) The Noble Marquis then complained of the Quadruple Treaty, which he considered entirely in favour of English commerce, while it imposed enormous and unprofitable sacrifices on France. The President of the Council stated that the Govern- FRENCH PATPERS. CHAMBER OF PEERS.-SITTING OF JAN. 6. M. de Bastard, one of the Vice-Presidents, 'took the Chair at half-past one o'clock. Shortly after that hour the President of the' Council, and the Ministers of War, the Marine, the Interior, Justice, and Public Instruction, took their seats. • M. Barthe, the reporter of the Committee entrusted with the task of framing the draft of the Address, in reply to the Speech from the Throne, ascended the Tribune, and read the following : " Sire—Once more assembled at the foot of your Ma jesty's Throne, our first thought has been to thank that Pro ridenc, which, on the_occasion of a most horrible catas trophe, protected the country by preserving your Majesty's existence, and that of your sons. " France, who knows that your days are for ever de voted to her, felt, in the horror inspired by the crime, a redoublement of her gratitude for the benefits conferred by you, and of devotion to your dynasty. She perceived with affright the abyss, on the brink of which society, its in stitutions, and social order, altogether had been placed. Shp viewed, with anxiety and apprehension, the provoca tions which gave birth to such monstrous attonmts ; and she,dpumuded of the Legislature protection fur her future prospects. " Measures adopted in the course of the last session of the Chambers have consolidated public order, and through public order, our liberties and our institutions. This was the object at which. we aimed, in concert with your Ma jesty's Government. " Our hopes have not been deceived. Tranquillity pre vails in every part of the kingdom ; the general prosperity is daily increasing ; the wealth of the country is m ultiplied by its labour. New life has been given to the cities whose existence had been menaced by disorder, and their industry has received an unhoped-for development. Thus tranquil lity at home has multiplied all the elements of public hap piness, and has increased our power abroad. " The expedition undertaken for the security of our African possessions has been conducted and accomplished as became the honour of France. The eldest of your race; already gloriously tried, has proved his wish to participate in the fatigues and dangers of our brave soldiers—noble and generous enthusiasm of an ardent soul inspired with a zeal for the honour of our arms. We have sympathised with your Majesty's paternal anxiety ; and we now congra tulate ourselves on the new claims which the heir to The Throne has acquired on the love of the nation and the esteem of the army. W e congratulate ourselves, as well as your Majesty, on the state of our relations with the European Powers, which is becoming more and more satisfactory. Our intima te union with Great Britain is daily cemented more closely by a community of sympathies and interests, and everything in spires us with confidence that peace will not be disturbed , " Sire, France, enjoying freedom through her laws, happy in a revolution which is making a prudent progress, and re spected abroad, glories in a peace, which will find a lasting guilFllnfice the 414141 Observance of treaties. " We unite in your Majesty's wishes fqr the security of the Throne of Isabella 11. May the measures taken by your Government, by virtue of the treaty of the 28th of April, 1664, ow - lir:hi:de tq stop the effusion of blood in the 'Peninsula, and to re-establish the internal peace 'of a' country, whose destinies in so high a degree excite the interest of France. f: Y(l4r riSti aFeepted the friendly mediation of feredN itiup i on the ilecOop c i f t4l meat of July, on its establishment, found the order of the succession in Spain already modified. The decree proposed by Charles IV., to the Cortes of 1759, abolishing the Sate Law, had been already acted upon with the knowledge of the fallen dynasty, which had made no remonstrance against it. The Government of Julybad, in fact, found matters in Spain precisely in their present state. The English Go ' vernment had entered into an engagement to intercept the transport by sea of supplies to the insurgents who wished to overthrew the Government legally established in Spain. France, on her side, had undertaken to prevent the intro duction into Spain of similar supplies by her land frontiers. But this mutual engagement imposed no restrictions on com merce, except, perhaps on the trade of gunpowder, arms, and uniforms—a trade which had never been permitted even to France. The President then contended that the Qua druple Treaty was not more favourable to time commercial interests of F i ngland than to those of France. The Duke of Noailles considered the policy of the French Government, with regard to Spain, altogether contrary to the interests of France, and complained that the system of policy adopted by Louis XIV. had been abandoned. The Minister of the Interior contended that the policy objected to by the Noble Peer who had just received his scat was unavoidable. He maintained that the policy of Louis XIV. had not been abandoned by any of the Govern ments which bad existed in France subsequently' to' the reign of that Monarch. The present Government had ac cepted, not accomplished, the revolution in Spain, because that Government was averse to propagandism. He denied that the late GoVernment had protested against a change in the order of the Spanish succession. He deplored the blood that had been lavished in Spain, but, at least, that blood had not been shed in presence of a French army, and after the solemn promise of an amnesty--(Heer.) The Marquis de Dreux-Breze replied, that the observa tions of the President of the Council by no means weakened the force of his (the Noble Peer's) argument's, and he still contended that. French trade in Spain had suffered greatly front the Quadruple Alliance Treaty. The President of the Council thought that his observa tions had been mitunderstood by the Noble Marquis. He (time President) did not deny that French trade had suffered from the present state of things in Spain, but he deni4lll* the mischief was attributable to the Quadruple Treaty. ' The remainin PalllgValths of the Address were then adopted, none of them giving rise to any discussion, with the exception of the paragraph referriu ,, to the AaWrico.ll President's last Message, which M. DuCouohage considered by no means satisfactory.; The whole of the Address was then adopted, on the bal lot, by a majority of 99 to 8, and the deputation on whom devolves the office of prescnt:ng it to his been chosen by lot., • . . I 'l l 9 -4444 04 1 . 1 .41tCe.4 WA the twit eenvocatiou of SPIRIT OF THE PUBL/C JOURNALS th'; dliamber would take plaCe for some Government com munications ; that on Friday the Peers w ould-hold..a:seerct itfing in their judicial capacity, to decide upon -the cases of the contumacious prisoners implicated in the disturbances of April, 1834 ; that on Saturday the sentence of the Court would be pronounced in a public Sitting ; and that the trial of the prisoners, included in the. Paris division, would - then commence. Adjourned at half-past five. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, NNI,AIiY 7. . Five per Cents , InSf. (1 c. 6Je. Sue. Four per Cents., 100 f. loc. Three per Cents. Sir 4Cc. s^c. 9.5 e. Bank Actions, •2,150 f. Helm, de :tapirs, 93;1 4: , c. (Cc. It.tinan live per Cents., 102,, - ,%. • • Symish Actives, 517.4 51. Soanish :At Pass; v 17 7 .;,..4 Rent, Pcrpet. Five per Cent., 40. Inisc3l Spanish Loan. 40. Bellian I:Ai:n - I,l'lv, per Cents , 10'N ! Poutuve tn, nv., per Cents ' 85. Portug Lo ueic sn, .Three p..r Cents, 55 1 ; Ilia..itian,l-4,11. 410 f. 415 f. The Mindeipaf , Eleetions have - soielysperPlexed the. fipt TeCtivod with expressive) be_ fact' anpo rar y b the to prepare that the - Conservative Pecrs stootly for the OM Cor a-salons - 1110 that thee, in return, expended their p : „ 5 infl uenee i n return liii'lL7:l;ofrr;ci‘lvvle'L':edrsi,L'istt°Ovri.dednotit scruple to kick the old Corpmators, whom it described as plunderers and op. pressors of the people, as irresponsible tyrants; an d, coaSequently, the object of all but .universal. hat re d. .cLordly f‘'..fist.oerats of En; lend' were about to ex perience no better treatment ; but the Tories after nianv hard words, have received a repreve, and even the old serf-elect are found to have been better theni our Ccntemporare • chose to desciihe them. " People (says the 'Pintos) were at first stag gered (the Times is competent evidence as to the staggering) by the Seeining confidence of exulta tion put forth by the Whig Radicals, at the po litical harvest which, they were assured, must fol low from the turn-out of certain old - Aldermen, and their municipal appendages. But after a little explanation and reflection, the thing is now in) better than a stale joke against the Ministers, bought by Ore moderate disbinsiement of scone 10 ,00 .0 1:, or there- abuts.'' • So that, after ;11, the old • CorporatoN would haVe been returned.by the bouseholderS, but for bribery.: There is something accountable iii attach meats. he old self-elect were irresponsible plun derers and oppressens'of their re , *ctive comMunities but still the householders would have re-stated them in power had they been suffered to folloW their inch= na,tions. But all-powerful gold proved' too strong fi • temptation to the householders. A great deal of twaddl.t of this sort is gravely placed by the Times before .i(1 readers. Who is to be (biped by it ? Who be lieves, too, that the Municipal Elections will have nci effect on the election of Members to Parliament ? All the householders are not political electors, but many of' them are. And- is' it nothing, that all the functionaries, from the Mayor downwards, are Reformers? that justi e i; Lo longer administered - by Tory Recorders assisted by Tory Town-clerks . ? If the Tories were able to carry any boroughs' in spite of the inclinations of a majority of the electors, by the influence of the Corporation, what must the case be, when not only the majority of the electors are Re formers, but the Councils and Magistrates are fte- formers? The truth 'is, that the 'Tories are nothing without corruption. They attach to them all who seek to live by the plunder of the people--alt-who have ends which dare not be avowed. When the Cor porations' were, corrupt, they naturally allied them selves to the Tories. There are no disinterested Tories among the middle classes. Occasionally a rich Nobleman may be a Tory, not so much for pecuniary gain as a natural love of tyranny over his fellow-creatures, and retarding improve ment. There are sno doubt ~among them too, " the tools which men do work with, called fools." But the ranks of the Tories are for the most part filled by mercenaries. The purificatiOh of the Corporations, by withdrawing so much _public property from their controul, must be felt by them as ksevere blow. The people of every country may be divided into the honest anti industrious, and the idle. and profligate. The.To ties come undefthe latter division, and they must se- • fer from whatever protects the honest and industrinOS' .froin their depredations. If Reform he sufibred to produce its fruits, the numerous bands of would-be gentry who still swarm throughout the counti y, must betake them to some honest callings or to the work house.—Morning Chronicle. We need not recommend, for it will recommend itself, a powerful and most interesting letter in this day's Times, bearing the signature of " Vindex. - There is scarcely any topic interwoven with the prin ciples and groundwolk of our political condition, ill so far as that condition is affected by the state of parties, and by the weakness, incompetence, and fundamental rottenness of time Mao - time °Ministry, which the sae,aa 'cious author of this letter has omitted to notice, Of which his statements and reasonings can fail to strike,. forcibly the 'mind Of eVery enlig_litened and honest Eng lishman, even .doge WhOM they :may Arotnenorouglilln convince. The original sin of th*Nl,4Vittietlii.l§ltret • was a Iffintl but malignant hlun&ii: l l4A4tWc . „pro, of a proposition for their rallying ponity ukhmtli - characterises yvith too met, mi` met, when he c. 1s it ( r e r an admirable invention shotiii;ig (lo;en Un' verse Mini,',try—founded, or slippdii-- - sd to be founded, in opposition to popular claims ;biit:lievai't.heieier a very poor device, scarcely. deaerving the name of a principle.;--at most - a. matter of mere expediency,. which ought never to have been. elevated to well , mischievous im9)oKtanee.7 : This ,is time " appropriation,',, clause, which was not considered a necessary nortion of the' Bill of Church Se:dement When the Melbourne Ministers were before in office!, an d of which Bill rill the popular principles were•zar , vied out and applied in an equally full, hut far mote effective amid statcsmanliko manner, by the Irish Church P ee r This new Bill of Sir Robert apple of, discord—the clause for appropriating. a sur plus, which all wise men were conscious would never exist, unless 'forced into being by iniquitous and op pressive measures towards the elegy—was grasped' at by the Melbourne and O'Connell factions, as a peg whereon to hang a m iajorty against the' -C'onserva tive Administration. It served that virtnons,endo , 'But; that rancorous hatred of the Conservative party, whii ; :h had suggested an expedient so perverse and:so knavish, brought with it its own 'inevitable punishment. It made a fusion of Conservatives and Whigs, Which might then have taken &taco on general prole:pies' of sound and wholesome reform, perfectly impracticable and since the Melbourne rump was numerically too feeble to govern the county alone, it, threw that indo lent and reckless Viscount, with his associates, bodily into O'Connell's anus. Party spite, malice almost personal, mingled with a sordid and menial appetite for office, was the real moving power of the Melbourne Whigs, in preferring a partnership with Irish re healers and agitating Papists, to an union upon ho nourable terms, and for constitutional purposes, - temperate and liberal Conservatives—with the P4hke of Wellington and Sir R. Peel. The elements such an union between honouraide, lionourable, Whigs and Conservatives, it seems to be a favourite object of our correspondent " Vintlex, as it has bee's, doubtless, with many other patriots, to le-establish. That such a junction of public men he effected without sacrifice of principle m chkractc r on either side, was at one time a pretty genera l . wish. That such a junc tion is noteposs;ibi2, will most persons Political ex ' Perienez be gravelY li.ounted, if w are to mularstand that it would a continuance in office of many, •we will say u t mot c than one . or two, among the resent N' T .,i ' isters. That the ConServatives, who ore op office rether than sacrifice the principle which protects the , Churell of Ireland from speculatite robb e ry, and • the liberties of Irishmen front Popish oppression, would now, when the voice of the .whole community loudly sanctions and ,corroboiat es the noble stand then math:, —that they would now, we say, conFrent to their OWth dishonour, by a desertion of the cause for which last April they devoted themselves, is not to he believed for a moment. The Conservatives at least ong,ht to yield nothing, and they will not. 'lle adMISSIOI4 EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A woman presented moreover, of NVhigs.of the present Cabinet into any' nerself on Wednesday at Chapel-lane Dispensary, for the ' arrangement for a more extended Administration, Niith purpose of having a tooth extracted. Dr. Maffet pro- a view to make that Administration either popular or ceeded to remove the tooth with the forceps, but on their respected, we hold to he a pure chimera. if whi,,is be re application, without any force having been used, the woman sorted to, it must be _Whigs who are no longer Alinistel„r., uttered a most violent shriek. "['lns, to ether with the or Whias not hitherto tried by the o'r'lca l of tle ( e '. 7 a it t e- e • fact that a portion of the side waa diseased, induced r, to, nem. Is one circumstance woribalhnling 1)r. 'Mallet to relinquish the forceps, and substitute the • has,been freuentl turned by O'Connella dis y. q key instrument , and on the removal of the tooth, a pin of ' cnw.i.Lwahle length was found to have been attached to it, honest and treacherous piirpose- Our "Acts must wh;ell appeared to have formed a bed for itself, so deep i n F ' r -PlYert "—the. the Melbcr " disinterested the P un as altogether to escape notice, even after the " generous!" and support---avlii gum had been observe how often he adverts to, the ! : S?pe,rated from the tooth by the scarification. he. and his Irish . fagots have yielded to Arne wranan did not recollect that she Inid used at any time Ministra • rfhis is as false Zia substance as •It is ',rue in, a pin as a toothpi c k : h ence D r. Alaffet ",‘; ..as led to infern oieotusei or I sound. lis lITIMC(I . fate con tat its . Iml2,:rrieut had originated in the' dangerous practice oexions have no.t heck pla'•ea before the nitt B'• •s I 'of relahli.P.a' pins in the mouth for a considerable period, l and which hoproper custom prevails to a great extent anion , as • - Crown. His creatures in Ire.= --- 'sand have teeen abundan the lower orders.—Bellast Parer. tiv and indecently providel for but he and others of the name of O'Connell, On Saturday, at Yeovil, as gonao m.sons w`re Uv ,vialthe some few_ more persons next to them m no s.de of the river, pear t4a thei discovra-,' o sy tonety, c sfulls . have been set large of tor, * l c ; a ‘,- , 11: - We 0.4'4441 . '0\4n hour, sn,-- ' ucac(-1 : : 1 if., the 1111:- na g . wily? Bocatiso the indignation of the !` l lO. 1 ) 01 folaied ort oet ,1? 1 nalty beat off country, from One end to'ithe other would ho rousts',. several does. and the whole concern, Dox.vnina-street, ana Clarnes- la,r &NW!: ON I.oNlioN. One month, paper, money, 2 . -,i l' nee months, paper, 251 - . 37;,e.; money, —l. —e. —Gum eleiMetii..q.me. • Ilium:sr, Timm O'CLocK.—The market has been uncom. monly: calm ; the Three per Cents. opened at tilf. 65c., and `declined 'to 81f. 503 , scarcely any business done. The Spanish securities, at least the Actives, have been very much in de maria, and have been done at 51 7 ,! i -. RS. At the close of the market the 3 per Cents. fell to 811,30 c. It is said that Guetaria is taken. QUATtTER TO Fora.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 70c. ; Three per Cents., 81f. 20c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, 251 ; Gueb bards, 40 ; Ditleres, 19 ; New Loan, —; Activee. 52 ; Passives, 16-1; Ducats, 93 60; Romans,'lo24; Pedros, 85 ; Belgians, ; Dutch; —f. ; Haytians,. 4151. —c. ; Miguels, ; Brabant Bank, —; . B c lgiqn 1. a ;11(., ; , ;, Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differeii, .26 ; Five per Cent. Petpe- ,utlles, 40. GERMAN PAPERS. FRANK'FOIiT, Dec. 28.—A plan of reform; concerning one of the most ancient and important privileges of the German Universities, will, it is said, be shortly laid before the Princes of the confederation. Nothing less is proposed than to deprive the Universities of the right which they have possessed ever since the middle ages, of deciding as Courts of Justice to-a certain extent. It is to the Univer sity Commissioners that the German law gives the faculty of revisal, which ,is exercised in other countries by Courts of Appeal, and even Courts of Cassation. In the dark pe riod, when this custom - was instituted, the several States were not yet so. well organized as to enjoy such a jurisdic tion of its own, and the documentary evidende of proceed ings being once drawn up, were submitted to competent judges, wherever they were to be found. The great States have successively declined this appeal - to a foreign Court of Justice, and Prussia itself first set the example in 1747. Only the small Ger Man States have continued to recognize the competency of the University tribunals. It would be easy to substitute for this institution, superior Courts of Justice, the jurisdiction of which should extend over an aggregate of several small States, in the manner of the tri bunals of Jena, Parchem, and Lubeck. The advocates of the antiquated institution pretend that it aficrds the pro fessors in the Universities the means of acquiring a practical knowledge of business. Tois observation is not logical, and does not justify Such a defective piece of legislation The professors, if they wish to acquire - practice, have only to accept judicial functions, rather. than preserve, merely for their own instruction, institutions which ore completely at variance with the advanced state. of knowledge of our times. STurromtn, DEC..' 28.—His•. Excellency Count Von Murich-Bellinghausen, President of the Diet of the Con federation, arrived here yesterday evening, on his way from Frankfort to Vienna. LEIPSIG, DEC. 27.—This will be- a remarkable day in the annals of. our city ; it is the'SOth anniversary of the birth-day of our revered Monarch, the first sovereign 'of Saxony that ever arrived at so acli-anced an age. The fete has been celebrated with -great pomp. A grand enter tainment was given by the magistrates. Tile King of Prussia -has sent to our beloved Sovereign the insignia of the Black Eagle. DRESGEN, DEC. 30.—King Anthony thanks his sub- ;ets on occasion of his birth-clay, in the fo - Nowing manner : - - _ " The numerous proofs of ardent love and attachment which I have received on completing, by the Divine favour, the 80th year of my age, from my subjects of all ranks and con ditions, and from all parts of the country, and, in particular, from the inhabitants of my capital and the district of Dres den, have certainly been extremely.gratefulkto nay heart. I feel:myself impcl!cd thereby publicly to declare this, and to express my heartfelt gratitude for it. May the fair Lord of reciprocal dove for. ever unite the Prince and the • people of Saxony. (Signed) " ANTHONY. " Dresden, Dec. '29, 1835." —Franl,fort Papers, Jan. 3. • . • ATHENS, Nov.—The Salle expresses itself as follows re- - spouting the Synod Our hopes arc fulfilled. The composition of the Synod is unchanged, and confirmed as it was proposed by M. Rizos, Minister for Ecclesiastical Af ffairs. Men whose worth is acknowledged by all real and impartial friends of the country, whose experience, whose devotion to the Greek Church, the King and the country cannot be doubted, have - been placed by our just and pious King at the head of ecclesiastical affairs, and therefore let the sc hole Christian flock offer its thanks to our Monarch. From this time let the Church cease to suffer ; the day for rejoicing is come. The composition of our Synod may be considered as one of the most excellent measures, which increase the attachment of the Greeks to their King, and insure the future fidelity . of the people to the throne on tvhich,it has placed all its hopes. The moul t:ors of the Holy Synod are the following ;—the Bishop of Kinauria as President, the Bishops of Angelis, Attica, the Cyclades, and Demala, and as supplementary Minister, the Bishop of ,Phocis• and Locris."—Prussian State Gazette, Jan. 2. IRELAND. DUBLIN CommsslON.--L-This Commission is virtually defunct. Never was there, since the. beginniag, of time, such a Court of Ju.stic•e, nor will there be :again, until the crack of Doom. What a very comizal chiel that Mr. Chambers is ! Chambers and Joy certainly will be pulled up by the Committee .over the ,water. lt is not at all un likely that the petition will be declared frivolous and vexa tious, and that the petitioners will have to pay nine or ten thousand pounds over and above what they have already expended. Another effect will necessarily be, ,that nine or. ten hundred of the rotten Freemen will be totally disfran ohised.—Dublin Eivning Post. ,IRISH Con roaAnoss.—During the Wexford Registry on Monday, in the course of the cross-examination of Mr. Tottenham, it appeared that he was 2S years of age, and that he Was entered on the Corporation boot: and admitted a freeman of the borough at the early age of six months. So much for the purity and excellent management of Irish Corporations under the existing system.—lbid. .The late Colonel St. Leger Kcatinge, of Kildare, who died in Paris last mouth, bequeathed his valuable library to MaynOoth TITHES.—At Waterford, meetings are about to be held to petition for the total abolition of Tithes. As long as this hateful impost—this odious evidence of Ireland's &gradation remain; in name or in nature, so long will the enemies of civil liberty be supplied with pretests for undermining the constitution and sapping that liberty. l i Tithes are now too well understood ; the knowl , Alge of the degrading system lies been purchased by Irish Men at the loss of their brother's blood ; they have found in tithes a second tree of knowledge ; they eat of the fruits, found them bitter, and " knew that they were naked." Know ledge so painfully acquired will not easily be forgotten. Everything connected With the blood-stained impost is in famous and demoralising—the simplest talc of tithes can not be 'told Without a tissue of falsehood—if a prc,za,s server comes to serve a notiee, and has his nose pi a t Q d f or his itnpUiltnee to a gentleman, as the other day happened in Ihe neighbourhood of Clontuel, the Tory paporm imaw diately fabricated an outrage of the meat hai•barous eha racter.—Freeptan's Journid.. A Mitii BURIED Atavvo—The inquest held upon the body of Patrick 14an at Broadtord, found buried in a field with his clothes on, and supposed to have been murdered, has found a verdict of---" , Buried alive!"—Limerick Paper