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;PC•lc'eu had "° ca tion. wool" t on of eans be de{ ri ot 0 Dck fi' t pon th e e was 3 0 iting the d e ' manner prese - , [ it 0 '" •_, aVe' pub , ) it w i :" )re tR de. quer ;peCi l.. aped l' he el' ove the did th : ictoriri e hitS nstr i ! c. 1e 011 . 6 ,d,/ dea th as the OP '' the r; , the ny, f ,rick od ;rote regt l . ,' o Lb" - 6 00 an 5° cho p ' , Ise in ly s u l 'burr LITERATURE SKETCHES BY "BOZ." 2 Vols. .3facrone, London. 1836. The majority of these " Sketches" have already ap peared in the columns of an Evening Contemporary, and some few of them in the Monthly %'.lttgazine ; and as they were uniformly well recei';ed, the author has very properly consented to theic republication. They evince great powers of obsuivation, and fidelity of de scription, combined with a humour which, though pushed occasionally to the verge of caricature, is, on the whole, full of promise. But their principal merit is their matter-o F.-fastness, and the strict, literal way in which th ey a d . l iere to nature. The characters are not idealities, but have all the " mark and likelihood"— especially the admirable one •of Long Dumps, the splenetic old bachelor—of set portraits. Two more amusing vo!umes in their way have not appeared this season, and we have litt. ) ,e or no doubt that they will grow rapidly into f:„vour with country readers, who must naturally fee!, a curiosity to read about the oddi ties which art:, to be met with, in such abundance, among the middle and lower classes of metropolitan his The w or k i s ill ustrate d b y Cru i ckshank, in nis b.cst manner. We subjoin a pleasing extract from an 'article entitled " Hackney Coach Stands :" " What an interesting book a hackney -coach might produce, if it could carry as much in its head as it does in its body ! The autobiography of a broken-down hackney-coach would surely be as amusing as the autobiography of a broken-down hacknied dramatist ; and it might tell as much of its travels with the pole, as others have of their expeditions to it. How Many stories m i g h t b e re l ate d of the different people it had conveyed on matters of business or profit—pleasure or pain And how many melancholy tales the same people at different period s ! The country-girl--- , :ne showy, over-dressed woman_ the d runken prostitute !—t'ne raw apprentice—th e di ss i pate d spendthrift—the thief ! " Talk of cabs ! Cabs are all very well in cases of expedi tion ; when it's a matter of neck or nothing—life or death_ Your temporary home or your long one. But, besides a cab's lacking that gravity of deportment which so peculiarly distin guishes a bqckney-coach, let it never be forgotten that a cab is a thing of yesterday, and that he never was anything better. A hae%ney-cab has always been a hackney-cab from his first entry into public life, whereas a hackney -coach is a remnant of Past gentility--a victim to fashion—a hanger-on of an old English family, wearing their arms, and, in days of yore, escorted by men wearing their livery —stripped of his finery, and thrown upon the world, like a once-smart footman when be is no longer sufficiently juvenile for his office—progressing lower and low er i n t h e ' scale of four-wheeled degradation, until at last it comes to—a stand . 1 " R. 'EPORT of - MR. GIBBS, CIVIL ENGINEER, U pon the SEVERAL PROPOSED LINES for a BRIGHTON RAILWAY. :London : Smith, Elder, and Co. 1836. The readers of this journal will at once See the Justice of our abstaining from all comment upon the relati,„„uperiority of any of the proposed lines of road bet`ween London and Brighton. We are the advo bates of the principle of rail-roads ; but to the directors of the several Companies, and to Parliament, we leave the task of deciding upon the merits of particular plans, every one of which may have advantages peculiar to itself, and of which we may want time or inclination to in form ourselves. What we look to is the public good ; and w e have always found that that is best promoted by allowing enterprising speculators the greatest pos sible latitude in the selection of the means wherewith to accomplish any great national object. The inte rests of the Directors themselves are so interwoven With those of the public, that there exists not the aliglltest necessity for any appeal to them on the score °f general convenience. At the same time we highly approve of the principles of the Report before us ; and the execution is exceedingly creditable to the talents of Mr. Gibbs. The map which accompanies the Re- Port is well executed. Emoirts OF DON MANUEL DE GODOY, Prince of the Peace. TVritten by Himself, In Two Volumes. London, R. Bentley. 1836. This is a defence of the Minister—we had expected a life of the man. Hence a disappointment which all will experience, who, like us, prefer the anatomy of his tory to the correctest delineation of its general outline. The object of these Memoirs is not to put the world in possession of the manners of the Court of Charles IV. ---of the nature of those services which procured for the Prince of the Peace the first notice of the Sovereign of Spain —of the means whereby the Minister con trived to retain the influence which he acquired over the King's mind— o f the tastes, habits, pursuits, and amusements of the Royal Family—of the Prince's own Private friendships, intrigues, rivalries, and jealousies-- or of the circumstances under which the King deter mined upon giving him a daughter of Spain in mar l'iage. In fact, the Prince treats of nothing in his Memoirs which is not now a matter of history— his conduct as Prime Minister of Charles the 'e•urth. The reason of his previous silence, 45 the defender of himself against the aspersions which had been cast upon his public and private character, by General Foy, M. De Pradt, Escoiquiz, Napier, and many other historians o f th e ti me i n w hi c h h e uireeted the councils of Spain, is very satisfactorily accounted for in the first chapter of this work. He : 114 ( 1 made known to Charles IV. in May, 1808, his lietention of defending his Majesty by publishing the ista rY of thc intrigues which led to th e a bdi ca ti on at ti av if,'rie-; but the Ex-King positively forbade it during a':vn life and that of Ferdinand ; which, as Godoy several years older than the Prince of the Asturias, : h as tantam ount to a comman d not to wr i te at a ll . But Prince o f t h e P eace li ve d to see every o b stacle to 18 Public defence' removed, without violating the pledge the fr om hi m b y t h e f a ll en Monarch ; so that to v le t circum s t ance o f the premature death of Ferdinand 4,1.! are we i n d e bt e d f or t h ese Memoirs. th i t is rath er remar k a bl e t h at G o d oy, t h roug h out t h e se volum es , never once a ll u d es to S out h ey ' s " His ery of th e Peninsular War - -a work which contains I Marber o f t h e gravest c h arges aga i nst t h e P r i nce of l ,„ 1 Peace that. could be prefered against the worst 'M t o f the most licentious court, in Europe. It 8 true that the several charges advanced by Southey b 4r e inaticed, an d t h ose of a public character are declared (r 3: the Prin ce an d hi s apologist, Lieut.-Colonel D'Es nard, to b e tota ll y groundless ; but no reference e whateverB is made to the history of the Laurent. As f ("dhey's w or k i nc l udes the whole of the charges pre against the Prince of the Peace by the histo raeng ,se h Spain, F rance , an d E ng l an d , we s h a ll quote - passage " Don M anuel de Godov, Duke of Alacudia, and rin ee of the Peace, was at this time (1807) Minister P lS Pain- He was an upstart, w h o, because he had owen t he Queen' s paramour, h a d atta i ne d t h e bi g h es in grati a t e d in th e S tate, and by whatever qualities he had agratiated himself with the King, possessed his con fidence, an d even his friendship. There was no JShe,lousy in the Queen's attachment to this minion ; gave him one of the Royal family in marriage, atr_t th e pr i vate life of the favourite continued to be as infamous as the means whereby he had risen. It is 41 . ' 41 d th at there was no way nti so certain to obtain pro on as by pandering to his vices ; and that wives, sist ers, and daughters, were offered him as the price of P r eferme n t i n a manner more shameless than had ever t bef ore been witnessed in a Christian country. eel , t at ri it is, that the morals of the Spanish Court were the last degree depraved, and that this depravity affe cted all within its sphere like a contagion. He .s ` 4 l.l ' . a auy Wa s rapaciou s as well as sensual ; but as his sen was amply fed by the creatures who surrounded so was his avarice gratified by the prodigal favour of the Crown, and Godoy had nothing to desire be )'ond the continuance of the authority which he en joyed. The cruel part of his conduct ruhst be ascribed to that instinctive dread of *i . sdotu and hatred of virtue which such iiieti necessarily feel in their unnatural elevation." The first charge in the above list is that of being an upstart, This is denied by Godoy, who states that his family was nobit on the father and mother's side—that on being admitted to the military Order of Santiago, he exhibited proofs of eight uninterrupted degrees of nobility--and that the Supreme Council of Castile, when admitting him a Grandee of the first class, reported to the King that his titles of nobility were the most complete of any they had inspected for a long time before. The other charges are thus met in the introduction to this work, on the testimony of D'Esmenard:— GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE PRINCE OF THE PEACE " During a long residence in Madrid (from 1792 to 1808) and a further stay in Spain during the whole of the war which commenced in the latter year, I was unremitting in my inquiries—a practice I ever had through life—and attentively treasured up the answers given to them. I have read all that has been written, seen with my own eyes whatever was to be seen, and was by no means prepossessed in, the Prince of the Peace's favour. * * * The result is that I have yet to discover any clear and precise fact which can be adduced against the public or private character of Charles IV.'s Prime Minister." * * * MORAL PROFLIGACY OF THE COURT, HOW FAR ASCRIBABLE TO THE PRINCE'S EXAMPLE. " The licentiousness of public morals was not the work of the Prince of the Peace ; for this is the vulgar text for the invectives of a hypocritical jealous sect." —" It is proved that the manners and influence of the young Minister have, on the contrary, softened down, I may even say purified, that corruption of the age." AVARICE OF THE PRINCE. " The Prince of the Peace never received any ,ling beyond what was spontaneously, lawfully given ,o him. He gave away much money in charities." DESPOTISM AND CRUELTY OF GODOY. " The pretended despotism of the Prince of the Peace has not been sullied by a single act of cruelty or even of harshness. How many acts of indulgence and even of the kindest good nature might we not, on the contrary, adduce on his behalf !"—" The Prince of the Peace never caused the effusion of a single drop of blood ; no liberal opinion was ever persecuted so long as he held in his hands the reins of Government. * * * He gave away much money in charities." Southey also charges him with having betrayed his country to the French. The following words will bear no other construction : " The French have at all times had less public faith than any other nation in Europe ; but whether under their old monarchy, their democracy, or the ab solute tyranny in which that democracy had its natural end, they have effectually protected their agents and partizans in other countries. Godoy had been the creature of France, and Buonaparte was resolved to save him." This crime Godoy regards as the most monstrous of which his enemies have accused him; and he cite the evidence furnished by a number of State docu ments to prove its falsehood. Nevertheless, he has failed in accounting for the interest which Napo leon took in his fate after the first resignation of the King at Aranjuez. No ordinary motive could have induced Napoleon to stipulate with Ferdi nand for the preservation of the life of a Minister, who declares that he was known to the Emperor to be the deadliest enemy of France. From what we have said of these Memoirs, their general character will be easily understood. The future historian will act wisely in consulting them, before heap ing odium on a man who contrived through good report and evil report, to preserve the friendship and esteem of the personages through whose kindness he was first raised to distinction, and the exercise of all but supreme power. The work is embellished with portraits of the Prince of the Peace, Charles IV., and his queen, Marie Louise. The prince is handsome, the king benevolent looking, and the queen—in ap pearance at least—a crooked-minded, vindictive hag. Were the Prince to follow up this work by an auto biography of the whole of his private life, half his errors would be forgiven, in gratitude for the new lights which he would thus be under a necessity of throwing upon the history of his own times. THE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILO SOPHICAL MAGAZINE, AND JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. Longman and Co. The February Number of the " London and Edin burglL Philosophical Magazine " (which a press of important Parliamentary matter has hitherto prevented us from noticing) fully supports the high character which this journal has long maintained. Of all our scientific periodicals there is none, in our opinion, equal to it. In its reports of the proceedings of learned so cieties, we see the ever-varying face of science faith fully reflected, and it numbers among its contributors of original articles almost all our eminent scientific men. In the Number before us there are some very able papers by Faraday, Powell, Macculloch of Trinity College Dublin, Barlow, Challis, &c. The article, however, in which the general reader will feel the greatest interest is that entitled " Newton and Flam steed, by the Rev. W. Whewell." The public has seen with disgust the unworthy attempt to depreciate the moral character of Sir Isaac Newton, to which the " Quarterly Review" has lately lent itself. Mr. Baily had, it seems, been employed by the Board of Admi ralty to superintend a - new edition of Flamsteed's Ob servations, and took this opportunity to give the world some account of the author. Flamsteed was the bitter enemy of Newton, the would-be rival of Halley, and at variance with every one who seemed to stand in the way of his own arrogant pretensions. He was a dili gent and accurate astronomical observer, and that is the utmost praise that he can claim. His stock of mathematical learning was slender enough, and, as a philosopher he is not even known. He was, in fact, far behind his age in every thing but vanity, jealousy, and spitefulness. In these qualities be had no supe riors and few equals. Yet it is from the testy ebullitions of this man's spleen that we are, at this time of day, called upon to renounce, our reverence for the name of Newton ! And what was Newton's crime ? He had made the greatest discovery ever made by mortal man. His theory of universal gravitation was not adopted, or rather was opposed, by the learned of that day. H e was anxious that the world should see how far it was corroborated by celestial phenomena, and applied to Flamsteed for the observations which he, as Astrono mer Royal, had made at the Greenwich Observatory. This not very unreasonable request was refused. Flamsteed would yield to no solicitations, either on th part of Newton or his friends ; till at last the Queen interposed her authority, and appointed a Committee of the Royal Society to superintend the Royal Obser vatory, and use the observations there made, which were public property, as they . might think most condu cive to the advancement of science. This Committee, of which Newton the President was one, took the steps necessary for the publication of these observations ; and it was full time—for Halley states that thirty years had elapsed since Flamsteed's appointment to the office of Astronomer Royal, and nothing had pro ceeded from the magnificent Observatory with which he Was entrusted. The refractory astrv''')mer is at last sub IIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15 , 1854. hued, and compelled to submit to the directions of the Visiting Committee. This was an offence never to be forgiven. He accordingly holds himself up as a perse cuted man and Newton as his persecutor, spitting out his venom in all directions, and even scrawling his ma lignant and vindictive comments on the margin of those friendly letters which he had received from Newton. These comments have been diligently re corded by Mr. Bailey, and received by the Quarterly as gogpel proofs of Newton's moral delinquency Mr. Whewell has undertaken the task of vindicating the fame of the great philosopher ; and there is not a man living; it is universally allowed, better qualified to appreciate his character, whether it be regarded in a philosophical or moral point of view. Mr. Whewell thus concludes a careful examination of the question : " I shall conclude, leaving it to the reader to decide whether the blame of intemperate virulence of feeling, and irrational violence of conduct, does not rest solely with Flamsteed,—whether .Newton's philosophical and moral character do not come out from this exa-, mination blameless and admirable, as they have al ways been esteemed by thinking men; and whether the Reviewer has not shown extraordinary ignorance of that part of scientific history which he has pre tended to elucidate, and unaccountable blindness and perverseness in the use even of the ex parte evidence which he had before him." EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN ROSS. The following official letter respecting the vessel de spatched to the relief of the whalers supposed to be detained by the ice in the Northern Seas was on Saturday afternoon received by the Secretary to Lloyd's : _ " Admiralty, Feb. 13, 1836. " Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Com mittee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that a letter has been this day received from Captain Ross, of his Majesty's ship Cove, dated Stromness (Orkneys), the sth inst., reporting his having, notwithstanding the long continuance of heavy northerly gales, reached the long. of 31 deg. W., and lat. of 59 deg. 37 min. N. ; but in consequence of the injury done to the ship by a heavy sea having struck her, carrying away her bowsprit and otherwise damaging her, he had been compelled to return to Stromness to refit. (Signed) " C. WOOD. To W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's." Extract of a letter from Stromness, dated Feb. 11 : " His Majesty's ship Cove, off Stromness, Feb. 5. " Jan. 28. —At half-past four this afternoon a heavy sea struck the_ship, carried away her bowsprit (more than five feet and a half in circumference), split her stem, carried away the knees, and did other damage. Many men's hearts failed, but the rest behaved very well. Had the sea struck her on the broadside, she must have gone down. The shock was terrible. Jan. 29. —Busy making the ship as safe as possible, going be fore the wind for the Orkneys. What we shall do when we get there, I don't know. I hope that the Admiralty will give us a sounder ship to go on with. Oh, the poor fellows in the missing whalers !" BRIGHTON-SUNDAY: Their Majesties, Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillipsthal, Prince George of Cambridge, the Royal Suite and Household, at tended Divine Worship in the Palace Chapel this morning. The Countess of Mayo Was the Lady in Waiting, and the Rev. Dr. Foord Ilowes the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Prayers were read by the Revs H: M. Wagner, assisted by the Revs Dr, Everard. The latter preached from the Ist Peter, 4th chapter, Bth verse j and the choir sang an anthem, composed by Marsh, from the Collect of the days This afternoon the King and the Princess Augusta drove to Shoreham by the upper road, returning by the coast. The Queen and the Landgravine also drove out this after noon, and, we believe, attended Divine Worship at St. George's Chapel. The King, being free from the pressure of State business yesterday morning, took advantage of the mild and beautiful weather and drove out with the Queen on the Lewes-road. Their Majesties passed through the Earl of Chichester's park at Stanmer, and drove over the Downs, returning to the Palace by way of New England Farm. In the afternoon, the weather continuing unusually fine, the King drove to Shoreham in company with his Royal sister, the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg. Her Majesty in the afternoon, accom panied by Prince Ernest, Countess of Mayo, Miss Hope John stone, and Lord Elphinstone, walked from the Palace grounds across the old Steyne to the Chain Pier, where her Majesty remained for nearly an hour. Having condescended to make some purchases in the Chain Pier saloon, the Royal party re turned to the Palace. Her Majesty had no domestic attend ants with her. The Royal dinner party on Friday evening compriesd Earl and Countess of Cavan, Sir Thomas Bradford, Lieutenant- General Sir Thomas Montresor, Hon. Colonel , Howard, Ad miral Sir James Whitshed, General Gascoyne, and Hon. Cap tain Campbell, R. N. Yesterday evening their Majesties entertained to dinner Lord Teignmouth, Marchioness and Lady Elizabeth Cornwallis, Hon. Colonel Howard, Bishop of Lichfield, Mrs. and the Misses Ryder, Lady Elizabeth and Miss Talbot, Lieutenant- General Sir William Keir Grant, Lady Frances Somerset, Rear-Admiral Sir Edward King, Mr., Lady Sarah, and Miss Bayley, Hon. Captain G. Poulett, and the Hon. W. and Mrs. Ashley. Prince George, accompanied by Viscount Falkland, joined the East Sussex Fox Hounds yesterday, which threw off in the neighbourhood. The following distinguished persons called at the Palace yesterday :—Admiral Sir J. Whitshed (to take leave), Cap tain Towe, Mrs. Concannon, Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Bradford, Right Hon. Richard Lambert, Earl of Cavan, Captain Vansittart, Marquis of Bristol, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir R. and Lady Wilmot, Lady Fraser, Earl and Countess of Be verley, and the Ladies Percy. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS , TOM-HOUSE, FEB. 13. The Belfast, Middleton, from Calais ; Jane and Margaret, Gowland, Charente ; Nelson packet, Musworthy, Oporto ; Liverpool, Hepburn, Cadiz. -ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, FEB. 13. The City of Hamburgh, Wittingham, for Hamburgh ; Ca tharina, Vander Schuyt, Antwerp ; Flora, Lambert, Ham burgh ; Resalind, Dunstmer, Gibraltar; Active, Vidler, Nantes; Euphrates, Buckman, Bombay; Liberty, Paine, Boulogne; Traveller, Pollock, Pernambuco; Prince Coburg, Smith, Trinidad; Sir R. Barclay, Aitkin, Havre; Belfast, Middleton, Calais; Nonpareil, Allen, Venice; l3aletha, Milray, Hamburgh ; Mary, Cordew, Antwerp. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, FEB. 13. Sir Edward Paget, Walker, for Madras; Lady Newman, Newman, Lisbon ; Mary, Ross, Jamaica; Jonge Johanna, Dellweyms, Antwerp ; Meridian, Harding, New York ; Catu, Murrell, Dunkirk; Fortitude, Stewart, Havrei; Belfost, Mid dleton, Calais ; Medora, Sargeant, Cape Coast ; City of Hamburgh, Wittingham, Hamburgh ; London, Pearson, Rot terdam; Julie, Preager, Calais. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, FEB. 13. The Hoof, Newland, for Wore= ; Natham, Charriasin, Harlingen; Caledonia, Roberts, Teneriffe. ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, FER. 12. The John Dunlop, Scofield, from Savannah ; Buoyant, Bell, Bahia; St. Aimee and Louisa, Peley, Havre ; Howard, Clark, New Orleans, water-logged, having been on shore near Point Ayr ; Liberty, Smyrna ; Diamond, Brooks, Glasgow ; John, Greenwood, Lancaster; Elizabeth and Ann, Falmouth; Diana, Dublin. FEB. 12.—The Dampier, Newlands, from Nassau, New Brunswick; Allelives, Hayes, Tangier and Gibraltar; Emu lous, Meig, Charleston ; John Porter, Jcnki nson, H a lif ax ; Halifax, Clearey, Halifax. ENTERED FOR LOADING, FEB. 13. The Science, Baker, for Constantinople ; Sarah Ann, Cla4ue, Derbyhaven ; Indian Chief, M'Dowal, Demerara; Reliance, Reynon, ditto ; Tampico, Robinson, Lima; Lord Ravensworth, Newman, Montreal ; Norval, Carmichael, New foundland; Frederica, Van Kirkhove, Ostend; Egidius, Den Duyts, ditto; Jane, Teare, Ramsay; Nelson Wood, Robin son, Catavia, Singapore, and Lintin. FEB. 12.—Willam Mulvey, Cheveley, for Buenos Ayres; Mary Ann Webb, Lloyd, Calcutta ; Mary, Hamilton, Hali fax ; Roskery, Evans, Kingston, Jamaica; Copia, Le Craw New York ; Roscoe, Delany, New York. , CLEARED OUTWARDS, Fan. 13. The Susannah Cumming, Pattison, for Baltimore ; C orsa i r, Potts, Madeira ; Hector, Crisp, Naples, &c. ; Tallahassee, Sheaney, New Orleans ; Ambassador, Upton, ditto ; Mersey, Webb, New York ; Cassiopia, M'Gowan, Gibraltar ; J arrow, Hutchinson, Pernambuco; John Dempsey, Watson, J ama i ca ; George Canning, Kribbs, New Orleans ; Elizabeth and Cor nelia, Parlicnt, Rotterdam ; Cornelia, Eaton, Charleston ; Portia, Marseilles ; Sir R. H. Dick, Teare, Savannah ; St. Cloud, Colburn, New Orleans. FEB. 12.—The Temperance, Simon, for Constantinople and Smyrna ; James and Thomas, Carlill, Chateston ; Le_ veret, Ditcham, Leghorn ; Providence, Heiter, Newfound land ; Mary Howland, Akin, New York ; Donna Maria, Steel, Oporto; Sarah Parker, \Vest, Portsmouth ; Friends, Al‘Cleverty, Singapore • Sir Watkin, Armon, Sie rra L eone; Belgravc, Williams, WiLington. SAILED, FEB. 13. The Emma, Getting, for Lima ; Lagueney, Stewart, Cape of Good Hope; Lady Stormont, M‘3linn, Rio Janeiro ; Nan tasket, Crocker, Boston ; Margaret Johnson, Jackson, Mobile ; Yeoman, Mitchinson, Pernambuco; Packet, Pickering, Bra zils; Ellen, Goodwin, Naples; Agnes, Ellis, Africa; Jane, Hall, ditto; Lily, M'Donald, Port-au-Prince; Friends, M'Leod, Singapore; Galston, Guthrie, St. Thomas's. _ . TELEGRAPHED. Off port, the Pacific, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Telumah, Mobile. The loss of life by explosions in coal-mines has been of late so great, that the friends of humanity must hail with pleasure every endeavour to remedy an evil pro ductive of so much suffering. These lamentable acci dents are occasioned by the inflammable gas, which collects in coal-mines, coining into contact with the lamps used by the miners. Sir HUNIPIIRY DAVY'S safety-lamp has proved no protection, and we doubt much whether any means which require caution to be exerted by tlui miners themselves will ever be found of much benefit. A plan for lighting coal-mines by lamps supplied with atmospheric air and gas through pipes passing down the shaft has been sent to us. It is suggested by Mr. DAVID BOOTH, and seems to us well worth the attention of coal-mine proprietors. The sketch of his plan which Mr. BOOTH has given is accompanied with an engraving, without which we cannot expect to make the details intelligible to our readers. The general principle is, as we have stated, to supply stationary burners with air and gas from above, by means of a FEEDING MAIN passing through the downcast shaft, and along the bottom of the pit, while the products of the combustion are carried through the upcast shaft by another pipe, called the EVACUATING MAIN, which passes along the roof of the pit. The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 17111 of November, 1835, to the 9th of February, 1836, inclusive, as compared with the like return of the 12th of January, exhibits the fol lowing results :—The circulation has increased in the sum of 185,000/. ; the deposits have decreased in the sum of 803,000/. ; the securities have increased in the amount of 932,000/., and the stock of bullion in the amount of 395,000/. ; and the pre sent stock of bullion has increased on the year in the amount of 778,000/. ; but the deposits, it should be remembered, are nearly six millions and a quarter larger. The amount of the rest is 2,700,0001., which is 201,000/. greater than on the last return. By the return of the Joint Stock and Private Banks of Issue, as compared with that of the 26th of September last, it appears that their gross increase amounts to 713,791/. The increase of the private bank circulation amounts to 422,276/, and that of joint stock banks to 291,515/. PIRACY. --._A small steam tow-boat was lately esta blished on the Avon and Severn. This gave great offence to the inhabitants of Pill, the male portion of whom are chiefly employed in rowing tow-boats. On Monday last, about thirty Pill men boarded the above steamer in Pottishead Bay, and endeavoured to throw tho master overboard, but he escaped in a small boat of the vessel, not, however, before three pistol shots had been fired at him. The assailants then took the steam-boat out to sea, and, after damaging her As much as pos sible, abandoned her. great number of signatures; submitting that the admininistra tiqn of criminal justice would be much improved, if the trial of offendtre fe'r We tighter degrees of crime were transferred from the Assizes and Q'ilarier Reisi'sns to the jurisdiction of Magis trates in their local districts. ills pkitioners state that during the year 1835, out of 372 convicts for alodefiafershire at the Quarter Sessions, 104 were sentenced to imprisontfient for three months, or less, with or without labour, or solitary con finement, or whipping ; of these, 55 were for two months or less: Twenty of the former, and ten of the latter, were under seventeen years of age. A deputation of members interested for their consti tuents in the Danish claims of the shipping class, consisting of Mr. flume ; Mr: Crawford, Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Pc Scrope, and Mr. P. Chalmers, waited on the Chancellor of' the Exchequer by appointment, at one d i bloek this day, to confer with him on that subject. COM Si ISBIMS OF LUNACY.—The inquiry respect ing Lady Kirkwall (rids resumed on Saturday morning at ten o'clock, and after evidence of tie public interest bad been adduced, the further hearing of the case was adjourned till Monday (this) morning. The admirers of beautiful engravings will thank us for directing their attention to a work just published under the title of The Book of Gems. Among the illustrated works of the day, numerous and beautiful as they arc, we feel that this splendid volume will be admitted to be without a rival ; it consists of fifty-three exquisitely finished engravings from ori ginal pictures by our first living artists, each illustrating a beautiful passage selected from an English poet. Such a work is admirably suited for a gift, token, or souvenir, and appears most opportunely at a season usually chosen for an interchange of presents and new year's gifts. The Semaphore of Marseilles, of the Bth instant, says, " A commercial letter from Algiers mentions a battle between Marshal Meisel and Abdel Kader, who had engaged our troops in a defile still more confined than that of Macta ; but the Marshal overcame every obatacle, and killed a great number of Abdel Kader's men." A Sunday Paper says, a reduction of nearly 4,0001. a year has been effected In the office of the Secretary at War, in consequence of judicious and economical arrangements which have just been brought into operation by the Noble Lord at the head of that department. Letters from M. Pageot (French Charge d'Affaires at Washington) have been received in Paris from the United States, mentioning that he had taken his berth in the packet, which was to sail on the 24th of January. M. Pageot is married to the niece of President Jackson. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Saturday an inquest was held at the North London Hospital, Gower-street, cn the body of Thomas Faulkner, who was killed on Thursday last by falling from a three pair of stairs window in the house of Mr. Flower, a Magistrate, residing in tipper Bedford-street. From the evidence of Mr. Flower's footman, it appeared that the deceased was employed on Thursday afternoon last, clean ing the windows on the third story at the back of the house, when be lost his hold, and fell into the area below. The force with which he fell broke a stone in two, and when taken up he was found- to be alive, but quite insensible. He was conveyed to the hospital, and died in about an hour. His skull was fractured, and all the ribs on the left side were broken, portions of the bone being driven into the lungs. Se veral of the Jury observed that they could not let the present opportunity pass without expressing their disapprobation of the practice of gentlemen requiring their domestics to clean the outsides of their windows. If a glazier were employed, he always sent a man with a proper machine, and accidents were thus avoided. The Jury then returned a verdict of Ac cidental Deatb. The deceased, who was about forty-five years of age, has left a widow and seven children, the youngest only two months old, totally destitute. His family lodge at No. 27, Cromer-street. • AMERICAN NAVY.—The whole of the American squadron in the Mediterranean, quitted that station for Ame rica, before the last accounts came away.—Hampshire Te legraph. FIRE.—AII alarming fire broke out yesterday after noon, in the house of Mr. Goold, rag-merchant, King-street, Westminster. No person was in the house at the outbreaking of the fire, and the neighbours, fearful of their own safety, procured some ladders, and obtained an entrance by the first floor, followed by several of the police of the A division. They discovered that the bed, curtains, and every article on the se cond floor was in flames, but by the speedy application of seve ral pails of water, they succeeded in arresting the progress of the fire before the engines arrived, and confined the damage, which is very extensive, to the upper part of Mr. Goold's house. The property is insured in the Protector Fire Office. We understand it is the intention of Government to erect barracks in or near Bristol, and that a very eligible piece of land on the Stapleton road (part of the Boswell House estate.), has been selected for that purpose.—Bristol Mercury. An observation has appeared in a public print res pecting the "story of a separation" between an Earl and a Countess, as involving other Earls and other Countesses. Whether the hero and heroine of the story, which appears in the Court Journal of Saturday, are to he numbered among those Earls and Countesses, we shall not pretend to guess ; but it must be confessed that the tale contains a striking warning to young noblemen not to marry the wrong lady when they may have the right one ; arid to lovely spinsters, not to covet anything (not even a husband) that belongs to a sister. —Morning Post. CITY, SATURDAY.—This morning had been 9.1)- pointed to fill up the vacancies in the Committee of the Stock Exchange, caused by the resignation of the members who were in the minority with regard to the mode proposed of settling the transactions with Lakeman's brokers. All these members were re-elected unanimously, with the exception of one vote, given to a candidate who had not previonsly been a member of the committee; they all received 304 votes. This very marked determination to replace the same individuals on the committee is an indirect mode adopted by the members of the Stock-Exchange of showing their disapprobation of the reso lution adopted by the majority on the occasion above alluded to, and, unless opinions alter in the meantime, will lead to some material changes in the committee at the next general election. The members now re-chosen are—Messrs. James Capel, John Hensley, B. Kennedy, J. F. .Flaubert, A. Mieville, John Moxort, and James Norris.—Morning Paper. Mr. T. H was once observed, during a dinner at Hatfield, nodding like a Chinese Mandarin in a tea-shop. On being asked the reason, he replied— 'Why, Lady S., when nobody else asks me to take Champagne, I take sherry with the epergne, and bow to the flowers."—Quarterly Review. DEPRA VI T Y.—A wild goose shooter, named John Crosby, while paddling his boat in Lea Marsh, near Gainsbo rough, on Friday evening last, heard two persons calling out " Lost !" He went in the direction the sound proceeded from, and found two boatmen wading about the Marsh. Happy in being the means of extricating them from their pe rilous situation, he immediately pointed out their nearest way to land, and then proceeded to show them the best way to get out of the pastures, leaving the boat, with two guns, at the water's edge, when one of the men made an excuse to go back again, who stole one of the. guns, and threw it into a ditch, and his companion shortly after followed him. Crosby, sup posing that all was not right, went back to the boat, and met the rascal carrying off one of the guns. Ile asked him civilly to return it, but was answered with very insulting language, and beat most cruelly. Crosby then rushed upon him, threw him down, and succeeded in re-taking the gun, which he pointed at them in his defence. The two villains then re treated, as they thought, unobserved, but he traced them to a public-house in Gainsborough, and had them taken into cus tody.—Lincoln Gazette. NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN ENG LAND AND SPAIN.—The Journal de la "Faye, which has often very interesting particulars in its private letters from Spain, has a letter dated the 24th January, from Onate, in which it is affirmed that a treaty of commerce is on the point of being concluded—nay, in the opinion of the writer, is already concluded—between Lord Palmerston and M. Men dizabal, by which the latter, in return for . the protection . . afforded him by Lord Palmerston, consents to give very great advantages to England in its commerce with Spain. The existing laws of Spain prohibit the importation of the pro duce of the Spanish colonies into any part of the kingdom except in Spanish vessels, for they impose such heavy duties on foreign vessels as to be equivalent to a prohibition; but it seems that the new treaty will give to English vessels the same privileges as are enjoyed by Spanish vessels, particularly with respect to Spanish goods. This treaty, says the writer, will, if concluded, prove fatal to the trade of all other nations, especially Prussia, Norway, and France, with Spain, and will, if Isabella should prove victorious, destroy at the same time the exclusive privilege of the Biscayan provinces, which are already a subject of great complaint to the other provinces, especially Catalonia. CORPORATION OF HULL AND MR. O'CON NELL.—Mr. O'Connell received at Birmingham a deputation from the Corporation of Kingston-upon-Hull, from whom he has accepted an invitation to a public dinner to be given in the Easter Races. DISTURBANCES IN THE NoitTir OF DEVON. —We have just been informed that there has been a serious riot among the paupers at Chittlehampton, in the North of Devon, in consequence of the proceedings as to the unions under the Poor Law Bill. FORGERIES BY AN A TTORN EY.---The inquiries set on foot by the tow❑ council of Leeds to ascertain the ex penses to which this borough will be subjected in case of a separate gaol being built, have led to the detection of a long cont►nued and extensive series of forgeries, committed by an attorney in this town on the treasurer for the West Riding.— Doncaster _Gazette. THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE.—We hear that the whole of the debt on Zion Chapel, Wakefield, has just been cleared off. One of the members of the chapel offered to contribute 50/., provided the remainder of the debt, amount ing to above 400/., could be raised ; and, as example is stronger than precept, the voluntary sponge was instantly rubbed over the whole debt, a ithout a citation from the courts ecclesiastical, or the violation of any mates conscience. —York Courant, THE ROYAL ELOPEMENT IN ITALY.—Prince Charles of Naples and the belle Irlandoise, Miss Smith, have been traced as far as Nice, whence, it is believed, they have proceeded VI England, travelling with false passports, under the name of Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor. They are acco mpanied by a gentl eman o f that name, a Seotchman, servant, an d English maid. --- HYMENEAL DISAPPOINTMENT.—On Thursday last a blitbsome damsel of Chard, barmaid at an Inn, arrayed in bridal attire, repaired to the church in the full expectation of being united in the holy bond of wedlock, to a spark of Lyme belonging so the equestrian order yclept "post-boys," who had plighted his vows to the fair one in such manner, that she was to be certain of meeting him at the hymeneal altar at COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and their Royal Highnesses' Household, attended Divine Service yester day. The Dean of Chester officiated. The Duke of Cumberland left town on Saturday for his re sidence at Kew. The Duchess of Gloucester entertained the Duke of Cum berland and a select party at dinner on Friday evening, at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Kent entertained the French Ambassador, the Belgic and Portuguese Ministers, and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday. A deputation from the National Bank of Ireland had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, in Downing -street. The deputation consisted of Directors, Messrs. O'Connell, Fitzsimon, Kingscote, Murray, Rosskill, M. O'Connell, and Elmore ; olicitors, Messrs. Rickards and Tatham. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, on Sa turday afternoon. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, Marquis or Lansdowne, Viscount Dun cannon, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, Mr. Spring Rice, Earl of Minto, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The Council sat two hours and a half. The ceremony of the consecration of Archdeacon Brough ton to be Bishop of Australia, and of the Rev. Dr. Mountain to be Bishop of Montroal, was performed yesterday by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace. The Bishops of London, Winchester, and Gloucester were present. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Molesworth. A deputation, including Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Selby, Mr. Ewart, and Mr. Hume, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, on the subject of the Danish claims. The Neapolitan Minister transacted business at the Foreign Office, on Saturday The Postmaster-General had an interview with Viscount Melbourne, on Saturday, in Downing-street. Lord Holland entertained Viscounts Melbourne and Pal merston, and a select party, at dinner, on Saturday evening, at his residence in South-street. Messrs. T. A. Hankey, Marryat, and Colville had an inter. view on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. THEATRES. CO VENT-GARDEN. A new piece, from the pen of Captain Addison, was brought out on Saturday night at this theatre, for the benefit of the Polish Refugees. It is entitled Sigisntund Augustus. The piece is very defective in dramatic merits. The incidents, with few exceptions, arc destitute of interest, and they succeed each other so tardily that it were impossible for even the most good natured audience to refrain from occasional manifestations of their disapprobation. There was accordingly a good deal of hissing ; indeed, the piece may be said to have been fairly damned. The house, we were happy to see, was well filled, though the boxes could not be said to be crowded. The ge neral appearance of the house, however, was such as to inspire the hope that the benevolent individuals who engaged the theatre for the benefit of the Poles, will have realized a consi derable sum to distribute amongst them. SURREY. On Saturday evening the severe illness of Miss Mary Ann Atkins, who was announced for Florentine, in the German opera of Hate and Love, made it necessary to postpone the piece until her recovery. A notice was posted at the doors informing the public that the opera of The Slave would be substituted, and that Miss Byfield would play the part of Ze linda (first time). The audiende had no reason to be dissatis fied with the change of pieces. Miss Byfield's Zelinda was the best we had seen. All the interest of that very impressive character was kept up with talent, good sense, and discretion. She received from first to last well-merited applause. Cobham gave an able display of the high-spirited Gambia. That very effective drama, Peter Bell, afforded Davidge another oppor tunity of playing one of his best parts. The Bronze Horse is an excellent conclusion. LORD BROUGIIA M.-111S Lordship is still at Brougham Hall, with little prospect of being able to encounter the fatigues of a Parliamentary campaign. The unceasing exertions, mental and bodily, to which he has subjected him self in the cause of his country for many years, has produced considerable general debility, which is now aggravated by in flammation in the prostate gland.—Leeds Mercury. It is said that the following gentlemen are to he raised to the dignity of Baronets of the United Kingdom, namely— Sir Frederick Adair Roe, Colin Mackenzie, Esq., of Kilcoy, Ross-shire, Donald Campbell, Esq., of Dunstaffnage, Argyll shire, and R. W. Newman, Esq., of Manhead, Devonshire. Lord Chaworth on Friday took the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords. Lord and Lady Dormer have taken up their resi denceintend to return to th e C o nti nen t. Hi s L or d s hip i s a permanently at G r o ve P ar k, near W arw i c k, an d d o not Colonel in the Emperor of Austria's army. The Prince of Capua, brother of the King of Naples, " who has been run away with" by Miss Penelope Smith, has just embarked at Leghorn on board an American vessel, supposed to be bound to the United States or England —the latter the more probable.—Courrie?• Francais of Friday. Government intends shortly to throw open to the public another large portion of the Regent's Park. Charles Hope M'Lean, Esq. (son of Colonel c p a o , i i n se te s d o b i y i c t o li n e j uhousen with tP Lords atr e t k o s r h e p m o v r , t E the . , Sh o c f o t t h c M'Lean, o f A r d gour ) , o f t h e Mi ddle Temple, has been ap e Bar), i n room o f J ames Wilson, Esq., whose recent promotion to the Bench, in the Mauritius, is known to the public. The remains of John Bell, Esq., the eminent Chan cery Barrister, were removed this day from his house in Bed ford-square, for interment in the cloisters of Canterbury Ca thedral. The Polish General, Ramorino, arrived at Havre on the 9th ult., from Lisbon. THE COUNTESS OF MINTO'S QUADRILLE PARTY. —Her Ladyship gave a soiree dansante, on Frid a y evening, at the ad m i ra lty, t o a numerous c i rc l e o f the haut ton. Dancing to the strains of Weippert's band, commenced at 11, with a new set of quadrilles, and ended at half-past two. There were present—the Russian Ambassador, the Chancellor of the Exchequr, and Mr. Rice, jun., Count and Countess Charles Pozzo di Borgo, Viscount Melbourne, Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, Count Bjornstjerna, M. Bour guenay (Secretary to the French Embassy), Count de Gram mont, Count Gersdorff, Lord and Lady Belhaven, Lady Wil liams, Viscount Morpeth, Countess of Euston and Lady Emily Fitzroy, Sir Charles Dalbiac, Sir Edward and Lady Codrington,• Sir John and Lady Pechell, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Bowleg, Hon. Mrs. and the Misses Vansittart, Hon. Captain Cowper, Count Zamowski, Lord Walpole, Mr. Munday, the Lord Advocate, Sir Rufane and Lady Anna Maria Donkin, Sir. Charles and Lady Adam, Mr. Stuart Mac kenzie, the Ladies Fitzwilliam, Mr. and Mrs. Maule, Hon. Captain and Mrs. Elliot, &c. Count Aledem, late Russian Charge d'Affaires at Paris, h as l e f t the French capital for St. P e t ers burgh ; he is to receive a diplomatic appointment, probably to Stockholm, where the embassy has been just vacant by the demise of the Ambassador. The Hon. Colonel de Roos and Captain Drink water, who were attached, pro tem., to the Earl of Durham's embassy, h ave returned to England. We believe the Gallant Officers visited the ports on the Black Sea. Among the company who were obliged to seek refuge from the weather at a small public public-house at Cherhill, on Wednesday week, were the Duke of Beaufort and two or three M. P.'s., who clubbed together, and made a hearty dinner from eggs and bacon.—Devizes Gazette. A petition to the House of Commons from the Magistrates and Inhabitants of Gloucestershire has received a the time appointed. After waiting iiith t INE and the friends who accompanied e, ain a e nds bridegroom arriving, the patienco'hoefr,thal ex hausted, and left the church 'under feelings uth may be easily guessed in such a case. - A satisfaCtory Saa tion has been subsequently made by the supposed - faithles ?stain . - and both were on Monday joined in matrimony, herbmae 1 .(6 Jonrnal. A v A few days ago a buxom widow, well kno4 in the Barony of Gorbals, who has already buried herfourtk husbatal, united herself to a fifth. The circumstance created " quite a sensation" in the Barony, and a large crowd, composed chit Sy of females, collected round the dwelling of the newly tied pair on the evening of the ceremony, apparently with every inclina tion to bestow upon the ex-widow a lasting mark of their dis. pleasure ; but a strong posse of the police fortunately kept ! I°l)nSywhani text "De their interference within due bounds. All the police forces in the country, however, could not suppress the exercise of the tongue, and accordingly the crowd entered its dissent against the union by the most hideous groans, hootings, &c., and many were the expressions of pity thrown out on behalf of the poor bridegroom, who, it was uncharitably alleged, would soon, in imitation of his predecessors, Nos. one, two,, three, and four, leave his better half once more in possession of a widowed hearth. The competition for the hand of thig amorous widow was, we understand, very considerable ; she possesses a good deal of property, which of course operated as a very tempting bait to the wooers of Gorbals. Her husband, No. four, went to his reset some four months ago, on which occa sion, her lamentation was, that " sic a trashy set o' deevils o' men had never f a ' n t o th e lot O' puir woman before." THE NEWSPAPER TAx.—This is a subject that will force itself on the attention of Ministers during the ensuing Session whether they will or not, from no other cause but the extraordinary extent to which the publication of unstamped newspapers is now carried. At present the circulation of the London unstamped newspapers, even in this distant part of the country, is about equal to the circulation of all the 4ondon and provincial stamped newspapers that are read. We have ascer tained, as an undoubted fact, that in a neighbouring town one bookseller alone disposes weekly of half as many copies of one London unstamped newspaper as are sold and circulated in the same place of stamped newspapers, including the papers printed in and directly connected with the town, and the London and provincial newspapers from other quarters of the country, all put together. It is now evident that the proprietors of the unetamped papers have fairly got a-head of any attempt that may be made by Government to put them down ; and after the announcement of such an astounding fact as this to which we give publicity, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer do not at once give up entirely, or greatly reduce the newspaper tax, he will treat both the proprietors and readers of stamped news papers with a degree of injustice unparalleled at the present time.—Glasgow Chronicle. The amount of money now in the Exchequer is 150,253/. 9s. ld. The sum to be raised 4,577,278/. 9s. ilid. The total amount for the service of the year 1835-1836, 4,727,531/. 18s. bid. The amount of Exchequer bills issued on the supplies, 1836, unprovided for, 28,521,5501. The amount of Exchequer bills issued for carrying on public works, and for the relief of persons who have sustained losses in the West Indies, unprovided for, is 486,4001. The amount of sums which will become payable between the sth of April, 1836, and sth of April, 1837, for East India half-pay, 60,0001. —15,000/. each quarter. The intelligence from Peru last week was of the same barbarous character as the preceding advices. One party had resolved to give no quarter, and the other had decided that all officers, of the rank of Colonel and upwards, should be s:2ot instantly on being taken prisoners. In pursuance of this sanguinary decree, several officers on both sides had b *ea butchered. The whole country was infested with banditti, and a mounted par,:; had even rode through Lima unopposed, but had departed withoZd plundering. The contending armies were approaching each otjter, and a crisis was evidently at hand. A Russian writer has reeetigy published a view of all known languages and their dialeCts ; according to which there are 937 Asiatic, 587 European, 2 26 African, and 1,264 American languages and dialects. A few days ago a poor widow pauper, named Gower, who was in the parish-house at Biddenden, and who had been confined for some time past with a violent scrophu lous disease, was, without medical advice, peremptorily or dered to be removed to Rolvenden in a cart ; but before she arrived there, death released her from her sufferings. The case excited considerable sensation at Biddenden and Ten, terden.—Kent Herald. An Old Sherwood Forester complains of the policy of certain petty squires, who to keep up their few heads of game in the neighbourhood of Mansfield, are encouraging their keepers to shoot the foxes, and thus banishing the cheering yelp of the pack and echoing horns from the vales of old Sher wood ; he hopes that Lord Henry will interfere to prevent such petty spite. The O dal Bulletin of the Province of Malaga. of the 16th ult., informs us, that on the 14th ult. a grant s mass was celebrated in the Cathedral of Malaga in honour df Torrijos and his companions, who were shot on December 1831, by order of Moreno. The ceremony was preceded by the exhumation of the remains of Don Lopez Pinto, one of the unfortunate party, and their reinterment with great ho nours. The tribunals were closed, the shops shut, and the whole city was collected to do honour to the dead. Our own countryman ' Mr. Mark, the English Consul, who has borne in this whole business such a well-known part, was present as one of the mouincrs, and his car, the same that was used to convey the body pr tile murdered Mr. Boyd to his house after the fatal massacre, was used on the occasion. We notice in the account, also, other English names, and the name of the American Consul, all the free ,den in the place, of all na tions, uniting to do honour to the victims, and to express their abhorrence of the arts and of the system which inflicted on them an intended shameful death. CirA RLESTDN, JAN. 2.—An encounter took place this morning, at eleven o'clock, at the corner of Broad and Meeting-streets, between four or five young gentlemen of this State, with pistols, when three of the number were severely wounded ; but whether or not their wounds are mortal is not yet ascertained. The parties concerned consist of William Whaley, Subrick Pinckney, two Boyces, and Mr. Gregg. The quarrel was as follows :—At an election for President of the Society of Columbia College of this State, two of these gentlemen were candidates for the oisce; one, of course, was elected, which gave rise to unpleasant feelings. A challenge ensued,. and Whaley and Boyce were to fight. It was subse quently made up, but again renewed, and the parties came into Charleston to fight on Christmas-day. The matter was again adjusted: but this morning one of the principals wasdis covered posting the other as a " coward and poltroon," when shots were exchanged, and Gregg received a shot - iOthe ab domen, which was prevented from taking full effect by a large knife which he had about his person. Pinckney received a shot in the left hip or thigh, and Boyce received one on the os ilium, which took a backward direction, and.pas.sed near the spine. I was present when the Sheriff demanded the arms of the elder Boyce, who was standing over the body of his brother , which he very readily gave up. A - great excitement prevails.— Letter in the Washington Telegraph. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS:—A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the members of the Great Cen tral Agricultural Association was held in the Freemasons' Hall yesterday morning at twelve. Amongst those present were many Members of both Houses of Parliament. Mr. Ormsby Gore took the Chair, and was supported by Lord Stanhope, the Earl of Winchilsea, Lord Wynford, and other noblemen and gentlemen who interest themselves on behalf of the agri cultural body. The g:eatest unanimity prevailed at the meet ing. The Secretary read the report; it congratulated the members of the Association on th oe co-peration which ey had met with in all parts of the country ; on the m anner i n which the subject of their complaints had been taken up by both Houses of Parliament, and on the appointment of the select committee by the House of Commons. The cause of their distresses having once been ascertained, they could not doubt the power of Parliament to relieve those distresses. The meet ing did not separate until near six o'clock. CITY OF LONDON MUNICIPAL COK.PORATION BILL.—On Friday there was a large attendance of the Com mittee of the whole Court upon the City of London M.inicipal Corporation ; the Right lion. the Lord Mayor in the Chair. Mr. William Pritchard moved that " the object of all Corpo rate Reform should be to place the funds of the citizens and the election of their representatives and governing officers under the effectual controul of the citizens," which was agreed to. The Committee then adjourned, and the Sub- Committees assembled, and at once commenced their labours. NEWLY DISCOVERED RELICS OF ANTIQUITY. —On Thursday last, on the farm of Bugtownlea, upon the estate of Invermay, belonging to Mr. Belches, about two miles cast from Dunning, some men were set to level an eminence of earth ; and having dug a few feet beneath the surface, their spades struck upon something bard, which they at first ima gined was a stratum of rock, but afterwards discovered to be two stone coffins, one of which contained the entire skeleton of a full-grown man, and the other that of a young er person. There was no inscription on either of the co ffi ns, and it is only from the speculations of the antiquarian that any conjecture can be made as to the lapse of time since they were deposited. It is probable, however, that they arc of very great a ntiquity, as the spot, in the parish of Forteviot, where the Fletish kings were buried, is not half a mile distant. —Edinburgh observcr. On Tuesday morning last, a skeleton wa s found,' about eight feet bel ow th e s u r f ace in Mr. Richardson' s g arden, Waterside, Lincoln, near his new steam-engine shaft. The skull is so perfect, that not a tooth is wanting : a short two edge cutting-sword, about two feet in length, was also found, the hilt bound with gold wire and escalloping; the wood part crumbled to dust, but the geld is fresh as if first made. Con jecture is busy, and at a loss to say whether these are Roman remains, or of the Commonwealth. As the spot is so deep in the earth, in boa- and sand strata, we think they arc of many centuries ago.— Lincoln Gazette. MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER. -- BEDFORD, FEB. 12.—0 n the Bth inst. an inquest was held at the Ge neral Infirmary, Bedford, before Ezra Eagles ' Es q. Coroner for the county , on view of the body of Charl es Co les. The deceased was a gamekeeper in the serv i ce of the R ev. J. B. Niagenis, Sharnbrook. On M on d ay se'rmielit, in company '% with some other keepers, was on the l oo k o ut for poacher'. The keepers divided th emse l ves into two parties, and took different directions. Deceased had with him two other men, and as they were riding in a wood they caught sight of four men poaching, and instantly went in pursuit. Coles was foremost; and when about fifteen yards distant one of the poachers turned round and shot the deceased, who. received the contents of the gun in his right arm (dreadfully shattering the hon e ) an d i n his chest. Deceased was taken to the infir mary,. where be died on the Saturday followin g . The Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder " against John WrigLt, of Carlton, who is in custody. _ ...... Y.) and 6 a nd a Eng' 1 it if ~, nee 1"" .api e ! ichAl a the er ioto been .150 1 it isting pn th e 31 0- I per' haw 111 111 ~ w ag e ire - WW I ide o f , Th e Sek . when