The Sun. — London, England, 1832-02-25 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. (From the Times.) At the Levee on Wednesday, a most singular circum stance took place. The Duke of WELLINGTON was the sole performer on the occasion. His Grace actually sus. pended the usual course of proceedings by reading an anti reform address, or petition to the KING. We really hardly know in what terms we are to speak of such a pro cteding. " A clear stage and fair play" used to be the brave man's motto in England. But how could there be these, when no warning was given that a blow was to be struck, which could, therefore, neither be warded off nor returned ? His Grace possesses his seat in Parliament, where he may be heard whenever he pleases ; and the KING, he knows, reads what he says on these occasions, and after taking the opinion of responsible advisers. Why did not the power of speaking in Parliament suffice him? It has hitherto always sufficed for the defence of a good cause. What cause must that be which needs•a surrepti tious support ? But let any one consider the proceeding, as it affects his MAJESTY'S dignity and station, and the equal rights of his subjects. Levees and Drawing-rooms have been hitherto open to men of all parties, because the KING is King of all his people, whether they belong to the Mini stry or to the Opposition. But if a chief member of the latter may seise the occasion of one of these social assem bl to address the Sovereign on grave political question., his antagonist will of course have a right to reply ; and the presence chamber will thus be converted into a mere arena of debate. The KING will be sunk into a moderator. What will then become pf the maxim that the Royal name Is net to be mingled up with political questions? However, the Duke of WELLINGTON does not profess to be a regular statesman ; he is a great General, anti this manoeuvre may be set down in the next work which is published on such subjects as a well intended art of strategie, which, having failed of its object even when practised by so great a master, it were better never to at s pt again. His MAJESTY, it is understood, having been graciously pleased to authorize Captain WARRINGTON, of the Sd, or Prince of Wales's, Dragoon Guards, to dispose of his commission, that officer will be entitled to receive the regulated value of it. By the regulations promulgated from the War-office it appears that the full price of a Cap tain's commission in the Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, Lancers, and Hussars, is 3,2251. ; the difference in value between the several commissions in succession to that of Captain is 2,035/. ; and the difference between full and half-pay 1,0341. Captain WarturNczoN was promoted to a troop in the 3d Dragoon Guards in June, 1830. He had previoealy had the rank of Lieutenant in the same corps for three or four years. The 3d was much distin guished in Talavera, Vittoria, and other places in the Peninsula. It is said that Lord PONSONBY, who is brother to the Countess GREY, will not resume his diplo. matic duties at the Court of the Brazils. Mr. ARTHUR ASTON continues to act as Charge d'Affaires at Rio Janeiro. When the Corporation of Dublin voted the freedom of the city to Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, one of the orators said that the joke about the Russell purge alone entitled him to the honour—on which one of the Corporators observed, if so, then the freedom should be presented in a pill-box. Miss PLUNKETT, sister of the LORD CirAwczu.ort, died on Monday night, at the residence of his Lordship, in Stephen's-green.—Dublin Morn. Register. The recognizances in the case of the Dorset county election will expire on Wednesday next, whe❑ the lion. WILLIA3/ FRANCIS SPENCER PONE:ONET will be declared the sitting 11.1eraber, should the return of Lord ASHLEY not be defended. His Lordship, it appears, bay, for the present retired into private life ; but it is reported that his partisans in Dorsetshire bare decided in favour of supporting the validity of his return, and subscriptions to the amount of 8,0001. are said to be ready for the pur pose. A FA CT.—(From a correspondent.)—A short time since the quarterly messenger landed at Har wich, and as is usual there came with the numerous packages in his charge, two or three wild deer, hogs, &c. for the service of the table of the most hospitable, as well as most illustrious personage, in the kingdom, and it has heretofore happened, that there has been one also directed for his Grace of WELLINGTON, when Prime Minister. A person anxiously curious, asked, " are there any hams for my Lord GREY?"—." No," says a bystander, " what should Lis Lordship want with hams—when he has those of such prime qualities as a BROUG-HAM, a Dula-malt, and a PIRA-11,111, constantly at hand." THE FACTORY BILL.—A petition from the principal manufacturers of the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield, was sent up to J. C. RAIISDEN, Eeq , M.P., for presentation to the House of Commons, on Saturday last, praying the Honourable House not to pass Mr. SAPLF.It'S Factory Bill in its present form, but to allow them to work twelve hours, in which ease they are willing to concede one year in the age of the children—id est, not to begin employing them in mills and factories until they have attained the age of ten years. Some other alterations of minor importance were suggested, but the zh v e were the leading features of the petition.—Leeds batelligencer. COLWICK ESTATE.—The Colwick estate, near Nottingham, which has now fur Aev er al generations ben in the AlusTEns' family, once belonged to the BYRONS, to whom there are several monuments in the church. The Commissioners of Public Works have refused to advaoce the stun (248,0001.) necessary to com plete the Thames tunnel. It was alleged, in support of the application, that the tolls from carts and waggons p.4sing through the tunnel, if completed, would he ten thousand pounds a year, and a considerable sum by foot. passengers. A party of five persons met a few days since in one house in Norfolk ; the degrees of connection amongst them were as follows ;—A husband and wife, a father and mother, a daughter, two cousins, two god mothers, two god-daughters, one god-father, one uncle, two aunts, two nieces, two sisters, a brother-in-law, and a dater-in-law. WAKEFIELD.— A petition to the House of Commons is now in the course of signature in this town, praying a legislatife enactment to restrict the actual work ing of the children in all the mills and factories of the United Kingdom to ten hours per day, for five days, and eight on the Saturday, and to prevent any child under nine yews of age being worked in any factory or min.-- Leeds Inteitigencer. A CHOLERA ANCHORITE.—A clergyman residing not a hundred miles distant from Paisley, has car ried his dread of cholera so far, that be is resolved to have no intercourse " with hie brother man," until such time as this rueful visitor shall have quitted our shares ; with this view he has lately got himself fortified with a high palling that extends a conaiderable way round his dwelling —as a barrier against all intrusion ; those, however, hav ing messages or parcels to deliver are accommodated with a bell and a speaking trumpet ! Glasgow Courier. TIME'S CHANGES.—I can remember the time when your merchant and banker were spoken of with a stupid di , dain, while the title of a landed proprietor was a sort of drawing-room passport, which no master of cere monies would dispute ; now Mr., I beg his pardon, the Baron, and Mrs. ROTHCHILD, are great acquisitions, and the stock-broker's wife is perfectly sick of " those stupid country gentlemen."—Present Prospects ;by a Reform ing (Wernher of Parliament. Two students of Berlin lately chose a new mode of duelling. In order to render chances equal they agreed that each should embrace a person affected of the cholera. This being done, and twenty-four hours having elapsed without either of them showing any symptoms of the disease, their seconds declared that the two adversaries had done sufficient to satisfy their honour,:and thus the affair terminated. —Paris Paper. THE UNKNOWN TONGUE.—On Sunday last during the performance of divine service, at St. Sepulchre's Church, Northampton, one of those scenes occurred which has hitherto been confined to the Caledonian Church, Re gent-square. During the singing of the first psalm, many of the congregation were startled by a burst of profane and unintelligible jargon, which proceeded from some in. visible being in the church, and accompanied the congre gation throughout the psalm, hut became silent when the singing was concluded. When, however, the minister (the Rev. B. WINTHORY) commenced the prayers, he was interrupted by the' unknown," who loudly chauuted the " inspired" gibberish—he paused—the congregation wee from their seats—the " unknown" waxed bolder— the vaulted roof re-echoed —and we were enabled to catch the closing line, or, as Mr. la , vING would te rm it, t h e in terpretation of the " tongue.' It we*, " I live not where I love." Before another e ffusion could be given, the a thor of the confusion was discovered to be a poor fe idiot, who had lately been released from confinement. S e had wandered into the church and concealed herself in one of the pews. The poor creature was led out by the clergyman without the slightest resistance on her part.-- / Leicester Journal. • -4, LITERATURE. BYRONS WORKS—VoLs. 11. 111. LONDON, 1832. Having already twice noticed at considerable length, Moore's Memoirs of Byron, of which the two volumes now lying before us consist, we shall content ourselves with stating that on a care ful re-perusal, we find we did not in any respect over-rate their merits, whether as regards style and anecdote, or minute, curious analysis of character. So far as we can perceive, from a recollection of the first ponderous quarto edition, Mr. Moore has made few or no alterations in this, we suppose, the second or third edition : here and there, we fancy, a few redundancies of language have been lopped off ; and in one or two instances the meaning of a somewhat ab struse metaphysical passage—for Mr. Moore is no metaphysician—has been simplified, but be yond these manifest improvements the book re mains precisely as originally published. But our present task is rather with the embellishments than the letter-press. These (two in each vo lume) are engraved by the Findens, and in their best and most elaborate manner. The Palace of Ali Pacha is an exquisite combination of grace and expression ; nor can any thing exceed the lightness and transparent delicacy of the fleecy clouds, that hang, as it were, poised in air, above the Palace. The scattered group s of cavalry and pedestrians in front, each arrayed in the rich Oriental costume, increase the anima tion of the picture, and forcibly remind us of that matchless scene in that matchless fiction, Anastasius, where the hero is represented as practising Oriental exercises with his associates, in the spacious area before the Palace of one of th e Beys of Egypt. The view of Marathon, in the third volume, is another chefd'ceuvre. The i moonlight on the sleeping waters produces a very picturesque effect. We shall anxiously expect the long promised illustrations to these two graceful volumes. LIVES OF THE BRITISH PAINTERS, VOL. V. LONDON, 1532. This volume, which forms the twenty-seventh number of the Family Library, is the produc tion of Mr. Allan Cunningham, a gentleman well known and deservedly admired both as a poet and a novelist, but still more likely to be admired and remembered as the biographer of our eminent painters, sculptors, and architects. In this department of literature he is perfectly at home, and always writes con amore, conse sequently without effort and without confusion. Nothing can be happier than the occasional cri tical reflections which he throws into his bio graphical sketches; they are uniformly just and discriminating, and here and there rise to the loftiest heights of eloquence. Where he is severe, which is not often, lie makes out a strong case for his severity, 41most invariably to the conviction of his reader. In the present volume Mr. Cunningham has fur nished u = with some delightful notices of Rom ney, once a first-rate authority in all matters appertaining to art, but now (such is the caprice of fashion !) less appreciated than he deserves to be. For the major part of his information he is indebted to Hayley's diffuse memoirs of the great painter and idolator of Lady Hamilton's beauty ; but his criticisms are new, and for the most part striking. Of Hayley he speaks with 'less uniform contempt than that arch quack and maudlin sentimentalist deserves. Another of his biographies is that of Hoppner, the friend of Gifford, who is duly commemorated (but we fear not immortalized) in those overrated satires, the Baviad and Mmviad. Of Harlowe, also, we are furnished with an agreeable, though somewhat scanty memoir, which we would gladly have seen enlarged, as the anecdotes respecting his habits and personal peculiarities are still nu merous about town, and all that relates to the character of the painter of that fine work, " The Trial of Queen Catherine," deserves to be held in remembrance. Poor Bonnington, who died too early for art, but not for his own fame, closes the list, and has ample justice awarded him. In closing our brief account of this entertaining vo lume, we cannot omit to mention the very delightful style in which it is written. We prefer Mr. Cunningham's prose a million times over to his poetry. In the latter he is but too often forced, abrupt, and extravagant ; in the former uniformly easy and spirited, and often snatching " a grace beyond the reach of art." - KING'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) PHILLIPS r. THORNTON. The defendants in this case were merchants, who had an extensive establishment at Java, which for a considerable time had been under the personal superintendance of Mr. Thornton, a brother of one of the defendants. The plaintiff had been com mander of one of the defendants' vessels trading to and from Java, and having married Miss Thornton, he was engaged in effecting sales of merchandize exported to Java, and also in purchasing goods for return voyages. The present action was brought to recover a compensation for the services he had in • those capacities rendered to the defendants. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and another Counsel ap peared for the plaintiff; and Sir J. SCARLETT, Mr. CAMP BELL, and Mr. POLLOCK, for the defendants. From the great number of witnesses for the plaintiff, and the very voluminous documentary evidence, the case is expected to last the whole day. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour, the VICECIIANCELLOIL, was occupied til ricar two o'clock, at which hour the Court rose, with mo tions possessing no interest whatever to the public. PARKER V. OLIPHANT. Mr. KNIGHT was proceeding to make a motion in this case for the payment of ruoney into Court, when Mr. PErvs, who was instructed to oppose the applica tion, took his place within the bar, and stated that he thought the course proceeded in by Mr. Knight extremely hard upon him. Oa Thursday, when Mr. Knight was engaged io the Court of Exchequer, he (Mr. Pepya) post poned every motion he had to make, in which that Learned Gentleman was concerned, solely on account of his absence and for his private convenience ; instead, however, of adopting the same line of courtesy towards him to-day, every instant there were persons coming to him in the Lord Chancellor's Court, (in which he was engaged) stating that Mr. Knight was bringing on motions he was instructed to oppose. The Leal ned Gen tleman then left the bar, and proceeded to the Lord Chancellor's Court apparently much offended. Mr. KNIGMT, just as the Court was about to rise, stated that Mr. Pepys and himsalf must come to some arrange ment, as the Court should not be under the necessity of rising at so early an hour as it was obliged to do today, in consequence of having no business to proceed with. His HONOUR will not sit on Monday. This forenoon Lord SEAFORD had a long Mew with Lord GODERICH at the Colonial-office. espatches were received at the Colonial office from the Cape of Good Hope, dated 24th December. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 8 3 ,04 % 3 per Cent.Cona. ...... 82%N% 3% per Cent. Ditto Red . 1 6 '41 New 3%per Cent. 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .. - 4 per Cent. 1826 Bunk Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860...16 15-16 13-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 16% Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 .•• - Jan. 5,187 n PRICES OP FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Scrip Ditto Account 0i,4 3 , (2 dis. Brazilian Bonds 46 Ditto:Account 4534 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chillan Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1834 Ditto Account — Danish Bonds 66 M4 Ditto Account — Greek 80nd5.... ........... Ditto Bonds, 1825 — Ditto Account 25 - 434 Mexican Bonds, 5 perlent. 2534 Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent 3l Ditto Account 111- Neapolitax...... ............ COLTRSIC OF xxcHJ Amsterdam C.F. 12 11 Ditto, at sight 11 19 ' Rotterdam 2 U. 12 11 Antwerp 12 3 Hamburg M.B. 13 151 Altona l3 15; Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto 2 11. 25 90 Bordeaux 25 95 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 15.11 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective U. 2M. 10 7 Trieste d0......•. 10 S Madrid 3AM Cadiz 36►, 44 Bilboa 36% Barcelona 36 Seville 36 Gibraltar 474 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Sew 5 per Cent. -- India Stock Ditto Bonds 1 dis. South Sea Stock 9l Old Annuities — New Ditto 000000000000 ...••."•• ...—.. 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, 1,000......9..£ 8 9 pm. Ditto 500 9 10 pm. Ditto Small 6 pm. Ditto Commercial Pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account India for Account -- Cons. for Feb. 23 82%'!i THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK, Peruvian Bonds ..—.. Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account... ........ Regency Scrip Ditto Account Prussian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 182.'? Ditto Accoont IRussian Bonds, 182', Ditto Account New Loan Spanish Bonds, 19•21 Ditto Account. 11 - 21 Ditto Bonds, 18`13 — Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —C. per cent.] —f. -- Exchange —c. Dutch Scrip 40%% French Scrip .NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 25 80 Venice 47% Malta 46 i Naples Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 49% Rio Janeiro Bahia U3',4 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight ll6 Cork 1 - -- -- -- BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverbars,standard 0 4 Il# es.„. . LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1832. We have received, by express, the Paris Pa. pers of Thursday, and the Evening Papers dated yesterday. The Moniteur announces the ap pointment of Marshal MonTIER, as Ambas sador to St. Petersburgh ; where he will require to keep a sharp look out, as we learn that extra ordinary activity is at present observable in the Russian ports in the Baltic, particularly in Cron stadt. Several men-of-war are in considerable for wardness, and will be ready for sea early. in May or June. The news fro rmany, Turkey, and other places, is much of the sual cast, and contains nothing remarkable or interesting. The follow ing are extracts : (From the Messager des Chanthres, Evening Edition.) The resignation of M. de Brouckere is attributed to many causes at Brussels; amongst others, the indiffer ence of the m ijority in the Chamber, from which he re ceived such feeble support, is assigned as a reason for the disgust with which he gave up his situation as Minister of War. But if we may believe more authentic information, the activity which he has displayed in organizing the military forces of Belgium, has appeared no longer neces sary in the eyes of some foreign Powers, and it has been suggested to Leopold, that the appointment of a more in active Minister would allay the uneasiness of the Cabinet of the Hague, and prepare the way to a ratification, as Holland would have no longer reason to he alarmed re specting the intentions of Belgium, or of the ally who counsels her. (From the Nouvelliste, Evening Edition.) All our foreign news is of a nature to encourage confi dent hopes of the speedy termination of all difficulties. Our intelligence from the different parts of France is also very satisfactory. (The Evening Papers contain no other intelligence of any importance.) (Fitolt OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, 16m 23. The Order of the Day was the continuation of the de bate on the Budget of 1832. The sth chapter is under con sideration, and respects " The Royal roads, bridges, navi gation, ports, and private services." M. Jouslin proposed an amendment, which the Chamber did not distinctly understand. As far as we could hear amidst the noise and conversations in the Chamber, this amendment demanded the applications of the sums granted to particular objects in preference to others ; it required also a reduction of one million four hundred thousand francs. The amendment was not supported. The Minister of Commerce declared that the system of the Hon. Member could not be admitted. General Demarcay thought the amendments good, but did not think them sufficiently clear, and feared they would not be adopted. The Minister of Commerce opposed them hy:a common place and hacknied observation of Ministers. Whenever any change is proposed to the Administration, Ministers exclaim, " Take care ; you are assuming the rights of the Government—you are governing." Now, gentlemen, do we assume the rights of Government by saying to the Government, " Sir,"—(Loud laughter, in which the orator himself joined)—by saying to the Mi. [lister, " Sir,—The canal of Niort is a matter of local interest, and ought to be constructed with the funds of the municipality ?" The orator then alluded to the municipal expenses of Paris, and declared they would be always badly regulated until Paris had a municipal body of its ow❑ choice. The first part of M. Jouslin's amendment was not adopted, and he withdrew the second part. The sth and tith chapters were adopted, after a debate in which nothing of interest occurred. PA R15......5T0CE1 . EXCHANGE, FIVE o'cLocx.-The funds have remained stationary at the closing prices of yesterday. After a variation of 20 centimes, the Three pr Cents, closed at 67f. 30c. and the Five per Cents. at 97f. 70c.-There was not much business done except in liquidation, and in general all operations tending to a rise are put off to the end of next month. The affairs of the Peninsula excite a great deal of attention. The departure of two Spanish regiments for Portugal has been confirmed. It is asserted that the French Government has signified to the King of Spain that, in case of such an expedition taking place, France would support Dan Pedro with military force. It is also said, that AI. de Rayneval is appointed to the Embassy of Msdrid. A bet of ten to one has been made that Do❑ Pedro will failin his attempt on Portugal. Italy also occupies the public mind; it is said that the expedition to Ancona has met with the dis approbation of Austria, and still more with that of the Pope, and hence it is believed that nor troops will not land. FARM:). FUNDS, Pasus Fee. 23.-Five per Cents., 97f. 95c. Bank Stock, i,an 5 625. ; e;e . 98f. 97f. 95c. 98f. 97f. 95c. '9oc. 95c. 97f. 85c. 90c. 98f. 97f. 95c. 90c. 97E 55c. Soc. 85c. 80c. 90c. Ssc. SOc. 85c. ; Four and a Half per :::a . gn 5 Z . 5 4 3 0 : ; I i ; 53 531 , 4 53. , '¢ %g 4 Cni Cents., 89f. 50c. 25c.; Three per Cents. 67f. 50c. 55c 641 c. 50c de Naples. 78f. 60c. 50c. ; Royal Spanish 6 11 7 e L n 5(k te 4 e s r c p - et s°c uelle sse d London, one month, paper, 25f. 50c. ; money, 25f - months, money, 25f. 30c.-Court A ut k„ ntique 25 f 43 c. • three By the Dutch Papers, received this morning, we regret to find our apprehension s confirmed respecting the length of quarantine which would be imposed on our commerce to that quarter. The first quarantine is forty days, and the second tens This is surely too severe in all conscience, and must be ascribed more to political spleen than originating in any reasonable apprehensions of infection. But the evil will not be felt ex clusively in England—the Dutch themselves must participate in the consequences of such indiscrimate and unjust severity. The King of HOLLAND cannot surely pretend that hi s subjects stand in more danger of infection than our nearer neighbours the French ; and yet h e quadruples the time of quarantine ! If his object be to carry the points contended for in the treaty, this is not the most likely way to con ciliate favour or command respect. Obstinacy in a good cause a mounts to virtue--- z in a bad one to folly---and must fare according);— Tux H AGus, F xja , 19,.—Count Orloff, whose arrival at Berlin has already been announced, ..,11 abortii tx pected here. _ Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Prince Frederick arrived here yesterday from head quarters. The fifteenth birth-day of his Royal Highness, the eld est son of the Prince of Orange, has been celebrated to-day. It is said that the commanders of corps of the army and the Governors of fortresses, have received orders from the War-office to make a general inspection of the troops under their command by the Ist March next. Accounts from Eindhoven lay, that a body of Belgian troops has again approached our frontiers. About three thousand arrived on Monday at Turnhout. The vicinity of the enemy renders increased vigilance necessary on our part. _ _ _ Fin. 21.—Count Orloff, whose arrival here has been before announced in some Journals, arrived here yester day noon. The Berlin State Gazette says, that the Count, who is charged with a mission from the Emperor of Russia to our King, will go from hence to London. By a resolution of his Excellency the Minister of the Marine, of the 17th inst., it is ordered that London, and all places on the river from London to the Nore, shall be considered as infected, and that all places on the coast from Dover to, and including, Harwich, shall be considered as suspected, and that, in consequence, all vessels included in this regulation shall be subjected to a strict quarantine : those under the first to a quarantine of forty days, and under the second of ten days. We have, for the first time, received the London Papers purified. Rorrzmixt, FIB. 19.—The Batavier steam-boat, by which we received the melancholy intelligence of the ap pearance of the cholera in London, remained off this city only a few hours, and was ordered to the mouth of the Meese, to perform quarantine. The few goods already landed were removed to the public entrepot, which goods, however, consisting of a few hogsheads of sugar, cannot convey infection, as sugar is a preservative against conta gion. The cholera bad not appeared in that part of Lon don from which the Batavier departed. AMSTERDAM, FEB : 2' Actual Debt, 2% per cent 39 to 39% Amort Syndic, 4% per cent 66% to 6714 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 9014 to 90% Ditto, ditto, 5 per cent., 1832 75 to 75% Exchange upon Lor - -- al, 11 95 ,nge upon Two Months Ti 825.10 to 11 50 Mdon, one mon, The Hamburg Reporter, and other Papers of the 17th instant, have been received, from which we extract the following : HAMBURG, FRI. 15..• The frost has returned and the Elbe is co►ered with - floating ice, 80 that unless milder weather sets in, ships can neither put to sea nor come up to the city. CASSEL, FEB. 6.—Count Maltzan, Prussian Ambas sador Extraordinary, who was sent by his Court to en deavour to terminate amicably the differences between the Electoral Prince and his mother, bag left us, not having succeeded in his endeavours. The house of Rothschild has lately concluded a loan of 650,0(10 florins for the Electoral Prince, which is guaran teed by the Elector, his father, and which is intended to pay debts formerly contracted by the Prince at Frankfort and elsewhere. BERLIN, FEB. 15.—Prince Dolgarucki has arrived here with despatches from St. Petershurgh, and also M. Kraus, the British Cabinet messenger, has already set out for London. It is sail that Prince Wili am , hi s M a j esty ' s b rot h er , will return in the spring to the Rhenish provinces. Szocutot.m, FEB. 20.—Official news has been re ceived here of the cessation of the cholera at Abo. There were 375 cases, of which 235 were fatal. FRANKFORT, FEB. 11.—The strangest reports are here in circulation. Th e w h o l e country appears to be in a state of insurrection. From Wiesbaden, the Minister, Von Marschall, has fled to Mentz. In the capital of Nassau every thing is in the greatest confusion , an d a rt i l _ lery has been planted in the market-place. In Hanau the soldiers have made common cause with the people, throwing away their arms and uniform, and returning to their homes ; about fifty of them passed through Frankfort yesterday. In Vilhel and Cross Garben the peasants have gathered together with a view to attack the custom-houses. HAMBURG, FEB. 17,---13ORSIEN. HALLE, HALF-PA ST Two O'CLOCK.—The sale of wheat, rye, barley, and oats, is very dull. Weight. Rix-dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white ll5 to 122 108 to 128 red 117 to 127 111 to 120 - Brun:wick l2O to 125 118 to 130 -- Mecklenburgh . 118 to 124 112 to 128 -- Holstein, red ' 118 to 125 112 to 126 The inactivity of our Stock-market continues, and few transfers are to be effected. Discoant 2 per cent. End of February. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 62% Anglo-Russian Loan Hamburg ditto 854 Russian Inscription, 5 per cent. 85% Ditto Ditto 1831 B5 Polish Bonds 11 5 14 Austrian Bank Shares 1128 Ditto Metalliques New Austrian 4 per Cents 75% The following is from Rio Janeiro Papers : Rio ne JANEIRO, Dec. 19.—The Diario contains a letter from his Majesty the King of Denmark to the Em c theia l letter abdication fmro of tphe er t P i r e r l ° a av t e e i e eß r d o ge r gi ne i g n n ctfyh:ve receipt favour c o h f h a inos anno unces f au a nn j e co s effi t s y Don Pedro 11. The King of Denmark expresses his sincere 'wishes for the happiness of his Imperial Majesty and the prosperity of bis Government, and his own constant desire for the mainte nance of the amicable relations now happily subsisting be tween Denmark and Brazil. The Regency, in the name of the Emperor and his Ma jesty's presence, gave audience on the 9th to Baron de Daiser, Charge d'Affaires of the Emperor of Austria, who presented a letter from his Sovereign to the Emperor of Brazil ; and on the 16th, the Regency gave audience to Count Renentlow, Charge d'Affaires of the King of Swe den and Norway; and to Senor Joao Baptista Moreno, lately appointed Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General of Portugal to our Government, to present the congratula tions of the Regency, in the name of the Queen his Sove reign, to his infant Majesty on his accession to the throne of Brazil. The Lisbon Gazettes, from the 4th to the 1 lth February, contain no political news con cerning Portugal, but very long lists of volun tary subscriptions for the service of the State, filling above thirty columns of the Gazette. A decree of his MAJESTY orders that a copy of all the books, copper-plates, maps, and charts, published in the kingdom, shall be delivered to his MAJESTY'S private library. We regret to learn that there is little or no hope of the completion of the Thames tunnel ; that, in fact, like the boroughmongers, it is in articulo mortis, or in extremis, as Sir C. WETHERELL would phrase it. Surely the Board of Commissioners for public improvements should take up the matter,ffor it is really a re flection on the national spirit of enterprise that a work which has excited so much interest abroad, and curiosity at home, that no less than twenty-seven thousand persons have paid to visit it during the last year, should be neglected from want of adequate encouragement ! As a matter of public utility it has, if possible, still stronger claims to patronage, for the conveyance of merchandise from one bank of the river to the other, by means of such a tunnel, would be an extraordinary saving in point of time, and consequently of money. Were the possibility of its completion üblic supp or t, to b e at all problematical , the case would be different ; but enough has already been done to prove that the experiment rim a e n i d it onlycnoemedpsieted in a style, an d w i t h a p spirit, worthy of the first commercial natiom in the world. Were the Tlianjes tunnel but once worthily finished, the metropolis would stand without a rival among the great cities of the earth. As it is, London is surpassed in beauty b y Paris, and in grandeur by St. Petersburgh. We give below, for the benefit of the Great Unpaid, the Barrister's opinion on the case of Mr. CROMPTON, who was some time ago con-, victed before.. JOSEPH , RIDGMAY, Esq., a Bolton Magistrate, and one of the worthy co peers of HULTON of Hulton, of Peterloo memory, under the 30th section of the new Game Act. The informations have been since dismissed at the Bolton Petty Sessions ; but we think so flagrant an instance of ignorance, assumption, and dereliction of duty on the part of a county Magistrate, should not be allowed to pass without remark. Without now entering upon the merits or demerits of the new Game Act, we can hardly see how any Magistrate, who had taken the trouble even to read the sections of the Act, could possibly have convicted in this case, where no reasonable proof was adduced that the party, by whose authority the complaint was made, was legally entitled to the game, and when the deputation was not produced in the absence of the party holding it, and no witness, in support of the information, swore positively that the party had such deputation, and authorised suc complaint. Mr. CROMPTON deserves great credit for his spirited resistance to the arbitrary conduct of the Magistrate : (From the Bolton Chronicle.) NEW GAME LAWS. CASE. The following case was submitted to Mr. Deacon, the bar rister, and we subjoin his opinion. Mr. Crompton, a gentleman who, prior to the passing of t present Game Act, was duly qualified both by property and cer. tifieate, and who still continues to take out a certificate for the purpose of shooting, has been summoned before the Magistrates, under the 30th section of the Ist and 2d William IV., cap. 32, whereby a penalty not exceeding 40s. is imposed upon every person whatsoever who shall commit any trespass, by entering or being, in the day time, upon any land in search or pursui' of game or woodcocks, &c. &c., and the evidence adduced in support of tke charge was as follows : A kind of keeper, without certificate, proved that he was employed by a gentleman, who had told him that he had the de. putation of game from the Earl of Balearrar, the lord of the manor ; that, on the 22d December, he saw the defendant with greyhounds in pursuit of gain., and that when he first saw him he was on land occupied by one —. The offence, so far as regards the fact that Mr. Crompton was out, was clearly proved, and he was convicted in a mitigated penalty. Two other informations were then gone into, the facts being precisely the same, only that in each case he had gone off the land occupied by—_ into farms in the occupation of two others. To the first ease it was objected that, as Mr. Crompton was ad mitted to have a certificate, he could be liable only to an action for trespass. By the sth section of the new Act it is enacted, " That nothing in this Act contained shall in anywise affect or alter (except as thereinafter mentioned) any Act by which every person killing game must take out an annual certificate, and that all the powers, provisions, and penalties, contained in s Act or Acts, shall continue in as full force and effect as if th Act had not been made;" and by the following section, " every person with such certificate shall kill game, subjec to an action or such other proceedings thereinafter meintlir for thereforef personthl game. " rce, a certificated I provisionswould be liable to an action for trespass, and to the above. named penalty.—ln the second place, it was contended th a t, if a deputation were in the hands of a second party it ou g ht t o a ya c t of committed former Acts in remain pursuit in of force, have been produced, and that it was not sufficiently shewn whether he, or the tenant, or the owner of the land, or the re puted lord of the manor, had a right to authorise the informa tion.—ln the third place, it was conceived that the three infor. mations had relation only to ene offence. That as there was a reputed lord of the manor, he could not go for a penalty in curred for a separate trespass upon each. That, as the witness had proved that the game did not in any way belong to the te. nants, it could only be one tresspass, the words of the act being " entering in the day time upon any land, &c., in search," and the latter part of the same section deeming the lord of the manor to be the occupier of such land. Your opinion is therefore requested, lstly. Whether Mr. Crompton, when in pursuit of game (though with a certificate), be liable to the penalty imposed by the 30th sec. of the Ist and 2d William IV., chap. 32 P 2dly. Is the evidence produced sufficient to convict him in the first of the cases, no proof having been given of the owner. ship of the game ? idly. Whether, if the first case can be supported, presuming the game of the three farms to belong to one person, and under one manor, is Mr. Crompton liable to distinct penalties upon the other charges ? And 4thly, generally upon the case ? OPINION. 1. lam of opinion that Mr. Crompton is not protected by his ertificate from the penalty imposed by the 30th section of the Ist and 2d William IV., c. 32:for trespassing on land in search or pursuit of game : the provisions of the 6th section of the Act expressly declaring that no certificated person shall be exempt from such liability. 2. It appears to me that the evidence, as stated in the case, was not sufficient to convict Mr. Crompton, unless the informs. tion was sanctioned by the lord of the manor, or the landlord of the farms in question, or by the occupiers of those farms. For, though no evidence of title to the land is necessary to be adduced on an information under the game laws, yet where the complaint is made by a person who is neither lord of the manor, nor owner of the soil, nor occupier of the land, the Magistrate ought to have reasonable proof before him that the party, by whose authority the complaint is made, is legally entitled to the game. And in this case, as the information was laid by the keeper of a gentleman holding a deputation from the Earl of Balcarras, I think the deputation should have been produced, in the absence of the party holding it,—or, at all events, that a witness in support of the information should have been able to swear positively that the party had such deputation, and authorising the complaint. But, though this last mode of proof might be admissible, where the witness is an educated person, and can speak to the contents of the de putation, I strongly incline to the opinion that, where the information is not preferred by the lord, the owner, or the oc cupier, but by a party merely holding a deputation of the game, in such case the deputation ought to be produced; for the Magistrate should be satisfied that the complaint is made with the sanction of the person having the right of killing the game on the land trespassed upon, and where the complaint is made by neither of the three parties above-mentioned, the Magistrate should see the deputation ; not only that he may be satisfied that the party claiming the game is the party named in the deputa tion,aanldse that the other thatthedeputa requisites tiexten of theoverds A the lauds h lai a id v s e question h in eehm ee —but . plied with ; for, by the 16th section of the new Act, the depu tation is expressly declared to be invalid, unless it is registered with the Clerk of the Peace. 3. Presuming the game on the three farms to belong to one person, and that such person is the complaining party, I incline to think that Mr. Crompton is not liable for separate penalties for the simple act of trespassing in pursuit of game. For, as under the former Game Laws a party could not be convicted in separate penalties for killing several hares on the same day,* so by parity of reasoning, it would seem that he cannot be con victed under the new Act in separate penalties for trespassing on the same day on several parts of the same manor, and that the manor being divided into separate fields or farms will not multiply the offence. This, however, is only on the presump tion that the complaint was made by the lord of the manor, or by the party having the deputation of the manor; for, if several complaints were made by the several occupiers of the farms, then a distinct penalty would be undoubtedly incurred for the tres pass upon each farm. 4. I have already gone so fully into the points of the case that nothing further occurs to me on the subject ; except to. state ray opinion, that Mr. Crompton has a good ground of appeal for the reasons above mentioned, provided he complies with the provisions of the 44th section of the new Act, by which such appeal is regulated. E. E. DEACON. Chancery-lane, Jan. At our petty sessions on Monday, Mr. Kearsley, before. whom the cases were heard, dismissed the informations. • • Marriott v, Shaw, 1 Corn. 274. Cripps v. Durden, Coa,T. 646. Sir JOHN MACDONALD has succeeded' Major Sir H. WILLOCK in his diplomatic functions of Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Per is. On Tuesday in last week, on the arrival of the Fire Fly packet at Calais, when a crowd of people were collected on the jqty, all eager to ascertain the truth of the appearance of the cholera at London, a gentleman of about 4() years of age, exceedingly well dressed, but without either hat or cloak, the moment the boat came within reach of the shore, and without waiting for thest plank, made an extraordinary spring, and reaching the quay, threw himself into the arms of a Maitre d'Hotel of his acquaintance, and exclaimed with extisy, " thank God, I am saved !" His almost immediate and un expected return, for he had sailed from Calais on a si r o r n ivi o o f g his at fr t i h e e nd B th tt e ch i l n a n ye k r ee s per A , m w th l: Monday even ing, the first word he heard was he eagerly theatcehd:lera inquired was ntiaotnu.rallHyeexthsceitenodnretihe appthreahtenon. agingt athia in cloak,ti B r r h it i i s s h portmanteau, capital e was n so an overcome by s of the Dover o,ive evrenever disease, cioeaBct ehthat, till which e w f i o t h h ua o nhd u d t stopped h himselfitn ki t n l ot g ha. ea o ri f oe his Sunday, agitation. bih C pnya a ts l o: a tee i n s arg: l eo ' rrt : h er. This panic-struck refugee was afterwards found to be M. ALEXIS BERNARD L-----, osie of the prin- , cipals of a commercial house in Paris, which makes the' most considerable exports of French manufactures, and has . very extensive transactions with England; and had, - when he embarked at Calais on the Sunday, bills on Lon-. don amounting to no less than 1 00,000 fr. all of which in his fright he left behind in his portnianteau...—.Galignani'f Messenger, PRIVY "COUNCIL ' This morning a meeting of his Majesty's most honour able Privy Council took place at the Council-office, for the purpose of hearing appeals against the decision at the Com missioners of British claims in France. There were present, the MASTER. of the ROLLs, Sir G. HYDE EAST, Sir WILLIAM Ganaow, and the Honourable ERSKINE. The Council had not broken up when we went to press. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) . - FROM LLOYD'S. PLYXOUTX, FEB. 23.—Sailed the Orestes transport, for Portsmouth. FALMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind E. to S.E.—Arrived the Pigeon packet, from Rio Janeiro, sailed the 27th of December, and from Cape Frio the Slat ; has on board 120,000 dollars in freight, 40,000 of which are from th• wreek of the Thetis frigate. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23.—Arrived the Margaret, Carlyle, and Marathon, Cortie, from Demerara. Off port, the Mary and Susan, Prince, from New Orleans. HOLYHEAD, FEB. 23...—Arrived the Oporto, Martin, from Oporto. PENZANCE, FEZ: 23.—Arrived off port, the Bolivar, Welch, from New Orleans ; and Hudson, Champlin, from New York. h I Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's, at Rio Janeiro, dated the 24th of December :—" Since our letter of the 14th ult., the intelligence from Cape Frio has been rather favourable; although, from the i ncrease d d ept h o f water where the diving bell is new working, the recovery of the treasure proceeds more slowly. The present eon. veyance (the Pigeon packet) carries home about 20,000 dollars of the Thetis's money, and a few thousands more had been got up when the Adelaide last left the Cape. The service, we believe, will be finished within a very few weeks. ie I SONG-BY SIR R. PEEL. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) " He hoped, if 122 New Peers were to be made, the first on the list would be Baron Thimbleby, of Barnet."—Sir It. Peel's speech, Feb. 10. I tt There is but one source to ennoble the blood, -‘ - , Tho' you, perhaps, think there are many; 'Tis the loom, and there's nothing, by all that is good, . ‘.. For that uselo compare with the Jenny. Some Peers may be made from the law, or the Court. 'l; , . And of such, no doubt, there are many; But they 're only mushrooms, and not the right sort, For they 'ye nothing to do with the Jenny. , A trA A fair line of ancestors, long ago dead, A sine qua non is with many; I laugh at your lines, and ask only a thread, And the whirl of my favourite Jenny. That I've oft turned my coat, I know very well, A practice in fashion with many; But whatever my turns, none have answered so well, As the turn of my own spinning Jenny. I pride not myself on the length of my purse, A failing too common with many; But consistent in one thing, for better and worse, I still remain true to my Jenny. THE MARKET S-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GAR ►EN MARKET. s. d. s. d. Potatoes (cwt.) Cabbages (12 heads) 0 0 0 0 Red ditto 3 0 5 0 Savoy ditto 1 0 2 0 1 Horse Iladish(bundle) 2 0 4 0 Brocoli 1 0 2 0, Celery Carrots (1211010es) 4 0 5 6 Turnips Coleworts or Greens 1 9 2 6 Leeks 1 6 3 o For. Grapes (per lb.) 1 0 2 0 English, Forced 3 0 5 0 Filberts Turnip Greens (bush) 0 6 0 9 s. d. s. d. Spinage (half-sieve) 0 6to 1 0 Apples 5 0 10 0 Onions 2 0 5 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 French ditto 4 0 6 0 Spanish Hazlenuts 6010 0 French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Pine Apples (lb.) Sweet Oranges (100) 7 0 14 0 Seville Oranges 8 0 14 0 Lemons 10 0 17 0 Endive (pummel) 0 9 1 0 Sea Kail 0 6 1 0 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland M ea d ow H ay £2 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay _ . Fine Upland Meadow and Rye- 1 Clover Hay Oat Straw £1 10 to £1 12 SMITH. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and tlye-i Clover Hay (extra tine)...56 0, Oat Straw Z 1 14 to £1 16 grass Hay 3 15 4 6 4 10 5 lb Wheat straw I 14 1 [FIELD. Hay £2 10 to £2 15 2 15 3 10 3 0 3 10 3 15 4 4 40 5 5 118 2 0 grass Hay ..... .... ...Generally .... I Wheat Straw .ET.—Feb. 24. Per Ton. Walls End Gosforth ..... 20s. 9d. Walls End Hilda 19 3 Walls End Hotspur..., 19 3 Walls End Newmarch... 19 9 Ditto Northumberland 19 0 Ditto Peareth 17 0 Ditto Perkins and C 0... 19 6 Walls End Riddell's.... 20 0 Walls End Walker 19 0 Morton Main 16 6 Latabton's Primose—. 19 0 Walls End Hetton 21 6 Walls End Lyons 19 6 Walls End Lambton.— 20 9 Walls End Stewart's 21 6 New Flockton, Milne, and Co. l7 3 Old Haigh Moor 15 0 Silkstone Field and Co. 17 6 COAL MAW Par Ton. Bensham Main 16s. Od. East Percy l7 0 Kenton West 18 6 Killlngworth 18 0 Ord's Itedhugh ---........ 16 6 Shipcote l6 6 St. Lawrence Main 18 0 ranfield Townley l7 0 Wade's Bensham 16 0 West Hartley . 2O 0 Willington l9 6 Wylam lB 0 Walls End Bell & Co.-. 19 0 Ditto Bell,Robson,&Co. 18 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co. 20 0 Walls End Brown's- 19 6 Wall; End Callerton 16 0 Walls End Carr and Co. 17 6 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 17 9 Ships ar► ived, 3. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A Brazil and Lisbon mail have arrived ; the former sailed on the 27th of December from Rio Janeiro, and from Bahia the 25th of November. All was tranquil at Rio, and every thing looking well. Two packets had arrived out. The packet brings to this country forty thousand dollars, saved from the Thetis fri gate, and ten thousand for merchants' account. Exchange 28;4, Stock 49. By the Lisbon mail we do not hear of any particular news as yet. THE FUNDS. The express from Paris is hourly expected, and until the French prices arc known, the speculators are cautious in doing business, consequently our Funds remain steady : they opened at the same price they left offyesterday, 82% for the account ; at present they may be quoted at 82% We have no reports or political inf orma ti on as yet. The Foreign Market also remains steady at the leaving-off prices of yesterday. The express from Paris has arrived. French Funds, Three per Cents., 07f. 40c., Five per Cents.. 97f. 80c. The Papers do not contain any news of importance. HALF-PAST ONE. All is very steady in the }undo, with litle or nothing doing; and the express from Paris has not had any effect on the market, it being considered of little importance. Consols for Account, 825. The letters from Holland this morning do not bring much po litical news ; but a general stagnation in conunerco prevails there, owing to the strict quarantine which the Dutch have laid on our vessels. In the Foreign Market there is little doing. Belgian Scrip, to discount. Consols 82k. THREE O'CLOCK CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. ti , E , . 4.? gQ‘ •,„ 1 5 Ag e ig 6 .- 6 Places and Date. V C.) e.J .5 , -)c...) Eqci i ,-,r4 ..cl t S'a• = AV' —,---- _ --- —.— ----- Newcastle, Feb. 23 6 2 0 1 7 059 301 North Shields &c. Feb. 23 47 4 2 4 45 I 321 91 "South Shields, Feb. 23 2 0 0 0f 2 11 5 Hettoti b &e.,Feb. 23. Haddiugton, Feb. 20 3 0 0 0 3 13 2 00 16 1 1 7 9 282 K I 78 Preston Pans, Feb. 22 Trancsat,Feb. - 1 2 117 21 M ust elburgh, Feb. 22 E linburgh, Feb. 22 ... Ki r kintillcch, Feb. 22 - 0 0 2178 I 30 Gliogow, &c., Feb. 22 lB 14 4 523 74 2{ •( tP.ol4ey, Feb. 21, 22 6 13 5 '2 12 42 24 Total 1143 151 17 132 1145 'll , tiz/Ilill, Feb. 22 u 2992 949 Total from places where the disease has ceased, or from which no returns hare beers this day received 2202 589 Grand Total 5184 11538 ((Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. In our Paper of last evening there appeared paragraph, which we copied front a Morning Pap er ,, rp c i o leo m rrs eo p n l as thann i t u o g os o en f rev t e ll c e otu c hn a e r t ye officel es p s : r n s , o a on n fs n eshria, Sheriff' r n i ffb which r t i h eu e kpe ! ;1 at : a n oi d nf Gazetted who were disqualified from serving that office. "We are authorised to say that there is no blame whatever attached to the Council-office, through whose hands the lists pass, and if there is any carelessness attached to any Persons it is the returning officers, Mr. STAPYLTON is gradually improving, and there are great hopes he will be able in a day or two to undergo the operation of extracting the ball. irk -1