The Sun. — London, England, 1832-02-06 00:00:00

DUTIES ON FOREIGN BOOKS. ISrcrai the Foreign Quarterly Rev ier, just published.) Books were, we believe, first charged with an import in the reign of Charles the Second, but were hardly considered a regular object of revenue till the passing of the Act of 27 Geo. 3, c. 13, which took effect on the 10th of May, 1787, and imposed a &uty on botenel books o 3d. per cwt., and on ur.Jenund hooks, of Bs. 10d. per elvt. At this rate it centirmerl te'.ll the year 1809, when the necessities of the war n'oliged the Government in so many instances to lay on taxes with a heavy and capr!ci ous hand; and by the Act 49 Geo. 3, it. 9 ,9 3, the duty on bound books was raised to 41. ess, and on unbound to Is. 611. the cwt. The 59th Gen. 3, C. 38, made loather change—nett, as might have been supposed, a re doction, in consideration of the country being then in the fifth year of peace, but a further increase, which rated bound hooka at 61. :Os., and unbound at the cwt. However, by the Consolidation of Cee,tnene Act of the 6th Geo. 4, c. 111, commencing on the sth July, 1825, the duties were slightly meeditled, and they now stand payaide thus under that Act, ' , Pit : On books, being of editions printed prior tt‘ bound or unbound, the cwt On books., being of editions oricted since the year Mt, bound or unbound, tli-± Cwt 5 0 0 The former class of duties is understood to have been 'fixed by way avocet:segment to the importation in mass of libraries of foreign books, which the euetioneers and dealers repreeented would thus find a market in England, and enrich the scholar as well as the hibliemaniae, if some consideration were afforded to the trade for the long period foy which they were so frequently obliged to keep them on band unproductively. The official eetemns do not afford the means of distinguishing the respective qualities of new and old books introduced ; but the revenue is chiefly de rived from the editions of later date than 1601, which pay what is equivalent to about lap. the printed, Now, in the first place, the policy of encouraging the importation of old books, at the expense of new ones, seem. rather whimsical. It is almost as strange as the cry of the eactiauge of new lamps for old ones, in the story of Alad din. For, it fa well known that such old books as h.ve my value at all, either to the literary or the curious, are infinitely more costly than any modern publications of similar weight avoirdupois; whilst, on the other hand, there is scarcely any author of merit on the continent pre vious to the present century, whose works are not now printed and cirroiated in editions later than 1801. Those who know which editions of Lessing, or of Schiller, are the most common in Germany, or which of 3loliere, or Vol taire, are most frequently met with in France, will have before them instances of this notorious fact. If the prin. triple of the distinction be the supposed inferiority in value of old hooks, it seems fallacious ; for profit in general. when they buy foreign }mole., are sensible enough to but those of worth, and we greatly doubt whether the refuse oi the book -stalls on the quay of the Louvre would ever fine it, way to London, even duty free. If the object be the encouragement of older literature, at the expense of mote metier') productions, that object is not attained ; for tl e high duty is that which most commonly attaches upon hook, of merit written previous to the pre sent century, to, the reasons above stated, The pr ofit of the fisc, however, was probably the only motive that suggested the alteration ; es, the great mass of old hooks being imported for the ex press purpose of being brought to the hammer, the Govern ment has no doubt found it a most advent igeotis exehan;-e to receive the amount of the auction duty on the actual value in lieu of the trifling produce of an import duty, which was so high as to operate as a prehibition. There is something which savours of barbarism in the system of taxing literature by the pound. But. passint by this, and granting for argument's sake, that books, con sidered merely as the raw material of knowledge, ought to youttibute to the revenue on importation, it is still ex tremely questionable whether a duty by weight is the fairest eml most proper mode of charge. Books of similer weight differ so prodigiously in price, that an ad Colorant duty would suegest itself as preferable, if it were not for the many difficulties and evesiens to which that description et linty has constantly been found to be zuhject. A plan might certainly be contrived of levying the duty by weight, con ditionally, in reference to the scale of value, hut this would perhaps be found too complicated, and too tedious in the process of ascertainment. Books, like many other articles, seem to be in that dilemma with respect to tl e Customs. that, if charged otherwise than by weight, the reecho, would be likely to be defrauded, and on the other hand, whilst the duty by weight continues, it falls upon impor :ere unequally, and therefore inconsistently with sound anti just principles of taxation. But, after all, the great objection to the duty is, that it is bad is policy, and that, if it were otherwise, it is true: too heavy. A tax of tenpence three farthings per pound, is equivalent upon many hooks to a hundred per cent. and in no case to less than ten per cent. This, added to the costs of carriage, freight, insurance, brokerage, &c. is a heavy discouragement to importation in the way of trade, ter sate in this country; and we confess we are surprised that the foreign btokeellere can afford to supply hooks from abroad at the rite they do,—being, for French hooks. for instance, at the charge to the customer of a shilling for every franc of the publication price. The import tradt has not been a thriving one, as we shall presently show, and when this is considered, as well as the vexation and trouble given to passengers by the levy of the duty upon their small purchases for private use, there can he littl, doubt, we suppose, of its unpopularity amongst the class o f persons immediately affected by it. Throughout Germany, and in the Netherlands, the books of travellers pass dui, tree, it being considered quite as reasonable that a man wound carry a supply of books with him on his journey, as clothes, or shaving apparatus, or any other part of in, equipment. The French, who do not read our hooks, or visit our country, to any thing like the extent we do their.. have also long since set us an example of lit erality, which those who are fond of reproaching the French tariff in ge neral would do well to note as worthy of praise. Since 1817, the duty on new foreign hooks imported into France is only eleven francs the 100 kilograms,—old books be longing to travellers being exempt from duty altogether. Now, as a kilogram is equal to about Whs. 2.koz. avoirdu pois, the French duty comes as nearly as possible to fire shillings a hundred weight, en that ours is just twenty times heavier than theirs. Truly, th is li mltter should he set to rights, beiore we again boast to 31. St. Cricq of the philosophical superiority of our commercial policy ! It appears from official accounts, that the quantity of foreign books imported into the United Kingdom for the last ten years, with the amount of duty received thereon, has Teen as follows: Years. Cwts. qrs. lbs. .C. s. d. 1821 2,294 1 21 18'22 1823 2,881 1 17 1824 3,366 0 4 1825 4,051 1 26 1826 3,151 1 3 1827 3,345 0 3 182 , 3,270 0 13 1829 1830 3A4I 3 13 The quantity of hooks imported for several years past appears thus, prima fircie, to have been stationary; but if we observe the amount of duty, we see that it has con siderably fallen off since the last alteration. Now tf e fact of a greater fail of duty then is proportionate to the fall of the quantity imported, shows clearly that it is the itnpor tation of new books printed since 1801 which is less than it used to be. The conclusion follows, that the high duty has tended as directly to cheek the importation of new books, as the low ditty to increase the importation of old ones. It is unfortunate that the public accounts have not distinguished the ; roduce of the two rates of duty ; but it is nevertheless manifest that the old lamps have obtained a considerable ascendancy, in our market, over the new ones.* It appears then that the book duty has tended to cheek the importation of the modern productions of foreign lite rature into this kingdom—that it is enormously high in comparison with the French duty—and that it is imposed upon travellers and persons not in the trade, with a want of liberality which characterizes the tariff of scarcely any European sovereign, except, perhaps, Don Miguel and the Kee. Under such circumstances, it seems to be time fur the Government to consider, whether the advancement of scienc e and literature among os be not an object, for the sake of which the abolition of this duty would be highly desirable. We say the abolition, because, wben the diffu sion of knowledge is concerned, we are entitled to place the question on a higher ground than that of finance, though in a financial point of view it might be probible that a re duction from elevenpenee to a penny or twopence per pound would eventually add to the revenue, by increased importation. But the whole amount collected is now and always would be so inconsiderable, that the expense of col lection, and the inconvenience to the public, would clearly bring it within that class of duties erhoee total repeal has been advocated with so much force and reason by philoso phical financiers, and especially by Sir Henry Parnell and Mr. Poulett Thomson. We repeat, therefore —away with this tax altogether, and let the British public have .-he full advantage of the literature of foreign nations. Of late years our tariff has, in many instances, been relaxed for the encouragement of the arts and sciences, as in the case o f pictures, which now only pay a shilling the square foot—of prints, which are rated at only a penny each—of sculptured stone, rated at two 'billings and sixpence per cwt.—ol • If the amount of the auction duty on old books imported and sold since 1825 could be ascertained and ridded to the above . ,_ . e have no doubt that it would be found, as we ha v e alread y said, to have amply made up to the revenue . the deficiency which these returns exhibit in the produce of thennport duly since that period rianu - scripts, diak•gerl only twopence per pound—and of specimens illustrative of natural hist4y, which are ad mitted duty free. The principle of all these these altera. tions applies a fortiori to books—without which science cannot exi5t...3... - It , hial in the useful arts are more important than tire Very tools of the artist, and which are in fact the substratum upon which human intellect must of necessity he reared and cultivated. Laws, therefore, which impede the cultivation of the human mind, are disreputable to a Government able to appreciate the blessings arising from the growth of knowledge. in a nation ; and we do hope that long time will not elapse before attention is directed to this subject in the place where it can be mentioned with most ffect. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- HO USE. Thomas Whitney, a footman in a gettieman's family in Broad-street, was brought 'ap icy the parish officers for having gallanttd With Mary Dent, the l - ,usemaid, the proof t. 11: Which was likely to come into the possession Of the parish shortly.—Ordered to enter into his own recoe&zance. A fat little man, in a carrotty scratch, chargod Genrr'e Huggett, his son-in-lair, with having violated the pace on Wednesday night by " blowing him up," and threatening to break his" sanguinary nose." The complainant made himself out none of the best sort of fathers-in -law, and de clared that nobody ever kuow'd half the good he had done for the waggerbone." The LORD Marna—Well, young man, you seem to have a good father-in-law. Why can't you live comfort_ ably together? Huggett—dy ? Because the old buEr's always getting his two sons to whip me. Nis LOAD , IIIP dismissed the case, after recommending the parties to live peaceably in future. G UILDHALL. On Saturday Charles Gilbert, aced 76, Lite a member of the United Loyal Britons Benefit Society, which ha% been held at the Black Swan, Great Carter-lane, for 42 years, complained that he had been expelled and excluded from fire weeks' sick allowance. The defence of the steward was that the complainant had been met with a saw under his arm, about seven o'clock in the evening of the 27th of December, and the rules pro hibit a sick member from being out at that hour. The steward said the funds of the society were diminished at the rate of 230/ a-year, and it must be ruined if the rules were not rigidly enforced. Sir PETER LAURIE asked what allowance was made to the sick ?—The steward replied ISs. per week. Sir PETER said it was a pity some one did not propose to lessen this allowance, so as to fairly proportion the benefits to the contributions. The steward said it had been proposed, and the result was always that on motion to pay less and receive more, every hand was hell up; but if to pay more and receive less was spoken of, not one hand was raised. The claimant had paid in altogether :50/., and he had received , ince Au4ust, 1825, upwards of 1001. Sir PETER LAURIE and Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL. concurred that the complainant was lawfully expelled, but earnestly recnnmended that some weekly allowance should be given him. BO iV- S TREE T. PALMER L•. THE HUNGERFORD MARKET COMPANY.— .n this case Mr. MINSHULL was directed by a mandirmi, ';ont the Court of King's Bench to hear and determine an information brought by Mr. Paltrier, the late occupier of premises (a certain 01-gate) on the si.e of the [hop-I-- ford-market, to recover of the Hungerford-market C-mpany the sum of 66/., viz.—of 1/. per diem for every day since Mr. Palmer had claimed compensa ,ion for the premises, which the Company had taken forcible possession of. Mr. Well., the barrister, attended for Mr. Palmer, and the Magistrate decided that forcible possession was not proved, on which Mr. Palmer gave notice of appeal, and the who're case will he argued at the Westminster Stssions. MARL.B OR O UGH-STREET. A middle-aged woman, who gave I , er name Ann Mills, wan char t ed with creating a disturbance at th.,: house of a gentleman named Tarrant, in Regent-street-. The prisoner, on being called upon to state the reason ~he constantly annoyed Mr. Tarrant, replied that "she had a right to look to those -for assistance by whom she Mr. Tarrant said that a brother of his had certainly had child sworn to him hi the prisoner, but 100 guineas having been given as an indemnification to the prish autho rities, he considered the prisoner had no further claim upon his brother, and deddedly none whatever upon him. The prisoner was committed to the House of Correction for fourteen days. MARY LEB ONE. On Satunlay night two ladies, dressed in the extretn, f fashion, the elde; of whom stated her name to be Maria Martin, were charged under the following circumstmees. The younger prisoner refused to give her name. Mr. Reed, silk-mercer, in High-street, Hampstead, said that about four o'clock on the evening of Jamiary 17, the prisoners came into his shop, and Mrs. Martin purchased a yard and a half of silk. A roll of silk, containing seven yards, value 31. 10s-, lay near them at the time, and was missed after their departure. That afternoon they came again, and he gave them into custody. Mrs. Martin's bonnet was made from the silk purchased on the first occasion. Mr. Evans, si:k-mercer, also in High-street, stated that about three or four weeks ago Mrs. Martin came to his shop, in company with a young min, to purchase some articles, and, after their departure, he missed a quantity of silk lace and rNmds, value ten guineas. He was positive as to the identity of Mrs. Martin. Mr. HosKiNs asked Mrs. Martin where she lived ? She was a married worn in, residing in Little James. street, Piccadilly. She admitted being in Mr. Reed's shop on the 17th of last month, and purchasing the silk there, bat denied the robbery. She alse admitted being in Mr. Evans's shop several times, but denied his charge likewise. Mr. Evans denied having ever seen her more than on one ‘vevarion. Mr. llosi:INs asked her how it happened she went from Piccadilly to Hampstead to wake purchases ?—She replied that she did so because they sold articles cheaper in the outskirts than in the town. Mr. HOSKINS asked Mrs. Martin if she would tell who her companion was ?—She replied she had known her about six months, but knew not where she lived.—They were remanded until Tuesday. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. Ellar, the well known harlequinOfCovent.garden theatre, appeared to show cause why be should not be ad judged the father of an illegitimate child, of which Miss Owen, the actress, was the mother. The office was crowded with members of the theatrical profession. The summons to Mr. Ellar had been issued at the instance of the parish officers of St. Leonard, Shoreditch. Miss Owen, a very pretty young female, and fashionably attired, said that she first saw Mr. Ellar at the Brighton theatre, where she performed with him. He then declared his passion for her, which she did not think proper to rebuff, not being aware that he was a married man. Oa the Btll of Ja nuary, Me, she came to London, and, of course, sent him word. He was then playing in the pantomime, but as soon as his labours were concluded, sent her word to meet him at the Bell and Crown, Holborn. She went there, and the consequence of her visit was the birth of a child on the 29.11 of July. Mr. BROUGHTON asked if no intimacy took place before the Bth of January ?—Miss Owen replied positively in the negative. 51r. BROUGHTON said, that if such was the case, the child was only one of biz months and twenty-one days, which was 4 most unusual circumstance. 111 r. Wooler appeared for the del-ndant, and dwelt upi.n this fact as a proof that Mr. Eliar was not the father. Mis, Owen solemnly r,-stated that he was, and thst she had never loved but one. Mr. BitoucirroN adjourned the case, that the opinion of medical men might be obtained. Q UEEN-S Q UARE. On Saturday Edward Treadaway, of No. 28, Upper Ebory-Ftreet, Pimlico, was brought before Mr. WIIITE for final examination, charged with setting fire to his house. Mr. WHITE fully committed the prisoner for trial, and the parties were bound over to procecute. The prisoner's three boys are to be taken care of by the parochial authoritie'. UNION-HALL. Martha Shelly, a decent-looking young woman, was committed for trial for robbing her master, Mr. Cameron, landlord of the Queen's Head, in Charlotte-street. In December last the prisoner entered into his service by means of a fictitious written character. Within the last few weeks various sums of money bad been missed from the till, and a quantity of marked silver was in conse quence put in on Friday. During the temporary absence of Mr. Cameron some of the money was taken, and an officer was sent for, who found it in possession of the pri soner. She acknowledged her guilt, and confessed having bought several expensive articles of dress. The Cour Royale of Paris, by a decree dated the 10th ult., reduced a lawyer's bill, which amounted to 3,650 fr., and was contested by those called upon to pay it, to 993 fr., an abatement of 500 per cent. ! iinUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, FEB. 1. —The time fixed for the ratification of the 2l• articles is again arrived. After so many delays, there is every reason to believe that we shall have a final ar rangement. However, if any difficulties should still ariw, it would not be a reason for imagining that the Powers think of a restoration of Belgium. They have been sensible, from the beginning, that t' , ere would 1.), too many difficulties to overcome before such a result could be obtained. The silk and cot'on manufactures of Cleveld, Rcypdt, and Elberfeld, are smuggled in large quantities over our frontiers; and the smugglers, though detected in all their manoeuvres by our custom-h:iuse officers, arc not dis- ccuraged. Very lately eight bales of cotton handkerchiefs, g x were seized at Henri-Chapelle, concealed under the sacks of calamine. The value was considerable. Colonel Buzen, commander of the fortress and province of Antwerp, has been appointed aide-de-camp to his Majesty. The funeral obsequies of Genera! Bellbird were cele brated, as we have already said, yesterday, with great solemnity. M. de Meulenaere, 'Minister of Foreign Affairs, pronounced an eulogium, i❑ which be gives. a view of the long and active life of the General. M. Ch. de Brouckere made a short but very moving speech, which dr,tv tears from all Frei , ent; and Sir Robert Adair, who attempted to speak, could only say, " Adieu General, adieu my friend." FEE. 2. —A sul.scriptirm is open for erecting a moms• ment to the memory of Gen. Belliard. The King has sub. scribed 100 florins. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has to-day communi cated to the Chambers the ratification of the treaty of peace by France and England. The civil list is fixed at 1,206,000 florins. The expense of keeping the Royal Palaces in order is included in it. FEB. 3.—The pictures heloilging to the King of Hol land, which adorned the Royal Palace at Brutoels, were sent to the Hague the day before yesterday. The independence of Belgium, its G •vernment, its pre cent Constitution, are at length recognized and guaranteed by France and Entland, which have been the first to ratify the treaty of the 15th of November. The 55th protocol announces this important fact, which gives to the prin ciple of our revolution, and to the independence of Bel gium, the sanction of tw ) of the great European Powers, and secures to us the reward of our long and severe cx• ertions. The P:en;potentiaries of the three other Powers have not received orders to exchange the ratifications of these Courts, but have desired that the protocol may he left open for them till those orders shall be received by them. One important const quence of the ratification by France and England is, that the treaty of 15th November acquires thereby a character of irrevocability, which will preserve it from every modificatio❑ or change that may have been demanded by Holland, or proposed by the other Powers. Within the last week the cholera has returned with such malignity at Bei lin, that from 13 to 20 pers,ms are daily attacked by it.—Brussels Pupers, Feb. 4. :BERLIN, JAN. 29.-THE CHOLERA. January the 25th there remained two patients. New cases. Recoveries. Deatli.4. `'6th I) t:ith I 0 :'sth 0 0 So that now, again;, we are without any patients,— Prussian State Gazette, Jan. 29. NUREMBURG, JAN. 26.—The Swabian Mercury con tains the followin f article from Po•en : The Poles banished to Siberia are divided into three &asses. In the first are those who took part in the original insurrection, of the 29th of November, 1830; these are sent to Nertschinsk, where they must work in the mines. The second class are sentenced to hunt sables in the northern drovincos. The third class, in which are several superior officers, are placed under the superintendence of the pal ce at Tobolsk and in the vicinity, without any farther re straint. With respect to Prince Radziwill and some other distinguished Poles, it is said they will have to reside in Astrachan and the southern provinces of the empire for some years, till the affairs of Paland are settled. The propeoy of all those officers who have not accepted the amnesty is sequestrated by the Provisional Government. Their children are sent to the school for cadets, at Riga, whence they will be sent in :he sequel as common soldiers to the army.—Ntiremburg Correspondent. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S PREMlER suit'.—We have very recently been let into some of the secrets of tie Duke of WELLINTON'S overweening ambi tion. Our proofs we shall give as we may see occasion. At present we only tell an anecdote which ought to be known. When GEORGE the FOURTH requested the Duke of WELLINGTON to form a Ministry, nothing was further from his thoughts than making the Duke Premier; the KING thought, as a matter of course, be would go to the Horse Guards. But the Duke considered Mr. CANNING'S rule toa good to be departed from. When the KING, then at Windsor, opened the dispatch-box contain ing the Duke's list, be burst into an exclamation of mingled mirth and amazement—. his eyes! I asked him to make out for me a list of a Cabinet, not to put his own name at the head of it." But GEORGE the FOURTH hated " trouble ;" the Duke's name remained at the head of the list, and the KING let it r:rn,in.— Spectator. We regret to announce the death of Mr. R. CAIRO, surgeon, assistant to Mr. SANDERSON, surgeon, Musselhurgh, which happened on Tuesday. The death of Mr. CAIRO has caused a very great sensation in Mussel hurgh, having caught the cholera while attending his arduous duties ou the sick o( the 4th district of the burgh. He was slightly predisposed to the complaint, having oc casionally suffered severely from spasms. He was last winter anatomical assistant to Mr. LIZAItS, —Caledonian Mercury. Sunday last, an extraordinary circumstance took place in Great Marlow Church, viz.—the christening of a Jew, in the person of Mr. SLOMAN, the comedian, &c. What could have induced this vocal Israelite to choose Marlow for hi, place of conversion ?—Bucks The venerable and patriotic Earl of EGRE motsr has zealously engaged in the scheme of relieving our superabundant population by emigration to Canadl ; and has offered to convey any person of good character, in the parishes where his princi d al Sussex estates are situated, to that country, free of expense.—Portsmouth Paper. PANTOMIMES.—Four hundred persons are nightly employed in the pantomime at Covent-garden the atre, on the stage, behind the scenes, and in the orchestra. Of this number are 90 carpenters in the. machinery, property, and scenic department. The usu•tl cost of one of these relics of olden Christmas at a patent theatre is 2,000/. ; and upwards of 10,000/. are annually expended in producing pantomimes for the amusement of ti,e lirge and children of this great tnetropolis.—Mirror. DIED.— On the 18th tilt., Mrs. TWIDDY, Of Snailwell, near Newtuarket, at the extraordinary age (with in a few months) of 110 years; leaving her youngest child now 84 years old.—Nottingham Review. An awful instance of the uncertainty of life occurred yesterday. The RTV. IT. REVELL, of Burton crescent, late one of the candidates for the lectureship of the Female Orphan Asylum, who had U. en engaged during the whole of Saturday, according to his usual practice, in visiting and relieving the sick poor of Somers town district of St. Pancras parish, and in preaching at the Institution for the conversion of Jews in Camden town, returned home about ten o'clock at night in full health and spirits, and retired to rest, but not coming down stairs at his usual time yesterday morning, his ser vant became alarmed, and went up to his room, where he found hint a corpse in bed. GLASGOW MAIL--A meeting of banker, merchants, manufacturers, and other gentleme n con nected with Leeds, Bradford, and neighbourhood, was held at Leeds on Tuesday last, to consider the question of the proposed diversion of the Glasgow mail from Leeds. There was but one opinion as to the injury that the with drawal of the mail would bring upon Leeds, because no branch conveyance can be eitlicr so safe or expeditious as to letters, papers, and parcels, or so satisfactory to passen gers ; but there was some discussion as to the best line for the mail's northern route after leaving Leeds. It was agreed that a deputation should go to London to confer with the Postmaster-General, and to explain to his Grace, in the fullest manner, the decided advantages of the line by Ilkley, Skipton, Settle, Kends', and so on, over Shap fells, instead of Stainmoor. On the other hand the parties interested on the great north road are on the alert, and a powerful interest will be exercised to accomplish the desire of the Glasgow merchants.—Leeds Intelligencer. THE DEVIL'S LEAP.—Near Belgrave, in Leicestershire, are shown the prodigious leaps which a devil (for by the catastrophe I suppose it Was not the great one) once made against a boastinz shepherd, who vaunted that he could out-vault Satan. Each bound of the fiend went across a valley, and the first hill on which h e li ghted was call e d Wonlep," i. e. one leap ; but the lost " Burstall," for though the devil beat the shepherd, it was with so much exertion, that in the 1,..5t spring he fell down and burst %sunder like the Chaldean Dragon-- The Boa doir, a new Magazine. Bedford Lord Grantham Berks 'Earl of Abingdon Bucks Duke of Buckingham 1 Cambridge Chester Earl of Stamford Cornwall Cumberland 'Earl of Lonsdale i Derby 'Duke of Devonshire i Devon , Earl Fortescue Dorset 1 Earl Digby Durham Marquis of Cleveland Essex :Viscount Maynard Gloucester 'Duke of Beaufort, K.G. Hants (Duke of Wellington Hereford 'Earl Somers Hertford fluntingdon.. ...... Duke of Manchester Kent Marquis of Camden, K G. Lancaster Earl of Derby Duke of Rutland, K G. Earl Browniow , L L i: ie c (ii o ill l testerat:n-, Holland, a iK, r u t ed s ,ite o e : l. i 1 INliddlesex • Duke of Portland Monmouth Norfolk Hon. John Wodchouse Northampton Sorthumbet land... Duke of Northumberland Nottingham Duke of Newcastle Oxford Rutland Marquis of Exeter Salop Somerset Marquis of Bath Staffbrd Earl Talbot Suffolk Surrey Susex 'Earl of Egremout Warwick Westmoreland (Earl of Lonsdale Wilts Marquis of Lansdowne Worcester. !Earl of Coventry York—East, West,. Earl Carlisle, Earl flarewood,3 & North Ridings and Duke of Leeds WALES. I Anglesca Brecon Duke of Beaufort Cardigan W. E. Powell, Esq. Carmarthen lord Dynevor Carnar,on , Lord Willoughby de Ereshy ... Denbigh Flint 'Earl Grosvenor Glamorgan Marquis of Bute Merioneth !Sir NV. W. Wynn, Bart Montgomery !Lord Clive Pembroke ISir John Owen, B a rt Radnor ( Lord Rodney 1 Total 27 VC 95 123 90 144 28 51 58 74 54 90 39 34 79 79 144 186 43 68 59 82 119 170 17 170 131 130 97 155 102 146 18 25 143 147 151 175 27 41 153 169 44 57 119 197 49 84 40 46 44 54 53 71 6 9 IP6 144 97 150 70 66 98 156 215 '254 189 1t,49 42 66 18 30 71 89 92. 136 311 414 14' 21 371 61 33. 64 75 64 17i 31 41; 65 26 , 41 36; 54 14! 21 :31: 44 35 45 29 33 24 1 12 18 441 103 .1- !4417 537 Prince LIEVEN, the present Ambassador from the Russian Court, has performed the functions of that distinguished appointment for a longer period than any other foreign diplomatist, having been the represents , ure of the great Autocrat of the North prior to the coo elusion of th e French war. The Princess was in attendance on the Duchess of OLDENBURG (late Queen of WURTE3I BERG) during the visit of that illustrious Lady to the British metropoli.i, in 1814, when Louts the Eizhteenth tirade his public entry into London, accompanied by the PRINCE REGENT and the Ditche:s d'ANGouLEmE. On the aCCei siun of the present Emperor of RussiA to the throne of the CZARS, his MAJESTY conferred the rank of a Prii:ce of the Empire on Count LIEVEN, as a testimony of Im perial approbation of his public services. \%e regret exceedingly to state that MUND EN, whose comic talents continued unimpaired until he finally took leave of the stage, is confined to his bed, and that exceedingly faint hopes are entertained of his recovery.— The veteran has arrived at a good old age; we believe he is upon the verge of eighty. A species of justice, of which they are not perhaps aware, is at this moment probably impending over the Bristol magistrates. Whit would these " hide and seek" personages have to say, if some of the many indivi duals whose property fe 1 a sacrifice to the consequences of their miserable selfishness ar terror, were to bring actions of damages against them for the ruin thus entailed on the sufferers and their families ? Is there a Judge on the bench who will affirm that such actions are not maintain able? Is there a Jury in England that would refuse the full measure of indemnification? KENNETT, the ineffi cient Lord Mayor of London during the riots, was cast in heavy damages for the losses incurred by LANGnALE and others, whose premises were destroyed. Where the prece dent of inefficiency has been so well followed, why should not that of retribution ? Times. I MORE MILITARY TORTURE.—It is with feelings of indignation and horror that we have this week to record a case of barbarous punishment by the cat-o'-nine tails, which has been committed in the metropolis by the sentence of no less than three unfortunate men belonging to the second battalion of the 3d Regiment of Scotch Fusileer Guards, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel DRUMMOND. The court-martial was composed of the officers of the regiment, and on Saturday morning the battalion mustered in the usual place, in the Armoury yard, Bird-cage-walk, St. James's, when Joarti HALES, a private belonging to S.r ARCHIBALD MURRAY'S company, was brought out from his place of confinement, together with privates STANLEY and LEAVER, to hear the minutes of their court-martial read over to them by the Adjutant of the regiment. HALES was charged with being absent from the regiment, and unlawfully disposing of a watch belonging to one of his comrades; and the Court sen tenced him to receiv e 300 lashes, or 2,700 stripes, on his bare back, with a cat-o'-nine-tails. STANLEY and Lenvzs. were found guilty of absenting themselves from the regi ment without leave, and STANLEY was sentenced to re ceive 200 lashes, or I,soo stripes; and LEAVER was sentenced to receive 150 lashes, or 1,350 stripes. After the Court-in irtial was read, the unfortunate men were ordered to strip, and they were tied up, one after the other, and the horrible and degrading torture commenced by the drummers, who were changed, after every 25 lashes, to take their rest. HALES bore the torture with the greatest firmness and fortitude ; n o t a groan escaped him, and he received his full sentence of 300 lashes. SrASTLEY also never uttered a groan, and after receiving 180 lashes out 4200, he was forgiven the remaining twenty l as h es . LEAVER was taken down after receiving 100 lashes out of 150, but not a cry or a groan bad escaped hi m . The back of HALE S was i n a most dreadful state; the flesh was cut in all manner of ways, and the blood had actually run into his shoes. The whips of the drummers were absolutely steeped in blood. The wretched men were afterwards conveyed to the military hospital to he cured of their wounds. We understand that a number of influential and humane persons, who heard of this a:t of barbarism on Saturday afternoon, have determined to convene a public meeting, on a future day, to petition Parliament to abolish this inhuman mode of punishment. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. (From the Morning Chronicle.) 1 A return has lately been laid before Parliament (pp No. 39) of the Justices of the Peace who have qualified to act in the several counties in England and Wales, by which it appears that there are 5.371 Justices qualified, of which number 1,354 are clergymen, and 4,017 are laymen. The perusal of this abstract, which we annex, will, we are con fident, lead to some curious, an•l, perhaps, serious reflec tion., which we may hereafter more particularly notice ; at present we would only observe, that there is not one clergyman in the counties of Derby and Sussex, and yet we have never heard that any inconvenience had been found in either of these counties from the want of clergy men. The county of Derby has a population of 237,170, and there are 79 Magistrates, or one to every 3,002 souls. The county of Sussex has a population of 272,328, and 189 Magistrates, or one to every 1,441 snub , . WV presume that in both counties there are enough of Justices. The county of Bucks has a population of 146,529, and 144 INlagistrat,s, of whom 51 (or nearly one-half) are clergymen ; and there is thus in the pro portion of one Magistrate to every 1,000 souls ! The zeal manif sted in favour of the Anti-Reform candidate at the late general election in Bucks may thus be accounted for. In Cornwall, Herefordshire, Lincoln, Norfolk, Somer.,t, Brecon, Denbigh, Glamorgan, anti other counties, it will be seen that one-half of the Justices of the Peace are clergy men ; and we think some practical conclusions m ty he come to regarding the state of these c , unties as to crime, from an examination of the list ; and it may be curious to notice the connection between the clerical Magistrates and Anti-Re form Lord. Lieutenants The attention of his Majesty's Mi nisters to this connection may not be without its use, if they contemplate a Reform in the Magistracy or it they do not, for those that shall come after them. It will be curious to hear what excuse there can he in Norfolk, for instance, for having 78 clergymen, when that county is so thickly studded with resident gentry an 1 men of character and forthne to do the duties of the magistracy. We notice Hereford county, with a population of 110,976, and 155 Justices, of whom 58 are clergymen, i. e., there is one Magistrate for every 718 souls in the county. This looks Cathedral-like—part of t' e Church staff—and can any man say such a number of Magistrates in an agricultural county can be requisite? Wh I.t in Yorkshire, with a population of 1,371,296, and a large proportion of their manufactures, there are only 414 Magistrates, or one to every 3,312 souls. Will any man consider these inequa lities, and not say the appointments to the Magisterial bench must be, in many cases, made to suit Parliamentary views, it nothing worse ? We sh only call the serious attention of our readers to the table, and we trust that each will make his own remarks. It is to he observed that the Idgistrates of towns are not included in this list. AST OF MAGISTRATES OR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN EACH COUNTY IN ENGLAND AND WALES, WHO HAVE QUALIFIED, APPOINTED BY THE LORI) CHANCELLOR. Names of the Names of the Present Lord Counties. Lieutenants. j No. 1 Cler ILa y Tot. 59 1 FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Cnstitutionnel of Friday.) " We have had (says that Journal) another attempt, as criminal as impotent, against the Monarchy of July! The following are the particulars regarding it, which we have collected with care:— " Some individuals came, a few days ago, to breakfast at a Traiteur's of the Rue des Prouvaires, end asked him if he could undertake to supply a repast for 200 persons ? He refused on account of his want of room. However, th e same persons returned yesterday (the Ist February) at seven o'clock in the evening, and announced to the Traitcnr that they would bring the same day a nu net rous party for supper; they overcame the fresh difficulties that were started, by depositing an errnest for the cost of the entertainment, and even for the value of the silver plate. " Towards ten o 'clock in the evening, the Salon of the Restaurant was filled with about 100 persons, several of whom had a fume and dress more than equivocal. How ever, the repast terminated tranquillity ; there was no al lusion to politics, but the company had the air of having something on their minds. At midnight a great quantity of arms of all sorts were introduced into the house, an I immediately distributed ; it is even said that ti.e pistols and fusils were loaded without any concealment. " But authority, for some days in possession of informa tion, had taken all measures of precaution necessary for the seizure of perturbators before the execution of their projects. The Chief cf the Municipal Police, accompasited by a detachment of municipal guards, and a city officer, repaired to the house of the Restaurant of the Reu des Prouvaire, where the police knew that the heads of the movement, which they watched, were assembled. M. Caller sent to them a city officer to summon them to surrender. Poucelet answered by the discharge of a pistol, which took effect on the head of the officer (he has just expired at the hospital). They then dashed into the room where the murderer was taken wi.h all the band. They seized the list of the conspirators, arms of all sorts, • money, the keys of the Louvre, &c. " In the attack and defence tht re were several wounded ; a man also was killed on the side of the conspirators. " At the same moment it became known than an ' assemblage of 3 to 400 men was forming at the Bastile. A strong detachment repaired thither, and eff. , eted the ' arrest of about 40 individuals, who were conducted to the neighbouring post. They were instantly directed towards the Prefecture by two Commissaries of Police, with the pistols, the cartridges, the poniards, and the money of which they were bearers. One of these individuals had on him a 911111 of more than (100 francs. It is said that M. C rurtedle, the son of a superannuated Commissary of Police, an ex- employer of the Prefecture of Police under M. Mang in, and a half-pay gendarme of Paris, are among the number of persons arrested in this assemblage. At this place several individuals were wounded. " At the same time, between two and three o'clock in the morning, information was received of an assemblage at the Observatory. A numerous division of city officers, dressed in common clothes, repaired to tl is point, under the command of peace-officer Vmcent, and fell in, about the Rue d'Enfer, with a groupe of individuals, who re treated in disorder, and who were d-ceived by the dress of the officers. The following conversation took place between the peace-officer and the apparent chief of the band : " Do you belong to us ?-Undoubtedly, replied the peace-officer. The countersign ?—Honour ! Country ! Where ate you going ?—We are surrounded; there are cavalry there. Come with us, then, said the peace-officer, we will conduct you.' " The peace-officer conducted these individuals to the Place St. Michel, where a sufficient reinforcement appeared to secure them. " The Police, foreseeing that communications would take place between the conspirators of both sides of the Seine by the Pont-Neuf, and that the fugitives of both sides , woo d lass by this importint pcint,*tationed there a s rung piequet with pence and city officers. Orders we e given to atop the carriages passing the hi idge, and to scorch them. Tcese orders produced the best results. More than fifty individuals with file -'.rata, poniards, lint, end gold, were seized. " There three shots were fired at the public force. A con , prator was killed, several were wounded. Among the latter is mentioned the valet-de.chatr.bre of M. De.lavaii, Ex-Prefect of Police. Ile had on burn linen for dressing wounds. " At a quarter-past two o'clock a patrol of eight vol tigeurs of the Ist battalion of the 1 I th L►gion, commanded by M. Legrand, corporal, passing by the Croix-Rouge, perceived at the entrance of the Rue-du-Four a group of individuals, towards which was approaching a patrol of the line of the Post of the Abbey, when at the same mo ment they heard the cry of ' To Arms !' in the Rue-du- Dragon. Having repaired thither, together with the line, they found the Sieur K-rsausie struggling with two policy agent., who had arrested him, and who threatened to fire on them with two pocket pistols which he had on him, and of which one was armed (arna6). " The Sieur Kereausie, on whose re!ition a report was read some days ago to the Chamber of Deputies, was ac companied by several other individuals, who had advanced, sotne towards the entrance of the Rue-du-Four, the others towards the Rue-due-Grenelle, and who all took 11.ght when the soldiers appeared in the Rue.do-Dragon. T! t Sieur Kersausie called himself a half-pay Captain of Ca valry. He was conducted to the Post of the Abbey. " It is said that the arrests exceeded the number of a hundred. The authorities have possession of many indivi dusk of rank, documents seized on them, arms, ammuni tion, considerable sums of money, and all that is necessary to the manifestation of the truth respecting the authors of the conspiracy and its object. " Among the persons arrested, is, it is said, a nephew of M Mangin. An Evening Journal mentions also M. Delaunay, treasurer of the Society of the Friends of the People, and the Menton d'Argent of the Company Lacroix. It is announced al•o that the door-keeper of the Louvre has been arrested, on the charge of having delivered the keys of the Louvre. " An Honourable Member of the Chamber of Der utics, M.D. G.N,, had been cauti.ned some days ago to be on his guard, as an attempt was to be rn.de on his life, for havng been one of the Two Hundred and Twenty • one. These recommendations were renewed yesterday (Feb. I.) by a man to whom M. D. G. N. had rendered some pecu niary services, and who rffered to repay him with money rec,ived for forming one of the plot. " It is said that false patrols of National Guards were to disarm the posts, and seize them, but that this project was frustrated by an order of the Staff, received at eleven o'clock in the evening, enjoining those in command of the posts of the National Guards, to give pass-cords to 'hell men, and to allow no patrols to go out. " It appears that divers circumstances bad for several days put the police on the track of this infamous conspi• racy. Sever..) of the old Gardes die Corps arrived at Paris. Whilst in a popular society a mould was made of the mask of Robespierre, there were distributed in several quarters of Paris, casts representing this personage of ter rible memory ; there were also distributed medals with the effigy of Henry V., and white and red labels against Louis Philip an I his family ; they were thrown into the guard. room., where the soldiers of the line and the Nation 11 Guards tore them with indignation. " For several days too, individuals whose opinions were known, had been heard in coffee-houses to announce a movement towards the end cf the month ; and other indi viduals of different opinions were heard to say to them : ' You think that we will draw the ck.esnuts out of the fire that y,,u may e!t them ; we will rather cut your throats.' " In short, it was mentioned as a certainty about the Chamber of Deputies, that there had been seized an act of association between the Carlists and the Republicans. The following, it is said, are the bases : " ' To unite for the sake of overturning what exists, to convoke the Primary Assemblies, and to refer to their de ' cision the mode of Government to be adopted.' " These details, read with a loud voice in the Salle des Conferences, excited the strongest indignation in the De puties, and France will have the same feeling. It is time that the true friends of the country should closely unite to repress factions, and to secure the triumph of the revolu tion of July, 1830, such as France has made it, and such as France understands it. The Government of July ought to place itself boldly in the defence of the national interests, and it will easily triumph over a madness, the impotence of which is every day betrayed by excesses at once odious and ridiculous. "'We have no need to ray that the public tranquillity is re-established, for it has never been compromised. These isolated attempts, without echo in the mass of the nation, are, from their results, as insignificant as the au thors are guilty. " Every one asked this evening in Paris who were the authors of this new conspiracy ? Are they Carlists? Are they Republicans? Is it not the result of that monstrous alliance of Carlists and Republican!, to whi t , we have already drawn attention, and to which we shah still draw attention, in spite of denials, which we do nct credit, because facts present themselves in abundance to give the lie to them ? " To all these questions justice will, no doubt, answer with certainty ; and we cannot urge too much on the All gistrates an investigation into this affair of the most activ, and complete kind, that the whole truth in ,y be known. The Journal des Debats says, that " nearly two bur_- died individuala arc arrested. Tbey form, it is said, mixture of all parties—Carlists, Bonapartists, and Ile publicans; but, as far as ..ve - can believe, the greatcst num lax belongs to the Cirrst p aty." The same Paper adds, " that the public tranquillity was not disturbed a single instant ; the funds rose, and these restaurant, street, and boulevard conspirators at most, excited pity." The Quotidienne says, " The population of Paris has Earned only this morning, that a conspiracy had been dis covered in the course of the night. Tie must contradic tory rumours are in circulation." (From the lioniteur of Fridly.) Pauts, FEB 2. The Prefect of Police had long sinee been informed that the ill-intentioned sought for an oppor tunity eglin to excite souse disturbances. As usual, the execreion of their plans on a certain day was assigned sometirru-s to one point, sometimes to anther : first, it nas to be at the time of the ball at the President's of the Council, teen at, that of the ball at the Opera, and, lastly, at the ball at the Tuileries. The authorities successively collected all their notices, and took the necessary precautions. Yesterday (Feb. 1,) every thing was tranquil till very late in the evening. Towards midnight the Prefect of Police was informed that arms had been conveyed to g, Louse in the street des Prouvaires, where, as the autho rities knew, an entertainment for 100 persons had been or dered in the muraing of the lardlord of the house by the imlividu ds for whom arms were doubtless intended. The house and the street were invested about half-past two o'clock, the Chief of the Municipal Police wearing his sash, and attended by S irgens de Ville, a Municipal Guard entered the house : a musket was pointed at him by one of the persens in the first room ; happily it missed fire ; but a pistol shot fired point blank at one of the Sargens de Ville, wounded him mortally. The armed force imme diately entered, and most of the men who were in arms in ths place were errs steel after a resistance, in which several were wounded. One of their chiefs was seized, who had hid himself in a chimney, where he was still armed with pistols and daggers, and had some large keys, the in tended use of which will doubtless be cleared up by the judicial investigation. The reports of the Prefect of Police announce that at the same tune that this was passing in the street des Prou vaires, two other assemblages had been formed—one on the Boulevard of Mount Parnassus, near the Observatory ; awl the other in the Plac, de It Brstifie. Detachments of Municipal Guards were sent to these placer : the one commanded be the brave Colonel Feist Himmel, the other by Commandant Millordin, and there arrested men pro vided with pistols, daggers, and cartridges. These arrests and oth , rs, in all about 200 in number, were effected between three and boor o'clock in the morn ing. Some of the individuals arrested had pretty consi derable sums of money ab 'tit them ; the prisoners were immediately placed at the disposal of the King's Attorney— General. This morning everything was perfectly tranquil—the greater part of the inhabitants of Pry (lid not even suspect what had passed. On 'Chang,, it was only spoken of wi h contempt ; in the Chamber with indignation. This i• another of the desperate attempts of some men belonging to all parties, united together by the consciousness of their weakness, to make an t ffort for the definitive result of which they little care, provided that its first dil.et is the disorder which they hope for; but they have again seen on this occasion, that they had no chance of producing even a •eriou, alarm. The troops, encouraged by the example of their worthy chief.; the Magistrates, supported by the activity of the Prefect of Police, whose vigilance had forescen everything; everybody courageously did their duty. Toe staff of the National Guard had received notice, and .had formed reserves of several legiims, which remained on foot all night. To-day there is no other trace of this dis order than the legal investigation, which is prosecuting with care. The law will do the rest. The Government has already provided for the family of the unfortunate Sagen dc Ville, who was the victim of his z!al. 11,compenees arc also proposed for the military who distinguished themselves on this occasion. (From the Messayer des Chambres, dated Saturday.) MADRID, JAN. 21.-Don Manuel Gonsarez Salmon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, died on the 18th, at half-past elaven at night. Dasinv his illness he manifested the mo s t lively solicitud e f o r hi s Sovereign, ' and when dying declared twat he pra)ed to Go I to watch over his Alajesty's Gazette of Madrid. [The Messager gives no particulars relative to the con• apiraey besides those in the Morning Papers of Friday, especially that in the Constitatiannel, which it copies verbal:7n.] FRENCH Fu - Nos:-Paass, FEB. 2.-Five per Cents., 96f. 10c. 951. 90c. 96f. 95f. 95c. 90c. 96f. 951 90c. 96f. 95f. 90c 961. 95f. 95c. 96f. 961. sc. 96f. 95f. 90c. 96f. 95f. 90c. 85c. The. 95f 85c 80c. 96f. 951. 95c. 961. 951. 95c. 961. 95f. 95c.; Four per Cents., 80f. ; Three per Cents., 65f. 65f. 10c. 25c. 30e. 10e. 65f. 65f. lec. 65f. 651. 10c. • 20e. 25e. ; Bank Stock, 1,600 f.; Rente de Naples 76f. 50c. 40c. 54e. ; Rente d'Espagne, 10%; Royal Spanish Loan, 74 ; Rente I'erpetuelle trE.'spagne, 52N ; Haytian Loan, 2201. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 35c. ; mo ney, 2.5 f. 30c.; three months, paper, 25f. thtc. ; money, 25. 15c. -Coors Authentiqw. FRENCH FeNns.-PARIS, FEB. 3.-Five per Cents., 96f. 15e. 10c. Sc. 10c. 15c. 2 :c. 15c. 10c. I'6f. 96f. sc. 96f. 96f. 10c. sc. 10c. 15c. 20c. 15c. 96f. 2,ic. 40c. 45c. 50c. 45c. 40c. 45c. 50c. 40c. 96f. 45c. 50c. ; Four per Cents., 80f. 10c. ; Three per Cents., 631. 50c. 45c. 40c. 35c. 45c. 40c. 45c. 50c. 60c. 65f. 70c. 80c. 661. 66f. Sc. 66f. 66f. 15c 20e. ; Bank Stock, 1,620 f. 1,615 f. 1,620 f. ; Rente de Naples, 76f. 60c. 50c. 40c. 50c. 80e. 77f. ; Relite Perpetuelled'Espagne, 53 525, 53 53%. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 35c.7 money, 25f. 30c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 2.0 e. ; money, 25t: 15c -Coors Ailthentirre. FRENCH FuNns.-Partts, Fen. 4.-Five per Cents., 901. 25e. 35c. 40c. 35c. 40c. 35. 40c. 45c. 35e. 96f. 30c. 25e. 30c. 25c. 20c. 25c, 40c. 25c. 30c. 961. 25c. 30e.; Four per Cents., 80.; Three per Cents., 65f. 90e. 95c. 66f. 66f. sc. 10c. sc. 651. 95c. 63f. 70c. 65c 75c. 85c. ; Bask Stock, 1,610 E 1,6071. 50c. 1,6101. ; Rente de Naples. 771 2.0 c. 10c. 77f. 76f. 75c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 73 74% 76; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 5:31i 53 53!i 55 55‘ ; Haytian Loan, 220 f. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 35c.- money, 25f. 30c. ; three months, paper, 25f. lke.; money, 25f. 15c.-Cons Authentigoe. We understand, on authority that has never yet deceived us, that there is not one word of truth in the r part so industriously ino,,apted by the Tory Journals, thAt the AlaFquis of ANGLESEA will shortiy return from Ireland.—Morning Chronicle. The report, V which for a length of time has been en industriously pripagated in all the Tory Journals and coteries, that a certain Noble Duke, who has hitherto uniformly supported Ministers in their progress through the Reform Bill, bad declared, that in the event of an ex. , tqlsive creation of Peers for the purpose of carrying that 1311, the said Noble Duke, and more than forty other Mem— tr_r: of the Upper 'louse, had resolved to withdraw their support from Earl GitE V, turns out, as we anticipated, to be a complete hoax. A near relation of the Noble Duke his given the idle tale a flat denial.--.lllorning Chronicle. A letter from Naples, dated 17th ult., says that the winter is most brilliant. A magnificent Carnival is in preparation, the great attraction of which is to be a splendid masked ball, to be given by the Austrian Ambas sador, in honour of the illurrious WALTER SCOTT. The guests are ail to appear in the costumes of the principal characters of the " Waverley Novels.' A favorite actress at the Milan theatre had l!tely a singular adventure. She had been for some time attached to a young Italian gentleman. They quarrelled and parted. The lover became desperate : he declared he would watch an opportunity and shoot her from one of the upper boxes of the theatre, and afterwards shoot litnself. But a short time elapsed, when one evening, as the lady was warbling a favorite air, she looked towards the upper boxt.s, and saw her lover as pale as death with eyes fixed upon her. She trembled violently. The lover put his hand to his bosom ; instantly collecting her strength, she ran off the stage, crying, " Se;ze the murderer seize the assassin The arnazetnent of the audience was in.. describable. The lover escaped. The present month, February, short as it is, contains five Wednesi 98—a circumstance that cannot happen again for the next forty-nine years. RYE, FEB. 2.—A desperate affray took place this morning, about one o'clock, between a part of smug glers,two armed bludgeons, &c.,of consisting of and Li eu t enant P ARRY , R oya l nearly i iu u a d v r i e t d h m guns, n Navy, with a few of his null, near the Chamber Station, about two miles from Rye harbour. Lieut. PARRY re ceived two slugs in his shoulder and the bead of a large nail, and one of his fingers was nearly shot off; three of his men were also badly wounded : one has two balls in his leg, which is to be ampu'ated to-morrow. After they tell they were cruelly beaten by the smugglers about the head with the butts, of their muskets. One of the smug glers was shot through the heart, but they carried away all their wounded: also all the tubs, except 26, which were taken, and also the boat. The slugs and the nail have been extracted, and it is hoped Lieut. PARRY will do well. The report of the fracas on Thursday night in the House of Commons between Lord EBRINGTON and Sir BARDINGE has excited no little astonishment in the city. For our own part we cannot belive that the words attributed to Sir 11. HARDINGE were ever used by Ming because we are quite satisfied that the President of aq Issetnbly of law-makers would never have sat quietly in his Chair when a Member openly intimated his willingness to commit an m.ffe ,ce, whit:a, in its consequences, would probably lead to murder. It is really not to be borne that it should he attributed to law-makers that they are capible of expressing their willingness to break the laws, even in the Legislative Assembly. Surely this wants reforming altogether. There can be little liberty or debate where man runs the risk of getting his brains blown out for speaking the trutlit.--Mornittg herald. d a an, for