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loari b , ; Reute Peipetnell, d'Espagi e, 59 •;'); 2 % ; Belgic Loan, 1831, 7714 Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 80c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 70c. ; mo -4eY,25f. 70c.- - -Cours Authentiquc. PRICE. , OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONF O'CLOCK. flk Stock er Cent. Red 5434% India Stock 3 +er Cent.Cnns. ......... ... shut , Ditto Bonds 24 pm. a t O per Cent. — !South Sea Stock i , tto Red 9 ?%')'‘ 101 d Annuities — ,'`etv 314 per Cent. ...... .. shut !New Ditto — ZPer Cent. Ann. 1726 .... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - Per Cent. 1526 ' ,, rik Long Ann. to explre iDitto... 500 '3O nt pm. Jan. 5, 151 - 40 l6 11-16 % i Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1555 —iDitto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, 3660 — !Ditto Advertised — pm. 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Ditto Account Prus , ian Bonds (19% Ditto Account, Ditto Bonds, 182' 1 Russian Bonds, 1822 lOO Ditto Account lOO New Loan 01 7i N ISpanish Bonds, 1821 16% Ditto Account 16 1 4 V, Ditto Bonds, 1823 1 4 3, Ditto Account 1-1 W , French Rentes, 5 p. c. 100 r —c. --- Exchange 2sf 80c. ----0 per cent. —l —c. Exchange —t —c. Dutch Scrip 2, -4 3 Ditto Account...427', 3 27,', Fr2nch Scrip 2 prn. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) XlO6 S aolanos Mining Company £l5O 145 ~'. Flrazillan Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 46 1 4 Ditto National 17,4 t6q..i Ditto St. John Del Rey . Ditto ('ocaes 5 5% .Iritish Iron Mining Company .£so 17% 1 olumbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 491,4 7 Xriglish Mining Company 1214 24% General Mining Association Real del Monte Mining C 0... , --19 United Mex. Min. C o . ;iss. at 21. pm.) 40 514 Ditto New Scrip 5 N Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. ...... Protector Insurance Comp. 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Just published, Vol. 1., bound in morocco cloth, price One Guinea, profusely embellished with finely en graved Portraits, Landscapes and Costumes, of THE COURT MAGAZINE, ' Edited by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON. In concluding the first volume of the " Court Maga zine," the proprietors take leave to express a hope that they have satisfactorily redeemed the pledge they gave on commencing this publication. The encouragement which they have received by an immense increase of sale; the spirit of competition which their successful efforts have aroused, and the favourable testimonies of the Public Press; are evidences, strong and palpable, of the general im provement of the " Court Magazine." They have no little pride in referring to its Literature when it can be truly said that many among the brightest talents of this country have contributed to enrich the pages of the present volume. The embellished portion of the work they believe to be now brought to a higher degree of perfection than ever; and in addition to the Portrait Gallery of the Female Nobility and the co • loured Engravings of the month, they have completed their arrangements with Mr. Daniell, the Royal Acade mician, and many eminent engravers for supplying a sole!). 'lid series of Landscape Views of the Seats of the Nobility and Royal Residences, to be continued every alternate Month. As a work of Literature and Art, the proprie t°rs can with confidence rank the Court Magazine as one of the most attractive and cheap publications of modern ti mes, and they take this opportunity of reminding the Public of the approaching New Year as a favourable time for becoming Subscribers. Orders received by every Bookseller and Newsman throughout the Kingdom, by Whom it is supplied monthly. Published by Edward 8011, 26, Hollet-.street, Caven tlish-square. 11) LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1832. There are novel, and some of them very erro neous, estimates formed of the strength which Ministers will have in the new House of Corn- We have been favoured with one by an Ohl Member of Parliament, who is likely to 4low as much as any person, by which it ap- Pears that the Tory party, taking the different shades, will exceed 140, but it is worthy of notice, that even of these some are, to a great extent, Reformers. The Radicals, as they are termed, by way of reproach, by a Ministerial evening Paper, which seems to forget that six months ago the Ministry did not use the term offensively, will amount to between 30 and 40 ; the Itepealers to rather more than 50 ; the Whigs to about 243 ; and the remainder will be Libe rals, but, at the same time, perfectly independent of the Opposition, or the Ministry. From this i `►tatement, it is clear that if .Ministers do their duty to the people, they will possess a majority in the House of Com►nons so large, as to defy the efforts of any faction in the Upper House of Parliament ; but, on the other hand, the slightest approach towards Conservative princi- Pies ►n the Tory sense, will bring about their destruction. We understand that Prince METTERNICH has been very busy of late in negotiations, by which he hopes to obtain the liberation of the Duchess of BERRY. Letters from Paris, how ever, state that the French Government will not ''enture to liberate from prison a person, by whom, and in whose name, so much evil has been committed, whilst the Ex-Ministers, who were but the tools of the late Sovereign, remain 111 custody. It would indeed be a strange per- V ersion of right to punish, with perpetual impri ''44hment, men who, whatever their crimes, could at least plead on their behalf the necessity of ' lll Pporting the established system, and relieve a Princess who hesitated not to bring about r ebellion by corrupt means, for the purpose E r Overturning the constitutional system which 'bail happily replaced the despotism of the f orme r Nlonarchy. If the Duchess of !BERRY had been entrapped by a faction in France, and made their tool, her case would have been deserving of pity ; but, it is a notorious fact, that, for several months previous to her entering France, she and the Ex-KING were engaged in schemes for -corrupting some of the authorities in France, and urging the bigoted peasants of La Vendee to revolt, and that money and arms were sent from England, by her agents, to Paris and La Vendee, at least twelve months before she entered the French territory. It would, we think, be an absurd affectation of either pity or contempt for the sex of the Duchess of BERRY, to grant to her the liberty which is withheld from the Ex-Ministers ; and we ask whether the French people would calmly put up with the liberation of those persons, in the present state of public opinion. When another year shall have elapsed, and the excite ment of recent events be calmed down, it is by no means improbable that a motion will be car ried in the French Legislature for the release of the Ex-Ministers and the Duchess of BERRY. Official information has been received of the arrival of the messengers charged with despatches to the King of HOLLAND, announcing the surrender of the citadel of Antwerp ; but at the departure of the courier from the Hague, nothing had transpired as to the intentions of the KING relative to the other fortresses. Baron BuLow, who prepared a project of treaty between Holland and Belgium, which he sent to Vienna, where it was modified by MET TERNICH, by whom it was sent to the Hague, where it underwent further modification, and was subsequently submitted by the Dutch Minister here to the Conference, is in hopes of being able to induce the Dutch Sovereign to accept now the treaty as it was first submitted to Prince METTERNICH ; and Lord PALMERSTON, it seems, will undertake the task of rendering the Belgians more moderate. These diploma tists seem to forget that France is to be consulted . The Journal des Debats publishes a letter from Calais, stating that all the arrangements between the British and French Governments for the establishment of a daily estafette, are nearly completed. The correspondent of the Debats is in error. There are yet many ob stacles to be surmounted. Nothing more has transpired respecting the convocation of the superior clergy at the Palace of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, than that the Archbishop is to be charged with the inte rests of that body in the Upper House of Par liament. The Right Reverend Fathers might have selected a more able advocate, but perhaps they are aware that where the cause is entirely hope less, it matters not who is engaged to plead it. We understand that some official steps have already been taken towards the intended motion for the reduction of Taxes on Knowledge. Lord ALTHORP will act wisely to make this one of the first measures of the new Session of Parliament. The following are extracts from German Papers : ANCONA, Dec. 9.—We have hot little news here; Messrs. Lesti, Caribaldi, and Polomhi are still here, and it seems to he confirmed that General Cubieres could not give his sanction to their arrest. It is said, we do not know on what ground, that the French squadron stationed here is to sail to Trieste, and assist in conveying the Bava rian troops to the Morea, and afterwards to take the French brigade in the Morea back to Tou!on. We learn from the marches that the centuries have re ceived orders to be ready to march at the shortest notice. To-day there is to be a meeting of centurions at Santa Maria a Maze, near Fermo. Orders have been received from the Secretary of State at Rome, to the Legation anti Delegates in the Province, to give no passports to Rome without evident necessity. RoMe, DEC. 10.—The deliberations of the provisional councils have not yet led to any result, for though Ravenna is stated to have acted enti rely in the same spirit as Bo logna, it is not known what resolutions have been taken at Rome on the subject. The finances are another equally important subject. Loans are at the best but palliations. It is said that the annual deficiency is 1,800,000 scudi. The monthly instalments of the last loan of Rothschild will, indeed, pretty nearly make up for this as long as it lasts. Various measures are tried against that dreadful hydra, want of money. The first is the appointment of the able Abbot Galanti to the office of Assessor of the treasury. This post, first created by Pius VI., was sub_ sequently abolished. By the exertions of this officer an improvement has already been made in the revenue of the Customs, to the amount of 180,000 scudi. It is said to be intended to give up various buildings hired for public offices, such as the Post-office, and :use, (instead, mo nasteries and other buildings belonging to the State or the Church. There are said to be about 20 such buildings, and the annual saving would be 60,000 scudi. This would be a wise measure, for the expenses of fitting them up would be made good by the rent saved the first year. It is said also that it is proposed to impose a tax of ten per Cent. on all salaries that are above thirty scudi per month. It is very doubtful whether the saving of 60,000 scudi per annum would be important enough to risk the consequences of exciting in ' the higher classes of officers a hostile feeling towards the Government. A tax on the estates belonging to the Church is spoken of, some say 15 per cent., but it is likely that at present it will only be 8 per cent. The an nual revenues of these estates may be between 3 and •I millions scudi, so that such a tax would bring in a good sum ; but persons of influence say it woull be very im politic for the sake of a sum of comparatively small im portance, if the state draw on itself the enmity of the class most devoted to it. This sounds well, but is founded on an error. The Papacy is the sole support of the priesthood ; with that it must stand or fa 1. On the other hand, it is tlie policy of the Holy See to aid the priesthood in attaining the most splendid wealth, the highest power, and the greatest influence. It will never take more from that order than necessity demands; and if it were to require, instead of eight, ten, twenty-five, or fifty per cent., it would make their order discontented, but not hostile. VIENNA, DEC. 15.—Five per Cent., SI 13-16 351 ; Four per Cent. 72-1-, 73 ; Bank Shares, 1091 i 1101.— Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 20. MUNICH, DEC. 17.—A Wuteiurg paper (the Friend of Religion), says, " We learn from good authority that King Otho does not embrace the Greek religion. The affairs of the Greek Church, in the new kingdom, are ►o be administered by s synod independent of the Greek Pa triarch at Constmtinople. The plan has been drawn up by an eminent Bivar!2.- r-l:tc, translated into modern Greek, and sent to the bishops of Greece for their consi deration."—Frankfort Papers, Dec. 21. In a speech delivered by Mr. HALL, after a dinner given to him by his constituents at Mon mouth on the day of his election, he states, when speaking of the ballot : " At the last election for these boroughs 69 freemen of Usk voted, of whom eight only gave me their support; in that number was a respectable tradesman named Evans, whom I now see. He was at that time in good circum stances, his business was flourishing, and he had six men in constant employment under him. Since that period his customers have deserted him, and hehas now hardly em ployment for any other hands than hisown. For this change of circumstances he cannot assign any other cause than that of having voted for me, in opposition to the Marquis of Worcester. During my canvass this summer I called on an elector in the same borough, who also voted for me at my last election. On asking him for his support, his answer was, Sir, I cannot vote for you ; I wish you success, but in consequence of my having given you my vote last year I have suffered materially in my business.' These are but two out of many instances I could name ; and yet we are told that vote by ballot is not necessary. I feel perfectly convinced, that if the electors of Usk could vote as they pleased we should stand in a very different position with regard to the numbers in that borough. I will allow that I had much rather see elections carried on with such purity of spirit, that the voter might go to the poll, and, fearless of the consequences, tender his suffrage for whom he pleased ; but when I know that, as the case at present stands, men are frequently obliged to remain neuter, or else to vote against the dictates of their con science, I return to my original view of the subject, and feel convinced that nothing but the ballot will secure to them the defence they desire, and the protection they are justly entitled to." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Pau line, Hoffman, from Demerara ; arrived from the River, the Providence, Campbell, for Bombay.—Sailed the La Suffrein, French man of war for the westward. PORTSMOCTII, DEC. 17.—Wind \V.—Light breezes.— Sailed the Menagerie, French brig of war, for the Me diterranean. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind W.S.W. to W.—Light breezes.—Arrived the Apollo, Ford, from Naples. DOVER, DEC. 27.—Arrived off port, the Maria, Pal mer, from the Cape of Good Hope—sailed the 25th Oc tober, and from St. Helena on the Ist ult. COWES, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Ellen, Goodwin, from St. Michael's, and Speecby, from ditto. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Arrived off port, the Mary Ann, and Elizabeth, Davis. 11.11r.Fonn, Dec. 26.—Arrived the Henry, Flynn, from Gibraltar. LrvEuroot, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Peoppel, Holmes, from Africa ; the Arethusa, Grayson, from Porto Ca bello; the John Wells, Curtis, from Sivannah. Quebec, --, and the Ambassador, Vaughan, from St. John's, New Brunswick. G ILEENOCK, DEC. 25.—Arrived the Felicity, from Sicily. The Latina, 11PNair, from Newfoundland to Liverpool, was driven on shore near South Port, on Tuesday. The crew saved, and the principal part of the cargo expected to be saved. The Ondermining, Engel., from Batavia to Amster dam, has been detained and sent into Ramsgate by his Majesty's ship Velage. The Balchitlia, bound to Newfoundland, put back to the Clyde, with damage. The James, Lawes, from Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick, has been abandoned at sea, being dismasted and leaky. Crew saved. The William, from Sligo to London, was totally lost near Stromness, during a violent gale on the 15th inst. The Staffa, Ingles, from Singapore, Batavia, and Cape of Good Hope, arrived at St. Helena on the Bth ult., with damage, and part of her cargo thrown overboard, and proceed to Gibraltar. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Minerva, from Bombay, is arrived at Liverpool : sailed the 4th of September. The Sir John Rae Reid, from the Mauritius, has arrived off Dover. Arrivals at Bombay.—The Clairmont, and the City of Aberdeen, from Port Glasgow, the 28th of August. The Vesper, the 29th ; and the Mul2rave, the 30th, from Lon don; and the St. Hilda, from Portsmouth and the Mauri tius, the 31st. Departures from Bombay.—The Bee, for Singapore, and the Marquis Camden, for China, the 26th of August; the Cambridge, for Singapore and China, the 29th ; and the Charles Malcolm, for Allipee, Madras, and Bengal, the 29th. Arrivals at China.—The Royal Charlotte, from Singa pore, and the Providence, from Batavia, the 12th of Aug. ; the Donna Carmelita, the 15th, and the Isabella Robert son, the 18th, from Calcutta ; the United States' frigate Potomac, and the Netherlands ship Charlotte, from Batavia, the 18th ; the Bombay Castle, from Bombay, the 19th ; the Ann and Hope, from Batavia, the 21 st ; the Good Success, from Bombay, the 26th; the Agnes, from Singapore, the 28th ; the Fort William, from Bom bay, and the Gabriella, from San Blas, the 29th ; and the Hon. Company's ship Coote, from London, the 31st. Departures from China.—The Hall, on the Ist, and the Mary, the 2d of September, for Liverpool. Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Voyager, from Lon don, the 15th of September ; the Elizabeth, from Bor deaux, and the Britannia, from Bourbon, the 3d of October; the Nimble, from New South Wales, the 4th ; the Frances, from Bremen, and the Persian, from New South Wales. Departure from the Mauritius.—The Clementine, for New South Wales, the 14th of September. The Agnes, from New South Wales, was lost in Cock burn Sound oa the 16th of August. Crew saved. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We are without any arrivals this morning, either from Antwerp or the westward. Intense interest prevails to know the result of the minion sent to the King of Hol land, respecting the surrender of the two forts on the Scheldt. A report prevailed yesterday, late in the after noon, that accounts had been received of his refusal, but the present hour we cannot trace it to any authentic source. Consols which left off heavy yesterday at 85: 1 ,, owing, it is supposed, to persons having realized their profits, opened with an improvement at S5-g; at present they are SSA y with little doinz. In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. We are quite dull in the City, there being no intelli gence from any quarter to communicate, up to the present hour, of the leaq importance; and in consequence of which-the Funds have continued steady for the most part of the morning, at 85i for the Account, alternately buyers and sellers. It is the general opinion that the King of Holland will not give up the forts in the Scheldt; but nothing as yet is positively known on the subject. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing. Prices much the same as yesterday. Dutch Stock, 42 1 43. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 84 CLOSING PRICES, Consols Dittofor Account 8.5 i i Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres... Chilian Ditto.... -FOUR O'CLOCK. Danish Greek Mexican , Columbian 1824 Peruvian .• ...... ••• Russian... .. Spanish FlRE.—This morning between 4 and 5 o'clock, a fire broke out at Mr. HANCOCK'S chair manu factory, Charles-street, Bermondsey, which communicated to the extensive premises of Messrs. BROWN and LEE, floor-cloth manufacturers, which, however, by the speedy arrival of the engines and the exertions of the firemen and policemen, was fortunately soon extinguished without doing any materi d damage, but the house occupied by Mr. HANCOCK, and the whole of the valuable property, was completely destroyed, and, we understand, not insured. The Suabian M ercury g ives the following, have oberdtaainel date e i o Frankfurt,f the right s of Dec. eit i 1z e n1:7" The Jews who have always been allowed to purchase a h ouse an d gar d en . By a recent &- : cision this privilege h as b een en l arge d to an unlimited extent, so that Israelites may now become the proprietors of houses and land, like the other citizer.s of Frankfort. This measure has been long expected as due to the spirit of the age, and as destroying one of the worst remnants: of the prejudices of barbarous and intolerant times," DOCTOR LUSHINGTON AND MR. HUME TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-In the _Morning Advertiser, of the 25th inst., tltet e is a letter from Doctor Lushington, addressed to Mr. pray, a gentleman belonging to his Committee, in justifi ication of his voting a plumper for Mr. Byng, in opposition ,to Mr. Hume, in the late election for Middlesex. The reason assigned for his so voting is, that having for many years advocated the immediate abolition of slavery, and being dissatisfied with Mr. flume's votes on that ;great measure, he considered, himself bound by every tie of hononr, consistency, duty, and conscience, not to sup port him. This, Sir. sounds very fine, and would have been all very well for the consistency, conscience, and so forth of the learned doctor, had his support been given to an im mediate, unqualified abolitionist. But so far from this being the case it is well known to the electors of Midtile sex, and especially to Doctor Lushington himself, that Mr. Byng does not go the length of Mr. Hume in his advo cacy of the opinions of the Anti-Slavery Society. What, then, is the public to think of the Doctor's consistency ? Again, Sir, it is a notorious fact, that Mr. Byng never voted for the immediate abolition of slavery, though for the last forty-two years be had a seat in Parliament, and was consequently much oftener than Mr. flume called upon to legislate on that question, And yet Dr. Lushing ton gave him a plumper, though there was in the field a candidate pledged to immediate emancipation, in the fullest sense of the word. If difference of opinion on the slave question decided to whom the Doctor should give a preference, why was the pledged candidate overlooked ? Surely, the Doctor is mistaken when he states that his circular, calling npon the electors throughout England to vote for no man who did not pledge himself to the imme . diate abolition of slavery, was the rule by which his con duct on that occasion was regulated. I should be sorry to accuse Dr. Lushington of wilfully misrepresenting the conduct of Mr. flume; and yet, from whatever cause, he has done so in his letter to Mr. Gray. He there says that Mr. Hume " was distinguished by his opposition," not only to the abolition of slavery, but to the amelioration of the condition of the slaves. The very reverse of this is the fact; and if the Doctor wiil only take the trouble to read the debates which have arisen on this subject in the House of Commons, whilst Mr. Hume has been a Member, he will find that Mr. Hume used the identical words amelioration of the condi. lion of the slaves:as one of the . measures which should always have his cordial support. Besides, Mr. Hume has re• peatedly declared, that if any means can be pointed out to him whereby the slave population can be emancipated without anarchy or bloodshed, and with some considera tion for the claims:of the planters, he will vote for the im mediate abolition of slavery at the earliest period it can be brought under the consideration of Parliament. It does not say much for Dr. Lushington's attendance in the House of Commons, or his attention to what was passing within its walls, that Mr. Hume's sentiments, as there ex pressed, are not better known to and remembered by him. There is something extremely suspicious in the conduct of the Whigs towards Mr. Hume during the whole of the late election contest, for which they have given no suffi cient teason, and which will not greatly conduce to their safety in the new Parliament, if they intend continuing to hold office. Dr. Lushington will do well to re-consider his letter to Mr. Gray, and either to come forward an state more explicitly his reasons for supporting Mr. Byng, who is not an immediate abolitionist, in oppo sition to a far more useful and efficient Mem ber, against whom no greater charge is preferred, or to give some proof more than his own mere assertion that Mr. Hume's opinions are such as lie has stated them to be, in opposition to that gentleman's reiterated assertions to the contrary. I trust, Sir, that your sense of the great services ren- tiered to the cause of the people of this country by Mi. Hume, as well as your known desire to promote the knowledge of truth, will induce you to give insertion to this letter. Should Dr. Lushington deign to notice it, I hope it will be in such a way as to do away with the ne cessity of again recurring to a subject which cannot be productive of pleasurable feelings to any party. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, London, Dec. 27, 1832. AN ELECTOR. THEATRICAL CRITICISM-SCENIC IL- LUSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, Dec. 27, 1832. SIR,—In the criticism on the Pantomime produced at this Theatre in the Chronicle of to-day, the following reference is made to Mr. Stanfield's scene of the Falls of Niagara. " This brings us to what is called the Great America❑ Fall, and although admirably painted, we are sure Mr. Stanfield will think with us, that the introduction of real water, however ingeniously contrived, is no improvement. It produces, indeed, a noise, as of the falling water, but the quantity is necessarily so inconsiderable, that cause and effect are at strife, and the spectator won ders rather that such a huge volume of water tum bling headlong should produce so small an effect upon the ear than that it should be heard at all. We would much rather it should have been left entirely to the fancy than thus to have representation and reality so incongruously mixed. The whole sound produced by the real water does not amount to much more than the pull ing up of a plug in the streets. All this, however, is only a matter of taste, and having the material itself, we are not surprised that they wished to employ it; only it certainly is injurious to the effect of Stanfield's pencil." Whether this is a compliment to the artist, or not, must be left to the decision of the reader, when I inform him that there is not a particle of real water introduced in the scene. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. BUNN. Some sensation was produced yesterday afternoon on 'Change by its having transpired that one of the first houses in the city connected with India had refused ac ceptance to bills drawn upon them by their correspondent in Calcutta; the effect will, it is feared, when the news reaches India, prove fatal to the credit of the latter house. It is a matter of prudent precaution merely; and in no way affects that of the London house, that this step has been taken. The failure of PALMER. and Co. in Calcutta, which took place about three years ago, has brought em barrassments on several other commercial establishments of that city, under the effects of which the house in ques tion is now suffering. Those embarrassments, are, how ever, local, and will not materially affect either their cor respondents here, or any other of the London houses trading with Bengal.— Times. CANADA COMPANY.—Yesterday a Meet ing of the Proprietors of Shares in the Canada Company was held in Great St, Helen's Bishopsgate-street, the De puty Governor, Mr. J. FRANKS, in the Chair. The Directors' Report was read. It recommended a declara Lion of a dividend for the half-year ending in January next at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. A request had been sent in to the Directors to make a bonus out of the profits of the Company to be added to the captial. The Directors felt it their duty to state, that the profits on the sale of the Company's land were considerably above the payments, but these profi s existed in bills held by the Company, and it was deemed prudent by the Directors to delay dividing such profit until it was actually realizA in money. The Report then stated, the affairs of the Company were going on most prosperously ; that emigra tion was increasing, and attended with success, and that the plan of sending out emigrants by parishes had been productive of good. The total quantity of land the Com pany had unsold was 2,110,000 acres. The sales this year, up to the 31st October last, had been in the Crown Reserves, 72,764 acres, and in the Huron Tract 24,525 acres. Last year the sales in the former were 65,788 acres, and in the latter 13,200 acres. The amount of the original purchase from Government was, Crown Re serves, 1,384,000 acres, and 1,100,000 acres in the Huron Tract. The total sales this ycar in the Crown Reserve, Guelph, and the Huron Tract, were 98,299 acres. The Directors recommended th it a dividend of 2 per cent, on the capital subscribed should he declared for the half-year ending in January next. The dividend was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned. Monday night there was an incendiary fire at Corpusty, which consumed a barn and two stables, the property of W. E. L. BLILWER, Esq., in the occupation of Mr. HACE, of Saxtborpe. The fire was first disco vered in the roof of the barn, and besides the buildings, a haystack and a considerable quantity of hay in a loft over the stables were consumed. The barn contained a quantity of straw, and only two or three coombs of barley, thrashed, but Mr. HACE had purposed to remove a stack of corn into it on the following morn ing.—Norfolk East Anglian. THE FINE ARTS IN IRELAND.--Th e fol lowing is an advertisement appearing in a Limerick Paper : we copy it as a specimen of grammar and taste combined :—" Crucifixion—A splendid oil painting of the Crucifixion, painted from the celebrated picture of CAR-. RAC" (QU. CARAci) in Rome, is for Sale. Any Clergy man as may want an altar piece it is recommended, as it is done in the best materials—it eta be seen at NEWG ATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. S. d. tog. d. ilea, inferior - middling 2 4 2 6 - middling.. prime large 3 0 3 2 prime - prime small 3 6 4 0 Pork, large Veal 3 0 5 0 -small s. d. to s. d. 2 4 2 3 4 310 3 4 310 4 0 410 THE HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL PRESENTS.-1. The Geographical Annual for 1833-2. The Biblical Annual for 1833. " These two beautiful and most useful little volumes form a family treasure."--Lite rary Gazette. "We know not the works we could more conscientiously recommend as valuable and beauti ful presents."—Atheneum.-3. England's Romantic An nals, by Neele-4. The Romantic Annals of France, by Ritchie-5. Italy's Romantic Annals, by Macfarlane--6. Spain's Romantic Annals, by Trueba. " These works illustrate the Sports, Pastimes, Peculiarities, as well ai the Romantic Annals of the various countries. They are strong and vivid pictures of the past."—Monthly Review. " They are valuable books for presents."—New Monthly Magazine. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE HAGUE, DEC. 25.—The inauspicious intelligence of the impending surrender of the citadel of Antwerp has but just transpired here, and adds to the gloom of a Christmas as sombre as can be with the worst of weather. The courier who bore the conditions of Marshal GERARD to the KING arrived here this morning. It is impossible as yet to know what impression this event will make upon the Dutch people, in reference to the conduct of its Go vernment. While I write this town almost resembles an uninhabited city. Scarcely a person appears in the streets; the shops are, of course, all shut, and rain, cold and dis mal continues to fall incessantly. I shall not waste your time by speculation, which must, of necessity, be vague, as to the ultimate policy of this Government ;—it no doubt, be patriotic as well as prudent. Holland has now a difficult card to play under her present adversity. Surely the iniquitous blockade will now, at least be taken off. British commerce has already suffered by it mon than you can well imagine. —Morning Herald. DANGEROUS LUNATIC.—I WaS indulging in a delicious reverie, when something like a bird flitted hastily by—again, and there was a heavy plump in the water. I looked up,—a wild unearthly-looking creature stood on the cliff above, in the very act of launching a huge stone at me ! Just then, a female figure rose btside him, and with threats and blows drove him from the rock. It was my fair friend of the curragh, who seeing ma take the lonely path I did, hastened after to cir3Wil me of the danger. She told me that the assailant was a dangerous lunatic; he was treacherous beyond description, and his antipathy to women and strangers was remarkable. Many accidents had occurred from his savage disposition. H e feared men, and rarely attacked them ; but if he saw a female at a distance from the village, be would lurk with malignant perseverance for hours beh;nd a bank or cliff tit attack her unawares. Some of the island women had nar rowly escaped death from this turbulent monster, and few of the mules but had at some time or other suffered injury from his bands; a atone was his favourite missile, which he threw with wonderful force and precision. To n'Y inquiry " Why this dangerous being was not removed to some asylum ?" my protectress replied with a smile, " He was but a poor natural, after all ; be was born in the island, and, God forbid they should send him among stran. gem"— , Wild Sports of Me West. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount ALTHORP arrived ►n town yesterday afternoon from his seat at Wiseton, in Nottinghamshire. ►s Lord ;ship stipptd one night on the road. The NobleN - 18count !has been indisposed, but is now a great deal better. I Lord AUCKLAND, the President of the Board of Trade, visited his Lordship after his arrival. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA walked and drove for some time yes terday in Hyde Park. Prince TALLEYRAND sent off despatches yesterday to his Government, after ao interview which his Excellency had with Viscount PALMERSTON. Departure.—Lord JOHN RUSSELL on a visit to Earl ind Countess COWPER, at Pansinger, Herts. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY. Peter Wiltshire, a wretch of an elderly appearance, was indicted for committing an assault of an abominable nature, upon the person of a lad named Edwards, who was in the employment of Messrs. Fuller, druggists. The case was proved, and the Jury found him Guilty. The CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence, observed that the prisoner had already been convicted in this Court of a si milar offence, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour : be then passed by the name of Winchester. That punish ment had not, however, produced any good effect ; and it was quite evident that he was in the practice of attempting to debase the morals and characters of young lads. It was almost impossible to know what to do with such a person as the prisoner. The judgment of the Court was, that he he imprisoned for 12 months, and, if possible, to be kept to hard labour ; but, if that was not practicable, he was to be kept entirely separate from the other prisoners. John Mackintosh, a well-known young pickpocket, was convicted of stealing a handkerchief from the pocket of Mr. John Smith, in the Haymarket, on the 12th inst., and sentenced to be transported for seven years. He had been convicted once before of felony. ODE TO THE YOUTHS OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. " COLLEGE.—We announced, in our last, that Lefrov and Shaw were returned. They were chaired yesterday, the Students of the College, determined, it would seem, to imitate the mob in all things, harnessing themselves to the car, and the Masters of Arts bearing Orange flags and bludgeons before, beside, and behind the car."—Dublin Evening Post, Dec. 20. Ay, yoke ye to the bigot's car, Ye chosen of Alma Mater's scions;-- Fleet chargers drew the God of War, Great Cybele was drawn by lions, And sylvan Pan, as poets dream, Drove four young panthers in his team. So, classical L—fr—y, for once, is So studious of a like turn-out, He harnesses young sucking dunces, To draw him, as their Chief, about, And let the world a picture see Of Dulness yoked to Bigotry: Showing us how young College hacks Can pace with bigots at their backs. As though the cubs were born to draw Such luggage as L—fr—y and Sh—w. O shade of Goldsmith, shade of Swift,* Bright spirits whom in days of yore, This Queen of Dulness sent adrift, As aliens to her foggy shore; — Shade of our glorious Grattan, too, Whose very name her shame recalls ; Whose effigy her bigot crew Revers'd upon their monkish walls,— I Bear witness (lest the world should doubt To your mute Mother's dull renown, Once famous but for wit turn'd out, And Eloquence turn'd up side down, But now ordain'd new wreaths to win, Beyond all fame of former days, By breaking thus young donkies in To draw M.P.s, amid the brays Alike of donkies and M. A.s,— Defying Oxford to surpass 'em In this new " Gradus ad Parnassum."—Titnes. • Both these eminent men left the Dublin University in dis , grace. - 1' In the year 1790, the picture of Mr. Grattan, in the Hall of Trinity College, Dublin, was, by order of the Fellows, turned upside down, as a mark of their political hostility to him, and remained in that state for some time. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals of both Grain and Flour are moderate Fine dry parcels of Wheat maintain Monday's terms, other qua. lities are very dull, •and rather lower. Barley, Beans, and Pease sell slowly at last quotations. Oats continue to sell heavily, and hardly support their late value, There is a fair trade for Flour, at previous rates. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish 440 - 8,995 Foreign brls SMITHFIELD MARKET. In this day's market, which exhibited a limited supply through out, Veal went off briskly, at an advance of from 2d. to 4d. per. stone; with other kinds of meat the trade was very dull, at Moe. day's quotations. Mulch Cows went off tardily at their last week's prices, very few Short-horns, with their small Calves, producing more than 201. PRICES PER STONE Or SLBS. TO SINK THE OFPAES. s. d, to s. d. s. d. to s. , t Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen... 310 4 01 Large coarse Calves 3 2 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 41 Prime small ditto 4 8 5 0 Inferior Sheep 2 2 2 6 Large Hogs ...... 3 4 3 8 Second quality ditto 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers 4 6 5 0 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 4 4 Suckling Calves 12s to32s. each Southdown Wethers 4 6 4 8. Quarter old Pigs 12s to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beast& I Sheep. f Calves. I Pilo. 402 3,300 9090 LITERATURE. FINDEN'S GALLL,RI' vf•' THE GRACE. RJR"' 1.-LONDON, 1833. If this work do not succeed—and there is no earthly reason why it should not—it will not be the fault either of the artist or the poet, either of Mr. Finden or Mr. T. K. Hervey. Both have executed their respective tasks with singular harmony and propriety of purpose, as if one mind influenced both. Finden engraves a beautiful female portrait, Hervey illustrates the engraving with equal taste and delicacy. " Ado ration" is in Finden's purest and most careful style. It is a half-length of an exquisitely grace. till young girl whose looks, weaned for a season from earth, are " commercing with the skies." The expression is that of profound veneration, blended with melancholy, such as enters into all feelings of an elevated, meditative character. Mr. Hervey has caught the exact idea in his poetical illustration of the . engraving. " :Vernon" is another graceful female form, though as a work of art, it is inferior to " Adoration." The illustrative accompaniment by Mr. Hervey is in his best manner, and crowded with sweet thoughts and images. We have been greatly pleased with the following:— " Oh, blessed youth ! when fond remembrance paint, Her landscapes on the heart, without a grave, And whispers to the spirit no complaints Save the sweet sighing of time's passing wave!"-- • s s e • • • • " When memory is the curfew of the tnind, That only speaks to tell "the hour of gloom. " How exquisitely in the following lines ha,; Mr. Hervey described the pale, thoughtful brow of a Madonna! " Thought, like an angel, on thy forehead Clad in white garment," Were Mr. Hervey less elaborree, he would be more successful as a poet ; and would secure his success more. But there is an air of stiffness even in his choicest poems, where the subject has been evidently to his liking. He has illustrated statues—or, as we once heard an Etonian of the fourth form, call them, statutes—from the antique, till his very fancy has turned to marble, and lost all pliancy and freedom. He should correct this blemish, and allow nature to share with art in his poetic creations. A little rusticity would greatly im prove him, but at present, while his classic en thusiasm is at its height, were he called on to paint a Welch milk-maid sitting beside the Towy or the Cothy, he would straightway conjure up all his classic associations, and draw her either as an " Oread or Dryad of Diana's train," or else as a shepherdess, of matchless face and form, seated piping beside the Peneus, in the vale of Tempe. l'lr. Hervey is a poet as full of pro mise as the spring, wherefore he can afford to have the truth told of him. We do not forget his " Convict Ship," which has quite an ivory polish about it. With the aid of such gifted indivi duals as Finden and Hervey, a work like the one before us, cannot but be successful. THE TRAVELLING TINKER. The best practical lesson I ever got originated in the following accidental occurrence. Some years ago I received private information, that a travelling tinker, who occasionally visited these mountains to make and repair the tin stills used by the peasantry in illicit distillation, was in the constant habit of destroying fish, and he was represented as being a most successful poacher. was returning down the river after an unfavour able day, a wearied and a disappointed fisher man, and observed, at a short distance, a man chased across the bogs by several others, and eventually overtaken and secured. It was the un fortunate tinker, surprised by the keepers in the very act of landing a splendid salmon ; two, re cently killed, were discovered in his wallet, and yet that blessed day I could not hook a fish ! He was forthwith placed in durance before « my Honour," to undergo the pains and penalties of his crime. He was a strange, raw-boned, wild looking animal, and I half suspect Sir NN'alter Scott had seen him before he sketched Watt. Tinlin in the Lay. He was a convicted felon— he had no plea to offer, for he was taken in the very fact. But he made two propositions where withal to obtain his liberty—"He would never sin again—or he would fight any two of the captors." My heart yearned towards him—he was after all a brother—and, admitting that rod and coat were not worth threepence, still he was an adept in the gentle art,' although the most ragged disciple that eve r I zaac b oaste d . I forgave him, dismissed the captors, and ordered him to the lodge for refreshment. My Honour had no sport,' and he looked carelessly at my flies. Would I condescend to try one of his He put a strange-looking combination of wool and feathers on the casting-line. There was a fine pool near us—l tried it, and the second cast I was fast in a twelve-pound salmon; My ragged friend remained with me some days; and in his sober intervals, few and far between' gave me lessons in the art, that have been mote service able than any I had hitherto acquired.— lOW Sports of the West. As far as present appearances and reports go, there are likely to be fewer petitions against returns to the next Parliament than have ever been known. This-- should it turn out to be the cave—will be favourable tes timony to the working of the Reform Act. It is said that the KING, the QUEEN, and all the Royal Family intend to go to Lille, to meet the troops and the Dukes of ORLEANS and NEMOURS ppm their return from Belgium. The KING and QUEEN of the Belgians will also go thither from Brussels, to meet the Royal Family of France.—French Paper. The iViorning Post asserts, that in the event of a hill being introduced into Parliament to reform the abuses of the Church, the bishops will resign their sacred functions in a body. Horrible ! What, the bishops turn out! Stop your hands, ye Ministers, it must not he—the country will be ruined !! ! --Blackburn Gazette. During one of the dark and stormy nights of Last week, a foreign small vessel, and supposed to tie Swedish, from Malaga for Gottenburg, struck on a rock about two miles N. W. of St. Agnes (Scilly) and went our fathoms her B uconsiderablet masts little still of ta thned cinagrg, in h a s ab yoe utt i down ; th owe i s every reason to fear that all her crew s f m of w, perished ! Th e c i rcumstance was not known t i ll Sunday last, w h en th e appearance o f soma b oxes o f f ru i t (chiefly raisins a n d oranges ) l e d to an i nves ti gat i on , an d t h e vessel w a a t f o nd, w a i tr part of it excee di ngly erection of a lighth ouse on one of the islets or een saved ; and the continued violence of th e weather renders the doubtful. The west of St. Agnes, and some m il ts fu rt h er ant ii tot f h any an that isl an d , h as sometimes beets suggested rocks 7ebetco e recoveryothe a i after easual!ies of the above kind, but sufficient attention does not appear to have been yet given to so desiri.b'e measure.—Falmouth Cornubian. i It is a s i ngu l ar custom amongst tne nn• keepers in the Cevennes, th it they always lay the whole loaf on table at the traveller.' meal, and, when he rises from table, carry it forthwith to the scale. He is after_ wards called upon to pay for no more than the positive de. hcieucy in weight which the loaf Das incurrod twist- Vs bawds,