The Sun. — London, England, 1832-01-20 00:00:00

CHOLERA AT - NEWCASTLE, GATES HEAD, AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEWCASTLE.UPON-TYNE, JAN. la. The cholera, I am sorry to say, does not decline in New castle, as we had reason to expect it would do. The disease has continued for the last two or three days stationary, as nearly as possible the same. The report of this day statesthat there are 20 new cases, 12 recoveries, six deaths, and 27 eases remaining. ' On Monday there were 63 remaining, Yesterday 65 : so that you see it is slightly on the advance. Still if, as I hear, many of the cases are mild, we shall pro bibly in a day or two see the number greatly reduced. ' At Gateshead, I am happy to observe, the disease is almost extinguished. For two days there has not been a single n e w case. By the report of this day it appears there are two deaths, three recoveries, and three cases only remaining under treatment ! They will, in all likelihood, by the end of this week, be able to exhibit a clean bill of health. The disease, though not quite so bad as it was, is still virulent at the village of Newborn. There were three deaths there this morning, and, I am told, that if the dial-- Asia cases are included there are upwards of fifty cases at this moment ! Deduct them, however, as I think you ought, and the number will not exceed twenty. Mr. Rowell, one of the surgeons at Newborn, is now ill of the cholera, but it is hoped be may reco ver : his wife is dead of it, hut it is right I should add, that I have been informed she was rather intemptrate. Mr. Finney, the other surgeon of Newborn, has a slight affection of the complaint; his wife's sister, Mrs. Max well, who lives in the same house, is seriously ill. The People of the village are dreadfully alarmed, and it is found almost impossible to get proper nurses to attend the sick. The inhabitants of the neighbouring villages seem determined to prevent as far as possible all communica tion with Newburn. This is, particularly observable at 1 B laydon, a village on the south side of the river, imme diatelyr opposite to Newborn, and also at Lemmington, a village a short distance on the north aide. An innkeeper at Lemmington, 1 hear, has refused to allow two surgeons from London, who are examining the disease at Newborn, to lodge at his house, from an apprehension of their bring - ing the cholera. The Board of Health at Winlaton have issued a hand bill, stating that they " have taken every means in 'their Power to obtain information upon the subject of cholera, and feel it their duty to communicate to the inhabitants the means most likely, with the blessing of the Almighty, to prevent that direful disease, or to render it less severe. "The Beard have just to observe that the persons most liable to the disease are drunkards, and those of iri‘egular '--- habits, and that its greatest ravages are amongst the close confined houses, where dirt and filth abound. The most Powerful means of prevention, therefore, are sobriety, cleanliness, and ventilation, which the Board most ear nestly recommend to every class of the inhabitants. The windows should be opened at all suitable times, so as to allow a current of air to pass through the rooms. Every thing which can cause the slightest bad smell should be removed ; the greatest cleanliness should be observed, not only in the rooms, closets, and staircases, but in every part of the houses, yards, and passages. If the cholera should appear amongst us, the Board strongly recommend that every person attacked with the disease should immediately apply for medical aid, and all means should be used to restore circulation and warmth to the person attacked, by hot blankets and friction with flannels." The Board in conclusion recommend the free use of chloride of lime. FRENCH PAPERS. I . (From the Second Edition of the Messager des Chambres of Tuesday.) - The report is circulated that Austria and Prussia have ratified the twenty-four articles ; and it is added that the Prince de Lieven, Ambassador of Russia at London, has declared that he cannot doubt the desire of the Emperor of Russia to make common cause with his Allies. Thus the delay assigned by the protocol No. 54, will only have for its object Holland. The Tribune of yesterday was seized in its offices. It is said that the passages objected to are those extracted from various historical works, giving an account of the Duke of Chartres, now his Mijesty Louis Philippe, having accom panied General Dumourier, when the latter deserted his army, after having, against the right of the nation, ar rested and delivered up to the Austrians the representa ti►es deputed to him by the Convention. The Illouvement contains a letter from General Sal danha, addressed to his private friends, and dated the 13th instant, confirming the statement we have given from the Revolution, of his having been dismissed front the com mand of the intended expedition against Don Miguel, at the desire of some of the corps diplomatique. M. Meyerbeer has been appointed by his Majesty a Member of the Legion of Hollow. The Journal des Debats, after announcing this fact, add...— His Ma jesty has thus paid the debt of France to the author of Robert le Liable, for enriching the drama with that new chef d'ceuvre. Naturalised in France by his renius, Meyerbeer now is one of our fellow-citizens, and we are proud to rank him amongst the most glorious orna ments of our country." The Quotidienne says that private letters from Vienna Positively contradict the report of the intended marriage between the son of Napoleon and an Archduchess of Austria, and declare that it originated with, and was spread through Germany by, a Bavarian Journal, totally destitute of any authority, CHAMBER OF PEERS, JANUARY 16. Baron Seguier announced that the Duke de Doudeau , ♦ine had written to the President, resigning his seat in the Chamber. The Duke Decries moved that the letter should be read. The Chamber, after two epreuves, decided by a ma jority of three (in opposition to its former 'decision) that the letter should be read. This was accordingly •done. The letter merely an. flounced the writer's disapprobation of the abolition of an hereditary Peerage, and also his ill state of health, as reasons for his resignation.—Adjourned. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, abN. 16. Fifteen Bills of private and local interest were adopted by a majority of 235 against 2. The Budget of the Chamber was then taken into con sideration. The 4th article divides the Budget of the Chamber for 1832 into the following items : No. 1. Indemnity to the President and Questors, 47,0000 f. 2. Salaries, 152,400 f. 3. Medals, 5,400 f. 4. Rent of the President's Hotel, 29,000 f. 5. Payment to the Veterans on duty as Guards to the Chamber, 3,500 f. 6. Printing and Subscriptions to the Moniteur and Ste uographe, 149,000 f. 7. Office Expenses, and Subscrip tions to Newspapers, 13,000 f. 8. Firing, 18,000 f. 9. Lighting, 10,000 f. 10. Carriages. 15,000 f. 11. Li brary, 12,000 f. 12. Fetes and illuminations, 3,000 f. 13. Dresses, '7,000f. 14. Wear and tear of furniture, B,ooof. 15. The like of the buildings, 19,000 f. 16. Miscellaneous expen ses , 3 6,000 f. 17. Reserved fund, 43,700 f. Total, 571,000 f. On the 6th item the Reporter stated that the Committee would shortly make a special report to the Chamber re specting the engagements with the Stenographe. M. Dubois maintained that the sum of 14,000 francs, originally proposed, was not too much for the journals, since numerous journals, which it was important to have, were not taken in. The Reporter of the Committee ex plained that it bad appeared that, out of the 12,000 francs voted for this item in 1831, only 4,9751. 35c. were spent in subscriptions to the journals, and the remaining 7,024 f. 65c. in office expenses ; and that, therefore, the Committee proposed that it should be declared that 6,000 Ntics only should be devoted to office expenses, and 7,000 fran c a to the journals, by which means there would be -- upwards of 2,000 francs more than last year applied to the latter purpose. With this explanation the item was adopted. The Budge,t was then adopted. The next subject on the order of the day was the ge e neral Budget of IS32.—(Lively marks of attention, mixed with exclamations of " At last !") Thouvenel opposed the Budget presented by Govern -11!" as unconstitutional, false, immoral, impolitic, and " Every day," said he, " we see confidence di- Inbaishing, divisions increasing, th e serv i ce o f th e N a ti ona l Guard ev , auea, electoral majorities refusing to vote, the t axes only recovered by compulsion, and the patriotic ardour which last year glowed with so universal a flame ehanged into a cold indifference, which will but too soon be converted into hatred ! Ministers ! such are the glori ems results of your system ! Let your flitterers natu lat You on them if they have still the cour ige. co I gr prefer t ie 3 i'ing you, with that pl a i n co mmon sense whi c h y our l earne d ( " 0 08 despise, that, if you seriously wish the new then royalty to live, you must place its cradle far from elbpoisoned atmosphere of flatterers, and in the very centre of the national party. Child of the people, it must not blush for its origin, or despise its parent. That revolution rev on which ought to have been profitable to all, has Itrv ii only to make the fortune of the few. The labo rious classes see this, and feel it more. To prevent this, Gentlemen, to remove all chance of, and pretext for, such revolution, let Government effect a revolution in its rgA flAt Places. a ; C.) jahag Et 77 04 01 t .74 S. S. 20= P .g—ZP g g --- Jan. Sunderland Newcastle lB 65 20 6 12 j 67 f 772 239 Gateshead North Shields and Tynemouth lB 23 2 1 3 21 77 28 Walker Colliery I 11 6 17 5 11 1 4 11 not stated Wall , er.Township lB 11 1 0 1 11 ditto Hetton, Houghton— le—Spring, Pen shaw, &c. lB 39 23 117 44 187 144 No reporteieceived from Newburn, Wallsend, D dington, or Tritnent. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, urh am, Had Secretary. We have been favoured with a copy of the Following letter : CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH, COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 20. am directed by the Board of Health to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst., and to in form you that the Medical Members of this Board, as also the Medical Inspectors attached thereto, are unanimously of opinion that the disease of the seaman alluded to, who died at Shadwell Workhouse on the 18th instant, was not that of cholera. lam to add, that two of the Medical Gentlemen will attend at the adjourned inquest to-morrow. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Signed) W. MACLEAN. Henry Garland, Esq. surgeon, Wapping Wall. Little or no business of importance was trans acted in the House of Lords last night. In the Commons Mr. STANLEY moved for leave to bring in the Irish Reform Bill, and the LORD ADVOCATE the Reform Bill for Scotland. Just as the House was about to rise, Mr. SHELL gave notice that in the Committee on the Eng lish Reform Bill he should move that, schedule A consist of 61 instead of 56 boroughs, including Petersfield, Midhurst, Rye, Wareham, and Woodstock. The German Papers contain no news of in terest. It is clear from the great pains taken by Prussia to contradict the reports of the barbarous conduct of Russia towards the Poles, that the EMPEROR begins to find he has gone too far, as his excessive cruelty has provoked the in dignation of Western Europe. Lisbon Gazettes contain the following com mentary on the danger of revolutions, and the virtues of legitimacy. The coming events of Don PEDRO'S expedition seem to " cast their shadows before " the apprehensive eye o IVIIGuEL : f LISBON, JAN. I.—The Gazette contains a long article on the events of the year, 1831, which it says has been remarkable for the struggle between the opposite princi ple, of legitimacy and revolution, the result of which has proved the moral strength of the first, and the weakness of the second. As proof is alleged the defeat of liberalism, which bad concentrated its hopes and a powerful force at Warsaw, when the bulwarks which it had raised for its protection were overturned, and of the number of com batants that rebellion had in its service, only some poor fragments dispersed among different nations now remained, affording an irrefragable proof of the madness of their en terprise, and the signal triumph of the good conic. The fate of Torrijos and his countrymen is adduced as another instance of the triumph of the good cause. The article concludes with an eulogium on the brave Portuguese nation, and its loyalty and attachment to its magnanimous Sovereign. The LisbonlGazettes to the 7th Jan. inclusive, con tjin lists of promotions_in the, army, of voluntary sub icriptions, &c., but no political news. The opposition to Mr. WARBURTON'S Ana tomy Bill is of a kind that reflects but little credit on the sagacity of its opponents, and is moreover of mischievous tendency, as it tends to perpetuate those prejudices which writers like Mr. COBBETT delight in diffusing among the poor. Nothing can be more unfounded in fact, than the allegation that the Bill is designed to harrass the poor, for the convenience of the rich, nor can there be a greater misrepresentation of its object, than to say the effect of the Bill will not eventually be highly beneficial to the lower orders, inasmuch as it will not only secure to them a better supply of medical aid than at pre- sent, but will guard them against being the victims of those miscreants, who find a temptatio n to murder in the existing state of the law. . Let any man of common understanding refer to the letter addressed by the Council of the College of Surgeons to Lord MELBOURNE, on the 10th of December last, and they will find a clear and satisfactory statement of the miKhiefs arising from the present system. If we only take example by the practice in France, and elsewhere on the continent, we shall find abundance of precedents according to which our law may be improved, and Mr. VL.TARBURTON'S Bill is perhaps as well calculated to reconcile difficulties as any plan that could have been proposed. There may perhaps be some matter for conside ration in the point whether it would be well "to regulate the teaching of anatomy by license, so as to preserve an accurate register of the bodMs consigned for dissection ; but we infer that the College of Surgeons do not look very favour,- ably on this plan ; and it is, at all events, clear that no such register can be kept until dissection is legalized, and the protection of the law is afforded to the study of anatomy in general. The public have far more concern in this matter than the College of Surgeons, and indeed than any medical men who have completed their professional studies. The people want pro tection against the disgusting traffic in human bodies—they want the horrible Burking system to be brought to an end, and they desire to see substituted for it such a law as Mr. WARBUR TON'S, in order to supply a proper quantity of anatomical subjects to enable the study of the science to be legally and openly carried on. We noticed a short time since an interview between Mr. STEVENS, the inventor of the safety steam-paddles, and the LORD MAYOR, in which the latter, as the municipal head of the metropolis, promised to promote the publicly important objects of the invention, namely, a better propulsive effect from the application of a given power, the total avoidance of the swell of back-water occasioned by the wheels now in use, and the greater facility afforded to steam-vessels er. performing long voyages in the use of their sails. Since then the formation of a Company has been commenced in Belgium, under the sanction of the Belgic Government, to navigate the canals of that country by steam-vessels, according to the method invented by Mr. STEVENS, who is to prepare a boat forthwith, to run on the canal between Ostend _and Bruges, as the first on th line to Brussels ; and we have much pleasure in adding, asa proof of the Interest taken by King LEOPOLD in the improvement of commercial in tercourse, that his MAJESTY'S signature stands at the head of the list of share-holders. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A Lisbon mail has arrived, sailed the 9th instant ; also a mail from Brazil, sailed the 24th of November, five days later than the last, bringing accounts that all was tran quil at Rio Janeiro, but still great alarm prevailed, owing to the English claims. Exchange 281. We have not heard as yet any thing of importance from Lisbon. We give the following from a French Paper:—" Some were of opinion that the affair of the Belgian fortresses would have proved very difficult to settle with the French Cabinet and the four great Powers. This opinion, we can state, was ill founded, and we have it from a certain source, that the Cabinet of the Palais Royal have yielded to the propositions of the four Powers. The juste milieu have ceded to every point on which depends their destiny." The Journal de Bayonne states, that within a few days a continual passage of couriers prevails through that town from Madrid to Paris; this great activity of the de. plomatiats is considered to be relating to the affairs of Portugal, as it is said that Ferdinand still manifests a desire to assist Don Miguel, should Don Pedro come to attack him, but the diplomatists at Madrid are anxious to persuade Ferdinand to remain neuter in the affair, the same as France, and let the two parties fight it out themselves. They write from Lyons that tranquillity still prevails in that town, but measures of precaution have been taken to send the thirty thousand stand of arms which were de posited in the citadel to Valence ; an engineer has arrived there from Paris, who is ordered by the Government to purchase a large space of land in the neighbourhood, for the erection of fortifications. Accounts from Metz state that the Secretary to the Am bassador at Vienna had arrived there on the 12th. He was the bearer of despatches of the highest importance. It is believed that they relate to the 24 articles of the Con ference. F? financial system, and make .it favourable to. those classes whom misery may render so formidable, but whose good sense and morality would render them so easy to be go verned, if any favour or consideratiim were shown to them." M. Audry de Puyraveau complained that the Budget was voted by an assembly, great part of which took a share in it. M. Pages also considered the amount of the Budget un• reasonable and unjustifiable.—Adjourned. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, J. 17. At half-put one o'clock M. Beranger, the Vice-Pres dent, took the chair. The order of the day was the continuation of the gene ral discussion of the Budget of 1832. M. de Civri, the first orator called to the tribune, blamed the Chamber for wasting so much time in cavilling on words, and giving to France and to Europe the spec tacle of an academy. He then recapitulated the arduous circumstances which the present Ministry had to cross, and complimented them on the policy they bad followed with regard to foreign nations, which he approved of with out any restriction. M. de Civri concluded by begging of the Ministry to pay more attention to the interior admi nistration of the country, and voted for the Budget such as it was amended by the commission. In the absence of M. Lafitte, M. Realier Dumas, the next orator inscribed against the Budget, was called to the tribune, who violently opposed the Ministerial measure.— (Left sitting.) FRENCH FiINDS.-PARIS, JAN. 17.-Five per Cents., 961. 96f. 15c. sc. 961. 96f. sc. 10c. 15c. 20c. 25c. 15c. sc. 15c. 25c. 70c.'60c. 40c. 50c. 40c. 50c. 60c. 50c. ; Four per Cents. SI f. 50c. ; Three per Cents„ 66f. 10c. 15c. 10c. 15c. 20c. 15c. 211 c. '2sc. 10c. 15c. 10c. sc. 10c. sc. 25c. 70c. 60c. 50c. 55c. • Bank Actions, 1,610 f. 1,615 f. 1,02 ' of. • Bente de Naples, 771. 2 5 c. 30c. 77f. 771. 15c. 77f. 50c. 30c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 73% ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 54 53% y B % % %%.-Exchange on London; one month, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money, 25f. 35c. ; Three months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 25f. 20c. PRICES OF THE STOCKS T 1 Bank Stock - 3 per Cent. Red. ....... 32% % 3 per Cent Cons. 13 24 W 4 3 per Cent 89% 90 Ditto Red 89 104 Ifi New 3%per Cent 89 %% Vs 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1826 g% 100 Bank Long Ann. to expsre Jan. 5, 1860 ...... -.16 9-16,1% Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1888 Aprils, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 lIS DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent.... ..... — India Stock xtto Bonds 1 pm, par South Sea Stock 91% Old Annuities New Ditto.... ..... per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, Al,OOO 9 10 rm. Ditto .. ... .....500 9 10 pin. Ditto Sma ll - 9 10 pm. Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Opening India for Account. — 'Cons. for Feb.2B ... ...... 82%%% ?RlC** OF FORZION FUNDS Austrian Bonds — Belgian Scrip ..b....... NI( dls. Brazilian /sends Buenos Ayres Bonds CI ihan Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1524 Danish THIS DAT AT ONE o'CLOCK. Neapolitan.. ............. -- Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old Ditto, New Russian Spanish, 1921 — 1823. French Bastes, 5 p. c. —r. Exchange 3 per cent. —f. —c ---- Exchange —t. —c. Dutch Scrip 42 Greek Bonds Ditto s 1825 Guatnnala. Mexican Bonds ditto. 1845 TO NEWS-AGENTS. The News-Agent who forwards The Sun to RICIIARD GREEN, Esq. of Haddington Slill, near Oxford, is informed that a ietter lies for qim at the Office. TOUR OF A GERMAN PRINCE. This day was published, in 2 vols. post Bvo. price 18s. TOUR in ENGLAND, IRELAND, and FRANCE, in the years of 1828 and 1829, with Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, and Anecdotes of distinguished Public Characters. By a GERMAN PRINCE. Speedily, the Two concluding Volumes (with a Portrait), containing his route through Germany and Holland ; Observations on the Society and Manners of the Metro polis, and of other places of fashionable resort. " The advantage to be derived from the work is great. The Prince is a man of sound sense, experience of the world, know. ledge of various governments and people, and moreover an aria. tocrat by birth and education ; and here may be seen his opinions. Like all other foreigners, he considers this the most aristocratic country in the world, and wonders at the patience and long suf fering 01 a people who have for ages permitted themselves to be farmed."—Spectator, Nov. 12, 1831. London : Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. iff-111. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 20, 1832. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. COUNCIL OFFICE, DAILY REPO , WHITEHALL.--(THIS DAY.) IRT of CHOLERA CASES. 7 THE FUNDS. The French mail not having - yet arrived, up to the present hour we are without foreign news. No doubt the dilay is occasioned by the foggy weather. Our Funds are in a state of inactivity this morning, owing to the paying and receiving accounts of the settlement yesterday, which at present appears to go off well. No mention is made of any defaulter. Consols, which left off yesterday at 8.2 i opened at the same price, and continue so at present. The Foreign Maiket is also in a state of stagnation. HALF-PAST ONE. We are informed that a very serious misunderstanding prevails amongst the officers in high command of the ex pedition of Don Pedro, owing, no doubt to the jealousy of a French officer whom Don Pedro has appointed to take the command of one of the divisions. Couat Villaflor, who is at Terceira, has sent to the Emperor on the sub ject, stating that the people of Terceira and the army are against the appointment of any French officer serving on the expedition. It is said that Don Pedro will not re-• tract his appointment. It is supposed that Spanish in trigue is at work. Consols are not so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 82-g- : 3 2 -, since which they have been done at 821 t- for the Account, at which price they continue at present ; for money 82i In the Foreig❑ Market nothing doing. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 82 4 1 t. The Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday even ing entertained a distinguished party of the Nubility, at Apsley-house, to dinner. The company consisted of his Grace's late colleagues in office, with their holies. THE BURKOPHoBIA.—A labouring man named HARUM, who walked in his sleep, awoke suddenly in the streets, and cried out in an agony of terror that they were going to Burke him. This is wh.t they tall Ilarum-ycarum. VICE-CHANCERY COT_IRT,-(THIS DAY.) BANKRUPTCY. It will be recollected that some days ago his Honour the Vice-Chancellor stated in the case of Shipley in re Wright, a part heard bankrupt petition, that the only course which the Lord Chancellor and himself thought could be adopted was for the parties to consent to date any order his Honour might make as of the 9th of January. This morning Mr. PEPYB stated that it was a case of great importance, and one in which it was most likely the party against whom the Court decided would wish to carry it further ; but according to the present state of the law of bankruptcy, he believed his Honour's decision would he final. His HONOUR stated that was a point on which he could say nothing. If the parties consented to the terms proposed he would hear it; but if they did not, the notion of the Court was, that the petition would be an undisposed-of petition, and might be heard in the new Court on any day, by applying on motion that it might be so heard, without consent of the parties. However, after the decision that bad been given by the Lord Chancellor, his Honour was of opinion he had no jurisdiction to hear any bankrupt petition. Mr. PEivsobserved that there was only one way in which it could be heard on appeal, namely, by dating the order an appeal as of the 9th of January. The VICE-CHANCELLOR doubted very much whether under the Act the Lord Chancellor had jurisdiction to hear a bankrupt petition on appeal. Mr. JACOB observed that it had been stated that all petitions set down before the Lord Chancellor, whether appeal petitions or not, could be heard before the Court of Review, and if that was so they could sit in judgment upon the decision of his Honour. The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed that he did not make the statute, and he therefore could not expound it. Mr. ANDERDON wished to know whether his Honour would take such bankrupt petitions as were consented to. His HONOUR observed that he certainly would. The Court took motions to-day, but none of them were worth reporting, being interesting only to the parties. COURT OF KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY. The Court were occupied the whole of the morning in hearing arguments in the case of Taylor v. Kymer, which was a special case arising out of the bankruptcy of Messrs. liavett and Sons, COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY. Barons BAYLEY and GARROW sat and beard motions of no interest this morning. Their Lordships rose before eleven o'clock. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN sat at Ni.i Prius, at Guildhall, to-day. One action on some bills of exchange occupied his Lordship all the morning, and was not finished at two o'clock. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.-(THIS DAY. The LORD CHIEF BARON was occupied all the morning with the case of " Small and Attwood." The same case is also appointed for to-morrow, but there is yet no ap pearance of its being then concluded. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) KIRKLY, IN THE MATTER OF PEARSON AND SALMON. Mr. CHING applied this morning that the petition in this case, which was set down before his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, might be set down for hearing in this Court for Wednesday next. The CHIEF JUSTICE wished to know whether the parties concerned lived at a great distance from London, as so much time was asked. Mr. CHING observed that that day had been fixed upon by the parties, if it met with the approbation of the Court. The CHIEF JUSTICE asked what was the nature of the petition ? Mr. CHING knew nothing of the nature of the petition, but he believed it was of great importance, in which long arguments had been gone into before the Commissioners. Mr. Justice PELT, wished to know whether it had been heard before either the Lord or Vice-Chancellor ? Mr. CHING stated that he thoughtiii:inOt; but not having the petition with him, he could not give a satis factory answer to the Court on that point. The petition was then ordered to be transferred from hit Honour the Vice-Chancellor's paper to that of this Court, and to stand for hearing on Wednesday next. After the swearing in of several solicitors, their Ho noun rose. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.: FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind E. light.—Arrived his ~, Vlajebigi s ship Alert, from South America. ProzouTH ' JAI!. IS. Wind E. light.—A rr i ve d th e Emily, - ifiOrc — gtociaiolm „ ; - and Francis, Dunkin, frOm Smyrna. FALMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Wind S. to S.S.E. moderate. Arrived the Magnet packet, from Lisbon, sailed Bth inst. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 18.—Arrived the Laura, Be lby, from Demerara. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 8.-Arrived the Harmony, White, from Bahia ; Mary, Watson, from lierbice ; Apollo, Car roll, from Messina; and Faith, Cornish, from Trieste.-- Off port the Halifax, from Halifax ; sliled the Elphin stone, Ritchie, for Bombay. CORK, JAN. 16.-Arrived the Hope, Robinson, from St. John's, N. B. leaky. STANDUATF. CREEK, JAN. 19.—Arrived the Aurora, Leigh, from Neustadt. The Falcon, Littlemont, from Gibraltar to Villanova, was totally wrecked near the latter place the 11th ult., and three of the crew drowned. The Eclair, from Bristol and Newport, arrived at Lime rick, with eight feet water in her hold, and cargo damaged, having grounded in taking a berth. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of most kinds of Grain this week are considerable, and of Flonr tolerably good. The Wheat trade is heavy at Mond a y's prices for all except superfine, which is very scarce. Barley, Beans, and Pease remain as last quoted. Oats find buyers very slowly; but the factors, considering the prices low, will not submit to any further reduction. Flour retains its late heaviness in sale. A RRIVALS. English . Irish Wheat. Barley. 3,014 qrs. 6,2634 rs 6,202 I,3Ekt Oats. I Flour. 9,174 qrs. 6,774 sacks. 14,832 Foreign I 1,215 --- brls. SMITHFIELD MARKET. In this day's market which was scantily supplied throughout, the trade, owing to the glutted state of the carcass markets, and the low - prices of fish and Irish provisions, was very dull through out, with prime Beef at a depression, Veal at an advance of 2d. per stone; with middling and inferior Beef, Mutton, and Pork, at Monday's prices. Mulch Cows looked a little upwards, an use ful short horns, with her small calf, producing from 21/. to, in a few instances, 241. PRICES PER STONE OF BIBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 2 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen... 3 4 3 8 Large coarse Calves 310 4 4 Prime Scots, &c..... 3 8 4 0 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 8 Inferior Sheep 2 4 2 6 Large Hogs ..„ ..... 4 0 4 2 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Small Porkers 4 8 5 2 Coame-woolleddatto 3 8 4 8 Suckling Calves Its to39s. each. SouthitiorgWeithers 4 8 4 JO. QuarteroldPigs 12s to 18a. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK ' S STATEMENT. Beasts. 'Sheep and Lambs. ' Calves. I Pi gs . 51f f 3,630 135 90 ---- - NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone s. d. to s. d i . s. d. tos. d. Beet .................. ... 2 2 3 81 Veal Mutton ................ 2 6 4 2 Pork DENHALL MARKETS. by the Carcass. LEWES MARKET.—Jan. 17. Beet--,........... 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. Veal ~,,.w.,,,,,.,,,,. 4s. 8d to ss. 2d. I Mutton .....,... 4 0 5 0 Pork ~,M 8 4 0 A good supply, and a sluggish trade. -------- Some of the clergy of the diocese of Win chester, who have been applied to, to subscribe a guinea each toward a picture of the Bishop, are said to have de clined, on the score that they like the " King's picture" better. CREATION OF PEERS.—Lately no doubt has been entertained that a creation of Peers will take place for the purpose of carrying the Reform Bill ; but we are able to corroborate the announcement from au exclusive source which will be considered of tolerably high authority. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, who would not admit the disagreeable truth if it did not force itself upon him, thus writes :—" The game is all up. The KING has resolved to create fifty Peers forsooth !" The public will no doubt wonder how it happens that his Lordship has thought proper to favour us with this piece of information? Let them not be surprised if they should find that we have be come special favourites with his Lordship. We have pretty often told him some useful truths ; and is it to be wondered that he should have good sense enough to show himself grateful for the trouble we have taken with him ? At any rate the public may depend upon the preeef:in g im portant piece of information.—Belfast Northern IVhiy. Playing cards are now advertised made of silk. These are strange times in which we live ; since our hands are filled with silk while we play at whist, and our beds—that they may he softer than feathers—are made of cast iron. FINE ARTS. FINDEN'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF BYRON'S WORKS. PART 1.-LONDON, 1832. We have just seen the first part of these beautiful illustrations of thy works of our greatest modern poet, and cannot but speak of them in terms of high commendation. In point of ability they are fully equal, if not superior, to the illustrations of the " averley Novels," in deed, to any thing Finden has ever yet attempted, and so far as cheapness is a re commendation, we may boldly pronounce them unrivalled. They must meet with an enormous sale even to repay Mr. Murray—to say nothing of profits—the sums he must already have lavished on them. The present number consists of four landscape engravings and one portrait ; the three former contain views of . Lochnagar, in the Highlands, to which Lord Byron so often alludes in his earlier as well as in his later poems ; of Belem Castle, Lisbon ; of Joanina, the favourite abode of Ali Pacha in Epirus ; and of Corinth and its citadel ; the latter consists of the por trait of Teresa, the Maid of Athens, to whom Lord Byron is supposed to have addressed those well-known lines, " Maid of Athens, ere we part." All these engravings are executed with superior skill, 'but the portrait is really a chef' ct ceuvre. We say nothing of the face and figure of the young Greek girl ; this, of course, is the affair of the painter ; but the softness and delicacy, the exquisite pencilling of the eye-lids, the transparency of the fore head,- render the engraving, if not the best, at least among Finden's best. Altogether the en gravings may be pronounced a worthy accom• paniment to the splendid edition they illustrate. BRIGHTON, JAN. 19. His MAJESTY, yesterday, accompanied by Lady KEN NEDY ERSKINE, drove out on the Lewes 'Told as far as Stanmore Park, previous to which his MAJESTY gave audience to the Marquis of AILESBURY. Her MAJESTY has nearly recovered from her late indisposition, but has not as yet left the Palace grounds. The Princess AUGUSTA drove out for some time, at tended by Miss WYNYARD. Her Royal Highness is in the enjoyment of excellent health. The Princess LOUISE, accompanied by Lady FALKLAND, took a carriage airing along the East and West Cliff, from Half-past twelve until two o'clock. The Earl and Countess of ERROL, accompanied by their son, Lord HAY, took leave of their MAJESTIES yes terday morning, and left at eleven o'clock for St. James's Palace. The following distinguished persons had the honour of dining last evening with their MAJESTIES : —The Prin cess AUGUSTA, Prince GEORGE of Cambridge, the Prin cess LOUISE, Sir HENRY, Lady, and the Misses CAMP BELL, Sir GEORGE SHIITNER, and the Royal suite and household. Her MAJESTY'S band attended, and performed several pieces of music in the course of the evening. On Tuesday evening the residence of Sir R. and Lady WILMOT, in Kemp Town, was a scene of gaiety and fes tivity seldom witnessed here, Sir ROBERT and his Lady having issued cards of invitation to nearly three hundred of the haut ton for that evening. About ten o'clock the company began to arrive ; shortly after dancing commenced. At one o'clock the supper rooms were thrown open, when the company sat down to a most splendid entertainment. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Farnborough, at Whitehall gardens, from his seat, Bromley-hill, Kent ; Sir Gray Skipwith, M.P., in Pall-mall, from his seat in Warwickshire; the Earl and Countess of Litchfield, at the Earl of Craven's seat, Coombe Abbey, Co ventry, from the Earl of Chesterfield's seat in Leicestershire; Sir J. B. Johnstone, Bart., in Grosvenor-street, from his seat in Yorkshire; Mr. and Mrs. Sandford, at the London Hotel, Al. bemarle-street, from Bath; T. T. Drake, Esq., at ditto, from Bucks; the ey. Ityorge..46rop o o r , • , ARaggetts Dover-street; the Earl 6 'Cion' -and Lord Earlsfort, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-strWtion Woodstock, Ox fordshire ; Sir Wm. and Lady Ingilby, at ditto, from their seat, Ripley-hall, Yorkshire ; Mrs. and Miss Waller, at ditto, from Salisbury; Sir R. Acton, Bart., at ditto, from his seat, Alden ham-house, Salop ; W. Brummell, Esq., at ditto, from Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, in Park-lane, from Dover; Sir John and Lady Hay, from their seat, King's-meadows, Peebleshire, at Bryant's Hotel, Conduit-street; Captain Scott, at ditto, from Windsor. DEPARTURES. Sir George and Lady Garrett, from Hawkins's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets, for Portsmouth ; Daniel Garrett, Esq., from ditto, for Devonshire; Hon. Captain Ashburnham, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Paris ; Capt. Douglas, from ditto, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd, from Brook street, for Brighton; Mr. Stevens, from Bryant's Hotel, Con duit-street. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The betting on the Derby yesterday was confined to the three favourites, who remain at the same odds as on Monday—viz. 10 to 1 each, which was taken about the Dulcinea colt and Mar. grave ; the former has the call of the other two, and Beiram may be considered third favourite; 500 even was betted between Mar. grave and Beiram, and the same between Dulcinea and Margrave. His Grace the Duke of Richmond has sold his three-yr-old colt Elvas to go to Ireland. A correspondent suggests, that if the ladies of Bristol wish to redeem their characters from the obloquy which has been cast upon them by the London prints, for their want of humanity in attending at the hall on the day the sentences were passed, they will immediately set on foot a petition from themselves in behalf of the fire men now under sentence of death.—Bristol Mercury. A letter has been received in London horn New York, stating that PAISSLOE, who went to America some time since, while performing in Peter Wilkins at one of the the nitres there, was precipitated on the stage in consequence of some failure in the machinery, and killed on the spot. A Ministerial Evening Paper reiterates the assurance of a perfect understanding between the diplo matic corps. We believe there is every foundation for the assertion ; some of the Members of the Conference have left town, and the meetings have been for some days sus pended. A courier arrived the night before last with despatches for the Russian and Prussian Embassies, which are said to be of a satisfactory description. So great was the prejudice against fishmon gers in the fourteenth century, that they prayed the KING, by NICHOLAS EXTON, one of their body, that he would take the company under his protection, " lest they might receive corporeal hurt." The Parliament itself appears to have imbibed the general distrust, for in 1382 they enacted " that no fishmonger should be Mayor of the City." This was repealed, however, the following year. We have heard that Mr. MASON has already expended upwards of 11,000/. in the interior alterations and improvements which he has made in the Opera-house.. He calculates that the expenses of the coming season will amount to nearly one hundred thousand pounds. The venerable Earl SPENCER, since the dis solution of his Countess i❑ March last, has lived in com parative retirement at Althorp, in Northamptonshire, where, during the recess of Parliament, he enjoyed the society of his eldest son, Viscount ALTHORP, who remained on a visit to the Noble Earl as long as he could be spared from his important avocations in the metropolis. Earl SPENCER, since his late attack of indisposition, has en joyed an improved state of health. His Lordship is now able daily to enjoy the diversion of shooting on his estates, and should circumstances arise to render his vote essential to the passing of the new Bill of Reform, it is understood that the Earl will come to town and take the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords. Spencer House, the splen did town mansion of the venerable Earl in St. James's place, is now unoccupied, Lord ALTHORP having taken possession, since his accession to office, of the official abode of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing -street. Th e R ev . W. RENNELL, eldest surviving son of the venerable Dean of WINCHESTER, has been presented to the ministry of the new church about to be consecrated at Paddington. The forthcoming novel of " The Opera," contains, it is said, an authentic account of the extraor dinary reception bestowed on a popular prima -donna by a certain class of the English Aristocracy; and the strange discoveries succeeding her departure from the country. 6 0 per ( . ;iit - ., -f,..in, rr- ) m--,,,? ~.. , . t ., POPULATION CIVAT )3 i Mr. Stanley stated t• nißhic ii t; i 6 1i question from 4r. Lea .atilt,.a.. it 444 al population of Ireland waa 7;14411,001 the increase since 1821 had beet), ) c i 40 lirifitlf about '' .-- ) i ixatic i t thirteen and a half. InlB3l the population of England was 13,089,338, and the increase since 1821 sixteen per cent. The population of Wales 805,236, and the increase twelve per cent. The population of Scotland i 111365,807, and the increase thirteen per cent. The army, navy, &c., amount to 277,017. The increase of Britain generally, since 1821, has been at the rate of fifteen per cent. The population of Britain and Ireland together is, therefore, 24,271,398. The comparative amount of the population of Great Britain only is yet before the country. The details of Ireland are not yet in a state to be laid before Parliament. In examining the details of Scotland, England, and Wales, it is impossible not to be struck with the immense difference in the rates of increase of the counties of the former, as compared with the coun ties of England and Wales. In England, the average rate of increase is 16 per cent. The lowest rate of increase is in the North Riding of Yorkshire, 2 per cent. The next is Rutland, 5 per cent.; Hereford and Westmorland, 7 per cent. ; Shrop shire and Wilts, 8 per cent. ; Buckingham, Hun .ingdon, and Suffolk, 9 per cent.; Berks, Cumber land, Dorset, Essex, Hertford, Northampton, and the East Riding of Yorkshire, 10 per cent.; Derby, Oxford, Southampton, 11 per cent. ; Kent, Lin coln, Northumberland, 12 per cent.; Devon, Lei cester, Norfolk, Somerset, 13 per cent.; Bedford, 14 per cent. ; Gloucester, Worcester, 15 per cent. ; Cornwall, Sussex, City of York and Anstey, 17 per cent.; Cambridge, 18 per cent. ; Middlesex, Stafford, 19 per cent.; Nottingham, 20 per cent.; Durham, Surrey, and West Riding of Yorkshire, 22 per cut.; Warwick, 23 percent. ; Chester, 24 per cent.: Lancaster, 27 per cent. ; and Mon mouth, 36 per cent. In Scotland, the increase in the counties of Berwick and Selkirk are at 2 per cent.; Bute, Haddingron; Linlithgow, Perth, 3 per cent.; Argyle, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Nairn, 4 per cent.; Inverness, Peebles, 5 per cent.; Roxburgh, Sutherland 7 per cent. ; Kincardine, 8 per cent.; Ross and Cromarty, Wigt own, 9 per cent.; Elgin, Orkney and Shetland, 10 per cent.; Clackmannan, Stirling, 11 per cent.; Banff, Fife, 12 per cent.; Aberdeen, Ayr, Caith ness, 14 per cent.; Edinburgh, 15 per cent.; ross, 17 per cent.; Renfrew, 19 per cent. ; Dumbar ton, 22 per cent.; Forfar, 23 per cent.; Lanark 30 per cent. We thus see, that while in England the increase in many of the agricultural districts has been about the average, and in others even above it, the agricultural counties of Scotland—as Berwick, Bute, Haddington, Kirkcudbright, S e lki r k , P ert h , Dumfries, Linlithgow—have increased only 2, 3, and 4 cent. In Scotland, the population i distributed according to the employment. The increase in, the manufacturing and commercial dis tricts is greater than in England, and that in the agricultural districts much lower. The in crease has been nearly as great as in Sussex, which has long sufftred from a redundant population, as i Middlesex, into which immigrants continually pour from all parts of the empire. Bedfordshire, which, after Sussex, is perhaps the most distressed from numbers, has increased at the rate of 14 per cent., one per cent. above the average of Scotland. In Wales the distribution is better than in Eng-' land. The increase is chiefly in the coal and iron and slate districts—Glamergan reaches 24, Carnar von 15. If we divide England according to Sir Robert Peel's plan into north and south, drawing the line from the Wash to the Severn, we find the respective divisions thus— NORTH. Northumberland 222,912 Cumberland 169,681 Westmorland 55,041 Durham 253,827 York 1,371,296 Lancaster Chester 4,i nco l a 317,244 Nottingham ... 225,320 Total SOT Cornwall Devon Dorset Hants 314,313 Sussex Kent ' 479,145 Surrey Middlesex Berke 145,289 Bucks 146,529 Wilts 239,181 T0ta1...... The counties south of possess the larger populati _ In this comparative account we have the annual value of the real property assessed in 1815. In this comparison, the agricultural counties of the south of Scotland appear to great advantage, when placed beside the English agricultural counties. Berwick, for instance, of which the population is. :34,000, was in 1815 assessed 245,379/. ; Hadding ton population, 36,100, assessed 251,1261. ; Rox burgh population, 43,700, assessed 254,180/.; Se); kirk population, 6,800, assessed 43,584/. ; Peebles population, 10,600, assessed 64,1821. In all, a po pulation of 131,200, assessed 858,451/. to the pro perty tax. Bedfordshire—a purely agricultural county—with a population of 95,400, assessed only 343,685/. Hertfordshire is also a purely agricultural county, and, with a population of 143,300, it was only assessed 571,1071. Dorset, 159,400, assessed st 698,395/. Hereford, even, which contains the rich vale of Evesham,is only 604,614/, for a popu lation of 110,300. One county alone exceeds the rate (Lincoln), which, with a population of 317,400, is assessed at 2,061,830/. If we, however, take the, two pattern agricultural counties of Scotland, Ber wick and Haddington, by themselves, we find that a 1 0 a. Obo of the assessed ttehre t Lincolnestof4 agric ultural 6 , population. 4 0 5 / . s riority than the value of property compared with epqouw.paulelatotci : 2 1 2 : 3 : 4 1; 72 :i • 21 the numbers of the people. If, for instance, we find Berwickshire, with one-third of the population of Bedfordshire, assessed at considerably more than two-thirds of real property, the inference is either whichpei ►hat there is an imperfect economy of labour in Bedfordshire, or that there is a great redundancy of population. The comparison can only be made with purely agricultural counties. We believe that the superiority of the Scotch counties is owing to ' both cathes---a greater economy of labour and less redundancy of population. At all events, the greater the real property compared with the population, the more the population have to divide, and the greater comfort they must enjoy. When it is con sidered that fuel is obtained for a trifle in the county of Haddington, that fish abounds on the coast, it will be found that the native of that county has little reason to envy the agricultural population of the South. Derby 237,170 Leicester Stafford ' Warwick 336,988 Shropshire Hereford Monmouth Worcester -- ... 211,356 Rutland 6,130,581. 7TH. Gloucester Somerset ... Oxford Bedford Northampton 1 Hertford EsSex Norfolk ISuffolk Cambridge ....• • 143,955 Huntingdon 53,149 . 6,958,755. the line still continue to ion. It is understood that the KING will • go to London on Monday early, and return to the Palace to d inner. —Brighton Guardian. We hear that there is much more etiquette observed in the interior of the Palace since the late visit of the Prime Minister than was previously the case. The • order for the exclusion of strangers who have no business has of course a different origin. We believe, that inde pendently of the cause assigned for it last week, there is also another, which had been communicated to us at that time, but which we hesitated to publish without further inquiry. It is stated, and we believe the statement to he true, that females of an objectionable description have oh tained entrance into the Palace; and hence, very pro-. perly, was issued the order with which our readers aro already acquainted. It appears to be unlikely that any balls or parties on a large scale will be given during the , residence of the Court this year at Brighton, We have reason to believe that they have been found too expensi ve , —Brighton Gazette. / ~~M •