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l' ,e IC kmmledge that it has been stolen, I hold it 'to be unne cessary to offer you any observation whatever. There is, however, one case which stands in a different situation from the rest, and to which it may he proper that I should call your particular attention. I mean the case of one Lewis, who was at large upon his recognizance, but who has surrendered since, and who stands charged upon an inquest before the Coroner with the offence of man slaughter, in shooting a boy of the name of Morris. It appears from the depositions before the Coroner, that Lewis was acting in aid of the civil authorities, in as sisting to clear the streets, after proclamation had been regularly made, requiring the rioters to disperse them selves, and after they had continued together for more than an hour from the time of making the proclamation, It appears also, by the testimony of the witnesses, that the pistol was not aimed at the boy who was unfortunately struck by the ball. The nature, however, of the offence committed by Lewis, will not depend so much upon that fact as upon the circumstances under which the pistol was originally discharged. If the firing of the pistol of Lewis was a rash act, uncalled for by the occasion, or if it was discharged negligently and carelessly, the offence would amount to manslaughter ; but if it was discharged in the fair and honest execution of his duty, in endeavouring to disperse the mob, by reason of their resisting, the act of firing the pistol was then an act justified by the occasion, under the Riot Act before referred to, and the killing of the boy would then amount to ac cidental death only, and not to the offence of manslaughter. You will, I doubt not, when the circumstances of the case are brought before you in evidence, deal with it as justice requires. Gentlemen, these are the only observa tions arising nut of the unfortunate transactions at Bristol with which I think it necessary to trouble you. It has, however, been thought proper to bring to trial under the Special Commission those prisoners also who were in ac tual custody at the time of the riot, and whose trial be fore the Recorder of this city would then have taken place, if the disturbances had not prevented it. To return, however, to the principal object of this Special Commis sion. I cannot in conclusion do better than earnestly ex hort you all to bring to the examination of these various Charges, a state of mind on the one hand unprejudiced, impartial, and dispassionate, on the other firm and straight forward in the discharge of your duty ; so that whilst you watch the evidence with scrupulous care and anxious tide • lity, and then only determine that the accusation shall pro ceed where the evidence of guilt preponderates ; yet, when such preponderancy takes place, you will show the temp er of your justice to be at once too pure and too firm to be turned aside by any false notions of lenity from the discharge of your duty in sending the prisoner to take his trial before that Jury who is to decide ultimately upon his innocence or guilt. Gentlemen, such arrangements have been made as to the bringing bills before you as will not fail to prevent any unnecessary loss of your time. In the mean while I beg to assure you that my Learned Brothers and myself will be at hand, ready to render you every as sistance in our power. The Grand Jury then retired. Several witnesses were sworn, and bills sent up ; after which the Court, at half past four o'clock, adjourned until nine o'clock to-morrow. DINNER OF THE TRAVELLERS' ASSO• CIATION. Yesterday a large party of gentlemen, connected with the Travellers' Society, sat down to a dinner prepared in Leech's hest style, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate. hill. Mr. Alderman Garratt presided, supported by Sir Chapman Marshall, and many merchants and traders of eminence. The cloth being removed, the Chairman i❑ a very forcible speech described the merits and explained the circumstances of the Travellers' Association. He shea-ed that the good it had done entitled it to rank amongst the noblest charities of the metropolis. If its funds were not in a flourishing state this arose from no mismanagement. In proof of the cart used in admitting members, he could state that none of the claims on their benevolence grew out of those who had been admitted during the last six teen years. He finished by a strong appeal to the libe rality of all present. Sir Chapman Marshall, in the course of the evening, advocated the claims of the institution. lie was proud to say that he had done suit and service on the road, and he hoped that his son, as a gentleman and a traveller, would long be associated with them. He, him self, could hardly travel again, the King having conferred on him during the last year an honour which he was proud to bear ; he must expect if he were to do so, to be told as an Hon. Baronet had once been by a Quaker at Nottingham, " Friend John, I respect thee much, but thy wheels now want too much greasing."—(A laugh.) Many other able speeches were made, a variety of appropriate toasts were drunk, and a subscription of nearly 8001. was announced before the dole of the festive scene. SECOND EWTION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING. LORD CRAMBFRLAIN'SOFFICE, JA S. 2, 1832. Notice is hereby given, that his . Majesty will hold a Levee at St. James's-Palace, on Wednesday the 22d of February next, at two o'clock, and on every succeeding Wednesday till further notice. OFFICE of the VICLCHAMBERLAIN to the QUEEN, QUEEN'S-HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S, JAR. 2. Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold Drawing_ Rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following days : Friday, Feb. 24.—The day appointed for the celebration of her Thursday, March 15. Majesty's Birth.d a y. Thursdoy, April 5. Thursday, May 3. Monday, May 28.—The day appointed for the celebration of the King's Birth-day. Thursday, Jun. 7. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, JAN. 2. Notice is hereby given, that the Drawing room to be held at St. James's Palace, on Friday the 24th of 1. ebruary next, being for the celebration of her Majesty's Birth-day, the Knights of the several Orders appear in their Collars. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 3. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. BOROUGH OF LEOMINSTER —Beaumont Hotham Baron Hotham, of South Dalton, in the county of York, in the room of Thomas Buyen, Esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. DECLARATION OF V JOHN HERON and JAMES COMER INSOL EN CY. , Liverpool, drapers. BAN KRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JOHN HILL, Little Pulteney.street, dyer. BANKRUPTS. JOHN CA ZENOVE, Broad-street-buildings, merchant. ISAAC SHAW, Gracechurch.streer cheesemonger. WILLIAM ELSTON, CH Eyre-street-17W, Holborn, victualler. ARLES BARRON CO U RTENAY, Robert-street, Adel. phi, bookseller. JAMES CARPENTER, Wiskeach, Cambridge, linen-drap er . CHARLF.S WOOD and KENETH POOLE, Abchurch. lane, bill-brokers. WILLIAM ALFRED NOBLE, Devonshire-square, Bishops_ gate-street, engineer. HENRY GEORGE MITCHELL, Bermondsey-Wall, Surrey, w ine -merchant. JOHN HINDE, New-court, Crutched-friars, wine -merchant. EDWA RD THOMPSON, HENRY THOMPSON, and THOMAS GEORGE THOMPSON, St. Martin's-lane, linen. drapers. HENRY CALVERLEY, Scotton, Yorkshire, tanner. MATTHEW DIXON, Kingston_upon-Hull, corn-dealer. JOHN PLATT, Manchester, publican. JOSEPH EDGE, Derby, mercer. JOHN HALL, Kingston -upon-Hull, tobacconist. WILLIAM BUTT, Sheerness, linen-draper. WILLIAM HARVEY, sen., Birmingham, sword-cutler. RICHARD PITT, Ibstock. Leicestershire, innkeeper. ROBERT HUDSON, Manchester, timber-merehant. JOHN HUDSON, Sheffield, table-knife.cutler. ROBERT JENNINGS, St. James's-place, Hampstead-road, bricklayer. A gold fish, the property of a lady in the vicinity of this town, expired a few days ago, after under going a complete change of hue, having assumed a blue and then a black colour immediately preceding death. Iras cholera the cause ?—Sunderland Herald. EXECUTION OF THOMAS BUFFORD, AT FOR ARSON.—THOMAS BUFFORD, the man c onvicted at the late assizes for this county of setting fire to a barn and other premises, at Guestling, the property of ihtErns, underwent the last sentence of the law in front of Horsham gaol on Saturday last. The cap being d rawn over his face, and the Chaplain repeating the Lord's Pray er , at the word s ,‘ as we forgive them which tres pass" the drop fell, and the unhappy man was launched into internity. His convulsions were much greater than ate usually noticed ; in fact, for eight minutes after his fall the muscles had not lost their action. After hanging the usual time the body was taken down, placed in a de !ant coffin, and delivered to his relations, who were wait tog to receiv e it. They conveyed it to Guestling for in tc!rrnent. The spectators assembled to witness the execti- On were not numerous—they were estimated at about amongst whom it was disgusting to see a great : t o t ,nhe r of females, many of whom appeared respectably ir ed ; two, in particular, attracted much notice, having a'v,l themselves close to the gaol-wall, very near the gi l , ° l . a nd, by the levity of their behaviour, continually lion I ng and laughing, excited strong feelings of indigna and thetheY were both well dressed, one had on a black, theirother a white veil. We endeavoured to ascertain wer e nrauisFio,nbut could no t d o so sat i s f actor il y ; two names great ed. from C ape l, i n S urrey, b ut, f rom t h e mentio:thre eln tability of th e l a di es ' f r i en d s , we f or b ear to ••••- Sasser Advertiser. EQUAL TO AN OCTAVO VOLUME FOR FOURPENCE. AN Extra Sheet o f EIGHT PAGES w i . be given on SATURDAY NEXT with the ATHEN/EUAI. In addition to the customary Reviews, Reports, Fine Arts, Theatres, &c. it will contain ORIGINAL PAPERS and POEMS by Allan Cunningham Thos. Hood J. Hamilton Reynolds Author of the Do- Miss Jewsbury The late W. Roscoe mine's Legacy J. Thos. Roscoe James Everett W. J. Rev. H. Stebbing I'. K. Hervey Author of London in J. M. Wilson Edo'. Herbert, of thel the Olden Time Leitch Ritchie London Magazine PRICES OT THE STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. SW / 8% India Stock 3 per Cent. Cons. 34 per Cent. 9O South Sea Stock shut Ditto Red Vt) 89% OM Annuities SO% New Nper Cent......—..... shut New Dftto shut 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 4 per Cent. 18211 — Ex. Bills, .£ LOCO 5 9 Pm . Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto 500. .. .8 9 pm. Jan. 5, 1800 Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1851...... l6. Ditto Commercial Pm. ~, Jan. 5, 1800 Ditto Advertised . Pm. Jan. 5, 1880 Bank for Opening — April 5, 1,441 — India for Account ...... .... 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Remained at last report 3 New• cases Total 3 Died 0 Recovered 0 Remaining at this date, 8 o'clock A From the Commencement of the Disease, on Oct. 26, 1531. Cases, 530.—Died, 199. NEWCASTLE, JAN. 1. Remained at last report New cases 57 Total.. 133 Died ll Recovered l4 Remaining at this date, 8 o'clock From the Commencement of the Disease, on Dec. 7, 1831. Cases, 451.—Died, 133. GATESHEAD, J►N. 1. Remained at last report 64 New cases Died 1 Recovered Remaining at this date 9l From the Commencement of the Disease. Cases, 251.—Died, 75. NORTH SHIELDS AND TYNEMOUTH, JAN. 1. Remained at last report -, New cases . Died 0 Recovered 1 Remaining at this date 3 From the Commencement of the Disease. :Cases, 2l.—Died, 12. HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING AND PENSHER, JAN. I. Remained at last report 8 New cases 3 Died 2 Recovered I Remained at this date 8 From the Commencement of the Disease. Cases, 32.—Died, 16. :SEGHILL, DPW. 31. Remained at last report, not stated New cases 7 Died ° Recovered 3 Remaining at this date HADDINGTON, N. 13., Dze. 31. Remained at last report 6 New cases I Died o Recovered 0 Remaining at this date 5 From the Commencement of the Disease. Cases, I4.—Died, 6. No other Returns received. ._. (Signed; WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. The French Papers are chiefly filled by the proceedings in the " Will" case, which naturally excite very great interest in Paris, but it will be sometime yet before the decision is come to. In the Chamber of Deputies, the Budget and the Civil List occupy attention. The report on the Budget has been brought forward, and the amount demanded, exclusive of the extraordinary Budget of 141,728,0001., is for the ordinary expenditure of the year, 955,980,012 f.; total 1,097,708,0121. ; in English money, nearly 44,000,0001. The reductions proposed by the Committee, in the salaries of the Ambas sadors, among whom that in London is lessened from 12,0001. to 10,0001. per annum, and in several other departments of the Government, will produce a saving of about 400,0001. On the subject of the Civil List there were two opi nions in the Committee—onc for granting 12,500,000 f. (500,0000 ; another 14,000,000 f. (nearly 560,0001.) The Ministerial Papers ar gue the utility of granting the latter sum, which is, however, opposed violently. LOUIS PHILIP is said to have declared his willingness to accept the sum.which may be given, but at the same time to limit the expenses of his Court within the grant. With respect to foreign relations the French seem to be as much puzzled as ourselves. The question of Belgium, so fraught with delay and perplexities, appears yet destined to embroil Europe in war whenever it shall answer the pur poses of Russia to speak out. When that pe riod arrives, it will be seen that Holland has not been refractory in vain. But we have no fear for the result, so long as France and England maintain a good understanding—and that we are happy to say is at present on the best footing. It is only the harmony subsisting between France and England that keeps Russia in check,—for the march of liberal opinions is now more dreaded by the Autocrat of the north, than the re-assertion of Polish inde pendence. We understand that Earl GREY has gone down to Brighton to have an audience of his MAJESTY. We hope this audience has re ference to a new creation of Peers, which the country so ardently desires to see, if only as a pledge that its public interests are superintended by a Government which possesses within itself the materials of durability. That the Minis ters are efficient, that they are, to a man, sin cere, zealous, of incorruptible integrity, and re solved at all hazards to carry the Reform Bill through Parliament, we have not, we never had,Swe never could have, the slightest doubt ; ' but then it should be borne in mind, that other qualities, besides those of zeal and integrity, are necessary to those who undertake to conduct the affairs of Great Britain at a stormy period like the present. Promptitude, unity of sentiment, and above all, a stern, unswerving energy of purpose, these are the qualities that must mainly contribute to ensure victory. Honesty without energy, and zeal without promptitude, are like faith without works, or theory compared with practice. They will carry a man a certain length, but not conduct him triumphantly, or at the fitting season, to his journey's end. Speed and decision are what Go• vernment must now rely on if they ex pect to carry their Reform Bill. As for " con ciliation" they have tried it long enough, God knows ! And what a pretty business they have made of it. I So completely has it failed, that the country has positively become heart-sick of the word. We repeat, therefore, that new Peers must he manufactured. The Lords may wince and wine, and say a thousand fine things touch ing the degradation of their Order, but there is no help for them ; they must succumb. The prejudices of a few bigotted aristocrats are not to be put into comparison with the inte rests of a whole kingdom, whose trade is declin ing, whose productive energies are failing, hour by hour, day by day, week by week, month by month, because no efficient security is offered to the outlay of capital; because the continuance of public tranquillity is, to say the least of it, pro. blematical, and more especially because the nature of things is reversed, and those are weak who should be strong, those strong who should be weak. But it is idle to enlarge further on this ungracious topic. Ministers, we have every reason to believe, are re solved to create the requisite number of Peers, and are now only making the question— one of time. We say then boldly,—and in so saying we have the voice of the whole country with us,—there is no time like the present. Strike while the iron is hot. While you deli berate, the golden opportunity flies by. As for the Ultras, you may go on parleying and par leying, conceding and conceding, till even par ley and concession lose their force, and you are left precisely in the same position where you stood, when you commenced such injurious policy. We understand that the Scotch banking house of JOHN MABERLY and Co. has sus• pended its payments, but that the linen works, in which the head of the house is engaged, will go on as usual, it being in no way affected by the suspension of the banking concern; an'l with regard to the final settlement of the latter, it is more a matter of time with the creditors than of loss. The following are extracts from German Papers received this morning:— CONbTANTINOrLE, Nov. 25.—The news of the sub mission of I%lu,tapha Pacha has at length been received, seeing that farther resistance was vain, and being con vinced of the generous intentions of the Sultan if he submitted voluntarily, he sent the keys of the citadel of Scutari to the Grand Vizier on the 10th of November, and having received from the latter the assurance of his pardon, embarked on board a 'Turkish man-of war for Constantinople before he received the news from the capital that the Sultan had really pardoned him and as signed him Constantinople as his place of abode. The Moniteur Ottoman of the 19th says upon this subject : " The pardon granted by the Sultan to the Paella of Scutari has filled the great men of the empire with the liveliest gratitude. The Sovereign authority which thus exercises its noblest prerogatives, the right of pardon, speaks in the hearts of the subjects, and animates them to generous actions. The great Officers of State, to express their gratitude to the Sultan for this act of clemency, re quested an audience, which was granted them. Accordingly on the 15th Nov. the Caimacan Pacha, the Seraskier, the Captain Pacha, the Ministers of the Interior of Finance and of Foreign Affairs repaired to the Kiosk, in the Ok meidan, where the Sultan gave them the desired audience, in which they expressed to the Sultan their gratitude in words which are easily found when noble sentiments and true magnanimity are to be celebrated." The rebellion of Tamar, Pacha of Van, has been already completely suppressed by the energy of the Seraskier of Erzroum, and Emir Pacha, of Minch. Mehmed Selim Pacha, lately appointed Governor of Damascus, wko is said to have caused an insurrection by his too great rigour, is stated in the Illoniteur Ottoman of the 19th inst. to have been succeeded by Hadschi Ali Pacha, of Konich, Other accounts say that Selim Paella fell a sacrifice to the fury of the people. That the Porte is uncertain whether the appointment of the new Governor will be followed by the restoration of tranquillity is evident, from the sending of numerous troops and a quantity of artillery to that country, which may have another important object. Among the refractory vassals of the Porte, is Abdallah, Pacha of Syria, whom the Porte has not hitherto been able to think of chastising. The armaments of the Vice roy of Egypt, of whose fidelity Sultan Mahmoud has some doubts, are a subject of serious uneasiness to the Porte, and are the cause of great military preparations by sea as well as by land. The expedition of the Viceroy is in fact involved in much obscurity, which it must be left to time to dispel. VIENNA, DEC. 20.—T0-day there have been two new cases of cholera in the suburbs, and two recoveries; the number remaining is therefore still 31. _ Poulin FRONTIER'S, DEC. 17. —The death of the Princess of Lowicz has caused the more regret among us, because it is affirmed that her health, which had long been precarious, was much improved. In the kingdom of Poland arrests are more frequent, persons who are objects of suspicion to the present Government, being usually taken away from their families by night. Thus the President Rembowski, Radowsinski, and others have been seen to Russia. It is now known that Peter W)zocki died in prison on the 28th of November, which anticipated his intended execution. The Polish Generals ordered to Moscow, including Krukowiecki, who was sub sequently confined to that capital, ate said to have been sent farther into the interior of the empire, because they did not give a satisfactory answer to the questions pro posed to them. Fisrt—Why, contrary to the convention of Warsaw, they went with the Polish Government to Modlin, instead of going to Ploak ; and, second, whether it was known to them that the breaking out of the revo lution in Warsaw had been formed by the French Govern ment, and in what manner ? The confiscations of property continue. A mother lately complaining that the estates which were registered as the property of the children, were confiscated because the father was accused of having taken part in the revolu lution, was answered there was no ground of complaint, as it was proper the children should suffer for the faults of their parents. The Duke of WELLINGTON, we regret to say, has been s e ri ous ly ill ; b u t we trust h e i s ge tti n g better, though it is feared b u t s l ow ly. Th e N o bl e D u k e was born with a vigorou s cons tit u ti on , an d t h oug h su bj ec t oca• sionally to attacks of severe cold, has thrown them off with little delay or effort. Such, however, has not been the case on this last occasion. Having been affected by a tendency to inflammation of the chest on his return from Widmer, be suffered some loss of blood, and feeling relieved, with his usual confidence in his own strength, he started imme diately for Northamptonshire; but being exposed to the night air, his malady returned. His Grace, in conse quence, came up again to town, where, from the necessity of repeated and copious bleedings, be has been much re duced in strength ; and though not so weak or low as he has been, it is understood that he will not be able for a con siderable time to make any great exertion of mind or body-- least of all to encounter the unwholesome air and oppres sive business of Parliament.... Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.: FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 2.—Wind E. N. E.—Arrived from the river, and sailed, the Avon, Garroway, for the West In.. dies; and Jean Graham, Dunscombe, for Batavia. Several sail are in sight off the North Foreland. GREENO, Drc. M.—Arrived the Isabella, Wilson, from Quebec. NEWRY, JAN. I.—Arrived the Chieftain, BlAir, from St. Petersburgh. HUMBER, JAN. I.—Arrived the Adelaide, Kelley; and Scotia, Mecums, from Riga. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. From Brussels they write that _ the Dutch General Dibbets, Commandant of Maestricht, has forbidden all communication with Belgium, as well as with the right bank of the river Meuse; and has caused to be seized all carts going to Ruremonde and Venlon, placing in the country gens d'armes disguised, who stop all persons within half a league of the town. The King of Belgium was going to Antwerp, but his journey was counter-ordered. Two persons attached to the Minister of War at Brussels have disappeared, and are gone to the Hague. Accounts from Belleisle, received at Paris, state the ar rival of two steamers in the roads coming from England, the Sir Edward Banks and the Superb. They brought the sailors and equipments for three fine frigates, the Congress, Junan, and Asia, which were also in the roads. The expedition of Don Pedro is soon going to sail. Accounts from Constantinople of the 26th of November, state that vast movements are going on in the above ca pital ; from the last accounts from Cairo numerous coun cils had been held by the Ministers, the Viceroy of Egypt has begun to unfold his new projects, to declare himself independent of the Porte, and his expedition to Syria was the signal of a rupture. Consequently, great preparations were making both by sea and land, which, no doubt, will be directed against the Viceroy of Egypt. Accounts from Berlin state, that the King of Holland is secure from every attack, and it is also certain he has re ceived positive assurances that no measures will be taken against him to enforce his acceptance of the twenty-four articles of the late treaty. They write from Frankfort-on-the-Maine on the 26th December : 6 ' We have received from Amsterdam and Berlin letters which announce as certain the refusal of the Em peror of Russia to ratify the Conference of Landon, rela tive to the affairs of Belgium." THE FUNDS. With the exception of the French mail, and the estafette, we have no other arrivals this morning. The estafette brings accounts that the Austrians are going again to enter the Roman States. This, if true, will no doubt cause some explanations between France and Aus tria. The unsettled state of Italy, and the complicated affairs of Holland, with the know❑ disposition of the Emperor of Russia, does not give hopes at present that the Continental Powers will disarm, and till that takes place great suspicion must he attached to a general peace in Europe being accomplished. Nevertheless our funds keep steady, and maintain their prices. This may be attributed to the great capitalists, whose interests it is to uphold the funds, owing to the great stagnation in com merce; for in the present distressing state of the times, a small profit is by far better than a large one, with the great risk of losing their capital in commercial speculation. Consols opened at the sane price they left off at yester day. 84 for the account, with little doing. We have a current report of a failure this morning to a very large extent, a Member of Parliament, contractor, &c. ; this has caused Consols to recede to 834. In the Foreign Market little doing at present. Since writing the above the failure is confirmed, and causes some agitation in. the city. HALF-PAST ONE. BUCHAREST, DEC. s.—Letters from Constantinople of the 26th November state that, by letters from Syra, the Greek National Congress was convoked, and the island of Hydra was not blockaded by the Allied Powers. We hear that the time given to the King of Holland to ratify the treaty will be extended ; the general topic of con versation during the whole of the morning in the city re lated to the very great failure which has taken place; the person in question has an immense concern in Scotland, a bank and two linen companies ; he also was a contractor for loans, one of which was Don Pedro's late loan. Consols are at present 83i 84 for the account; much agitation prevails in the city owing to the above failure. Belgian loan pm. THREE 0 CL 0 CK. Canals for Account, 83j 94. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish Ditto for Account 83 Greek, 1825 — Brazilian Bonds.. 44 Mexican, 1825 34} Buenos Ayres.... Peruvian Chilian Ditto .... Columbian, 1824 Spanish ...... Lord FITZROY SOMERSET held a Levee this forenoon at one o'clock, at the Horse Guards, which was well attended. Mr. DowLING, the superintendant of the L Divisiou of Police, is now in Bristol, making arrange ments for the establishment of police in that city. TIIE THEATRICAL QUESTION.—.A meet ing of the managers and actors of the Minor Theatres, and also authors and the public, was held this day at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of agreeing to a peti tion to Parliament for the repeal of the Acts of Parliament which prevent the introduction of the Drama on the Minor Stage. CHARLES STURGEON, Esq. a barrister, took the chair. The proceedings were going on when our Paper went to press. THE BARONESS DE FEUCHERES.----ThiS lady, whose maiden name, as our readers are already aware, was SOPHIA DAWES, was born at St. Helen's, Isle of Wight, where her parents resided. On the visit of the Allied Sovereigns to Portsmouth in 1814, she held the humble situation of bar or chambermaid at one of the inns of that town, where the late Duke of BOURBON chanced to see and became enamoured of her. In 1817, SOPHIA re ceived an invitation to Paris, where she became ac quain+ed with an Aide-de-cart:lp of the PRINCE, named FEU CIIERES, to whom she was married in the following year. Her husband at the same time received a Colonel's com mission, and she herself the title of the Baroness de Fzu- CIIERES. Owing, however, to her reported intrigues with the Duke of BOURDON, she separated from her husband shortly afterwards. Mr. B. DAWES, farther of this for tunate lady, was a painstaking pilot and oyster-dredger, and was reported to be largely engaged in the free trade system. He was at one time in posses sion of a gallon measure full of guineas, but the vicissitudes of his mode of life soon reduced him to:poverty, and until within these four or five years he was an inmate of the house of industry, from whence he was taken by his (laughter, the Baroness, and placed in corn fortahle lodgings at Carisbreok, where he died about eighteen months ago. The Baroness has lately purchased consi derable property at St. Helen's, and has taken most of her relations to reside with her. One of her brothers, who Wesr formerly apprenticed to Mr. GERMAIN, bookseller, of Portsea, is now a Peer of France, with the title of Baron DAWES. BURIED ALIVE.—At an early hour on Sun day morning, JAMES SMITH, the grave-digger in the pa rish burial-ground adjoining Paddington-street, Mary_ lebone, was digging a grave of extra depth, when, having neglected to shore up the sides in the usual and necessary manner, a ponderous portion of the upper part of the excavation he was making suddenly fell in upon him, completely burying him under its excessive weight, and nearly crushing him to death. The dreadful situation of the poor fellow was fortunately discovered time enough to extricate him alive from his premature interment. The town of Mountsorrel has been in a great state of excitement during the last few days, owing to the mysterio us way i n which a young woman, named Euzw nxTti Woon, has met with her death. It seems that the deceased had quitted her service with Mr. BAGOALEY, of Cossington, and gone to reside with a person named SARAH SMITH, of Mountsorrel, whose husband's brother she was on the point of marrying. On Sunday week she was taken unwell, and on Thursday she died. Suspicion that she had come to her death by unfair means having been awakened, a Coroner's inquest was held on the body on Monday, when, it appearing necessary that a post mortem examination of the stomach should take place, the inquest was adjourned to Wednesday forenoon. At eleven o'clock, therefore, the inquest was resumed, when, it ap pearing that the deceased had met her death by taking arsenic, and that SARAH SMITH had purchased some arsenic two or three days before, and was observed by a little girl to have it in her band while preparing some broth for the deceased, &c., the Jury, at twelve o'clock at night, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against her, and she was brought to the county gaol to take her trial for the offence. On Tuesday night she endeavoured to destroy herself by making incisions in her throat and artn..—Northampton Free Press. THE CHOLERA AT GATESHEAD AND NEWCASTLE. (rim OUR ovIN coxitriSPONDENT.) NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 1. The advancement of the disease at Newcastle, notwith standing all that has been done to retard its progress, is remarkable. The report of this day states that there are no less than 57 new cases, 11 deaths, and 108 cases re maining. There are, it is true, 14 recoveries, and the following note is appended to the report :—" Of the new cases, 25 are in the township of Byker ; and of the 108 under treatment, 38 are in that township." One hundred and eight cases remaining under treatment ! This is no doubt appalling. But take the 38 from it, and there are in fact only 70 of them actually in Newcastle. Do not for a moment imagine that these are all cases of spasmodic or malignant cholera. Ido not believe that more than a score of them are cases of that description. The people appear to have taken the advice of the Board of Health, and to have run, as they recommended, to the dispensary and the parish hospitals, when they had either diarrhoea or any bowel complaint. This will account for a great many of the 57 new cases, every such application being set down as a case of cholera. The disease is not nearly so virulent at Gateshead as it was. By this day's report there are just twenty new cases, nine recoveries, and one death ! There are still, however, 94 cases remaining under treatment. Let us glance for a moment at the progress of this di!ease in Gates head. It made its appearance for the first time this day week : the same evening I announced to you that four cases had occurred. In the interval of seven days, which have since elapsed, there have been 251 cases and 75 deaths! This in a population of about fifteen thousand. As I have no hesitation in stating that the sudden and tremendous attack of cholera on the inhabitants of Gates head was to be attributed chiefly to the excessive drinking which took place there on the eve of Christmas-day, and on Christmas-day itself. so I have no doubt the favourable state of this day's report, exhibiting only one death, is owing to the precautions which were taken to prevent the same intemperance. The public-houses in Gateshead, and they are remarkably numerous in so small a place, were all closed by ten o'clock last night, and have been all prevented from selling liquor to-day. It would he well indeed if such precautions were taken more frequently and more extensively. I observe it is stated in the Courier that some families have left Gateshead to avoid the pesti lence. I know of only one family having quitted it for a time, and they probably would have done so if the cholera had not broken out at all. COURT OF ALDERMEN.-(THIS DAY. A Court of Aldermen met to-day at Guildhall, for the purpose of swearing in an Alderman for the Ward of Port soken. Only fifteen Aldermen were in attendance, and the Court setting with closed doors, renders it impossible for us to give any details of what passed. It is generally thought that the Court will elect Mr. H. Hughes, rejecting Mr. Scales, (who has been elected by a large majority of inhabitants of the Ward,) and Mr. D. W. Harvey. The Court had not come to any determination, when our re porter left at half-past two o'clock. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 frusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay X. sto £2 10 ►dew Meadow Hay 2 15 3 It Useful Old Ditto '2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 4 10 5 15 Oat Straw £1 Bto£l 10 I Wheat straw... 112 114 Best Meadow Hay 56. per load higher than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationary. Supply moderate, and trade steady. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine).....C5 15... Generally 4 0 3 5 Ist Straw Z 1 10 to £1 121 Wheat Straw 114 1 14 Straw 2s. per load higher than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationary. Supply short, and trade dull.. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTLRSALL'S. More business was done yesterday than for many weeks past; Margrave was backed freely at 10 to 1, and at the close evidently had the call of Beiram; Folly also sprung two or three points, an influential speculator, who has for some time been backing him, having offered to take 16 to 1. The afternoon's betting was of some importance, considering the flatness of speculation at this part of the year. We subjoin the closing odds : THE DERBY, 18. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Margrave (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Beiram 11 to I agst Lord Exeter's Dulcinea colt (taken) 11 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Non Compos (taken) 15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Folly colt The others as before. 500 even between Margrave and Dulcinea RIDDLESWORTII. 5 to 2 agst Duke of Grafton•s Pastille colt (taken). The Oatlands has closed with 18 acceptances, and is divided Into two classes. MADRID, DEC. 23. (From the Herald Private Correspondent.) An unusual bustle has been observed for some time among the members of the diplomatic body. The representatives of the Great Powers were in almost daily consultation. The Ambassador from Don Miguel was always present, whilst " Lord Grey's England" (so the Apostolicals call the present Government of England), and the ,"mode ration people" of Paris are not represented there. Hardly a day passes without the arrival of couriers from St. Petersburgh, Vienna, and London, giving rise to reports that some project is contemplated by the Cabinet of Madrid with respect to Don Mi guel's Government, in the event of the expedition of Don Pedro taking place. The following is the diplomatic document which, it is affirmed, has been addressed to the different Courts of Europe, containing a frank declaration of the intended policy of Spain upon this subject. This piece of diplomacy presents a striking speci• men of Spanish arrogance, and would have thrown into the shade the petulance of the Emperor Alex ander in 1815 : " Spain, with the hope of preserving the tran quillity of Europe, cannot remain a silent spectator of the struggle now preparing in Portugal to de throne the King whom she had recognised as legiti mate; knowing that the representatives of the people, legally assembled, declared him King, ac cording to the ancient fundamental laws by which the succession of the house of Bragauza has been always decided, and legitimate heir to the Crown, vacant by the decease of John VI., and as the eldest branch had accepted another throne, and resided voluntarily in a foreign country—if the Brazils may be thus denominated—after an illegal separation from the metropolis, and which has no other sanc tion than that at present derived from revolutionary systems. In consequence of this a notification was sent by the Minister of Forei g n Aff a i r s t o a ll Cabi nets, informing them th at an army wou ld b e imme diately sen t t o th e frontiers of Portugal, which was to act according to the events, and to aid the Govern ment of Don Miguel, in virtue of a treaty entered into with his most Faithful Majesty, and without be ing influenced by any other consideration in an af fair which concerned their individual interests, and, as by the treaties of 1814 and 1815, no one but his Catholic Majesty has the right of interfering ; for upon the result of the struggle will depend his ' future destiny, inasmuch as the unsettled neighbour ing State may effect the tranquillity of his own kingdom." It is, therefore, reasonable to expect some result from this diplomatic note, transmitted to the Courts of Russia and Vienna, particularly as his Catholic Majesty has declared that, " he hopes that the step he has taken will be approved of by his allies, who will second his efforts in case of emergency, and in order to ensure the continuance of peace and tran quillity, which, in spite of the march of revolution, has not been interrupted in the Peninsula. As France has held rather a determined language to Spain for some time, our Liberals have strong hopes that a different system will be adopted here to that pursued by the Austrians in Italy. But should Russia, Prussia, and Austria side with Don Miguel, the question will become extremely complicated, and serious difficulties may arise. MADRID, DEC. 2.—When the account of the capture of the unfortunate Torrijos and his com panions were received in this capital, the Duke of 5 F—, backed by one of the Ministers, im mediately proceeded to the King to intercede for them. He mentioned, among other arguments, the bad effects which would be produced in Europe by the public clamour that would be raised against the Government that had prepared the snare into which those unhappy men had fallen. The King having re plied that " if Torrijos and his followers had captured him by a similar stratagem they would not scruple taking hie life," the Duke, in answer, said that the Liberals had proved, during the Constitutional epoch, how much they respected the Ere of his Ma jesty. Then Ferdinand spoke these remarkable words, which revealed his secret thoughts since 1823 :—" I know that my life cannot be safe so long as a single Liberal shall exist. They all must be exterminated, no matter by what means!" Imme diately afterwards the order for the instantaneous execution of Torrijos and his friends was expedited to Malaga. Among the victims was a British Officer. It is clear that the decree in virtue of which Torrijos and his companions were executed, being directed solely against Spanish emiurants, could not apply to him, and that, consequently, he ought not to have suffered. without trial ;—lair not only was this overlooked, but we are inclined to be ' lieve that• he was sacrificed purposely. This pre sumption rests upon the improbability that the Governor of Malaga, in his report, did omit the names of the most distinguished persons made prisoners with Torrijos. We see, nevertheless, that the Go vernment suppressed that circumstance, to avoid, no doubt, the application on behalf of the Englishman in question, which the British Ambassador would not have failed to make. ST. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 19. (From the Morning Herald.) The internal politics of Russia, at this moment ; are worthy the attention of all those who appreciate the importance of that State in Europe. The Em peror, it is certain, is aware of the danger which has long threatened his throne, from the hostility of the old and powerful Nobility, who were disgusted with the system which placed all power in the hands of foreigners, to the exclusion of the Russian Nobi lity. The principal posts in the navy (Admirals Greig and Crown being Englishmen), the army, and in the administration of civil affairs, being filled by Germans, &c. By displacing these men and giv ing power to the old Nobility, " the Emperor may," say the politicians, " appease the discontent for a time; hut an unwieldy empire like Russia, with so many turbulent spirits always ripe for any change, cannot long remain at rest ; unless she should have foreign wars to employ her troops, they will soon make war at home, and teach the Emperor that Russia cannot be kept in bondage whilst liberty is making such rapid strides in nearly all other countries of Europe." It is proposed to make material alte rations ►n all the higher departments of the adminis tration, of which the plans are already arranged, and only wait the Emperor's sanction to be put into practice. The campaign in Poland has proved that the number of bayonets alone does not always in sure victory. The plans of Yermaloff, who was disgraced on account of his political opinions, would have a good effect on the army. It pos sesses in him a most distinguished General, and an excellent organisateur, who with incredible ex pedition, brought into a serviceable state the army of the Caucasus, which had become perfectly worthless, and communicated to the provinces in trusted to him a taste for European civilization.— People, therefore, look upon the eleva!ion of Ge. neral Yermaloff as an important political event, since his political sentiments are not, as was imagined, ultra-Liberal, but purely love of Russia. He is ever anxious to see Russia freed from all foreign in tiue►►ce, and governed by the power of the high Aristocracy, according to her true national inte rests. The increase of the Emperor's power in the interior formed no part of the plans of the Opposi tion. To make the power of Russia formidable abroad, and to make him dictator in European affairs, was their aim. The establishment of mili tary colonies was always hated by the high Aris tocracy, because, if properly employed, it must neutralize their great influence; and through it a new kind of middle class was formed in Russia, although in uniform. Now, after the sad scenes in Poland, while the Russian Eagle thinks itself en titled to claim some recompense for its great exer tions, have the Opposition with great tact seized the opportunity to point out the necessity of abo lishing the military colonies, ar►d relieve the country from the expense of their support. They have re presented to the Emperor the danger of an armed population, and painted the military colonies as an institution which might be easily used in execution of plans the most treasonable by ambitious persons. These representations have not been maid in vain. The Opposition will certainly carry their aim; and, encouraged by success, they will follow up the other plans of reorganization and extension. PALLIATION.—A man being upbraided for contracting a number of debts, coolly replied that he did nothing of the kind ; " on the contrary," said he, " I have invariably done every thing in my power to enlarge them."—Dublin Comet. It seems there is more than one actor who is in the habit of coming before the public charged with certain good things, to the exclusion of those set down for him by the author. To such length was this carried the other evening, that the actor barely escaped a self defensive appeal from the author (in the piece) to the following effect:—" Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg leave to say that not ene word of what Mr. has just uttered is to be found in my manuscript !" HORRIBLE CRUELTY.—A very savage and brutal act was committed in the county Waterford, a short distance from Glen Abbey, on Christmas morning : —A poor man, it would seem, had provoked the enmity of some of his neighbours; and what was the measure of re venge ? They, before day on that morning, seized his horse, and, hating made holes in the earth, placed the legs of the animal in them, after which they closed them up, the horse having been secured as if in a vice. The work of brutality then began—they succeeded in skinning it alive! and in this state the poor brute was found next morning, not quite dead.—Dublin Evening Mail. SToURBRIDGE.---More than a century since, some Hungarians visited the parish of Stourbridge, and finding the clay from which the celebrated fire bricks are made, as well as an abundance of coal, they erected the first glass-house in that town, at a place now called, in examplecomroem o u r , a a tn s io soon of the foil foll o we d by t‘h'ellnga inhabitants tan i ts li." ; d .nd heir thus Stourbridge became indebted to foreigners fcr the origin of its present importance and prosperity; and for t t h h e e i e n z d te u n st s r iv y e o eo f manufactures a t n ti u b f t a e c r t r u e r a e n s ea p n rod t u re c a ed sure b 4 ): which have contributed more to the real wealth and com fort of the human race than the most productive mines of Mexico and Peru.—ltlidland Representative. CANTERBURY, JAN. I.—Oti Friday after noon, at the unusual hour of one o'clock, a fire broke out in a barn belonging to Mr. THOMAS STAIN, of Throwley, in the neighbourhood of Lees Court, which was discovered by a boy, who saw smoke issuing from the centre of the barn. Notwithstanding the most prompt measures were pursued to obtain assistance on the spot, as well as to se cure the quick arrival of the engines from Faversham, the whole of the barn, containing forty quarters of wheat, and a quantity of oats, beans, and straw, was entirely con sumed, as well as a cow-house, waggon ledge, and various agricultural implements, such as ploughs, harrots, &c. There can be little doubt but this fire was occasioned by an incendiary. INC ENDIA RI SM.—The investigation into the circumstances of the fire which consumed the buildings, stacks, &c. of Cocum Farm, at Barton Stacey, Hants, has led to the detection of a determined set of incendiaries. It appears that these men bad entered into a confederacy for the purpose of burning all the farming buildings, stacks, &c. upon the estate of Sir HENRY WRIGHT WILSON) of which Cocum Farm, belonging to Mr. SMITH, formed a part. The principal motive seems to have been hatred to Sir HENRY in the first instance, and they bad succeeded twelve months. Th e y t oo k S MITH ' S f arm in firing his own p roperty tw i ce b efore th i s w i t hi n the last n ext, in the order of priority, f or th ere are many ot h er s on the same estate marked for d es t ruc ti on —b e b e i n g an overseer of the poor, and hi mse lf, per h aps , no grea t favourite amongst them in that cap ac ity. U pon i nves tigation into the cir cumstances of the fire, these men were thrown off their guard by a few questions put to them separately, and suspicion having be e n excited as to seven et them, th e y were locked up separately, and in less than thr ee d ays t h e whale of them became so frightened, that they all ex pressed their desire to turn King's evidence. The result is, that the whole of theta have Pow contem4 their guilt- •