The Sun. — London, England, 1832-12-26 00:00:00

of all the batteries, which had been at 7 o'clock in the evening, began about 11, and was continued with great French continued to sap the counterscarp extremities of the two descents to the '4l every thing was prepared for throwing itseines to make a way to the breach, 4 t 9 o'clock this morning, two superior the citadel, the bearers of authority i eneral Chasse, presented themselves to the posts of the esplanade, and demanded 'lnducted to head. quarters. fire of the besieged and the besiegers at half-past 10, and the two officers re p to the present in conference with Mar trard. parapet of the citadel is covered with the and soldiers of the garrison, who seem joiced at coming to the conclusion of efenee. It has been agreed upon, that r th e worka shall be repaired at either side g the negotiations for the capitulation. 4 O'CLOCK. kide-de-camp of Marshal Gerard has been the citadel, and received by General to whom he delivered his message. citadel is a heap of ruins. Its defenders !Fatigued and discouraged. Union says, that the two officers from del demanded, in the name of the Coin ‘9t, that the garrison should be allowed the its of war, retain the forts of the Scheldt, ,live r up to Holland all the materiel ap ,ing to the citadel. The Marshal refused l uscribe to such conditions: on the con insisteo, uhat ne 9 be put in possession of the forts on both q* the river. i 9J SSELS, MONDAY, HALT-PAST 5 O'CLOCK, P.M. L!erything here wears a joyful and happy except the faces of the Orangeists, which I ,long and as dull as some of the columns g !ir own journals. The certainty that the 1 3 at an end, as far as the citadel is con -1,--the certainty also, that that citadel is and not in French hands, have given of confidence and satisfaction to the true of Belgian independence, the supporters Government of King Leopold,—while the falsifi cat i on of all their predictions, vaunted and at London, of French defeat, and h dishonour, and Belgian humiliation, and be ascendancy, &c. &c., have given to the t enances an air of extreme dejection, and (have of dspair ; but not quite despair, for still the forts of Lillo and Liefken "` and the polders of the Dutch fleet to hope and, no doubt, we shall have the most of them here and elsewhere. Many per there t o -d ay h ave l aug h e d heartily at the That exult a ti on o f o n e of the London papers, it termed the defeat of the French in I ° 'se of the demilune. What will it say now ? QUARTER FAST 6. ' , he s econ d e di t i on o f t h e I n d epen d an t, j ust Aed, has the following ;--." Marshal Ge a nd General Chasse have each sent one of Nl:litters to the Hague. Until their return ‘.lut c h remain prisoners of war. The forts prised in the capitulation are Burght, Tete I,!ndres, Austruwel, and Zwyndrecht. LI he garrison will leave Antwerp by land or at the choice of Chasse. They will 1 i n one column. The fleet fired yester la fusilade followed, and soon after some of Shallops successively took fire. The twelve i l boats bef ore th e c i ta d e l were s oo n a prey to °les. What became of their crews is un ,.. The capitulation was signed at 9 last night. French troops, under the command of he Cast e ll ane , imm e diately took possession 'e Citadel." Was to have been given up to the Belgians day. W. (From the Morning Herald.) BERCHEM, HEAD-QUARTERS, '7 O'CLOCK, MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 24. 11 the course of the night the gun-boats in Polders, and before the citadel, attempted to send th e Scheldt. The batteries on the quay aptly fired on them, and only one of them 'enabled to l le polders make its escape. They returned , and are now on fire. ANTWERP, DEC. 24, HALF-PAST 11 IN THE MORNING. he 12 gun -b oa ts are all destroyed by fire, ‘ l4rl k. The steam-boat Le Chasse is among t} l 'utriber. is said that Commander Koopman, rather ," Permit the gun-boats to fall into the hands . th e enemy, came to the resolution of blowing u • Th P. e garrison of the citadel will remain three in the citadel, waiting the return of a cou ;t sent by Marshal Gerard to the Hague. A BRUSSELS, MONDAY EVENING, Dec. 24. ,; 111 th e world is at Antwerp, and the cafes saloons are deserted. You can form no 1` 4 , 0 f th e sympathy of the Belgians for the fate , I t ee br a v e Ch as se ; there is a sort of general i, ll rnin g i n eac h f am ily, an d e very person you * e t be ars th e s tamp of having experienced ~ great misfortune. The Belgians have al .)s Considered the struggle at Antwerp as be ,'4 th e D utc h an d t h e F renc h, a nd with the 1 J°r ity of the nation the former is the greater The French Marshal will not be Pleased with the demonstrations in favour of ril 're honoured, though more unfortunate, The f, ll e French are again at their tricks and ma t i °t es; they intend sending back a regiment niantry which was on its route to Antwerp, 4: 1 earnest of their wishes to quit the country. 1 4' 1 a French diplomatist shows any thing like - r °l-1r he is most to be dreaded. he Rothschild Loan rose 4 per cent. in con 'r'ence of the f a ll o f the citadel. he Phare, an Antwerp Ministerial journal, that the French opened their fires against i tadel on the Fete of St. Barbe, the patron , h e artill er y ; a nd that th e citadel capitulated b rie 23d, the Feast of St. Victoire, the patron i' rance * /) li e King left this morning, at 1 o'clock, for pne deplorable condition in which Major de Qt i , I taine found the citadel, beggars all de )eiriOn. Not a house was left which could 5i the the garrison ; their ammunition and pro ) 18 Were either destroyed, burnt, and blown , y a lid only sufficient food was left for one i ge l'ations. The casemate, or vaulted pas vl, were all knocked clown ; and Chasse bim• . 14 „ 48 seated in a vault at a table, with every 6, -- I le ground him destroyed by the bombs. To garrison bore their misfortunes with great i ph e , r Y and devotedness, and, until Friday I n not a murmur escaped their lips_ Nite that night a deputation of the garrison e, (l on Chasse, an urged him to make a r er ate sortie; and e d ither to succeed in spik. mg the guns of the besiegers, or fall in the attempt. They complained that the fire of the enemy prevented them from stand ing to their guns, and that they preferred risking their lives on the field of battle to being murdered by bombs coming from an enemy away from their sight, and against whom they could take no sure aim. Chasse felt all the force of this remonstrance—termed a mutiny by the French and Belgians—and from that mo ment he seriously thought of a capitulation. To attempt a sortie he knew was worse than mad ness—to continue to depend on the citadel in its present dilapidated state was impossible— and, having proved to the world the bravery of his men, and satisfied the honour of his coun try, he considered it no degradation to succumb to superior force. The first interview the French parlementary had with Chasse, he was introduced with his eyes covered. The veteran, the instant he saw him, ordered the bandage to be removed. " We have no more secrets," said he " admire the glorious works of your bombs—tell Marshal Gerard the exact situation of the citadel." HAMBURGH AND RBUSSELS PAPERS. COPENHAGEN, DEC. 15.—Baron Adolphus Von Blane, nephew of our Ambassador in Russia, is appointed Danish Ambassador in London. M. Lindburg, having been sentenced to a fine of 200 dollars and all the costs, has appealed to the Supreme Court, whose decision will be the more important, as it is the first time for many years that it has bad to decide on a religious question. It is affirmed that all the advocates have refused to plead his cause, and as he will not use his right to deman'l A emit-m.. 1 ex officio, he will plead his cause hiuiself. It is also said, that in case Lindburg should be acquitted, and the preacher whom he has ac cused of heresy be obliged to lay down the office which he fills with so much ability and seal, several distinguished theological students, whose pecuniary circumstances do not allow them to consult only their inclination in the choice of a profession, have resolved to choose another profession, as they would not be able to enter as teachers into a Church where their conscience and conviction would be under restraint. All the preachers in the capital have presented to the King, through the Bishop, a petition for the revisal of our Church ritual. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 21.-13 11% ; two months, 13 10. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 11.—Ninety days, 14 2. ST. PECERSBURGH, Dec. 7.—Three months, 10 7.16. BERLIN, DEC. 18.—Three months, 6 29. -Hamburg Papers, Dec. 21. (The Prussian State Gazettes of Dec.lB, 19, and 20, contain no political news, except from foreign journals.) HAMBURG, DEC. 21 .-...-BORSEN HALLE, HALF-PAST Two O'CLOCK. —The supply of Wheat being tolerably large, sales could only be effected at reduced prices. Rix-dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white ---- red 95 to 100 Marks 92 to 96 Mecklenburg Holstein ---- Lower Elbe 7O to 80 Funds were firm to-day, Spanish 3 per Cents. con. tinue in demand ; at 301 there were sellers, and at 30i buyers. Discount 21 per cent. End of Dec. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent. 66% Anglo-Russian Loan 954 _ Hamburg ditto B6 Russian Inscription, 5 per cent. 85% Polish Bonds IRN Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 1102 Austrian Metalliques New Austrian 4 per cent. Spanish 3 per cent. ... lia;nburg Reporter. ANTWERP, DEC. 21.—General Desprez has just or dered Lieutenants Bourgeois and Kerens of the engineers, to proceed immediately to Venloo, to direct the works which are still necessary to complete the defence of that fortress. BRUSSELS, DEc. 22.—The King arrived from An twerp yesterday evening at six o'clock. The division of heavy cavalry of the French army under General Gentil St. Alphonso, which was castoned at Grammont, is going to return to France. It begins its march to-day. It is ordered to Maubeuge. A convoy of ammunition, which was on its way from Lille to Antwerp, has been ordered to turn back. BRUSSELS, DEC. 23.—The Court of Appeal at Brussels, has condemned the treasury to pay 12,000 francs damages, to M. Feuillet Dumus, on account of the loss he sustained by the Ministerial resolution which took from him the printing of the Moniteur Belge. A quantity of powder that had arrived at Valenciennes on its way to Belgium, was ordered back, like that sent from Lille the same day. It seems that by a new arrange ment, Belgium is to supply the besieging army with am munition.—Brussels Papers, Dec. 24. VISIT OF THE TURKISH MINISTER TO WOOLWICH. On Thursday his Excellency Namik Pacha, Ambassa. dor Extraordinary from the Sultan, and M. Maurojeni, I the Turkish Envoy, accompanied by the Honourables Co lonel and Lieutenant Grey, paid a visit to Greenwich, , Woolwich, &c., and dined at the Artillery Mess. The party arrived at the Royal Hospital a little before twelve o'clock, and went over that interesting establishment, conducted by some of the officers. The Pacha was very much struck, particularly with the schools, and the very unusual circumstance of the gymnastics, followed by a sight of the well-served tables of the boys and old seamen. His inquiries were very pointed regarding the details of the institution ; and, in quitting ene of England's oldest and proudest establishments, he expressed a hope that lie might yet see something like it in Turkey. The chief object of the excursion was, however, to see the Arsenal and other parts of the artillery service, all of which were thrown open for his inspection by command of the Master- General; in consequence of which his Excellency was received with the most marked respect by the Staff and I other officers, who escorted him to the foundry, boring machine, carriage department, laboratory, and stores ; after which the packet troop fired a succession of Con greve rockets, and finally two ground volleys, directed against the butt with such precision as to excite the greatest possible interest amongst the spectators, A visit to the Repository and Model.room followed the rocket practice, after which the Paella and his suite rode to the Common to see the manoeuvres of the field batteries. Sub. sequent to the general salute, and passing in quick and slow time, the guns went through different evolutions for some time ; and were then succeeded by that more perfect arm and elite of the regiment, the horse artillery, which completed the surprise caused by a succession of the most rapid and precise formations ; and in the latter case seemed to the Pacha to be really flying artillery, by open ing a fire almost instantaneously from each successive position, notwithstanding the most unfavourable state of the ground ; and the wheeling especially was quite im posing in the eyes of the strangers. The salutes in the field, and the attentions bestowed by the numerous circle of officers of rank during the evening, were received and acknowledged by the Pacha with that dignified ease and self-possession so commonly met with in Turkey ; and which made his Excellency a most acceptable guest, and quite a general favourite before he quitted the mess-room. During the evening the health of the Sultan was drunk with much respect, and to the great gratification of his Minister, who proposed, in return, with much energy and feeling, that of King William, and the prosperity of his people, the ancient and foreign Allies of Turkey. In re turning to town, and when commenting on the events of the day, the Pacha compared the British artillery with that of Prussia and France. He thought the Prussian horses the most powerful as to draught, but he objected to the manner of attaching them to the guns ; also that of the French, and gave a preference to the British on this account, as well as that of speed, saying that he would endeavour to introduce the system of messes, and other European improvements, into his country on his return ; but, added he (with all the eloquence of * deep feeling), my Sovereign is baffled, in all his plans of benefiting the people, by wars abroad, and, when they are terminated, by a succession of internal rebellions, pursued from ob jects of ambition, quite regardless of the state of the people, who are literally ground down to misery for this purpose in the case of Egypt. It is understood that Namik Pacha has written an account of his late journey from Constantinople through Vienna and Paris, which be means to continue until his return, and then publish it at Constantinople, where the Sultan has already established printing and lithographic establishments, which publish, amongst other things, a weekly paper, in Turkish and French. A critic in a Dublin paper, in his strictures on the performance of Othello at the theatre of that city on Friday, says—" Miss Cauisx crucified unfortunate Desdemona a second time last night ; her attitudes were excruciatingly fine, but for the rest 2 7 fi t ' tilt/ WP . ,71 4 1 , 1 4 4, t • LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1832 By the Express from Brussels our readers will see that the Citadel of Antwerp has at length capitulated, and that after a negotiation with the French which lasted some hours, General CHASSE has agreed to surrender himself and his men prisoners of war, and retire into the rear of the French army. The citadel is then to be given up immediately to the Belgian troops. It is reported that twelve Dutch gun-boats, which were near the citadel, have been all destroyed by fire. If this has been done by the Dutch, it is an absurd trick, which can answer no good pur pose. The Citadel of Antwerp having surrendered, and the excitement of the siege having ceased, men will begin to reflect on the probable conse quences of that event. Many persons have, we believe, lost sight of the real points in dispute between Holland and Belgium, and have ima gined that the fall of the Citadel of Antwerp was, as far as those two countries are concerned, to decide the question of peace or war. Such is very far from being the case. The King of HOLLAND has refused, and. continues to refuse, to accede to the treaty of the 15th of November, I and demands that the basis of negotiation be tween himself and the King of BELGIUM shall be the payment of a navigation toll by the Bel gians, so extravagant in amount, as to be equal to a prohibition, and the exclusion of the Bel gians from the right of transit, which they claim through a portion of the Dutch territory to other States. To neither of these bases can the Bel gians agree, for the only prospect which they have of raising the means required for the pay ment of their portion of the national debt, and to repair the devastations of their Revolution, and the war-footing which they have been com pelled since to hold, lies in the commerce which the Dutch, by these conditions, would prevent. On the other hand, the King of HOLLAND, losing Antwerp and allowing the right of navi gation and transit claimed by the Belgians, would, it is but fair to state, inflict a blow upon the finances of his country, from which it would not easily recover. It seems improbable, therefore, that any treaty can be effected on the required terms. Now, however, that the King of HOL LAND has lost the strong hold, the possession of which was supposed to have rendered him arrogant, he may be more disposed to listen to reason or menace than he has hitherto been. But if the Dutch King should not exhibit more moderation in his demands, what will be the result ? Let it be recollected that with the fall of the Citadel of Antwerp the treaty between Great Britain and France for the coercion of the King of HOLLAND is virtually at an end. Lord PALMERSTON has not said that he will compel the Dutch to take one florin per ton, as navigation toll, instead of three—that he will enforce the claim of the Belgians to the right of transit, or that he will make the Dutch pay for the late short but expensive war. If the French should require more, on behalf of the Belgians, than the King of HOLLAND, even after the lesson which he has received, should be dis posed to yield, will the British Cabinet enter into a new treaty with France for the purpose of rendering the settlement of the question com plete ? And if so, will the powers of the Holy Alliance look on quietly, as they have hitileito done? These are important questions. The French, flushed with victory, and full of confi dence in their own strength, may not, with all their moderation—and we allow that they have shown a great deal—consider it con sistent with their honour or interest to allow the son-in-law of their Sovereign to accede to terms which would keep Belgium poor and miserable, and on the other hand the Holy Alliance may gladly lay hold of a pretext to revive the protocolizing farce for the purpose of delay. The only way of bring ing this affair to a termination satisfactory at once to the Belgians and to the French, and at the same time not humiliating to the King of HOLLAND, is for the British Cabinet to persevere cordially with that of France, using its influence with the Government of Louis PHILIP towards abating unfair pretensions on the part of Belgium, and convincing the King of HOLLAND and the Holy Alliance, that if he should continue to demand what is unreasonable he will not have to contend with France alone, but with that ally also, who has already gone so far in promoting the cause which the French have espoused. We are happy to state that the rumour of the Revenue Returns for the current quarter being unfavourable, is without foundation. At present there has been no falling off, and it is expected that the returns at the close of this quarter will be nearly, if not quite, as satisfactory as the last. It was indeed thought at one time that there would be a marked improvement ; but we un derstand that this expectation is not now enter tained. It was stated a few days ago at a meeting of the Westminster Medical Society, that several cases of cholera had appeared in London during the last month, and that in a Lunatic Asylum, containing 90 inmates, there had been 32 cases, and 22 deaths. We find, upon inquiry, that this statement was made on the authority of an eminent physician in the City, and we have reason to believe that it was duly reported at the Council-office ; but we have the satisfaction of adding that the general returns of the metro polis are very favourable. It has been mentioned as a curious fact that in one of the hospitals at the eastern part of the town, where there have been on an average snore than 200 patients, not one has been visited by cholera, a sufficient proof of the erroneousness of the doctrine that persons suffering from other diseases are most suscep tible of attack. The Dublin Morning Register gives the following as the number of Members of the O'CONNELL family who have just been elected to serve in the ensuing Parliament : Daniel O'Connell elected for—Dublin. Maurice O'Connell, his eldest son—Tralee. Morgan O'Connell, his second son—county Meath. John O'Connell, his third son—Youghal.... C. Fitzsimon, his son-in-law—county Dublin W. F. Finn, his brother-in-law--countyKilkenny. M. J. O'Connell, his nephew—county Kerry. Thus, it seems, there are no less than seven O'Connellites (the exact number of the Wise men of the East) who come from the West to play their part in the important discussions about to be brought forward in Parliament. We doubt not they will play this part well, and successfully—unless, indeed, they venture on the quicksands of Repeal, in which case all seven will to a dead certainty be swamped. But what will Mr. STANLEY, and those who think with him, say to the addition of seven such stanch Liberal to the Opposition Bench ? He will look on them, we suspect, during the seven days in the week, as the seven wonders of the world, with awe and astonishment ; or rather as the seven plagues of Egypt, brought forward, as it were, for the express annoyance of him and his. But in whatever light the Irish Secretary may view the O'Connellites, he has himself only to thank for their multiplication. They are all born, to a man, of the Tithe Bill. Nay, Mr. STANLEY himself is their sworn foster-father, under whose special superintendence they have thus waxed strong and multiplied exceedingly. Had the Right Hon. Gentleman acted with common sincerity towards Ireland ; had he " kept the word of promise" to her " hope" as well as to her " ear," he would not have been beset by such formidable (whether as regards their numbers or their talents) antagonists. In such a case, O'CoNNELL's tail would never have resembled a comet's in its length, and portentous influence. It would have been shorn of its fair proportions ; or rather there would have been no tail at all ; but a legitimate grievance, carefully nourished by Mr. STANLEY into lusty man hood, has been the making of the " mighty Agitator." The Right Hon. Secretary is the man of all others to whom the thanks of the liberals, and even ultra-liberals, are most unques tionably due. He is beating up recruits for them in every quarter. Already he has raised an almost invincible regiment in Ireland, and by his late anathemas against the ballot and triennial Parliaments, at Lancaster, will, we confidently predict, raise an equally efficient squadron in England. At every Radical dinner, Mr. STAN LEY'S health should, we humbly conceive, be drunk next to that of the " People," with nine times nine, and one cheer more ; for, assuredly his rash blunders, together with the supercilious, cavalier way in which he is perpetually commit. ting the Cabinet, as if all its influence centred in his single person, are daily working wonders for the popular cause. We hope, for the sake of his liberal and well-intentioned colleagues, the heir of the House of Derby, will take a hint in season. Some clays back we gave the substance of the speech of L or d M ULGRAVE , th e Gove rnor o f Jamaica, t o t h e H ouse o f Assembly of that island on the opening of its Session. The an swer of the Jamaica Legislature, with the reply of the Governor, are too important and interest- ing to be so passed over, and, accordingly, they will be found at length in The Sun of this day. The latter document contains an admirable spe oirnen of the firmness and temper tequired in a man placed in the delicate situation Lord MUL-. GRAVE undoubtedly is ; and re augur from it the best results in the course of the execution of the measures we fear it will be found necessary to adopt towards our contumacious colonies in the West Indies. The West Indians are now playing a mistaken game,—the game which ruined the Tories of England,—that of utter defiance to public opinion. Their answer to the speech of the Governor of Jamaica contains but too cer tain evidence of their ignorance of the state of the feelings of the people of this country, irri tated by constant opposition towards them. The idea of the planters repudiating the right of the Imperial Parliament to interfere between them and their slaves, when it is only by the interference of the King's troops that the whites can be preserved from the vengeance of their oppressed fellow-creatures, is as absurd as it is unconstitutional. If any parties have a right to complain of the Imperial Parliament, it is the majority of the population of the West Indies for so long suffering a minority to exercise a power over their persons which it has solemnly recognised as unjust. What it would have been, and still would be, wise in the planters to do, is to acknowledge that slavery must be abolished, and to come forward with some plan of compen sation of their own. We have often contended that, as a matter of principle, they have no right to any compensation for yielding up what they ought never to have possessed—that, if any thing, they ought to compensate the slaves ; but we are willing, for the sake of accomplishing a great good, and in expiation of its having origi nally shared in the guilt of the whites in the West Indies, that the nation should by some means ease the loss, be it great or little, which they must sustain by a change of system. Such, also, we are satisfied is the feeling prevalent even among some of the stanchest of the abolitionists, although it may be that they seem to snatch at the gold gown in order to secure the sleeve. But to benefit by this feeling, the planters must take instant advantage of it, or they may depend upon it that the kind of locus penitentice now granted them will be taken away. We marvel that expe rience of the horrors they are subject to under the present system, has not of itself been sufficient to turn their views in that direction. They na turally deplore in their address " the conflagra tion, rape, and assassination," to which their properties, families, and lives, were exposed during the late rising of the blacks ; but has it never struck them that " conflagration, rape, and assassination," are as naturally concomitants of a system of slavery as light and warmth are of sunshine, or as agitation and discontent are of boroughmongering. The latter was got rid of only when all classes had been ground down to a state of intolerable misery. Will not the As sembly of Jamaica consent to abolish slavery till each member of it has had a son or two murdered, a wife or daughter violated, and a plantation burnt ? We could say more, but verbum sap. DAY AT ON F O'CLOCK. PRICES OY STOCKS THIS Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. - 3 per Cent. Cons. 3 1 4 per Cent. 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Any Gentleman who desires to invest a Capital of this amount on advantageous terms, and without the risk or inconve nience attaching to undertakings connected with Trade or Commerce, may communicate, if a Principal, personally, or by letter, with Mr. HENRY ASTON, Solicitor, No. 2, New Broad-street, City. As references of the most distinguished character will be given,. those which will be required must be of un exceptionable respectability,. LORD MILTON'S ADDRESS. By an error of the Press, " North Hamp shire" was yesterday inserted instead of North amptonshire, in Lord MILTON'S address to his Constituents. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK Up to the present hour we have no arrivals of foreign mails or ship letters. The news from Antwerp will now be only interesting in respect to the articles of capitulation, and the state in which the citadel has been found. We have a report that General Chasse had made his escape. The next subject on the tapir is, whether the King of Holland will still continue obstinate, and refuse the inter vention of Prussia to make his peace with Leopold, and give up the remaining forts on the Scheldt. We do not suppose it will be long before this event will be ascer tained, for until then the French will have a motive for not quitting Belgium. The fall of the citadel of Antwerp has had an effect on the Funds this morning, and the merchants in general look more pleasant than they did a few days since, having an approaching prospect that their commerce will soon be revived with Antwerp. The private letters from Brussels state that great num bers of the inhabitants and merchants, who had left Ant werp are on their return. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off on Monday at 841 for the Ac count, opened at 84i, and soon after went up to 8511; at present they are not so good, and may be quoted 8.5 i for the Account. We do not hear of any news as yet from Oporto. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock has also improved. HALF-PAST ONE. The expresses from Antwerp and Brussels are of the same description of information as previously received—the surrender of the citidal, with the exception of two points, that the Dutch have destroyed their gun-boats which kept up the communication between the citidal and the Tele de-Flandre to the number of 12 ; also, that an officer has been sent to the Hague to acsertain if the King of Holland will give up the remaining forts on the Scheldt, or stiffer General Chasse and his brave garrison to remain prisoners of war. We should imagine that his Dutch Majesty would prefer to have General Chasse and his garrison at home again, rather than retain the two or three battering forts on the Scheldt. We shall soon know the result of this mission. Consols continue steady at 85k fort h e Account. In the early part of the morning a good deal was doing owing to the Bears buying in their accounts. The Foreign Market also remains steady. A vessel has arrived from Oporto, which left on the 16th, a day later; but we do not hear that she brought any particular news. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for the Account, 85/ I-. CORN EXCHANGE—(THIS DAY.)--Yes terday being a holyday no return of the arrivals was pub lished ; but it is understood they are moderate. The trade for every thing remains very dull, at our last rater. AN AMERICAN " No PUFF."—The fol lowing paragraph, headed 1 ! No Puff," is fr om an Ame rican Paper :--" Ye disbelieving, come, and believe your own ears and eyes: Music and penmanship each taught in only one lesson of 81X hours !" The cunning Isaac adds---,, Old system half price." The highest price of bread in the m etropolis is 9d. for the 41b. loaf. There are bakers, who sell from id. to 2d. below that rate. / _ ra ~i ..~ 1 s: r+ ROYAL MARINAS. 5 --- L - -.,,::,:'::‘ A-' . .• -..",-. IT-iitt;4-/547 An order has lately been I,,ued by the Mhit -- 2-: , - - -11:-.6 9 ...- directing that a field-officer of Royal Marines AiiuldMa in future be employed on the different foreign sta tions to which there is El commander-in-chief. The duty of these officers will be to inspect the different detachments of the ships on the station, and report on their appearance and efficiency as frequently as circumstances will permit; to command at all times v./hen on shore, either for the purpose of drill, review, or on actual service before an enemy. All returns will be made through them to the Inspector-zene nal, Sir James Cockburn, K.C.H., whose indefati gable zeal and exertions have tended to materially improve this valuable corps. The necessity for this arrangement will be obvious when it is known that on many occasions, during the late war, bodies of this corps were landed of from 500 to SOO men, with no officer above the rank of a captain to corn tnand them. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 24 AND 25.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W, strong and squally.—Arrived the Mountaineer, Valentine, from Teneriffe. The combined squadron remains. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 24 AND 25.—Wind S.S.W. to N. W.—Sailed the Mangles, Carr, for New South Wales. PLYMOUTH, Dxc. 23 Alin 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Cato, Crossman, from Qiebec; Duke of Wellington, Preeeia, from Denis; Elise and Maria, from Winterman; Elizabeth, Cumming, from St. Petersburgh ; and his Ma jesty's ship Druid, from Portsmouth, bound to Lisbon. FALMOUTH, DEC. 23 AND 24. E—Wind S.W. strong breezes.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Tonkin, from Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—Arrived the Blucher, Small wood, from Jamaica; Madison, Wood, from Virginia; Hunter, Drysdale, from Quebec; Frederick, Westeotr, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Stevenson, Lawton, f , um Seville; Adventure, Cuthbertson ; and Maria, Sead don, from Lisbon ; and James, Cook, from Faro. Off port—Eleanor, from Miramichi. Sailed the Elizabeth, Hill, for Bengal ; and Gipsey, Highlet, for Bombay. Dom, DEC. 25.—Arrived off port the Hope, Ironey, from Fernando Po. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Arrived the Nymph, Wat kens, from Cadiz, with damage, bound to Newfoundland. LarmiNcrox, DEC. 24.—Arrived off port the Seal, Brown, from Oporto. The Trusty, Williamson, from Leith to London, was on shore on the Main, near Harwich, yesterday, on her beam-ends, and had been off water. The Broughty Castle, from Leith to St. Domingo, put into Harwich leaky. The Waterloo, Coson, from Sunderland to Charente, put into Grimsby leaky. The Betsies, Westhirton, from Liverpool to Sunderland, was driven on shore on the 13th inst. at the Isle of Skye. The Montano, Gray, from Newcastle to New York, put into Cork in distress. The Swift, Charles, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, put into Cork in distress, part of her cargo thrown over board ; out two months. The Diana, Brown, from Yarmouth to St. Michaels, put into Youghal—meets cut away during a gale on the 17th inst. in lat. 49, long. 14. Lord Chancellor BROUGHAM has left town for three weeks, on a visit of parental affection to his mother, at Brougham Hall, in Westmoreland. He was, we understand, accompanied by his brother, whose ex tremely delicate health will, we hope, be renovated by change of residence and the advantage of his native air. The Court of Chancery is closed until the 10th or 11th of next January. It is rumoured that the incumbent of a large town in a southern diocese has been suspended from the performance of his clerical duties, in consequence of his having, without express permission from his Diocesan, appointed a day of thanksgiving for the deliverance of his parishioners from the late epidemic. We understand that Sir DAVID BREWSTER. has within this last week made two very remarkable dis coveries, which promise to be of some use to science. In a new salt discovered by Dr. WILLIAM GREGORY, Viz., an oxalate of chromium and potash, he has detected the ex traordinary property, that one of its images formed by double refraction is of a bright scarlet, while the other image is of a bright blue colour. In examin ing the pure liquid anhydrous nitrous acid, prepared in the manner which is supposed to yield it in its purest state, he found that the acid actually consisted of two se- parate fluids, one of which was heavier than the other, and possessed a much higher refractive power. When the two fluids were shaken, they formed an imperfect union, and separated again by being allowed to remain at rest. What the second fluid is remains to be investigated. It may perhaps turn out to be an entirely new substance. Its physical properties are now under investigation.... Edinburgh Evening Courant. A story is current in Chichester of a digna tary of the Church complaining to his Bishop that be could not live upon his income (nearly 1,0001. a-year). His Lordship is reported to have said, " You had better be quiet; it is possible you will be compelled, ere long, to live upon a much smaller sum.—Brighton Guardian. King JOHN gave several lands at Kipperton and Attirton, in Kent, to SoLoston ArrEFtemp, to be held by this singular service—that as often as the King should be pleased to cross the sea, the said SoLostow, or his heirs, should be obliged to go with him, to hold his Majesty's head, if there should be occasion for it; " that is, if he should be seasick ;" and it appears, by the re cord in the Tower, that this same office of head-holding was actually performed in the reign of EDWARD the First. Three Venetians, whom the late Lord BYRON brought with him into this country, were so dreadfully attacked by ophthalmia as almost entirely to lose their eye-sight. " What can we do with these poor fellows ?" Said his Lordship, when he heard of their misfortune. " Why," said Dr. L., " at the worst, we can set each of them up as a Venetian blind 1" THE APPROACHING SESSIONS. The Westminster Sessions commence to-morrow ; the Middle sex on Monday; the London, on Wednesday; and the Old Bailey, to-morrow week. The calendars are unusally ►ight. " I have been trying all I can," said a cit on the Spanish walk on 'Change to another, " to get out of Don ANSELMO nx A. what is really the matter with the King of SPAIN, and all I can extract is that it is some thing like water on the chest." " Well," answered the other, " and what else could you expect after so much pumping F"—The Age. A letter of the Bth inst., from Rome, says— "We have intelligence from Sicily to the 20th ult. The alarm from the eruption had then begun to subside, the mountain having opened in its side towards the sea. Bronte was spared. Tke damage has not been so great as we expected, and not a life has been lost." The retail value of the gin annually consumed in this country, amounts to nearly 20,000,000/. In cluding the smuggled spirits, it is probably more. Here, then, are the people of this country, and principally those of the lower orders, taxing themselves to the extent of nearly half the whole revenue of the kingdom, and that in the consumption of an article which, in return for a mo mentary gratification, entails upon thousands misery of every kind, including disease and premature death Boston Gazette. ATTEMPTED SUICID morn ing, between 10 and 11 o'clock, a bargeman named Wii re. LIAM CuLLEN, who was proceeding along the towing path of the Regent's canal , near to Maida-hill, observed a very respectable•looking young woman standing in th e water up to her knees, and in the act o f t y i ng some aboveonds she ber waded waist, f t u h r in th g er r i o n u to nd th h e e w r a t te hr r o , a u t n ; til in a z it when she staggered backward s t owar d s t h e tow i ng - pat h, and fell ; the bargeman i mme di ate l y ran up to h er , an d found her lying on h er b ac k , ent i re l y un d er t h e wa t e r, but her head re s t ing aga i nst the shelv i ng par t o f the bank ; her fa ce was not covere d more t h an an i nc h in depth, he immediately d rew h er out , w h en h e discovered that a black silk h an dk erc hi e f tw i ste d i n the form of a cord wan tied round h er th roa t so tightly, that it would in a few minutes hav e cause d strangulation. She was in a state of insensibility, and was directly carried to the house of Mr. Doomity, close by, who human e l y rendered every assist. ance in his power , and after some perseverance the young woman was restor ed to state of consciousness. From the accou nt she was afterwards induced to give of h erse lf it appears that she is th e d aug h ter o f res p ec t a bl e parents, named TRUDE, living in Marylebone-lane, Ox. ford-street, and bayi ng a d m i tte d an improper intimacy with a young man res idi ng i n t h e ne i g hb ou rhood, she had become enceinte, a n d, una bl e t o b e ar the reproach of her friends when it s h ou ld b e di scovere d, s he had made up her mind to d es t roy h erse lf. Sh e was taken home by hi r father, who seemed deeply affected en these facts being disclosed t o hi m . —facewhYesterdaY er