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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. General Sebastiani, contrary to what was expected, has set out on his journey to London, as, the successor of Prince T.►l - Count Pozzo di Burg° is also to proceed hither very Rona, as the representative of Russia—it is said, rather against his will. . The Paris papers of Tblrsday do not contain any domestic news of importance; but if the following intelligence, which we extract from the :Ifem'ag Ileralit of Saturday, can be relied on, it is . of no small moment in the present state of Spain:— " Cinrz; JAN. 9.—The Civil Governor of our city has just been apprised of the formation or four Cariist : bands in the neighbourhood. They are not as yet numerous, but they may acquire importance, if the government does not immediately take energetic measures to annihilate them. A courier has been dispatched to Seville this morning to ask the Captain General for leave to send troops against the factious, who have united their forces between Vejes and Medina, within eight leagues of Cadiz." PORTUGAL. LISBON, JAN. 17.—These good people are now looking out fur the arrival of the Duke of Leuchtenberg in the course of next week, so much so, that the Government Gazette has a long notice from the Minister of the Interior, containing the pro gramme of the ceremonies to be observed upon the arrival of his royal highness, as well as upon the solemnization of the marriage at the cathedral church of Santa Maria la Mayor. he moment that the ship in which the prince shall come arrives within sight of the lighthouse at Cape Roca, information of thezesone is to be transmitted by telegraph, in order that the Major-General of. the Navy and a Lbrd in Waiting may pro ceed as tar as Fort St. Julian to compliment hint on his arrival. As his royal highness sails up the river to opposite the dockyard, the forts on the banks of, as well as the ships at anchor in, the Tagus, are to fire royal salutes; all the Ministers, the Coun cillors of State, and the Lords in Waiting, and other officers of the palace, will go on board to pay their respects. Her Imperial Majesty the Duchess of Braganza will then proceed in state from the palace, escorted by a troop of cavalry, to welcome her royal brother and conduct him from the ship to pay his first visit to the Queen ; immediately on coming out of the dockyard the royal cortege will be met by that very gallant corps the sth Ca ladores, of which his royal highness has been named colonel ; upon his arrival at the palace of Necessidades he will be received in due state and conducted to the Queen by the Empress widow, and after a very short visit he will return on board ship, weather er mitting, (otherwise to the royal quiuta at Belem , which h as been fitted up for the occasion,) where his royal highness will remain until the next dly, at ten o'clock, a.m., the hour fixed for his joining the royal marriage procession to the cathedral, which is to start front the palace of - Necessidades. The streets . are to be Hued with troops; in fact, everything is to be the same as upon the Queen's marriage, by proxy, on the Ist of December last. On the following day the Queen and her august ,consort will hold a court and drawing-room at the Ajuda Palace, and their Majesties, as well as her Imperial Majesty the Duchess of Braganza, and her Royal Highness the Infanta Don Isabella Maria, will go in state to the Italian Opera at San Carlos. I am assured that the chambers will positively meet onTues day, the 20th, for the despatch of business. The government people expect to carry everything before them. The directors of the Lisbon Bank have issued a notice to the shareholders inviting them to call and inspect the company's affairs, books, and accouuts ' which shall be opened for that pur pose during three days. This is a beneficial mode of dealing. The committee of the Chamber of Deputies appointed to report on the regulations which.it might be deemed expedient to adopt in future for the exportation of winesaif, this country, have de teriniued to recommend the following, which. I transmit for the information of all such of our merchants as are interested iu the wine trade—viz.:— • 1. The exportation of all wines of eithermargin of the Douro is allowed per the Fez, no matter what its quality may be. 2. The Douro, wine is of two qualities—superior wine and second quality wine. 3. The superior wine exported per the Foz of the Douro will pay a duty of BJOO mitres per pipe of 21 almudes, no matter the place where it may he destined. 4. The second quality‘wines will pay the same duties as are charged to the other Portuguese wines exported through other ports. 5. The qualification of the wine shall be affected at Oporto in the following 'manner :—The proprietor of the wine shall name a person to taste the same, and the collector of the customs is to appoint another; their opinion will determine whether the wine is to be charged for the duty 'as first or second quality, and the Custom-house despatch will be made out accordingly. I understand that these regulations, if adopted, will give. 2121 ple satisfaction. It is now more than seven or eight mouths since it became my duty to forward to you some unpleasant correspondence which had passed between Sir John M. Doyle, K.C.8., and Brigadier General Bacon ; every . one considered that the matter was at rest, when on the 15th instant a most scandalous and unbecom ing scene was witnessed by the inhabitants of this capital be tween the above gentlemen. It appears that in consequence of a petition to the chambers from Sir J. M. Doile, wherein he made certain charges' against Brigadier-General Bacon and • Colonel Shaw, of the Scotch Fusileers, the same was referred by the legislature to the Duke of Terceira, Minister of War, who has in consequence directed a court of inquiry to be insti tuted on the above-mentiouecrofficers, in consequence of which Brigadier-General Bacon assaulted Sir John M. Doyle in the manner poiuted out in document No. 1, which corresponds in the principal points with docuineut No. 2,—the first being Sir John's account of the transaction, and the last General Bacon's. I believe that matters, iu a commercial point of view, stand on a very satisfactory footing at this moment between the go vernment of Great Britain and these people. A. 0. Nu. 1. " Lisbon, Jan. 17. " SIR,—As the correspondent of the Tinter I, take the liberty, in order to prevent misrepresentation, to enclose you a copy of a letter which I addressed yesterday to the governor of this province, and which will put sou in possession of the circum stance& to which it relates.-Ihave the honour. &c., " To A. 0." " J. M. Dor LE, Major-General. " Lisbon, Jan. 16. " MOST EXCELLENT SIR,—I beg leave to report the follow ing circumstance - , which occurred this day at 21 p.m. in the Rua Arsenal, near to the door of Mr. Goold, apothecary. " I was quietly riding by the above-named gentleman's house, unaccompanied, when I was met by Brigadier-General Bacon, who approached me and made use of the following language : So, you damned infernal old scoundrel, you are still making recrementos about me ?' I replied, 'General Bacon, I have no thing tn do with you ; I shall wake what recrernentom I like without consulting you, and I am determined the law shall take its course;' with this General Bacon immediately raised his hand, having in it au immense black Brazilwood stick, with which he attempted to break my head, and which blow, having only a small whip in my hand, I luckily parried, but my hat was knocked off, and the blow fell on my arm, which is much bruised. Of course 'after this. ruffianlike proceeding, I raised . my whip, and endeavoured to use it, but its small size, when compared with General Bacon's murderous weapon, gave him the advantage. I culled the Arsenal Guard to assist me, but they not obeying the call, General Bacon gallopped off. . " I have now to request that your excellency will give the ne cessary directions, in order that the proper authorities may be aware of this proceeding, and the requisite steps taken to prevent its recurrence, and that Brigadier-General Bacon may be instantly place l under arrest, and brought to a public trial for this act so contrary to the laws, both civil and military, in all civilised countries.—l am, &c., ( 4 J. M. DoyLa, Major-General. ills Excellency Brigadier-General Gama Lobo, &e." No. U. " M Y DEAR A. o.,—As you may hear various reports about my assault and battery yesterday, I give you the particulars as they occurred. " Some four months I met Sir J. M., and. told him, in pre sence of many people, that if he dared to make any more - use of my name, my promise to the Emperor not to flog him would be cancelled, and that I would take an opportunity of flogging him publicly. Last SaturciayJ heard from good authority that he had presented a petition toihecortes demanding a court-martial OR me. Yesterday was the first time I met hun, close to the Arsenal, on horseback. 1 rode. up to him, and reminded him of my promise. and then hit him over the back. He attempted to return it with a brass mounted whip which he had, as was natural enough. After gividg him %,Irat I considered sufficient punishment, I knocked his hat off, and himself on to his horse's neck. He then dismounted, and called for the guard, and I rode off and left him. I have waited at home for him until this minute (three o'clock,) and as he has not called me out, I con clude he means to submit tamely to his disgrace. I send you this, that you may know the truth. Many people were present ; but as he is in the habit of inventing so many lies, it is well you should know the case as it took place—i. e. tf you require, B it.— Yours as ever, "A. scoN. " No. 7, Runs das Gavias, Jan. 16. " I just hear, that after being thrashed he went into an apothecary's shop to have his back examined, and to get a cer tificate of 'his injuries, and has been collecting witnesses. I shall give to•morrow to retrieve his reputation.'' ADMIRAL NAPIER.—The Chamber of Peers of the kingdom of Portugal have resolved unanimously that thanks should be given to Admiral Napier, Count Cape St. Vincent., for his bril liant and heroic conduct in the naval action of the sth of July, 1833, off Cape St. Vincent, and for the services which he ren dered subsequently by sea and land, and which so much con tributed to the success of the, cause of her most faithful Majesty and of the constitutional Charter. LOYDON LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-FRIDAY. THR i3ISII OPOF WINCHESTUR.-Sir John Campbell said he had to apply to their lordships on behalf of the prosecutor, that this case might be tried at bar. The pro secutor in his affidavit stated that this question involved the right of the public to speak at and take part in any advertised, meetings, particularly at that held by the Society for the Propa gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts—that the Bishopof Win chester was a peer of parliament, and that the prosecutor was anxious that his own character and conduct should be investi gated. It was a question of great importince as the religion . of the crontry might come in question, and he therefore sub mitted that the trial should take place at bar; there would be no reelection on the county of Surrey; as if the court should_be pleased to order it, a jury from the county of Surrey might be summoned. The court did not think it a case for a new trial. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-SATVRIAY. THE KING'S CHAPLAINS NOT LIABLE TO ARREST BYRN6 n. Diaotx.—Mr. ~Busby appeared to show cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Comyn on a former day. The question here was, whether the defendant, one of his Majesty's domestic chaplains, was entitled, by virtue of appointment, to be privileged from arrest. From the various affidavits, it ap peared-that the defendant had been sworn in as one of the King's domestic chaplains upwards of two years since—that he had performed the duties once during that period before his Majesty—that there was a salary attached to the appointments —that he, as were all the chaplains, was liable to be called on by the Sovereign at any moment to attend in his sacred charac ter of a clergyman of the chut-ch to go through the accustomed duties, and that, therefore, he wasexempt from the law of arrest.. One of the affidavits also set forth that the defendant was rector of a parish situated near Newmarket; and it was contended thereupon, by the other side, if he were at all times liable to be called upon to be in attendance on the King, that he could not properly perform the duties incumbent on him as the holder of such rectory. The learned counsel cited a number of cases where certain offices had been held as entitled to the privilegf'. Lord Abinger.—Do you find any case where a chaplain is held as not being privileged? Mr. Busby said he did not; nor had he met with a case the other way; and he then went on citing further cases, and amongst them that of the Somerset Herald, when he was inter rupted by Lord Abinger, who observed that that,was a public office, but the holder was not necessarily one of the King's household. After some few further observations, and other cases bad been cited, Lord Abinger said it was sworn the defendant was liable to 1 be called on by' his Majesty to perform the service at any time as one of his 'domestic chaplains, and therefore he must be exempt. , Mr. Busrby.—Sepposing then, my lord, there chanced to be 500 of them, the rule would extend to all. Surely so triany— Lord Abinger.—Theri, if the court were to rule otherwise, we should curtail his Majesty's prerogative. This is not the place where such a proceeding should be brought forward.—Rule absolute. LONDON POLICE REPORT. fIATTON-GARDEN.-SATURDAY. Isabella Watson was charged with assaulting her sister, Ellen Watson, and threatening her life. A creature in the garb of a man, who, at the station-house, had given the name of Biil Chapman, was placed by her side, and complained of for being a common cheat and impostor, and creating a disturbance. It appeared that the two Chapmaus got drunk, and then fought together. Th. 3 magistrate said, that as they were both disorderly characters, he would not take cognizance of the charge, and de sired them to go about their business. Mr. Oakley, inspector of the E division, then stated that al though the thing before them was attired in man's apparel, he had ascertained that it was a woman. Mr. Bennet, who was very much surprised, looked steadfastly at the prisoner, and asked,ller name ?---Prisoner (speaking in a rough manner)—it is Mary Chapman. Mr. Bennett—l never saw a figure more like a man, and the voice is inaniy. Mr. Oakley—l have known her at least ten years, and she always appeared in a dress similar to the one she now wears— namely, a bat, smock frock, trousers, or knee-breeches, and un til last night I always supposed her to be a man. She is known all over England as a ballad singer, and a crier of "The last dying speeches," &c. Mr. Bennett—She may be a disorderly and disreputable cha racter, which, in fact, her dressing as a man clearly shows; but I know of no law to puuish her. M r. Oakley—She travels the country with the woman Isabella Watson, and they are both known at every race-course and fair as ballad-singers, and considered to be man and wife. Mr. Bennett—She may have more than one reason for dress ing in that manner, and passing as the husband of the woman Isabella Watson, and I wish it was iu my power to. imprison her. Mr. Oakley—For upwards of seven 'years she has occasion ally lodged with Watson at Mr. Thompson's in Buckeridge street, St. Giles's, and they always passed with him as man and wife; moreover, he smokes; and whenever Watson gives her any offence she beats her and blackens her eyes, though Wat son is so much taller and apparently stronger. Mr. Bennett: It is a very extraordinary case. What have you to say, prisouer ?—Prisoner: Isabella has lived with me as my companion, for many years. Mr. Bennett: 'Why do you dress as a man?—Prisoner: I own I am disguised, and it is owing to the cruelty of a father in-law that I was first dressed in this manner. Mr. Bennet : When a man diesses as a woman, or a woman attires herself as a man, it creates a strong suspicion that it is done for a bad purpose.—Prisoner : I never did harm to any person. I have been all over the kingdom, and never was in a prison in my life before. Mr. Bennett: Well, I should advise you to be careful. If I could punish you I would.—Prisoner: I should not have adopted this disguise if my father had not ill-treated me. Idatrella Watson : The poor fellow has been with me hun dreds of miles as my companion, and he never got into a scrape before. Mr. Bennett: It is a case that puzzles me, but I must dis charge the prisoner. The prisoner, who was chewing tobacco, then bowed his head, and walked out of the office with Isabella; who exclaimed, Never mind, my lad; if we live a hundred years we will be in this manner." Watson is about 5 feet 7 inches, with rather an intelligent, but soddened countenance • and the prisoner not more than 5 feet high. Her hair is light brown, and cut short, the same as a man's; and she has the gait of a man, and looks like a costermonger. PERSIA CON ST ANT I NOer.E Dec. 17.—Despatches have been received from Sir J. Campbell, announcing that at the moment of the . Persian s c hah's death, many of his sons rushed on his body in order to seize the diamonds which the deceased wore. In this contest three of the princes were killed: All the south of Persia became imirAiatuly the scene of revolt and carnage. One son, named Zillah 'Sultan, caused himself to he proclaimed schah of Persia. He is a man without talent or firmness of character, hut he contrived to get possession of his father's treasure, which ensbled him to pay his partisans. Another son proclaimed himself king in the province of Schivas. A third did the same at Kermanscliall ; and. an old minister, Amnia Daula,.has collected troops and is fighting on his own account. The young schab, Mohammed, grandson of the deceased, by whom he was appointed successor to the throne, has quitted Tauris at the head of his army. flis regular troops are com posed of 7.000 men, with 21 field-pieces, and it is supposed that he will appear before Teheran at the head of an army of 000 men, who will join hint on the route.' He is, moreoyer,_accom panied by the diplomatic agents of Russia and England, anti a great number of English officers. • Tauris and its environs are tranquil. The, Kurds, whose hordes, almost independent, are scattered over the Persian territory, have nut vet taken part in the civil war, but at this season of the year they ate usually in a state of repose. It is expected that lseheran will not be able to hold out long, in consequence of the artillery and the regular troops that will he employed against it.. TITHE -AFFRAY; GURTROE. Horse Guards, Bth J am , ary , 1835. SIR,—In reference to your several letters, and the papers which the contain relative to the melancholy co lli s i on o f Gur troe and li a thcorinac, I have received the General Commander in-Chief's directions to request that ynu «ill convey to the officers and men employed on the occasion referred to the satisfac tion with which.he has learnt that their conduct under circum stances the most trying was such as to call forth the most unqualified approbation on the part of the macistrat. , s. (Signed) FITZROY SOMERSET, Military Secretary. Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir Hussey Vivian, K.C.13.,,&e. We were prepared for such a letter after reading the evid ence of Major Walter and his officers. Nothing could be more clear, explicit,-arid satisfactory ; and it must be very evident to all unprejudiced pers'ons that there was but one alternative, few moments more and the t4tbles would have been turned; a n d then, let us ask, would the same forbearance have been Sh: ,, wn by an infuriated mob as was displayed by the small but uell disciplined party of soldiers ?-I,,inurick THE COURT AND FASHIONABLE WORLD. Their Majesties still remain at Brighton, in ttre enjoyment of excellent health. His Majesty entertained at dinner on Thurs day, General Phipps, Earl of Ripon, Dowager Countess of Mulgrave and the Ladies ,Phipps. Lady Wharncliffe, Mr. J. and Lady Augusta Seymour, Marquis of Bristol and the Ladies Hervey, the Hurt. Captain O. and Mrs. Campbell, and Sir Fre derick Smith. The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria and suite have returned to their apartments in Kensington Palace, from St. Leonards, Hastings. Her Royal Highness the Laudgravine of Hesse Homburg, before her departurp from Frankfort, ordered a collection of twenty engravings front drawings executed by herself, which were formerly engraved and dedicated to her royal parents, to be again engraved on a small scale. The subject ot the draw ings is the distinction between fancy and imagination. This work was published at the expense of her Royal Highness, with a far-simile of the letter in which she dedicates it to her brother the Duke of Cambridge, and the produce of the sale was given to the poor of Hanover. The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Duchess of Glou cester on Thursday. Her Royal Highness afterwards left town for her residence on Blackheath. Count Medem, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, had an inter view on el Thursday with Sir Robert Pe in Downing -street M. W. G. Dedel,' the Netherlands'lniulster, and /qr. Vag he United States Charge d'Affaires, visited the Duke of We, ington on Thursday at the Foreign Office.- Sir Pulteney Malcolm transacted business on Thutiday a the Colonial Office. The Right Hon. Henry Ellis transacted business at the Foreign Office on Thursday. The chairman and a deputation from the committee of ex cluded officers of the East India Company's maritime service had an interview on Wednesday with the Right Hon. the Pre sident of the Board of Control, on the subject of their memorial to the court of directors. On Thursday morning desPatches were received at the Fo reign -office from Brussels, Paris, and the Hague. ltacoitosasutP OF MONMOUTH.—By the death of the Hon. P. H. Abbott the recordership of Isloni;iouth, to which he was elected in September, 1831, on the, death of the Right Hou. C. Bathurst, is again vacant. . SIR HENRY HARDINGE. PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDDM OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WIT AN ADDRESS PROM THE CORPORATION. On Friday, the freedom of the city of Dublin was p resen t e d to the Right lion. Sir IL Hardinge, by , a deputation from the corporation of Dublin, consisting of the L'ord Mayor, alder- nu-n, Sir J.K. James, Smith, West, - Morrisson, Tyndall, Smith Hewing, Lain preyer Warren, Montgommery —the high sheriffs, • Sir W. Lyner, and Drury Jones Dickenson ; Mes srs . St u dd ar t, Long, Wone; William Ring, &c. &c. The following address was read by Mr. Archer, the town-clerk : " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR H. HARDINGP, &C. Sitc—We, the lord mayor, sheriffs, commons, and citizens of the city of Dublin, in council assembled, heg leave to con gratulate you on your app o intment to theimportant office of chief secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. " Impressed with sentiments of the highest respect for your character and tried talents and integrity, we entertain an anxious expectation that, under the administration of which you are s-) distinguished a meniber, our established institutions will be protected from wreckless innovation, and the most strenuous effut ts will be employed to secure the peace and to promote the prosperity and happiness of Ireland. " We have the honour to present you with the f eedom of our ancient and loyal corporation, and we feel an honest pride in having so eminent a character enrolled amongst the citizens of Dublin." The following is Sir henry Ilardinge's reply:— "My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,—l ant very sensible of the honour you have conferred upon ine in presenting me with the freedom of your ancient and loyal corporation; I can as sure you that any act of vours, by which I am connected more cloiely with the city of bublin, and with Irish interests, is to me a source of the highest gratification. " The expressions of your good op,;nion are very grateful to me; and no efforts on toy part shall be wanting to secure a con tinuation of your approbation. • " 1 have undertaken the arduous duties of my office from a sense of public duty, and not ou any personal pretensions of my own ;. I am Wrist deeply impressed with the responsibility of the duties I have to perform, at a period of no ordinary crisis; and I cordially concur with you, i n th e , very wor d s o f y our ad dress, that every loyal subject is required to protect our insti tutions from wreckless innovation, and to employ his most strenuous efforts to secure the peace and promote the prosperity and happiness of Ireland.' "'These are the objects of the government with which . I have the honour to be associated; and I feel persuaded that they will fulfil by their acts the expectation of the public by adoptint , a judicious system of admini s t r ati on i n every depart ment of the state—by firmly maintaining th e l aws an d v i g il ant l y protecting the institutions of the country,. at the same time that they trill endeavour, prudently and sincerely, to effect as much improvement in those institutions as is compatible with the true principles of our constitution. "'The prosperity and welfare of Ireland are essentially ne cessary to promote the interest, security, and power of Great Britain ; all the motives by which human actions can be esti nutted irresistibly. demand front his Majesty's government measures which may advance the prosperity and secure the peace of Ireland, If measures calculated to produce this effect can be accomplished, his - excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, my colleagues, and myself will feel that such a happy result is the highest reward that public men can receive." TIDE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE TEA TRADE. The merchants and others engaged in the trade to China have.' had much of - their attention drawn to the proceedings which took place at the interview which has just been had by a depu tation from the tea trade with Sir Robert Peel. The gentle men who composed the deputation were Mr. Travers, Mr. 'raining, Mr. Antrobus; and at the interview they laid before the Premier statements to show the inipolicy of adhering to the present scale for collecting the duties on teas, pointing out at the same time thee advantages to the trade and the revenue by he imposititon of a single duty. .Sir Robert Peel, after haying heard the statements made by the deputation, assured them that he was fully aware of the im portance of the subject, and that he was ready to go into a full investigation of the matter, in- order if possible to remove the objections eutertained by the trade to the present mode of col lecting the duties. Ile wished the deputation, however, to understand that he did not consider himself bound by Ii s pre vious opinions upon thisjmportant subject. Ile had now the means of inspecting official documents awl . obtaining other in formation, and should he be induced to alter that opinion he would give the trade an opportunity of stating any further facts theyanight prefer in support of a change of the scale of duties. lle wished to. have the opinion of the deputation on the subject of the working of the new system. Mr. Travel's said it Yetis the almost universal opinion of the tea trade that the new system worked extremely bad; that it was likely to prove iujurious not only to the trade but to the revenue. Tlie experience the trade had now had of the work ing of the new system led to the conclusion that the opinion originally formed by the trade as to it was correct. Sir Robert Peel said he should like to know the opinion of the trade generally, and how the community would be affected by a change in the scale of duties to a fixed duty. Mr. Antrobus said there were but few exceptions indeed in .which an alteration to a fixed rate of duty would not be desira ble. An ad valorem duty was not supported by any parties of importance. Sir Robert Peel said 4wished to have the opinion of the de putation relative to the imposition of an ad valorem duty. Mr. Travers considered it would be almost impracticable to levy an ad valorem duty;, the revenue might be liable to great losses under such a duty. The duty could be levied where there was only one importer,' as in th'e ease of the monopoly of the Last India Company; but now that free trade bad brought for ward such a number of importers the plan would be impractica ble. It would not be diffitult under such a duty for several large importers, by throwing a (neater quantity et teas on the market than were required, so Co depress prices as to occasion great losses to the revenue, and to injure the interests of .the community. Sir R. Peel asked what would be the proper dime for making any alteration in the scale of duties, should the result of his investigation be to recononencbsuch a course to the Legislature? The deputation stated that the trade ought to have sufficient time to arrange their purchases for the ensuing year, -and that the earliest period that could be fixed for the change would be the beginning of next year. In October and November the, purchases in China were made, and if a change was resolved upon sufficient notice should be given of the periodfixed upon for the alteration. Sir Robert Peel inqUiredif it was not usual for advances to be made in China beforesithe purchases of teas were made in October and November? . . Mr. Twining said that such was the practice, but that would uot at alt prevent any change being made, as the ad va nc es did not in any manner direct the prices at which teas were bought. Spume observations having been made, Sir Robert Peel as sured the deputation that he should enter upon the investigation with the utmost desire to come to a sound conclusion, without reference to any previous opinion entertained by him, and if he should alter such opinion ho would afford the trade another iu :eryiew. The deputation then took its leave. THEATUE-ROYAL Under the Patronage of the MAYOR and BAILIFFS. Q"?. The Manager begs to inform the Public that in conse quence of the increased popularity of Rossini's Opera of "Cenerentola," and in compliance with the request of several of the Patrons of the, Opera, it will again be - repeated on Wednesday EVelling, and, on this occasion, the Marquis de Muti Papazurri will lead the Orchestra, Mr. Herrmann being unavoidably absent on this night. rpHE Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Liverpool and its Vicinity are respeetfutly informed that TO-MORROW, (Wednesday.) the 4:n instant, will be represented Rossini's Grand Cowie Opera LA CENERENTOLA. Cenerentola Nladame yntherland. Don Ramiro Signor e val. Dandini Sig r 13oisragon. Don Magnifico ..... .,Signor Marani. Clurinda M ame Castelli. Thisbe Si ora Canipi. Alidoro 4 After the Opera, (which will end with the Sextetto,) will be performed (first time in Liverpool) the third act of Douizutti's celebrated Opera of ANNA BOLENN, Which will commeuco with the favourite Aria " Vivi su." Anna Madame Kyutherland. Percy Signor Deval. Rochgfora Signor Boisragon. Smeaton Madame Castelli. . - Chorus of the Princes, Attendants, &c. The other most celebrates t and favourite Operas which wil be performed during the season are La Gazza Ladra, 11 Corra dino, II Tancredi, La Giulietta e Romeo, and La Seiniramide which Operas will be produced under the immediate superin tendence of the Marquis de Men PAPAZURRI. Nights of Performance, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Prices of Admislion:—Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes an I Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, is. Books, with the words of the Opera, in Italian and English, may be had at the Theatre, price ls. 6d. Subscription Ticket (transferrable) for a Season of Two Months, 12 Representations each month, £4 4s. The Box-office is open daily from Eleven o'clock till Four, where the Subscribers are respectfully requested to secure their places, and receive their Subscription rickets, from Signor Box-sffice Keeper. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance will commence at Eight precisely. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION. FIFTH WEEK OF LIFE IN. LIVERPOOL. THIS present - TUESDAY, the 3(1 instant, and every Even ing during the week, will be presented LIFE IN LIVElte L. Principal characters by Messrs. Ha mond, Raymond, Mel ville, Simpson, Shaw, &c.; Mrs. It mond, Mrs. 'Herbert, &c. Second appearance ooMiss E. I miltun, from the Nobility's Concerts and. Theatre-Royal, D lin. Mademoiselle Juliette, from e King's Theatre. The three brothers Jackson, rem the Theatre, Sheffield. To conclude with the popular Ballet called LISSETTE. Principal Performer,r, Mr. Leclercq, Mrs. Leclercq, Miss P. Leclercq, Mademoiselles Juliette and Eloise, &c. Tickets and Places tq be had at the Box-office, each day, from Eleven till Three o'clock. We copy the following from a late edition of the Times of Saturday. Some such result as that which has occurred was expected by every one who had any knowledge of the state of affairs in China:— By the Mangles, Captain Carr. which arrived at Cowes, Isle of Wight, on the 29th, a file of Canton papers to the 19th in clusive has been r.tceiVed, by sliich it appears that the tea track , has been suspended in consequence of Lord Napier hav ing gone immediately to Canton instead of remaining at Ma cau, and asking permission to proceed further. The Hong merchants had consequently sent a notification to the English merchants, of which the following is an extract:--- "Now the refusal to receive the governmental orders is dis obedience to the laws of the celestial empire. We are official merchants, and in all public affairs must entirely and implicitly obey and act up to the established laws. Since now your ho nourable officer will not act in obedience to the established laws, we dare nut hold commercial intercourse with the gentlemen of your hon6urable nation, and can only detail the pircuinstances in a full report to The great officers, that they may put a stop to buying and selling. Fur this special purpose we write, we pray you to return an answer. This is what we have to impose on you. With cool , pliments &c." (T henames of eleven Hong merchants are subscribed.) The following was the answer:— "To THE HONG MERCHANTS. "Gentlemen,---We have received Your letter of the 15th inst. and as it contains official matter over which we have nu control, the communication cannot be noticed beyond a mere acknow ledgment thereof. "Canton, August 16." A meeting of the merchants had been summoned by Lord Napier, at which be laid before them the particulars of the transaction, and declared his intention not to comply with the order of the governor of Macao, and expressed his full convic tion that matters would soon be amicably arranged. "The An dromache and Imogene, which I had ordered to sail on a short cruise," continued Lord Napier, " with a view of feeling the pulse of the Chinese, and that object has been attained, for they have since become more absolute, will soon return, and will operate, no doubt, upon the Viceroy; and when the merchants form themselves into a committee of commerce, they will ex hibit a more imposing attitude, and show I.he Chinese the ad vantages were not altogether on their side. If, however, it was thought necessary, his Majesty's ships should come up to Whampoa; and, if their presence there was not sufficient pro tection, they should anchor under the walls of the town." file meeting then adopted resolutions for the formation of a Com mittee of CommerCe. _ . . The private accounts do not refer to the above eircuitstance as of serious import, but, on the contrary, state that the con duct •of the governor had proceeded snore from a desire to vin dicate the honour of the country from "so great an infringement of the laws," than any hostility to the new arrangement, or the object of Lord Napier's mission. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, Performance to commence at Seven. Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Boxes, 25.—Pit, la.—No Second Price to the Gallery. Second Price at Half-past Eight. HOLLOWAY'S SANS PAR GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, Frans piesent TUESDAY, the 3.1, a' the 4th instant, 6 , I THE CRY OF LI CI'MION BU3 4 TO-MORROW, 'RTY. Cymion Bump Mr. Thompson. YAROMEER THE YAGER. Lysander and Yaromeer by Mr. Cartlitch. On THURSDAY, FRIDAY', and SATURDAY, the btb, 6th, and 7th instant, THE SEA. THE SEA I Jack Neptune.... Mr. Cartlitch I Mary Mrs. Campbell, Being her first apperance since her indisposition. With the INNKEEPER'S BRIDE and other bntertainments, 7 be Eiberpool FEBRUARY 3, !535. ates, some of whom inflicted no less than seventy cattings du sited station, and who would feel the burning blush of ng the month, I am credibly informed; yet the rerurn of ONE shame if we were to report his animated words. 'But magistrate only is given; and the return of only ONE SPECIES Op PUNISHMENT. - Had his excellency really and sincerely de- still we are t Ipted to inquire what are the claims "which sired the public to know the real state of the country, he would vr. ILBERCRON I can set up against those of Sir have called for and given the total number of CONVICTIONS by ALL the magistrates in each district, without any regard what- : CHARLES SUTTO . Is it a recommendation in his fa ever to the kind of punishment awarded."' your, that he received his sinecure appointment in Edin- We have New York journals to the 9th January. They do not contain any important news. The Bank of the United States does not appear. to have suffered much from the attacks of General JACKSON, inasmuch. as the directors had announced a half yearly dividend of 31 per cent. The papers also contain a long report from the senate in favour of the bank and in opposition to the views of the President of the United States. The follow ing is from a journal of the 7th January : " Fors MARdcA,lßo.—Captain Champion, of the brig Cham pion, arrived at this port.from Maracaibo, informs that a revo lution had taken place in that town between two parties called Camcons and Teinplequei ; the latter were discomfited and driven from the city. Many were killed on both sides, and the governor imprisoned. Martial law was proclaimed, and in force at the time the Champion sailed; business at a stand, and mat kets dull for all kinds of produce." The winter hat set in with unusual severity at New York. The Daily Advertiser of the Bth January says : P r burgh from the tories who then professed—alas, a day I " We very much doubt whether there has been such a degree of cold experienced in this country within the last fifty years. At Albany, it is stated, the thermometer was as low as 32 below Zero on Sunday last, at New Haven it was at '22. at Hartford it was at 27, in this city accounts vary, and perhaps iu such a crowded place as . a large city necessarily is, it may be difficult to ascertain the precise temperature, but it is said to have been several degrees colder yesterday moraing than it was on Sunday or Monday. In Newark, New Jersey, it has been as low as 16, at Baltimore 6, atarashington 16, and at Alexandria 15. It is not improbable tharthe cold in the winter of 1779-80 was as ex cessive as this; but the severe weather at that time lasted for a number of weeks without intermission, and the snow was in many parts of the "country five feet deep. This year we have had a comparatively moderate season until last Saturday, when the weather changed and became excessively cold, and has continued ever since to increase in severity. It is stated in the New Haven Herald that, according to a note of President Stiles, in the winter of 1779-80 the mercury, at the lowest, was at 19." is a singular fact that the quantity of cotton, coffee, tides, lead, and tobacco imported into New York during 834 was considerably less than that of 1833. The fol- owing are the particulars :-- IMPORTS INTO THE tORT OF NEW YORK MIRING THU YEARS 1833 AND 1831. 1833 —Coffee-237.718 bags, 716 casks, 2937 barrels. 1834 .. 203,240 .. 862 .. 2066 183.3—Cottoa-177,164 bales. 1834 .. 166,137 .. 1333—Hides-899,876 1834 .. 736,989 ' 1833—Lead--117.793 pigs. • 1831 .. 77,570 .. 1833—Tobacco-8,739 hhds, 9,981 ceroons and bales. 1831 .. 8,228 .. 7,825 .. • • —to act on whig principles ? Is it an objection to Sir CHARLES SUTTON that he was elected speaker of the first reform parlament, with the hearty concurrence •f Lord GREY and the Whigs ? Is the sin of the tories un-' pardonable in the case of ABERCROMBIE, and that of the i.vhigs equally reprehensible in the case of MANNERS SUTTON ? " Public 'principle" is a crime in the one case, and a virtue in the other; and yet the motives , of action, the preferment given, and the sacrifices made, are precisely the same in bOth cases. But is character—is ability—is experience nothing in a question of thislind a Is there a man with a grain of sense in his head who cannot discriminate between the superior talents of Sir CHARLES SUTTON, and the dull, sour, repulsive, and indolent habits of Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBHI ? Where did he ever distinguish himself? At the bar or the,-House of Lords, even in Scotch ap- peals, he and the stuff gown on his back, without any odds on either side, might have fairly contested the pahn of intellect. Who remembers a speech he ever de livered, an opinion he ever promulgated, or an argu ment either of force or originality ? He was a cypher in his profession, and a stock piece laid upon the dusty shelves of the House of Commons. In a word, he never ranged higher than an Edinburgh attorney, whom fa mily connections had clothed in the robe of a barrister. He w a s for man years the factor and rent collector of a whig nobleman, and lie was equally efficient in discharg ing tenants who could not pay, and in discharging the pecuniary obligations which he had officially incurred. In a word, he was a decent clerk, and p steady book keeper. In sugar and molasses the quantity in both years is nearly the same. On what ground can this decrease of imports be explained but that which refers to the finan cial measures of the government, and the tremendous shock which trade has received in consequence. Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE has consented to be put in nomination as Speaker of the new House of Commons! The correspondence between the candidate,and his pa tron, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, is as fine a specimen of the mock-diffident as we have met with for some time. It is modesty burlesqued in the magniloquent manner of Tom Thumb. It would appear that the whigs have seriously resolved to oppose the election of Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUT TON. It would al•,o appear that a long and diversified , correspondence has been kept up on the subject, and that various obstacles had to be removed before they could agree as to the fittest member. Lord EBRINGTON Was once thought of, but he had the uncommon courage to decline. The stranded bung was thrown into the Ser pentine, but PoNTo would not swim. Mr. SPRING RICE was consulted; but he had the good sense to avow his in competence to fill so very arduous and responsible a situ ation. Mr. LITTLETON offered himself as a candidate; but be was told, even by his own friends, that, since the affair in which he enacted so distinguished a part, and' which led to the resignation of Lord GREY, his character has not been held in .very high estimation, and that the idea of Mr. LITTLETON aspiring to the'speakership was absurd. Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE was applied to in the last resort. He at first refused. Lord JOHN RUSSELL plied him with all the art of an ingenious persuader for several weeks, but in vain. Mr. ABERCROMBIE was're solved to make no sacrifices for the sake of his party, and Lord JOHN had in consequence to change his tactics. He found, that if he could only ply the Edinburgh law yer with a draught that would at once be palatable to his selfish and ambitious disposition, he might succeed. He had, after due deliberation, recourse 'to an expedient which none but a poet would ever have dreamt of. He represented to Mr. ABERCROMBIE that if he could but succeed in obtaining the chair of the House of Com mons, his seat for Edinburgh would be secure for life. The people of the Modern Athens, quoth Lord JOHN, would deem it a very high honour to return the speaker. They would for ever be proud of the man who should confer such lasting renown upon. their city, and they would return him at all future elections in spite of all op position. A This decoction of the Jesuit's bark had a powerful ef• Fect ; but something more had to be done. Lord JOHN Followed up the impression he had made with great adroitness, and with more talent, of a particular kind, than we have been in the habit of giving him credit for. Ile surpassed the powers of the alchymist and the idealist. He gilded refined gold and painted the lily. He con verted £2,000 into £6,000 a year—proving to demonstra tion that the minimum increase never could be lower dur ing his life than £4,000 a year. You have, my dear ABER CROMBIE, said Lord JOHN, ohly £2,000 per annum for the dirty job of being a useless Scotch judge for a few months. The liberal tories, who appointed you to do little in your judicial capacity, and the whigs, who permitted you to do nothing, by making you a complete sinecurist and by dis pensing with your eminent services altogether, only gave you what the writers of Edinburgh call a solatium of some • £2,000 per annum. Now we, my dear ABERCROMBIE, continued Lord Jolts, are economists of a purer water, and we are disposed to give you as speaker £6,000 a year when in office, and £4,000 a year when, in the course of time, you may be inclined to do no other kind of drudgery than • that • of drawing your salary on quarter-day This last masterly touch of the argumentum ad homi nent settled the matter. Nothing more was wanting but a concerted duet in order to divert public attention from the real facts of the negociation. The parties agreed to two public letters—one from Lord JOHN to Mr. ABER CROMBIE, and the other from Mr. ABERCROMBIE to Lord JOHN. We do not—we must not pretend to have been in the secret ; but we do venture to assert that a knew, more than a fortnight ago, that this negociation was go ing on, as medical men say, favourably ! The blundering still goes on I Lord NAPIER has ar rived at Canton, and the tea trade, which the wings opened, is stopped ! Mr. ABERCROMBIE is to be supported by the discom fited whig faction on the, ground of "public principle." What is meant by this the parties do not choose to ex plain. • But no man can be so blind as not to perceive that the " public principle" here displayed is a disloyal and an'inveterate hostility ,to the King's prerogative. The great Irish incendiary instigates his furious and de. graded slaves to commit murder on the ground of "pub lic principle." It is "public principle" which carries a "death's head" and "cross bones" to the door of every political antagonist. It is the same " principle" which gave encouragement to the same " death's head" at the door of a newspaper office in Liverpool during the elec tion, the miserable old woman connected with which we heartily despise, but she has one or two sleeping part ners whom we shall call to account ere long. it is the same " public principle" which induces Sir JOHN CAMP BELL to "stop the supplies," O'CoNNELL to collect the " rent," JOSEPH HOME to deal in Greek scrip and preside at public dinners, Sir JOHN KEY to deal in paper, Dr. LUSHINGTON to libel the royal family, Tom DUN COMBE to go to 'Chancery and tight Mr. FRAsER, Mr. ADY to write letters to the country; and Lord BROUGHAM to write letters from the country to , his " beloved so vereign" 1 ! Pray do not imagine that we underrate the pretensions of Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE. We have always enter tained a very particular respect for him since the tune when Lurd ELDON immortalized him from the bench. He was on that occasion defended by a gentleman, then a member of the House of Commons, now filling an ex- But are these 'the talents which should command the respect of the representatives of Great Britain ? In Other words, is Mr. ABERCROMBIE to be placed in pre ferable juxta-position with Sir CHARLES SUTTON Lord GREY consideredflie services of the latter gentleman to be indispensable in the first reformed parliament. He knew the unruly spirits, the talking charlatans, the po pular coxcombs, and the ignorant brawlers whom his bill had forced into the national assembly, and, therefore, he sought the aid of the experienced and accomplished Speaker. If, the'tefore, Sir CHARLES SUTTON was deemed useful in 1832, can it be said that he is less so in 1835 ? Oh I but circumstances are changed, says Lord JOHN RUSSELL. In 1833 the whigs were in power and they could afford to be liberal in the ratio of their salaries. Now they are out of office—the King has dismissed them —there is a dense cloud between them and the doors of the treasury on quarter day; and they are determined to be inconsistent'Ar the sake of "public principle." The people have been deeply wounded in their pride and in their hopes by the ill-advised dismissal of the reform TT-li nislry—their dutiful affection for the monarch has been supplanted by some treacherous and invidious eaves dropper of the, court—we have been kicked out at an hour's notice, wlihout the benefit of a character, or the privilege of making a remonstrance—in . short, we are injured and defamed servants, says Lord JOHN, and we are determined to form a servants' union, after the mo del of the tailors' union, of London, and oppose the King, our master, and Sir ROBERT . PEEL, his new mi nister, by all the means in our power Lord Joni.; RUSSELL has perhaps a secret reason for this opposition, The conservative administration have resolved to square accounts between the lay impropria tors and the clerical tithe owners. This is a blow at the house of RUSSEI.L. We rejoice that Sir ROBERT PEEL has the boldness and the sense of justice to make the at tempt. A few shit tories will, of course, grumble—we do not, however, sympathise with them, and we suspect they will not call new spirits from the deep to do that which we decline. The great, the sweeping, the just sacrifice must be made by the aristocratic whigs. The labourers in the vineyard of the church of England must be better provided for. The revenues of a bishop must be ascertained, and regulated to that balance of equality . which shall put a stop to the impolicy of frequent re movals. Tile curates must be elevated to the rank of merchants' clerks, and have a salary equal to the sales man in a cheese warehouse. We must, henceforward, pay quite as much for our religious instruction as 'we have paid for the mending bf our boots and shoes. There must be no tax upon the public at large. The richer bishops must contribute to the income of the poorer ones, and the rich lay impropriators, whose property has no claim upon na tional justice or expediency, further than that consent gives power, and that an unchallenged right is an indem nity to the robber, must compound for their tithe lands, make a merit of necessity, give up that which they never had a good claim to, and surrender voluntarily that which must be conceded to expediency. This, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL would say, is " public principle." Like the noble lord's own vindication of his conduct, it has little or nothing to do with the subject in dispute. Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON iS to be op posed by Mr. JakrEs ABERCROMBIE. This is a challenge. A desperate, faction have resolved to try their strength. What if they should succeed ? Think of that, Dr. Bow- RING I A new election' would settle the business, and we long to try it. But there is nothing to fear, for Sir CHARLES SUTTON will be elected by a large majority. We cannot tell whether Lord NAPIER received instruc tions from the late ministry to insult the authorities of Canton, but certain it is that he has done so. lie en tered the city without invitation, which is a trespass on the laws of the celestial empire, and a grave offence on the part of Lord NAPIER and the so called " English devils" who attended him. This interruption of the trade, however, is expected to be amicably arranged. Dr. Monalsos, the eminent Chinese scholar, died at Canton on the Ist of August. That Lord NAPIER has acted imprudently is clear enough, but we are bound in candour to say that a rup ture with the Chinese authorities is almost indispensable before the important trade carried on in Canton by our countrymen can he placed on a respectable and indepen dent footing. The cringing and mendicant manner in which the agents of the East India Company transacted their business was anything but creditable to the British nation. These people allowed themselves to be insulted with impunity. In the public manifestoes they were treated like dogs, and were hooted, scoffed, and kicked by every button in the empire. This has been endured too long. The only way to open up the. trade effectually is by means of a few ships of war. We should compel the Chinese to respect us, and bear our passports to that curious land of demoralization and pollution on the muzzle of our guns. Elsewhere will be found a report of the speeches delivered by Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS and the Reverend Rector CAMPBELL, at a select` but convivial party attracted together at that truly national and inspiriting of all ceremonials—a ship, launch, which took place on Friday last. The speech of the honourable baronet is characterised by the devoted fondness for what constitutes the strength and glory of the country. In our commercial marine we have a prosperous school of young and hardy sea men—men who " dare the elements to strife"—who carry unfurled the flag of England over the world—who are known and either feared or respected on every sea and every harbour of the globe, and who are ready when their country calls them to man our best bulwarks, nail our colours to the mast, and shed their best blood in defence of the Queen of the Ocean. Sir Howatto, in alluding to the invaluable worth and loyalty of the British sailor, availed himself of the op portunity to point the finger of approbation to those years in ournational annals when our ❑aval fame was raised to immortality under a tory administration. And well did the subject of the day's ceremonial suit the cc ureliment BATTY'S AMPHITHEATRE. EXTRAORDINARY ATTRACTION. SECOND NIGHT OF .4 NEW GRAND SP '',TACLE. THIS present TUESDAY, th e 3d i ns t an t, : id ever y E ven ing during the week, wilt be perfor ii • a new (Thema Spectacle, produced by Mr. Stirling, cane( , 1 AN ARAB'S OAT ; OR, THE CAVE OP T 14135. Mahomet (Sultan of th e eas t, disgtiis as the Arab) Mr. Stirling. OP Imau ....Mr. N ev ill e .— Conr ....Mr. Thornhill. Zahetta (the Sultan) Miss Thornhill.—Liska, Mrs. Stirling. SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. Miss Smith as the Venetian Flower Girl.-LThe Country. man in his Visit to the Circus, or Laugh when you can.—Mr Batty will appear in a favourite act.—Mr. Ilicken will pourtray an extraordinary anecdote, founded ou fact, called the Polish Lancers, or the Russian's Defeat. To conclude with the popular Petite Drama, entitled LOVE AND WAR. Boxes, 2.—Pit, ls.—Gallery, 6d. Children under Ten Half-price to the Boxes and Pit. Half price to the Boxes at Nine o'clock. Doors open at Six, and commence at Seven. SMALL NUMBER OF DISSENTING AGITATORS, (From the Record.) The fact is simply this—we repeat it from its importance— that two or three Socinians and three or four political dissenters of radical principles stimulate and direct the Red Cross Com mittee; and, again, these three or four political dissenters, with the addition of two or three more of the same spirit, under the name and sanction of "Thomas Wilson, Esq.," (whom we have frequently described as a good man, and, though suspicious of it, still not fully alive to the fact of his being made a mere tool by them)—we say that these few individuals are carrying on the same desperate political garne;and wielding the body Just as they choose ! And, if the pious and moderate dissenters do not rouse themselves from their thraldom, and deliver themselves from so wretched and disreputable a slavery, they will act nei ther like men nor christians. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The throne of the House of Lords; which is exceedingly handsome, was. placed yester day on the platform in the house. The speaker's chair is also very elegant, and both houses will be finished in the .course of a few days. The apartments for the accommodation of the members to dine and take refreshments extend partly over the, courts of law.—London paper. Kays.—The invention of keys is ascribed to the.Lacedemo nians. They were originally made of wool, and the earliest form was a simple crook,•similar to the common picklock now in use. The ancient keys now to be found irr the cabinets of the curious are mostly of bronze. The late Francis Douce, Esq. had some of remarkable shapes, the shaft terminating on one side by the works, on the other by a ring. Keys of thiS description were presented by husbands to wives, and were re turned again upon divorce or separation. In the manuscript department of the King's library. at Paris, a case, containing several interesting autographs, has much ex cited the attention of visitors. They are written in a•manu script Bible, on two pages at the end, as follows "This Bible is ours, Charles, the Vth of our name, King of France. It is in 11 volumes, and we caused it to be made. Signed Charles."-2. "This Bible is ours, Henry, Illd of the name, Kin of France and Poland. Signed Henry."-3. "This is our Bible. Signed Louis XIII."-4. "This is our Signed Louis XIV."—In another case are shown several MSS. of Venelon, Corneille, Pere La Chaise, Madame de Maintenon, Louis XIV., Turenne, Madame de Sevigni., Moliere, Bossuet, Rousseau, &c. The bust of the Abb4 Barthelerui has been placed in this part of the library.. Tho Board of Control in Cannon-row has been recently en larged. It is, we believe, a fart that the right hon. the ex president of the board, Mr. C. Grant, shortly before his retire ment from office, required from the directors an increased r.,oin or the Board of Control. It is not generally known that the nomination of Si; Rob?it Grant to the - governet - Leut of the presi dency of Bombay was carried in the court by a majority of three ouly THE EF,ECTIONS.—We have good reason to believe that the elections have surpassed the most sanguine hopes of the govern ment. Much was expected, hut the reality has surpassed alt an tic ipat ion.—Brightun Gazette. _ _ _ In-the Court of Exchequer, Dublin, on Tuesday last, a, new trial was granted in the trim. con. case of Hodgens v. illation, in which a verdict for £3,000 was recently given for the plaintiff. DRATH OF THE ItiGHT HON. JAMES FlTzGEumr.D.—Died on Tuesday last, at his residence in Bouterstown, in the county of Dublin, the Right lion. James Fitzgerald, at the advanced age of b 3 years. ourvr VEstivtus.—An eye witness thus describes the mag nitude of the late eruption of Vesuvius:—"The stream of lava must have been a mile and a half broad, while its extent from the crater was nine ►Hiles, with a depth of 30 feet; so that in stead or commencing with the base of the houses, it approached and flm,ved over their roofs, entering the doors and windows till the whOle were buried, the roofs first falling in with a loud crash:" THE CITY MEMBERS.—Of the four city members, two it ap pears are s p ec t ac le-makers, and a !hit(' a needle-Maker.. Of course persons so qualified cannot fail to keep an eye up on th e interests of -their constituents; at all events the :pectacio makers can easily "get themselves glass eyes, and, like certain politicians, seem to see" the things they cannot exactly make CROPS IN ENGLAND.—The quanta)* of corn raised per acre varies of course according to the soil. The produce of wheat at some spots amounts to 6 quarters, but in others to only 1 1 guar- 1 ter per acre ; but 21 quarters for wheat, 4 for barley, ancdq for oats may be coosidered a fair average. The average weight of a bushel of good English wheat is about 581bs. ; in bad seasons it does not exceed 56 or 57, but in good years it sometimes weighs from 60 to 6'6. and in some places (Albs. The bushel yields 431bs. of flour for standard wheaten bread; or 46Ibs. for household bread. The culture'of rye and buck wheat in Eng land has of late years been very much diminished. The quantit.; of hops raised is very fl uctuating, but may be computed a t au annual average of 20,000,Milliti. ORIGIN OF PIIMICIA NS TO THR KtNG.—The earliest mandate or warrant for the attendance of a physician at court which the writer has been able to discover is dated 33 Henry VI., a reign fertile in the patronage which was afforded to . practitioners in Medicine; but in that reign no appointment existed which can justly be called physician to the royal person. By this warrant the King, with the consent of. his Privy Conned, deputed to three physicians and Iwo surgeons the regulation of his diet, and the administration of such medicines and remedies as might he sufficient for his cure, without any allusion to the previous ex istence or permanency of the office, which they were authorised for a time to fill, or to a remunetatiuti fur their en . vices.—Life of Linacre. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1835, We have advices from - Demerara to the 23d Decem ber. The Governor had sent circulars to twelve district magistrates, reques s ting answers to certain questions wlfich they contained., Eleven of these had been 1.e.! turned and published. By them, it would appear that the conduct of the apprentices; in the month of October, had been more favourable than it was in September. The only difficulty in the case is to ascertain the degree of credibility which should be attached to information emanating froM unfortunate gentlemen so immediately under the control and entirely at the mercy of a Go vernor who is by no means the sweetest-tempered or wisest personage in the world. We must confess .e have little or no confidence in it, particulary when we see no allusion made to the quantity of walk performed by the negroes, and when we also perceive those ofTh.-ial statements challenged in the most open manner in that able and independent paper the Guiana Chronicle. It says, of date 22d December " Taking it for granted, then, as we are upon this showing justified in doing, that the state of the labouring population prior to the period now reported on was so bad—that the health of the patient was so dangerous that the prudent physician ab stained from issuing bulletins which must needs have alarmed the healthful part of the community—that a report of the true state of the matter would have been dangerous; now that it is supposed that the patients are in a recovering way, forthwith we are furnished with a true and particular' account, as they are pleased to call them, of the state of affairs of eleven out of the twelve judicial districts. " Now, the very fact of suppressing the previous reports until the critical moment when his excellency wanted their support must naturally beget suspicions in the minds of the intelligent of the truth or corr ec t ness o f them. To see how far this is the case becomes our next object. • " In the fist place they are, even allowing them, as far as they go, to be true, but the reports of one- magistrate in each district; and when we reflect that that magistrate is, for the most part, a stranger (as the generality of the stipendiaries are) to the manners and customs of the negroes, is it not more than probable that he, will be leas frequently applied to than the spe cial justice, who has been a resident for the greater part of his life in this colony ? Now, of the cases brought before these magistrates, no account whatev.or is taken in these reports; all we there see is the same sing-song lesson running through all the eleven different reports, and every ono speaking of peace and contentment ainongst the negroes. " Thus for instance, of district B. we have a flattering description of the peace and good order reigning in that section of the Colony, where it is stated that all is tranquillity except on plantations Bachelor's Adventure and 'Paradise. In direct contradiction to this, we refer the reader to Mr.. Whitlock's letter, wherein it is averred • that on not one plantation in this district hove the labourers performed anything like a proper quantity of work.' " In like manner district C. is favourably spoken of by the stipendiary who presides over it. To contrast with that ac count, we subjoin the following document which has just been handed to us, and say— • Look upon this picture, and on this.' " ' An account of labour lost on plantations Little Diamond and Prospect, since the let of August to the 30th of November, in attending courts, and by confinement in the colony goal. The labourers and their free progeny amounting together to oue hundred and forty people : August ........... 30 days. Septemb er October • November one hundred anti sixt-one 310 days labour lost, and y guilders of gaol fees paid, and at this moment one of the representatives of these properties stands bail for the appearance (at the supreme court, to be held on the 12th of Janua r y , ensuing) of nine of the apprenticed' labourers attached to the above estates, who were referred in the month of November by th e di str i ct sessions of d i strict C., for mutinous i and ncorrgible conduct.' "Of district D. we spoke in our last, and then characterized the report of that di s t r i ct as untrue. T o prove that that op i n i on is shared in with us by others of the community, who have had good opportunities of tecoming acquainted with the actual 'state of the country, we insert the following extract from a private letter we received yesterday from a gentleman residing in that district : "` I cannot help being amused at your simplicity in attach ing any importance to the answers of the stipendiary magis trates, returned to the leading questions of his excellency, and published by him in last Thursday's Gazette,. To us who live in the country, and behind the scenes, all such humbug seems unto ridiculous. His excellency, again and again, in his extra judicial, and I should suppose illegal, communications to the st , pendiaries, first inculcates upon them the necessity of not in flicting punishment by the cat, except in the most extreme cases, and then, as a test of the good behaviour of the apprentices, he publishes the number of such pun ishin,nt only, and these, too, of a singe magistrate in each di , trict, while the floggings by the other two, three, or four magistrates, ate passed over in si lence. Surely the trickery of this is too apparent even to be guile a child. Look at our own district, for instance, which has the happiness to be under the stipendiaryship of that upright, just, and most impartial judge, captain Allen—in it, during last month, we had no less than five or six (I forget which) magi, 'nier and -mho ing The