The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-28 00:00:00

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END, DECEMBER 28, 1846.

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MONDAY

the result of which may be of some importance.
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'cal; eelaupnsdeerbeinfoyre a blow is struck by Das Antes,
I state it, moreover, as a possibility (and in my
opinion a probability), that ])as Antes himself will
make a push towards the north with such regulars
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Queen's partisans with unbounded hopes. The
is to be admitted, inspired the
distance which Des Antas would have to march be•
fore he can get into the rear of Cazal's division is
about thirty-two leagues, and it is reasonable to
suppose that Oporto will hold him in play for
the few days that would bo required for making this
exertion. The weather is somewhat against such an
operation. In the event of its taking place, Santarem
would be garrisoned by the guerillas and armed
peasants under the command of Villa Real, Cesar
Vasconcellos, and others of the liberal chiefs who are
now concentrated there. Colonel Wylde left Lisbon
this mornin,. for Cartaxo, where it seems his presence
is expectete afford soe show of encorement to
Saldanha,e though uponm what grounds Iu amag at a loss
to divine.
In the meantime, and whilst inactivity and discou-
ragement characterise the state of affairs attire Queen's
general's head-quarters, the people in the south are
neither idly nor uselessly employed. Schwalbach,
who took his departure hence last week (Thursday)
at the head of about 300 raw and hastily-collected
levies, reached St. libes at eleven o'clock on Saturday
night. The pl ice was evacuated, the guerillas
having retreated as soon as their scouts brought in-
telligence of the general's approach. The Scourge
had already been despatched thither by Admiral
Parker, in order to protect British property in case
it should be threatened, which was not the ease. On
her arrival off the fort, the war steamer had the new
flog of Sir William Parker flying (white, with St.
George's cross), which the commandant mistook for
the Portuguese ensign (half white and half blue), and
fired three guns at her. The union-jack, however,
speedily cured the mistake, and an apology was at
once offered for the occurrence, which was atoned for
by a salute of 21 guns to the flag. Having executed
her mission, and seen the place in possession of the
Queen's troops, the Scourge returned on Sunday to
the Tagus.
'There exists on the part of the populace of Lisbon a
very uneasy and excitable feeling, which br,uks out
now and then in hasty ebullitions, but which is as
soon quelled by the bayonets of the police force. On
two successive evenings after the arrival of the boat
from Villa Franca (which is the town leading to
Cartaxo, where passengers proceeding thither em-
bark), crowds of people have awaited in Black
Horse-square, making noisy demonstrations, and even
throwing stones at the guard. Several rockets were
thrown up on Thursday night after dark, and some
arrests took place. But it is necessary to state that,
notwithstanding these symptoms, the city is perfectly
tranquil.
A party of officers recently went up to the head of
the great estuary which forms the mouth of the
Tagus, in order to shoot : they were cautioned by the
peasants not to go beyond certain boundaries, and to
carry with them a boat's flag for their personal pro-
tection. From the observations that were made of
the disposition of the peasantry, it would appear that
they were all of them engaged in the interest of the
Liberal party.
The Royal Tar arrived here late on Saturday night,
bringing the Oporto mail-bag, which the stormy
weather had prevented her from landing. By this
vessel there came to Lisbon the Count de Mensdorff
(cousin to HAUL Prince Albert), who is now on a
visit to their Majesties at Mupidades. H.
LISBON, DEC. 17, 9P r. I
The Scourge returned this afternoon from Oporto,
bringing despatches from that place, which she left at
nine o'clock last night. There had been some
firing in the suburbs of thtk city, but nothing
of any importance had taken place. The detach-
ments from Saldanha's force, under Lapa and
Freire, had returned to Cartaxo, where the whole of
the marshal's army was concentrated. Various ru-
mours have prevailed in Lisbon during the last two
or three days respecting the movements of the troops
on both sides, but they have all proved to be false.
I)as Antas still remains at Santarem, and Bomfin and
Monzinho, having succeeded in the object which they
had in view, are now on the march to the north.
Colonel Wylde returned from Saldanha's head-
quarters late last night. The Lisbon municipal
cavalry, which were attached to Lapa's force, re-
turned on the lath to Lisbon, in very bad condition,
their horses completely knocked up by the short
campaign which they had undergone. The Virago
war steamer came into the Tagus after dusk, on her
way from Gibraltar to England. The discount on the
Bank of Portugal, alias the Bank of Lisbon, notes
still continues to be fearful. As an instance of it, I
may mention that, having a payment to make, a gen-
tleman here tendered it in paper, which he obtained
at the rate of 20 per cent. in favour of the gold with
which he made it, the lucky recipient immediately ob-
taining 22 per cent. for his metal from a Cambista in
the Rua da Ouro. ll.*

sew under the plea' aPtroeseM, .genCrsit
inseedity ptopeity, filthy priyette habits among
the lower class, with great cost as d splendour of the I
nobles, periodical plagues from neglect of cleanliness
and unwholesome diet, a country overrun with
vagrants and banditti, a learned class turning from
thq barbarous Latin of the schoolmen to the nobler
masters of Greece and Rome, and a system of commer-
cial legislation which hampered industry in every
transaction, and impeded invention in every effort.
Pass over an hundred years, and we come to 1646.
lie arrogance of royal prerogative, after rt long and
vigorous assertion of it by ELIZABETH, is failing in
`he dishonest hands of CHARLES I. The Parliament
arrayed against the King. STAFFORD has expiated
the scaffold the unscrupulousness that served, and
folly that trusted to, a STUART. LAUD was
mded the preceding year. The last body of
iers that armed for CHARLES under Lord
..EY is defeated this very year. The King,
almost the very anniversary of the foundation of
college, is arguing with Mr. HENDERSON, at New-
, on the divine origin of episcopacy ; and instead
he grateful acceptance of the royal messenger,
the quaint pageantry of an hundred years before,
'rinity hears her courts ringing to the steel scabbards
I gingling spurs of the Ironsides; for her guest
time is not a royal chamberlain, but Sir THOMAs
IRPAX, general of the parliamentary forces.
Lords journals of March, that year, inform
Sir THOMAs came to Cambridge a n
; ad how i
tyn
"he +rim highly caressed, and Latin oration
to him by a fellow of Trinity College, who had
a soldier in his regiment. In the chapel they
presented him with a rich Bible; in the hall with a
--tptuous banquet. Then the town entertained him
a stately banquet, and at the schools he was
a master of arts." The hundred years,
tpsed, had seen the University siding with
terent forms of faith, as each obtained the
• hand; vibrating with marvellous adhesion
one principle of agreeing with the powers that
from Protestant to Romanist with MARY, and back
Romanist to Protestant with ELIZABETH. The
turch has fallen before the Puritanism, whose germs
into being with Protestantism in this country.
toleration has gained no triumph in the overthrow
the bishops. Civil liberty, much as it owes
the revolution of 16-18, has a further struggle to
.enter, and another king to remove, before it can
dish itself in England. Meanwhile commerce
increased, great trading companies have been
formed, though the manufacturing industries of the
country lie still undeveloped. Philosophy has uttered
first words of its emancipation through the mouth
ICON, and his name is stamped on the era which is
sing over Cambridge, with the scarce less noble ones
'CRANMER and Rioter, of COKE, SELDEN, MILTON,
CROMWELL himself. But the Popery of MARY,
Protestantism of Euzseent,the Presbyterianism
ac civil wars, and the Independency of the Pro-
tectorate, alike kept up at the University the system
-eligioua tests, and wielded with the same spirit
..e sharp sword of theological persecution. As yet
England had won neither liberty of conscience, freedom
,f speech, nor security of life and person. Great thoughts,
all questions of civil life and philosophy, had been
atered, but the time of the harvest was not yet
me. It was a century of great men but not of
meral culture, of marvellous efforts of intellect and
ill by the few, but small appreciation by the com-
mits of either. The next centenary brings us from
scaffold of CHARLESI. at Whitehall to the scaffold of
e rebel lords on Tower-hill. The century which rose
blood sets bloodily : 1746 saw the victory of Culloden,
7hich defeated the pretensions of the last STUART, as
skirmish at Stow-on-the-Wold extinguished the
glimmer of hope in the second of that ill-fated
e a hundred years before.
The civil achievements of the interim had been
'eat ones. Constitutional liberty received its strongest
guarantees in the Habeas Corpus Act and the Act of
Settlement. The last relics of formal feudalism
were swept away under CHARLES 11. But the
Bench could still be disgraced by a JEFFREYS, and the
pleadings of the courts were once more carried on in
foreign tongue, despite the change introduced by
tritwera.. Commerce was gradually extending.
r criminal code was becoming more and more de-
formed by bloody severity, and death by hanging
- the penalty of some 269 different descriptions of
.aces. The first post-office .was established
ithin this epoch. Roads were bad, and canals
unknown. Travelling was slow and danger-
Philosophy had been carried to its proud-
height under NEWTON ; literature had be-
ante popular, compared with what it was tinder
OIIARLES I. The controversies of that time made the
reading public of England. But religious toleration
was still unknown. Popery was the object of penal
-ss of almost incredible barbarity, tending to sever
nearest and dearest tics of natural affection.
Another century, and Trinity celebrates her third
wntenary in 1816. What subjects fur thought,
what sources of congratulation, what themes
proud comment does the interval supply ?
all of human doing that affects the social and poll-
teal lot of Englishmen, more is comprehended in this
period than in any corresponding one of the world's
history for any other nation. We see the seeds,
whose planting we have watched, burst into a glorious
productiveness. We see the thoughts of great men,
barren to their own times, significant and vital to
ours. We have retained nll that was permanent
in the past to carry it into this century. Commerce
has been developed to a degree almost surpassing
\chief ; our manufacturing industry has been roused
do an almost feverish life by the discoveries of WATT,
IRKWRIGIIT, and CaomrroN ; the atrocities of our
criminal law have been softened ; liberty of con-
science has been proclaimed in emancipation acts ; re-
yeeentation of the people secured, if not completely,
at least largely,by the 'Reform Bill; commerce unloosed
from the grave-clothes of restriction ; and now we stand
on the threshold of changes more momentous even
than these, as they affect the roots of the national
character, and work to shape the child into the man.
The first century of Trinity College might be called'
(as Mr. :tl.tc.tt-Lav called it) the century of BACON;
the second, the century of NEWTON ; the third has
no name of man whereby to designate it, but it might
claim prouder titles. Shall we call it the century of ,
political freedom, or of religious tolerance, or of the
abolition of slavery, or of the steam-engine, or the
power-loom, or the railway, or the Reform Bill, or
free trade ? May we hope to designate its successor'
by the title, prouder than all these, of the age of
eaacation ?

coral:ion-place as any merchant's clerk. And he is
all the better of it. The British officer of the
regular army fights as well as any; but he fights only
for his company, and only when it is necessary. Ile
is a member of a great body of international police ;
his business is to keep the peace, not to break it. He
is a brave, well-conducted citizen, not a dissolute
desperado.
The irregular soldier (of whom a few specimens
may still occasionally be metwith) has suffered by this
change. The irregular soldier who will fight in
any cause for which his sword may be hired,
has lost all chance of taking rank in society with
the regular national soldier. The only circumstance that
reconciles us to fighting as a profession—the reflec-
tion that in the present state of the world our national
safety can only be preserved by an army, and that
its soldiers strike only for the cause of home—is want-
ing in the case of irregular mercenaries. Enthusiasm
for a cause may carry a man thoughtlessly into the
battles of one foreign country, but as soon as he makes
it a trade, and transfers his services at the close of one
campaign to the service of another flag, he becomes
" contraband of war."
It is a semi-conscious sense of this that has led to
charging the police courts and the Old Bailey with the
surveillance of these amateur warriors. This effaces
the last glimmer of romance that might still cling to
their trade. Now that the laws against foreign enlist-
ment are enforced by the same agency as the laws
against pocket-picking, we are in a fair way to get
rid of foreign legions. None who are worth recruit-
ing will be ambitious of earning money by aiding to
unsettle foreign dynasties, with risk of being obliged
to hold up their hand at the same bar with burglars.
The finale of the English contingent to the Ecuador
Expedition has given the death-blow to the last avatar
of the buccaneering spirit. To see a high-minded gen-
tleman, after being baited in a police court by his own
Scrjeant Kites, turned Queen's evidence, only escape
from the bumbailiffs by the friendly interposition of a
rival jailer, and a precipitate scramble over walls
and through blind alleys, to deliver himself up at no
distant date to the tender mercies of a police-court,
has nothing alluring in it to the youthful imagina-
tion. It is more akin to the buffetted and disap-
pointed career of Pantaloon, than the glittering race
of Harlequin. Men laugh at, not with, the dashing
captain. lie is not even the Clown, but merely the
ill-treated dandy of the Christmas drollery. We
could regret this for the sake of that gentleman, and
others of honourable sentiments, who still cling to the
profession, did we not feel that as a sense of the ridi-
cule attaching to their position cannot fail to disgust
them more speedily with their trade, better service
could not be done them.

nor the nobles doubt it. More than twes.fy
said to me, " If we had been aware that out fate would i
be bettered, Ire should not have left a uncle nob aloe
we will make up for lost time in the neat yee*
tion." And they will do it. Another imprudent
be the nobles, and Poland will become a ye" 11
The incorporation of Cracow has made a 41
impression. It was there that the Pole saw the first fit
of his pretended liberty extinguished ; but the ee
nsten
tion is fully equalled by the indignation of the nobles",
cially of the women, and the hatred of Austria has a":
terrible. At Lemberg Russian grammars ahoued in 1
libraries, and the nobles are becoming Re,siged. IY
heaven guide the heart and the wisdom of the Revenue"
BERLIN, DEc. 19.---At the end of this year
shareholders of the new bank (one.half of whom
foreigners), will have to pay in their deposits, and it is A
expected that the increased amount of specie will matera
tend to remove altogether the money crisis, which, e.
now, is gradually disappearing. Favourable accounts b
also been received from the Frankfort Bourse.DRESDEN, DEC. 14.—The incorporation of Cm
with the Austrian monarchy seems to Lave a very favoun
effect on the situation of the late Dictator Typowshi, for ;
positively asserted that he will be set at liberty in the tpri
and provided with passports.
I)ENAT ARK.—The King of Denmark has dissol
the Diet of Schleswig. In the sitting of Dec. 14, the 11.4
Commissioner read the following letter from his Maim,
" From the minutes of the proceedings of the diet of Sel,
wig. I have seen with regret that the said axsemby, ie p
of being occupied with the bills earnestly required by
country, and with those proposed by the diet itself, hat
cussed certain propositions contrary to the act of Ms,
1831, and which tend to change completely the cons
tion of the duchy of Schleswig, and to bring about
separation from Denmark. Although the diet has ley
times been informed that it is incompetent in this rest
it has not paid any attension to the informition. The t
missioner having received an injunction in cnnformitv
paragraph 50, not to accept the petiti..us of the diet,
President maintained that the right of petitioning
thereby. suppressed. There was every unwiniege;
attack in any way this right; and if the diet bad prop
changes on the subject of the interpretation of parigeyelt
regard would perhaps
. have been paid to them. The P
•hreaichsonde,ctihdeedhaithlewrithesrejoritthye
sits
dent, however, trusted that the order of the day shoul.
changed—the commissioner for that reason was tumid
proceeding by the majority, contrary t
to
curved our disapprobation, rendering all further dist,"
acceptv
duty, without
re ha
netl anyhdde. t hp' tihillt sufficient
Reognav' conduct of the president, which 6,
impossible, we hereby declare the present diet of &hie,
dissolved. Pained as we arc to find ourselves &dig/diet
recourse to this sad necessity, we shall always he racist n
to give our dear and faithful subjects of the duchy of Sc]
wig ..."roofs of our unceasing paternal solicitude, mei is
tect the independence of that duchy, its union with
other parts of the monarchy, the rights established,
Dacish and German nationality of its inhabitants, RE
labour for the well-being of each by useful measures. 1
such views we commend it to the safe keeping of God."
SWEDEN.—STOCKIIOLNI, DEC. 15.—The goy
ment has ratified the following conventions : the tree
commerce and navigation between Sweden and Norwal
Mecklenburg Schwerin • the postal convention bet
Sweden and Norway and Ituseia, concluded on the 29
July, acd the postal convention concluded on the Bth of
•—een Norway and Denmark.

RESPECTING the fisheries off the Irish coast, two
things are known with certainty—that the fishing
banks are excellent, and that they have never yet
been properly. fished. Attempts have been made by
private individuals to stimulate the peasantry to fish
with more of enterprise and perseverance, and by
government to promote the fisheries, under the
auspices of a board. Something has been effected by
the instrumentality of both agencies, but not enough.
Fully to develop any branch of industry, there is
respired capital, under the direction of that skill and
perseverance which the spur of interest alone
can impart and maintain. Salaried officials lack
this spur ; the private individuals who have
endeavoured to promote fishing in their respee-
tire neighbourhoods, have wanted sufficient capital,
and have, for the most part, come into the
field merely as benevolent amateurs. It is with
pleasure, therefore, that we hear that the formation
of a joint stock company is contemplated for the pro-
secution of the Irish fisheries. It' set about with
proper caution and energy, it cannot fail to remune-
rate those who take part in it. With the aid of
British capital, it will, by giving employment to
Irish fishermen, and setting an example of the man-
ner
in which fishing on a large scale should be set
about, it may become a normal fishing school. l'ro-
perly conducted, it will train hardy and expert fisher-
men, and, by its success, arouse the emulation of
other companies and individuals possessed of capital ;
villages may thus be created all along the west and
north-west coasts of Ireland, which, as markets for
agricultural produce, will add to the value both of
land and labour. Of the originators of this company,
and its actual position and prospects, we know
nothing, but the shareholders can take the manage_
ment into their hands at any time, should they prove
incapable. For striking out this method of benefiting
Ireland, they are entitled to a fair trial and best
wishes for their success : it is for capitalists, more or
less connected with that country, to aid them on their
way.

TURKEY.—The festival of the Courbanik
commenced at Constantinople on the 30th ult. A Or
was issued immediately before to all the civil autho
exhorting them to fulfil strictly the duties committ
their charge. This circular, which is very voluminous
sea to all the principal towns of the Ottoman empin
was drawn up under the superintendence of Ileschid
by Rithat Pacha, president of the council of state. Th
lowing are the heads of the dillorent chapters :-1.
duties of all functionaries of the Sublime Porte. 2. I
of the police. 3. Duties of the ethroso,s of finance. 4. I
of the employes of justice. Municipal reguy
G. Duties of the governors of districts. 7. Consi
the responsibility of the functionaries, and the pensltie
are liable to if they din bey the regulations of the rim

'obi Court.
WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday morning the(
and Prince Albert took their usual early walk.
This morning her Majesty and her royal et
walked on the eastern terrsce of the Castle.
The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal
ness the Ductless of Gloucester on Saturday, at 0100
house.

SIR FREDERICK CCRIIIE.—Sir Frederick (
whose eminent civil services as chief secretary to the g
ment of India the Crown has acknowledged by a ban
is the third son of the late Mark Currie, Esq., form
Upper Galton, Surrey, and is a first cousin of our re;
tative, Mr. Itaikea Currie. Sir Frederick Currie WI
in 1799, educated at the Charter-house and Haileybtu
lege ; arrived in Calcutta 1818, and, after 20 Tears c
service, latterly as District Commissioner at COrackys
Gazepore, joined the Earl of Auckland at Simla, 11
Government Secretary for the North-Westyrn Pre
and accompanied his lordship to Lahore. In 1842 1
appointed by Lord Ellenhoreugti Government Secret
the Foreign Department. He continued to disehai
duties of this important office through the glorious can
of 1845-46. The Governor-General in his dispatch to the
Committee, dated Camp Ferozepore, Dec. 31,145. w
" I owe great ohl. gations to the Ch ief Secretary tothe G
ment, Frederick Currie, Es,., who has, during all
nous and sometimes conflicting duties in which! ha
engaged, given me his sound advice and active aidoos
accompanying me in the Held, and at all times evinc
coolest judgment, and exhibiting the resources of b
rience, to the great advantage of the Company's
Sir Frederick's services are again acknowledged
general order, Feb. 1646 ; and he was afterwards de
conduct the Maharajah Dhulcep Siegh in state to h
in the citadel of Lahore, and to arrange the tre.ty
zees. In November last Sir Frederick Currie w;
mously appointed by the Court of Directors to till
vacancy in the Supreme Council of India; and the
of Friday, the 18th of Dmetaber, shows that her
government are honourably alive to the merits of
career of distinguished public service.—Non

The Paris journals, and correspondence of Friday,
contain no intelligence of general interest to the
English reader. In consequence of the festival of
Christmas, the Bourse was closed, and business gene-
rally suspended.

We have received journals and correspondence from
Madrid to the 17th.
Rumours of a ministerial change were still current.
El Tionpa was of the opinion that the crisis would
continue until the election of the President of the
Chamber of Deputies had taken place. The triumph
of Bravo Murillo, in that respect, would be followed
by that of MM. Mon, Pidal, and Armero.
A private letter says:—" The ministerial crisis is
still the great topic of conversation, and various are
the rumours in circulation. The following version is
the most accredited. After a cabinet council held on
the 16th, all the ministers respectfully tendered their
resignations. The Queen refused to accept of them.
Her Majesty expressed the desire that the ministry
should continue at the head of affairs until the meet-
ing of the Cortes. The president vainly persisted in
twice offering to resign ; her Majesty replied that it
was her express desire he should continue in office."
According to the Espanol, out of 302 elections
known, 182 were favourable to the government, 37 to
the Conservative opposition, 32 to the Progreabistas,
and only 5 to the monarchical party.

ITALY.—ROME.—THE LATE INUNDATION.—The
Pope has appointed a commission, consisting of persons of
all classes, to open a subscription for the sufferers by the late
inundation. The Pope subscribed 8001. from his private
puree.
NETHERLANDS.—AMSTERDAM, DEC. 20.—Let-
ters from all parts, except from the extreme north of this
country, state that a thaw had taken place, and that the
large quantity of snow which fell during the preceding
week had been converted into torrents of water, which al-
most
literally deluged several towns. ?deny parts of Rot-
terdam, for example. were totally impassable during several
hours yesterday. The company which has been formed for
the purpose of reclaiming the waste lands of Holland are
quietly hut actively pursuing their preliminary labours. A
considerable number of men will be set to work at the be-
ginning of next spring. The lectures of Professor Tex, in
this city, on the corn-laws and the corn-trade, are very nu-
merously attended by the honest burghers. The professor is in
favour of a free trade in corn.
DEC. 23 —By a royal resolution of the 22nd Sep-
tember, and another of 25th November, the estates of the
province of Drenthe are authorised to negotiate a loan for
account of the province of Dronthe to the amount of
20,000 florins, to defray part of the expenses of constructing
a 'road frau Rolde to the frontiers of the province of Oro
ningen, according to a plan approved of by his Maiesty. The
By H.M. steamer Scourge, which arrived at Ports ettateeof the province have given notice that the loan shall 1
mouth yesterday, we have accounts from Lisbon to consist of 40 shares of 500 florins each, hearing interest of
the 17th inst. No movements of any consequence four per cent. per annum. Ms Itt:a al Highness Prince
had taken place on either side, though I)as Antes, Al
oassiogapsast,;ittsrd by his aide-de-camp, has returned
from the
accompanied
who was still at Santarem, had gained some slight ad- EINDHOVEN, DEC.' 20.—The diligence, which left
THE days of' chivalry are gone. Time was when, vantages with his guerillas; he had, moreover, de- this place yesterday morning at half-past 8 o'clock, to proceed
by selling his arm to the most punctual and liberal toched Boinfin and Mouzinho to the north. Soldanha to Bois le Due, was obliged, after going two leagues on its
paymaster, Captain Dagald Dalyetty, of Drum- remained perfectly inactive at Cartaxo, where Colonel road, to turn back, it not being pcssible to go any further on
thwaekct, for fidelity to his standard (for the time Wylde visited his head-quarters on the 14th, return- account of the great quantity of snow, which had drilled to
being), achieved the honour of knighthood. In these ing to Lisbon on the 16th. General Schwalbach had ansulst hmeilo,lalanndd hwatselt,stisrelzsbslootaetis.euapsstihy:droonad
degenerate days, our gallant soldados of fortune taken possession of St. Übes, which, however, was pre-Friday,e
did not reach here till this morning, being brought by a man
achieve no courtly honours beyond an introduction vionsly evacuated. Nothing of any importance had on horseback. The Belgian mail, which should have arrived
to the Central Criminal Court, a police magistrate occurred at Oporto up to the 17th inst. yesterday, did not reach here till to-day. Thus, the mails are
acting as the master of ceremonies. LISBON, Dec. 14. hove
n.
or considerably delayed in all directions to Eind- SUMMARY OF TIIE COMMON CAWNCIL ELI
In the' same lofty spirit which made Sir Arthur Attention is now principally directed towards G gRMANY.—Gar•ICI . —TARNOW, DEC. 2.—last The Court of Common Council for the enonag
H.-ardour, when about to be conducted by a sheriff 's Oporto,fromwhich place peopleherehavebeen deprived night, says a letter from Tarnow of the above date, at Leki- composed of nearly the. sasme gveentleemessemn=tel
officer to,
the county gaol, as a debtor, heave a sigh of all intelligence during the last ten days. If the gorni, a village not far from Plinio, one of the inhabitants ward, Wilislehahlsysl alterations
we newh mereb„: I
to the memory of the time when he was marched Scourge (war steamer) which conveys this, succeeds was called up us the night under the pretext of assisting to one new member; broad-street, one new mete
off under the warrant of the Lord Chancellor in entenng the ricer, she will convey much later and extricate a cart which had stuck in the mud, hut he had gate, one; Cripplegrate Within, one; arring
and an escort of dragoons, to answer a charge of more accurate accounts of the state of affairs there scarcely left his, acnapfnoowt hacendtlgereeatlinitintso fell upon three ; Farringdon Without, three, subjects:
high treason, did the solicitor of Captain or Colonel than any which I can pretend to offer. In the mean- heK) did not declare i'
where he kept his money.m Be avowed demanded;:, tan,„Vautornt,c:.:(afief"Lniinnet w asembe
SLEIGH implore the presiding magistrate of the time all sorts of absurd rumours are busily spread in that he had twenty-one florins hid in his room, and they `''A...,,,,",,, iti..c-Zun-wefilt..F we. hear taa,
Thames police to remit his client to no less dignified Lisbon respecting the success of Baron Coral's enter- went to seek it. Meantime, a boy having given the alarm,
Item the C Missionerwof Woods- have Weir
tribunal than the Court of Queen's Bench. The prise, though upon being examined they all turn out some of the peasantry arrived on the spot armed with bind- at work measuring the site of the !Lolls estate
ruthless magistrate, however, thought the Old Bailey to be gross and even improbable fictions. It has, how- g
ther'et"iobbersheira, anndahie3ruws ezoens. In theedmait oftwtoheotfutleu.ll lane, with reference es its capacity for ths
quite good enough for the commanding officer of the ever,becn stated, on what it appears are reasonable killed on the spot: the third, a Jewu, escapes! with his lit., Public Eteeonl-ottice. We trust the rumour i
British contingent to General FLARES' expedition. grounds, that the Duke of Terceira has been removed but was left for dead on the ground. The peasants then
that the resent govmement are: hout to earn
. the honour of settling this lang-delayo
The truth is, that an entire change has come over front the Castle of Fox to the Pelacon prison, within proceeded to a tavern, where they found male suspicious- AA„,.,...„,
the character and position of the gentlemen who " for the town of Oporto. 10-king men, whom they attacked at ones. The men see- "'----•
1 With teased that they belon lto a head of brired• ii upon which Drsmissar of PotteE Ofetesits..—l
a consideration " take upon themselves to shoot and respect to the movements at Cartaxo andthe- prisoners,-and lac!, at the meeting of the comaii.sioners a P
be shot at as proxies for the nation at large. As Santarem, there is little to report. Saldanha's inac-
in the police, so in the army, a broad line of de- tivity, amounting even to apathy and neglect, has very that the
the peasants slew four of thorn, made
peasants are still sr:alined to take the law in their various sections. of the metrepolitan police we
Rave them up to the authorities. This earn tanc• proves landyard, no fewer than twenty-two officers(
mareation is now drawn between the regulars and much incensed the court party, who consider, anil own bands, and that the eornmitteets of Brussels and Paris drunkenness and other baeaches in the
the irregubars. In the days of the first GEORGE, the with some justice, that every day's delay in making arc mistaken when they imagine that their emissaries of
stheirduoties.tsenmewhreisaett:tssalys. After a ngt
spheres and functions of the Blarskins and Jonathan a strenuous strugirk for mastery Ls only increasing will b hearkened to, No doubt it is tine that I oft whole I"' WELLINGTON3 ger3 ,
the government has as yet done but. little for SITE FOR TILE STATCI
Wilds, and Feihfligs were so vaguely and imperfectly- the danger and disaffection. Das Antes, however, the enfranchisement of the cultivators of the toilundetermined M
at present on. r.Burton, the
defined, that it was, as /.,ar says, " handy dandy, slid does not imitate the example set him by his ants- and nevertheless the peasants generally submit to the* arch, sea have reasnn to believe, was woe.'
which is the justice—which the thief." In the days gonist, but he harasses and annoys the Queen's CartiVll Wandering bands of armed peasants are no design for a pedestal, but far obvious rens ne
of Captain Bohai! and ltaLEimi it was equally die troops in every possible way, which his guerillas longer so ho seen. One of the great scourges in the districts so. Mr. Barry was then applied to, and tool
Seta to distinguish, by " circumstance extern," th and ir rs fully enable him to do. It was only .of Tarnow and Stilla“ are the emissaries- One of them was as a preliminary step, some men were set t
high-minded soldier from the mercenary adventurer. four orrere days since (on rho Bth or oth) that a anewed ten days since, provided with regular pas;- hale, in the parade, simply to ascertain id
port At Lemberg another arrested by
the ground there, so as to judge r f the propn
Bat matters arc entirely changed since this country party issued from Santarem and took possession of, the „abler,
and given up to the authorities. Martial law exists, that site. 'f he excavation ha'. sine been ti
has been blessed with a standing army and annual Ponte de Selleiros, capturing a pieqact guard which but is not enforced. A gendarmerie has been established, is the intention of the government, at this
mutiny bill, and regimented bands of metropolitan was stationed there in the very eight of the marshal, called a safer eased, but is of little or no use, as move the statue from its present doubly des
police. who did nothing either to prevent or avenge this in- there are only 66 gend,lrmes for the whole dis- we can affirm with tolerable confidence;
ht
trice of Tarnow, which has an extent of 9 thatthose of the committsm who have beet
The position and functions of a captain of foot or salt. The count has detached another force of 1,000 „mu, miles.
The peasants have pi) tined n 3 there, ng allthe eans it
dragoons are now as well known as those of a bar- men (horse and foot), under Mouainho de Altiu- y,ntie, and their patriotism will soon cool down,h
if famine, raising
entitinterferearnacea'niith it, und mews
ui
rister or attorney. Bating that the military is gene- qinseque ; this has joined flomfin's division, and indeed, does not extinguivh it altogether. The nobles are' the public since the matter was statNl to
rally a shade poorer than the legal functionary there is altogether there arc now 3,000 good troops wine the wiser for the bloody lesson they received, and still evidence of general approval, io onler to
nothing about him to make city fathers rtagard him as oppased to the 2,000 men under Pri. ire and Latin. cone in secret. The women sing the t` Craeovienne," mine from their intention. They her
a detrimental. Ile takes to his basin( sa and f dhow:, A letter written by au English officer of credit wiiiili yl
the
nss gonfrlasmftedn,t ;Vey. takes measuns. What businesses which will occupy p.oliam ut a.
it up, with as little of imagination, with as much. of and character, dated Santarem, the 10th that., hat : scenes of bloodshea we ham wititets.sed ? ileeitherrenthiev"paraosi.anthtes ithhinZ, cirrtrheenymcaQuig°etalre eventsctttofeli.°g ''eeleou,rP,i,

Mercury.
1)FATII OF GENERAL JOHN GRAMM CT..'
—To the list of general officers who hare died st
present month, we have to add this venerable fie
who died a few days since at his residence in Ese
deceased general was in his 80th Tear, and had b
four years in thearmy. He entered the service in:
1782, and when captain he was with his rep
the West Indies, in 1794, when he assisted at the
Martinique and St. Lucia. At the storming of
Pierre he gallantly led " the forlorn hope." He 1
the siege and reduction of Forts Louis and B)urbo
displayed much energy and bravery, ho was recom
the commander-in-chief, and the next year was pis
his services. He accompanied the expeditivn corn'
Sir James Pultency to flell4,le, Forrol, and Vigo
1801. then Lieut.-Colanel, he proceeded with his
(the 3rd Foot) to Egypt, and shared the honours o
pains of 1801 under Sir Ralph Abercromby. Ii
sent in the actions of the 13th and 21st of Mosel
latter engag.ement with the enemy Sir Ralph A
received his death wound, and assisted at the siege
dria, including several other engagements of less r
during that campaign. For his distinguished 1
Egypt he received a medal, and had the order of tl
conferred on him by the Turkish government. TI
general was in the receipt of petition for his di
services.
\I THE DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE MICI
place at Fisherton Anger, near Salisbury, on Tues
he lived a few days longer he would have complei
year. The gallant of r was known to every per
at Salis ybur and its vicinity from the mauls
habits. lie repeatedly called in the poorest of his
I to share the hospitali tea of his table, and his ben
, the indigent was most bountiful. The yellers]
1 entered the army as tar back as February. 1776
'! years ago. Ile commanded the 11th Dragoons ii
, during the years 1793, '94, and '9.5, and was feu
l everal actions then fought.

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