The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-24 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.
Mr. Benjamin Oliveira, in Great Cumberland street, from
Athens ; Admiral Sir George Martin, Bart., in Berkeley-
square, from a tour ; the Hon. Mr. Tisdall ; the Ladies Coote,
from a tour ; Sir Robert Adair, Bart., from a tour ; the Coun-
tess Dowager of Clare and Lady Isabella Fitzgibbon, in Bel-
grave-square, from Bath ; Mr. H. Bingham and Lady Augusta
Baring, in Eaton-place, from The Grange, in Hampshire ; Sir
Thomas Gage, at the Waterloo Hotel, from Charing, Kent ;
Captain Drummond, at ditto, from Brighton; Lord and Lady
F. Somerset, from Badminton.

DEPARTURES.
Mr. and Mrs. Selvin, from the Waterloo Hotel, for Croy-
don, Surrey ; Robert Baker, Esq., for New College, Oxford;
Captain Duff, from the Brunswick Hotel ; Mr. and Mrs.
Staveley, from ditto, for Yorkshire ; Mr. and the Misses
Handley, from ditto, for Hastings ; E. Stopford, Esq., from
ditto, for Paris.

. The Princess Victoria has acquired an excellent seat
on horse-back ; her figure, when mounted, reminds us,
though somewhat less robust, of the late lamented Princess
Charlotte at the same age.
The Earl of Belmore and a large party of distin-
guished Noblemen, are on a visit to Lord and Lady Corry.
The Duke of Norfolk, who has been entertaining a
select party at Arundel Castle, is expected in St. James's-
square, to fulfil his functions of Earl Marshal on the open-
ing of Parliament.

Lord Yarborough, whose approaching elevation to
the dignity of Earl of Yarborough and Baron Worsley, is
announced as being entertaining a family circle at Appul-
dercombe Park, Isle of Wight. It is understood that Lord
Worsley is to be the second title to the new Earl, because
his late Lady was the niece and heiress of the late Sir
Richard Worsley, whose estates Lord Yarborough inherited.
Mr. and Lady Louisa Cavendish have left the hos-
pitable mansion of the Earl and Countess of Harewood.
The Earl of Ashburnham arrived at Ashburnham-
place, near Battle, from Worthing. His Lordship made a
long sejour in Italy, where he made a choice collection of
vertu. The Noble Earl, we believe, has never taken his
seat in the House of Lords since his accession to the
Earldom.

Lord Farnborough arrived in Privy-gardens on Sa-
turday, from Bromley. His Lordship was in an ill state of
health, when his deceased lady (who was interred on Sa-
turday at Wormleybury) was indisposed, and the shock of
her demise has increased his illness.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel and family are expected
in Whitehall-gardens, on Friday next, from Drayton, Staf-
fordshire.

Sir P. and Dowager Lady Pellew have arrived at
Barmouth.

Mrs. W. A. Madocks has arrived at Clifton, from
her seat, Tregunter, in Breconshire.
Lady Harriet and Hon. Miss C live have left Oak-
ley Park.
Lord Alvanley has left the seat of Earl and
Countess Lichfield, aftera short visit.

Lord Napier, the eldest son of the late ill-fated
Peer of that title, is gone to make the grand tour. Lady
Napier and family have taken up their residence at Brighton.
The present Viscount Lake, in addition to the
Peerage of his late brother, General Viscount Lake, also
succeeds to the hereditary pension for services of 2,q00/.
per annum, granted to the first Peerf who was for many
years Commander-in-Chief and member of Council in
India, with a salary of 16,000/. per annum, and received
about 100,000/. prize money.
The Earl of Charlemont, whose elevation to the
British Peerage is announced, sits in the House of Lords
as one of the twenty-eight Representative Peers of Ire-
land ; and, as their Lordships are elected for life, the pro-
motion of the Noble Earl will not create a vacancy in the
number of that body.

BADMINTON HOUSE.—The seat of the Duke
and Duchess of Beaufort has been, since the marriage of
Lady Georgiana Somerset with C. W. Codrington, Esq.,
M.P., visited by a large circle of noble and distinguished
friends. Dinners, balls, the sports of the field, and the
picture gallery, have passed the immediate days. The pic-
ture gallery contains many of the chefs d'ceuvre of Salvator
Rosa, Guido, Raphael, Holbein, Jausm, &c. ; they were
collected by Henry, third Duke, whose premature death
took place in 1745. A series of fourteen portraits of the
Beauforts, from John of Gaunt, from whom they trace
their genealogy, by an early and excellent hand, said to be
original, adorn this fine collection.
The remains of the lite Dowager Marchioness of
Exeter was removed for iotermont to-day, to the family
vault at Beckenham.

The Governorship of the Royal Military College at
Sandhurst has become vacant by the promotion of General
Sir Edward Paget to be Governor of Chelsea Hospital.
The beautiful sketch—Shakespeare brought before
Justice Shallow for deer-stealing, has been added to the
Duchess of St. Albans' collection.

Mr. Kean ha's been performing at Manchester to
crowded houses during the last week.

Died, at Newtownlimavady, on the 13th instant,
Sarah, the wife of Archibald Campbell, Esq., 22d Regiment,
'having survived the birth of her child only a few days.
It is a curious fact that by the late Brevet, the com-
mands of all the naval foreign stations are vacant, except
the Cape of Good Hope. Sir Charles Adam replaces Ad-
miral Rowley in the Mediterranean. •
Mr. Galt was on Monday last visited with another
stroke of paralysis, which for some hours deprived him of
the power of speech. His friends and admirers, however,
will learn with pleasure that he has now, in a great measure,
recovered from the effects of this last attack, and is once
more able to resume his literary avocations.—Greenock
Advertiser•.

The projectod new ball-room, and other c mve-
niences, at St. James's Palace, have been abandoned for
the present ; the estimate of building, furnishing, &c.►
reached to 10,0001.

TRANSMISSION OF SOUND.—The Lords of die
Treasury at present have under consideration a plan for
conveying messages from one Government Office to another.
as simple and speedy as it promises to be satisfactory, and
secret, if necessary. The plan is the invention of Mr.
Curtis, the King's aurist, who, improving upon the experi
ments of M. Biot, at Paris, on the transmission of soma
through solid bodies, and through air in long tubes, has
• shown the easy practicability of conveying intelligence from
the Parliament to the Horse Guards, St. James's Palace,
Whitehall, and to or from any other place of given di'!
tance. Biot conversed through tubes of Mr. Curtis's del
scription with a friend at a distance of 1,039 yards ; the
time occupied in the transmission of the first word was five
seconds and a half. The same eminent philosopher wisho•,
to determine the point at which the human voice ceases la
be audible, but could not accornpliak it.

SUN EXPRESS EXTRAORDINARY.

The grand banquet given by the Tories of Glasgow to
the Right lion. Baronet was held on the following Friday,
in a magnificent pavilion, erected for the express purpose,
with accommodations for 3,435 persons. The subsequent
particulars we borrow from our spirited contemporary,
The Stitt, the conductors of which made arrangements
by which they were enabled to publish a report, exceeding
eight columns in length, within twenty-six hours of the
close of the banquet. This fact, when it. is considered that
Glasgow and London are four hundred miles apart, must
be regarded as a most wonderful instance of rapid travelling
ar.d expeditious printing.—Leicester Chronicle.
EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH.—We have often noticed
the extraordinary exertions made by Mr. Young, of The
Sun newspaper, to obtain and communicate to the public
important information at the earliest possible period, but we
never recollect an instance in which such dispatch has been
used equal to the one we are about to mention. The re-
port of the speeches at the grand banquet which was given
to Sir Robert Peel at Glasgow yesterday week, appeared
in The Sun on Sunday morning, dated half-past one o'clock,
.to the extent of nearly eight columns and a half! Such
dispatch is, we believe, unprecedented.— Windsor Express.
REPORTING E XTE.AORDIN A RY.-7'lle Sun London Even-
ing Newspaper has begun the new year, with a literary feat,
which shows that the enterprise of its proprietor will be as
active in the present year as it was on former occasions.
The speeches of Sir Robert Peel at Glasgow, were reported
to the extent of seven columns in The Sun of Sunday
morning! The dinner speech of Sir Robert Peel was de-
livei ed in Glasgow on Friday evetain7 ; the proceedings of
the dinner terminated at half-past twelve o'clock that night,
and yet The Sun expresses arrived at The Sun office in
the Strand at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning—a
distance of only 400 miles in 25 hours! ! Such despatch
is, we believe, without a parallel ; and when it is reflected
that the report, about eight columns of closely printed
matter, had been taken in short hand, then translated and
copied, then set in type, and read twice in proof before it
was published, it will be admitted that The Sun Reporting
Extraordinary is among the curiosities of literature.—
Hereford Times.
We are indebted to the spirited proprietor of' The Sun
for a copy of that paper, containing a report of eight columns
'of the proceedings at the dinner given on Friday at Glas-
gow, to Sir R. Peel.—Ckeltenhanz Journal.
Through the extraordinary exertions of the spirited pro-
prietor of The Sun Newspaper, we received a copy of that
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paper on Monday, at 1 A.M., from which we give the folio

ing outline. These expresses of The Sun ought to call for
the same public expression of gratitude.—Exeter Western
Times.

The almost unparalleled exertions made by our indefa-
tigable contemporary, The Sun Evening Paper, enabled us
to publish, in a second edition, on Sunday morning last,
upwards of eight columns of the important proceedings at
the 'dinner given to Sir Robert Peel by the Conservatives
of Glasgow, on the Friday previous. Not having been
Able to get the report into the whole of our impression,
ara-, • we now. insert Sir Robert Peel's speech entire.—Sunday
", A .Const ant Subscriber" who complains of the omis-
sion of " Sir Joseph Surface's speech" from our last week 's
paper, is one of those persons who show their wisdom by
complaining that impossibilities have not been overcome.
It is true that our friend Mr. Young, the spirited and en-
terprising Proprietor of The Sun Daily Paper, did ad-
vertise the town that he could publish this speech in his
Edition of Saturday evening, and if any one could succeed
in accomplishing this unprecedented feat, Mr. Young was the
xnan to do it. Had we deemed it possible to obtain a report
in time for our Sunday edition, the expenses of the express
would have been considered as literally no object. But,
oiving to the immense circulation of the Dispatch, we are
obliged to go to press at a very early hour. We thought it
impossible to give the speech, and the result proves that we
were right. Mr. Young did not publish till rather a late hour
on Sunday morning ; and it is a fact that no account of the
Glasgow Dinner could be obtained in London till the whole
of our impression was worked off, with the exception of a
few .‘ extras.—Weekly Dispatch.

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After copying the paragraph from the Glasgow Chronicle
which we have already published, the North Slew dshiie
meteury says_4, We have heard that sheets of the Mo)n-
ing Herald, printed only on the first, second, and last pages,
were sent down to Carlisle, where arrangements had been
. wade for printing the Glasgow dinner on the inner page.
This is the first instance we believe of a London Paper
Leine printed in a provincial town !"
We have to acknowledge the courtesy of The Sun and
the Times in forwarding us copies of their journals con-
. taining reports of the proceedings at Sir R. Peel's dinner
at Glasgow. The Sun published the whole of the speeches
delivered on the previous Friday night at one o'clock on
Sunday morning, and was far beyond all its London Con-
. .temporaries, notwithstanding the ruse which the Morning
Herald has attempted to play off. The old lady of Shoe-
lane absolutely sent us one of her papers on Saturday
morning, with the speeches delivered the night before at
Glasgow, imagining that we, in conjunction with several of
our provincial contemporaries should be gulled by the im-
posture. We are by no means disposed to underrate the
exertions of the London papers, but when we find the jour-
nals of the metropolis endeavouring to take an unfair ad-
vantage of the provincial press, we shall do our best to ex-
pose and defeat them. The report of the Glasgow dinner
was not published in London on Saturday, although several
of our country friends may have seen the paper called the
Morning Herald of SATURDAY morning, containing it.
The truth is grandmamtna printed off a number of her Sa-
turday papers, leaving one page blank, which was com-
pleted at Glasgow or Liverpool. It is therefore an im-
pudent cheat to call a paper thus cobbled up, the London
Morning Herald of Saturday. Our Glasgow contempo-
raries deserve equally as much credit for their exertions as
the London press.—Yorkshireman of Saturday.
GREAT DESPATCH.—The Sun Newspaper which has on
former occasions communicated intelligence conveyed in an
almost incredibly short period of time, has been quite dis-
tanced by the Morning Herald in the publication of the
proceedings at the great meeting at Glasgow, which took
place yesterday week, the account of which was received
here in a second edition of Saturday's paper, although the
Chairman and Sir Robert Peel did rnot leave the Pavillion
until half-past one o'clock on Saturday morning. We were
also politely obliged with a copy of the Glasgow Couiier,
wherein the proceedings were given at great length which
we received on Sunday. The people are greatly indebted
to the proprietors of such journals, for it is impossible that
any sales of papers can reimburse them for the heavy ex-
pense incurred in conveying intelligence on such a system
of despatch.—Preston Pilot.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.—" Latest intelligence," "early
news," &c., are favourite topics for those who puff their
Papers, and certainly we had here on Sunday last a speci-
men that would put competition at defiance, did not
common sense drop in and set us right. A copy of
the Morning Herald was presented to Sir Robert Peel at
the King's Arms Inn, in this town, at half-past three
o'clock on Sunday, purporting to have been printed in
London on Saturday, and containing a garbled copy of the
Right I-lon. Baronet's speech delivered at Glasgow on
-rridey night at twelve o'clock. Sir Robert, we are told,
looked at the paper and smiled ; but though others were
gulled, he, no doubt, was up to the ruse or trick.
The time from the breaking up of the meeting till the
arrival of Sir Robert Peel here was about thirty-nine hours,
and in that space the speech had to travel (if it. had been
printed in London) nearly 700 miles, or about twenty miles
an hour, without allowing any time for transcribing notes,
composition, labour, and printing ; and if it had been done,
I.t was, as we are told, " by the most extraordinary and un-
reeedented exertions." A witch on a broom-stick must
FrZne been the messenger from Glasgow to London, and
few minutes,
hither, and accomplished the distance in a
readge.utes. But we might as well at once let our
num! into the whole history of the secret. A. certain
)er of
0f.211 • • Herald was printed in
Lond copies the of•notj.
on Thursday the 12th, instead of Saturday the
-46, with a blank page, and forwarded per mail that
night here. It arrived
on Saturday, and in the evening
as met by the gentlemen of the Press from Glsgo They
furnished the matter, and it was carried to thea officew. of the
Kendal Mercury, there, set up during Saturday night and
the Sabbath elay—the blank page of the said Morning He-
rald printed off and despatched per mail that night, north
and south. Such is a history of the " early intelligence:
We
do not suppose that the iliereuly people had any share
in the business beyond that of printing and getting paid for
the job, otherwise we should have t headed Bob,
the palterer, running about the streets os"nyi:Sl Sunday evening,
and proclaiming, " Latest News," Roberty Peel's
Speech," &c.— Westmoreland dva-: Gaz
ette.
EXTRAORDINARY SPEED —The London newspapers this
week have surpassed all their former efforts to obtain im-
portant news at the earliest opportunity. The visit of Sir
Robert Peel to Glasgow was very natur.ally regarded as an
object of such great interest to the public
at large that the
utmost competition was resorted to for the purpose of being
first in the field. The proprietors of the Morning Herald
distanced all their competitors so far as regards the cir-
culation of the north. The reporters for that paper arm ived
at Carlisle, on their return from Glasgow, at half-past three
on Saturday afternoon, and at eight o'clock on Sunday
evening a full report of the speeches printed in that paper
arrived at Carlisle. Where that paper was printed appears
a mystery—the report certainly could not have been to
London and back in twenty-nine hours. The papers were
immediately forwarded by express to Glasgow. The Sun,
which is always famous for speed, had their Express con-
veyed throughout at a most rapid rate by horses I.t short
stages. The first horse. left Glasgow at half-past eleven
'on Friday night, and the Express arrived in London fit half-
past one on Spilay .morning. The paiera wait QM

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 24. 1837.

At the great Reform Dinner which took place yes.
,erday at Drury-lane Theatre, the best possible spiri

was exhibited towards Ministers. Messrs. HUME

GROTE, CLAY, DUNCOMBE, WARBURTON, and
WARD, all joined in expressing their confidence in
Lord MELBOURNE'S Government, and their deter-
mination to make every effort in their power to keep
the Tories in their present position, on the shady side
of the House of Commons. Mr. HUME well ob-
served that the faction would make a desperate effort
this Session to regain their lost ascendancy, as was
evident from the tone of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech
at Glasgow, which was full of patty rancour and
bigotry ; and that, therefore, it was more than ever
the duty of all Reformers to combine and crush
them. The struggle, he said, was not so much

between this party or that party, as between
aristocracy and democracy, which is the true
view of the question ; for the people do not sup-
port the present Whig Ministry, because itis Whig,
but because it is their main stay and support against
the encroachments of a despotic and insidious oligarchy.
They see in it unequivocal proofs of sincerity and de-
votion to their best interests; and seeing this, they are
willing to overlook minor defects, and hold out the
right hand of fellowship to them. But if the people
thus show themselves willing to confide in Ministers,
Ministers in turn should place a generous confidence
in them. They should not cast a deprecating, be-
seeching glance at the Opposition Bench. They
should not tame down this measure, or postpone
that measure, in order to conciliate those whom
nothing short of their unconditional surrender of
office can conciliate. They should not act in
this doubtful manner ; but play their part boldly,
relying in a generous, unqualified spirit on the
people, who, they may rely on it, will never desert
them, so long as they prove themselves worthy of
their support. Nothing can be more frank, or ex-
plicit, or encouraging, than the language now held
everywhere by the Reformers. They say to Minis-
ters, " we will give you our ungrudging aid ; we will
make every reasonable sacrifice that may be necessary
to continue you in office ; we will fling all our little
distrust to the winds, and act with you as if we held
office with you ; and all we will ask in return is, that you
will see fair play to the great cause in which we are both
equally engaged, and equally interested. We will not
ask you to perform impossibilities, but merely not to
permit Reform to stand still, or throw obstacles in its
way. Do justice, then, to yourselves and to us ;
make open questions of the Ballot and Triennial Par-
liaments--questions which are hourly growing in fa-
vour with the public, and must inevitably be carried ;
and for the present we will be content." Of such sort
was the language held yesterday at the great Reform
Dinner, and such has been the language—with a few
unimportant exceptions—held among Reformers since
the recess. Mr. CLAY'S remarks on this point were ad-
mirable. He said that the people were all tranquil
and united, and willing to place every confidence in
Ministers ; and that it was the upper classes, only
--meaning, we presume, the House of Lords—who
Were disturbed ; and this from a not unfounded appre-
hension that the Reformers were far too united—far
too determined for Tory purposes. This is strictly the
fact, and another convincing proof that the high Con-
servative party entertain an uneasy consciousness of
the close bond of union that now exists among Re-
formers, may be found in Sir R. PEEL'S late speech
at Glasgow, which in some passages betrays a mental
disturbance—an acute sense of disappointment, bor-
dering almost on phrenzy. Mr. GROTE'S speech was
temperate and well reasoned ; as was also Mr. WA RD'S,
who expressed himself, on the subject of " justice to
Ireland" with an energy that—could he but have wit-
nessed it—would have made Mr. O'CONNELL'S lungs
" crow like chanticleer."

It must be extremely gratifying to every friend of
religious liberty to see the exertions which the Dis-
senters, and those Churchmen who disapprove of the
compulsory support of the Establishment, are making
for the abolition of Church-rates. As the time ap-
pointed for the meeting of Parliament approaches,
agitation on this question increases both in its range
and in its intensity. In all parts of the country the
most active measures are taking to promote the great
object in view—meetings are held—speeches of great
ability, pointing out in eloquent language the real
natur.: of the grievance, are delivered and circulated

throughout the length and breadtl. of the land—and
petitions to the assembled Representatives of the people
praying for relief are numerously signed. This
is the proper mode of proceeding. This is
the true way for those who ask redress, to show the
ruling powers that they are in earliest. They thus de-
monstrate that they are willing to take sonic trouble,
and incur some inconvenience, for the purpose of getting
rid of that which is equally a burden on the conscience,
and a mark of civil degradation.
The Dissenters know with whom they have to deal.
They know that their demands must come before the
House of Peers before relief can be afforded, and
they are well persuaded that with this branch of
the Legislature, constituted as it is at present,
the justice of their claim will avail them lit-
le. Our hereditary law-makers must not therefore
lave any pretext afforded them, for shielding their de-
lisl of justice under au apparent indifference on the
-iart of the public as to the Church-rate question. The
Dissenters, we say, are well aware of this, and are
determined to deprive the Lords of this pretence for
shelving their grievances, by loading the table of the
House of Commons with their petitions. By adopting
this constitutional course, they not only act indirectly
upon the irresponsible estate, but they incalculably
strengthen the hands of their friends in the people's
House, and also of his MAJESTY'S Ministers, who,
however willing to concede all that is required, are, it
need not be denied, so situated that without such a
demonstration on the part of the aggrieved, their
power of granting relief must be greatly crippled.
With respect to the House of Incapables, let it
alone—as far as petitioning is concerned. The best
policy is to treat it, in matters affecting the feelings and
interests of the people, with that contempt which it
has so well earned by its conduct. We should con-
sider the Dissenting cause dishonoured—stained with a
blot never to be effaced, were a single petition addressed
to an assembly which has, in addition to its inveterate
hostility to every thing. good and liberal, done all that
in it lay to degrade the Dissenting body, in the esti-
mation of their fellow-citizens, and indeed of the whole
world.

Among the Anti-Church-rate meetings which have
given us most satisfaction, we have to mention one
held on Thursday last at Bocking, in Essex. It was
numerous and highly respectable, and the speeches de-
livered among the very best we ever recollect to have
read on this interesting subject. There, too, the Mi-
nister of the Church of England, jealous of the true
honour, glory, and strength of the Church, stood by
the side of the Dissenting Minister, and eloquently de-
nounced the iniquity of levying a hated tax upon the
Non-conformist, for the support of a worship in which
he cannot conscientiously join, and from which he de-
rives no benefit. Can the public fail to interpret these
signs of the times ? Must they not say with one voice,
" Church-rates are doomed ?"

The whole of the Paris papers of Sunday have been
received. The Nouvelle Minerve contains a long and
able article on the acquittal of the prisoners at Strasburg.
The columns of most of the other journals arc like-
wise filled with comments upon the same subject.
According to the political organ mentioned above, the
Ministers and the inmates of the Palace are plunged
into the profoundest affliction, in consequence of
the verdict of acquittal pronounced by the Jury.
Ministers know not what to do to quiet the alarms
of the KING, the Princes, and nearly the whole
diplomatic circle. The Austrian Ambassador has ex-
pressed himself in terms strongly condemnatory of the
whole affair, as setting a fatal example to the armies of
Europe. " What has taken place at Strasburg,"
said Count D'APPONY, in his first interview with
Count MOLE, after the verdict of the Court was
reported in Paris, " amounts to a promise of
impunity to all armed revolts, and destroys the only
barrier remaining for the protection of Kings.
Europe will never consider France a regular Govern-
ment while such occurrences can take place." To this
Count MOLE could return no answer. Deeply as he
was mortified, nothing remained for him to allege in
favour of the Cabinet, but that Measures would be
adopted to prevent the example of the verdict at Stras-
burg from becoming contagious. But in what will these
preventive measures consist? This is the question which
now puzzles the French Government. The KING is for
extending the jurisdiction of the Peers to every species
of conspiracy on the part of the Press and the people.
Several Ministers approve of this plan, knowing that
the Government may always rely upon the pliancy of
the Upper Chamber in returning verdicts agreeably
with the instructions of the Crown. But the Peers

themselves are against a plan which would degrade
them in the eyes of the nation. They fear that the
Government would render them so odious, that the
people would insist upon the total abolition of their in-
stitution. M. PERSIL has a plan of his own for re-

forming the jury system—or in other words, for disa-
bling juries from acquitting persons under trial for
offences against the State.

As for M. GUIZOT, he is reported to be engaged
in preparing new projects of laws for more effectually
destroying the Liberty of the Press, and suppressing
all Secret Societies. This Minister has acquired great
influence in the Cabinet since the retirement of M.
TIHERs. The KING does not like him, but dreads
his forming a new alliance with the ex-President of
the Council. It is reported that his opposition has been
sufficient to turn the scale against Marshal SOUET,
who otherwise would have replaced General BERNARD
in the War Department. As for M. GA SPARIN, the
exposur© of his conduct by M. THIERS in the Cham-
ber, in the debate upon the address, has had such au
effect upon him that he has resolved to retire from the
Cabinet altogether. He has already tendered his re-
signation, and only consents .to hold the 'Portefeaille
of the Interior till 'the GOsierninent can agree iAbOut the
choice of his successor.

There is no news of any moment from the North of
Spain. On the 18th a courier arrived at Bayonne
from Madrid with a supply of money for the army. of
the north, of which a considerable sum was instantly
transmitted to San Sebastian for the use of the British
Legion. Don SEBASTIAN, the new Carlist Com-
mander-in-Chief, has ordered two officers to be shot
for running away before Bilboa.
PAras, JAN. 21.—A letter from London gives] us some
particulars respecting the cession of the Isle of Cuba to Eng-
land, which has been announced by several Journals. The
Queen's Government is said to have in fact offered to the
British Cabinet to cede to it, riot the Sovereignty but merely
the Ad►ninistration of Cuba, during the whole time that the
Pretender shall remain in the Spanish territory. This cession
would be made on the condition of a loan of two millions and
a-half sterling (62,500,000 francs) which the English Go-
vernment would grant to Spain, and for which it would gra-
dually repay itself with the revenues of the Island. The sums
which Spain might still owe to England at the expulsion of
Don Carlos, and the restoration of Cuba would be a capital,
for the repayment of which the resources of the island would
be specially assigned. The negociation is said to be pro-
ceeding with great activity, but some difficulties in the details
still delay the final conclusion of the arrangement.—Mes-
sayer, Jan. 22.

The preliminary investigations into Meunier's affair rapidly
draw to a conclusion. The public prosecutor, no longer
hoping to obtain from him any disclosures, by reason of his
continued obstinacy, is determined to hasten the trial. To all
the questions hitherto put to him, ►Meunier has replied that no
one was aware of his plan ; that it arose from a fatal idea that
beset him, and which he could not shake off. As further de-
lays are likely to tend to no good, we are informed that M.
Eugene Persil has drawn up a petition, requiring the imme-
diate trial of the prisoner before the Chamber of Peerr. The
minutes are now being prepared by M. Barthe, d will
shortly be laid before the Court at a secret sitting, the tri ,I, in
all probability, commencing early in February.

Letters and papers from Madrid to the 14.11 inst.
inclusive have been received. On the 13th, Senor
VERA, Minister of War, stated in the Cortes that
General NAnvit.liz had not tendered his resipation