The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-18 00:00:00

J. PARROTT, Esq., ➢I.P., after a few preatory observa-
tions, said lie hoped the time was not far distant when the
opinions of the Reformers of Devonshire would be repre-
sented in the House of Commons. The supineness of the
Reformers had put the representation of this division of the
county into the hands of their opponents ; but the time
which would put Reformers to the test was nearly arrived.
A .diSiolution of Parliament was at hand, when those who
.had stood firmly by the people would be le-elected without
trouble, and the waverers be cast aside for more decided
men, for those who will cut deeper than has yet been done
into the abuses of the state with at iew to more complete re-
form. The Hon. Members concluded some observations
on ge.ieral politics by saying he bad no doubt but they (the
Reformers) would be able to carry at least one representa-
tive. Though he should be ready to support a decided
Reformer, be would not take any trouble for a waverer. He
was happy to find those sentiments were approved of by
his constituents, and `he wished those of the county would
follow their example.—(Loud cheering.
Mr. TUCKER, who was called on by the meeting, said he
agreed as to the necessity there was of paying stricter at-
tention to the registration. Although the Reformers had
been beaten by 600 at the last election, he knew that since
that time 400 had been added to Reform ; and if the Re-
formers had now to fight the battle, they would be in a ma-
jority of 300, instead of a large minority. One of the
great causes of opposition by the clergy was now removed ;
the Tithe Bill had allayed their fears. He spoke with con-
fidence as to the favourable prospect of a stanch Reformer,
such as Lord Seymour—(Tremendous cheering)—who,
•he was sure, would be returned by a large majority over
Mr. Parker. Mr. Tucker concluded by saying he consi-
dered it the duty of every Reformer to exert himself for the
removal of the present blot on the representation of the
county.

Other gentlemen addressed the meeting on the same
subject, and, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the
meeting separated.

The Committee immediately commenced their duties,
and sat again the next morning at nine o'clock, to register
names, subscriptions, &c., and to make all the preparatory
arrangements.

MEETING FOR THE ABOLITION

OF CHURCH-RATES.

(Aridged from the Sheffield Iris of Tuesday.)

Yesterday a numerous meeting was held in Town
Hall, for the purpose of considering tne propriety of peti-
tionineParliament to pass a law for the total abolition of
Church-rates ; also tcL memorialize his Majesty's Govern-
Ment on the same subject. THOMAS BLAKE, Esq., took
the Chair.
Mr. THOMAS DUNN, in proposing the first resolution,
said he was not an opponent of the Church ; on the con-
trary, he loved the Church ; he revered its principles, and
. instead of being an enemy to the Church, by opposing
Church-rates, he contended he was doing it service by vot-
ing for their total abolition.
Mr. LUKE PALFREYMAN, in seconding the resolution,
said he was sorry that he could not do full justice to the
subject, but he was glad to see the town come forward in
the manner that it had done, when he recollected that it
was among theifirst to oppose Church-rates; having been re-
lieved from the burden nearly twenty years since, and now
coming forward to relieve others, was highly creditable to
the inhabitants. He had also another source of gratifica-
tion in thinking that the principles he then advocated had
become the general opinion of others ; those opinions had
been given by him on his first appearance before the public
on that question in the vestry of the parish church. He
then alluded to a paragraph in the Sheffield Mercury, de-
signating the names which were attached to the re-
quisition •as containing amongst them sectarians of all
classes, aid infidels of all grades. Now he was sorry
the Chairman had not read over the names which were
included in the requisition, for he challenged the writer
of that article to find a more respectable number of
men—men of stricter moral characters—men who made
better fathers—husbands—in short, better members of so-
ciety. Whoever it might be that wrote that paragraph, he
would say thus much about him—no matter, if he pro-
fessed to be a Churchman, he was a man that had not the

true spirit of Christianity within dim ; for that religion says
he alone has the true spirit of Christianity who thinketh no
evil ; but the heart who could imagine so gross a falsehood,
Was one not imbued with this true spirit of Christianity, and
the hand that penned it was one which, in other times,
would have lighted the fires which bigotry made to extin-
guish and destroy religious liberty. Mr. P. contended that
there had been nothing that had done so much injury to the
Church as Church-rates. He himself had been employed
to act professionally, to recover a rate for an adjoining pa-
rish, a rate of 2s. 9d., and being obliged, i❑ order
to recover that rate, to carry it to different stages, until
the expences had amounted to 1301.
The resolution was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Wm. FISHER, in moving the next resolution, said,
lie had great pleasure in referring to his former opposition
to Church-rates, because it had, in a measure, proved suc-
cessful, not only in abolishing the rates here, but also in
stirring up the inhabitants to assist others to abolish them.
They were not seeking to fill their own pockets, but endea-
vouring to assist their neighbours. He concluded by moving
the resolution,which was seconded by Mr. William Ibbotson,
and carried unanimously.
The Rev. R. BAYLEY spoke next at great length, and .
with powerful eloquence. We regret our limits will not
permit us to give even an outline of his admirable and con-
vincing speech.

Mr. E. ELLIOTT said—l oppose the miscreancy of
Church-rates, because they are a miscreancy, and because,
as your enemies and mine well know, they prevent you
from seeing other miscreancies of infinitely greater im-
portance. When you have got rid of Church-rates, you
will, perhaps, be able to see those giant miscreancies which
take from you sixpence in the shilling of your profits
and wages, and offer the sources of both to foreigners ;
and in order to get rid of those giant miscreancies,
you will, at length, I hope, try to obtain household
suffrage for yourselves, and the Ballot for us all. You
think it strange, no doubt, that a man whose eldest son is

become a clergyman of the Establishment, should oppose.
Church-rates ; but my son is of age, and I am not answer-
able for his mistakes. He might have from me several hun-
dreds a-year as my traveller ; but he chooses to be a poor
curate. This, however, I can say for him, he preached his
first sermon to fifteen hearers, and his third to 500 ; and
that he has no salary but the scat rents.--(Hear, and ap-
plause.) _ _ _

A lOng discussion followed,' between the Rev. T. D.
Gregg, in defence of the Church ; Mr. Palfreyman and
Mr. Brumley ably replied. The other re,olutions were se-
verally proposed and seconded by Messrs. Doncaster, Dunn,
jun., S. Jackson, Hoyland, Iloole, Roebuck, and J. W.
Smith, and carried with great applause.
The following is a copy of the petition, which was una-
nimously adopted :
"

To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland, in Parliament a;sembled, the petition of the
gentry, merchants, manufacturers, and inhabitants of the
borough of Sheffield, in the West Riding of the County
of York ;

" Sheweth,--That in • the opinion of your petitioners all
compulsory support of religion is alien from the spirit of
Christianity, unreasonable in its own nature, and unjust in its

operation.

" That Church Rates beinr, levied equally on those who
attend'the Established Church, and on those who receive no
benefit whatever front the ministratiuLs of its clergy, arc an
oppressive and vexatious impost,. from which your petitioners
deem it only just that all Dissenters from the Established
Church should be relieved.

" That as the objection to Church Rates is, in the judgment
of your petitioners, founded mainly on the injustice of a com-
pulsory support of religion, your petitioners could not be satis-
fied by the substitution in their place of a charge upon any
part of the national funds.

" Your petitioners therefore pray that Church Rates
,tray be
immediately and entirely abolished.
" And your petitioners will ever pray."
A similar petition was also addressed to the House of
Lords.

The Memorial was addressed to Lord Melbourne, First
Lord of the Treasury, and Prime Minister of the British
Empire, embodying' the sentiments contained in the first
three resolutions of the meeting, and adding an assurance of
confidence in the present Government, _►nd urging them to

introduce a measure for the entire abolition of.Church-
rates, at the earliest possible period after the meeting of
Parliament.

The Earl of Ripon arrived in Carlton-gardens, from
his villa, at Norwood.

Mr. COoiier, the distinguished author of " The
Pilot," is about to publish his " Recollections of Europe."
These consist chiefly of a narrative of his visits to England
and France, wherein he records, in • a very lively and inte-
resting manner, the impressions produced on his mind by the
manners, and, especially, the antiquities, of those countries,
together With the incidents which occurred to him during
his residence in both. His curiosity was constantly on the
alert, not alone as regards the institutions of the "old
world," but as to its society and opinions ; and he has em-
bodied in his work a series of personal sketches and anec-
dotes which, coming from such a pen, cannot fail to be read
with intense relish.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a Court was
held for the despatch of public business. The Sheriffs pre-
sented a report of the condition of the gaol of Newgate. It
stated that the improvements were rapidly progressing, and
would, when completed, no doubt afford much gratification
to the Court, time public, and the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, who afforded the greatest facilities by
the removal of the convicts. It recommended the appoint-
ment of a schoolmaster and schoolmistress for-the youth of
both sexes confined in Newgate, The report was referred
to the Gaol Committed

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.
PARIS, JAN. 1.5.---NEWS Frtom
vate Correspondence of the Cwiviitnii,,,fuel'
PAMPELUNA, JAN. 9.—A reconwlisianc•.
has advanced within sight of Estella, but perceiving 1,
numerous columns interrupted the road to Santa Barbara
retreated in good order, bringing hack 18 Carlists prisoners
The accounts' of the officers of the expedition and the state.
mews of the prisoners agree in saying, that the town is for.
tified and flanked by redoubts, and that it is the rallying
point of the bands of Gomez and Cabrera. The prisoners
ad,l, that Garcia has received orders from the Infant Don
Sebastian to defend himself to the last extremity, and that
Gomez is gone to Durango, having been sent for by
the Pretender to receive instructions concerning, the
moveable corps of cavalry which is forming at Estella,
and which is placed under his orders.
General Sarsfield has united the army of Navarre and
the Algerine Legion in the environs of Pampeluna ; the
force amounts to 8,000 men. General Clonard and Bri-
gadier Conrad advise to march against Estella. The
Viceroy intends to leave that toWn on one side, and to
march to Galacanda, whither Narvaez is to proceed from
Vittwia.- A courier from that General is expected before
a definitive resolution is taken. The officers and privates
have received a sum on account of the arrears of their
pay._

jOO c,1%.

- The Bulletin de Guipuseoa of the sth (a paper St. Se-
bastian), devotes an article to a parallel between the Eng-
lish and French co-operation in the Peninsula.
It is good for us to know in what rank the Doctrinaire
Cabinet places us in the gratitude of Spain :
‘. What a Contrast ! one of our Maritime Allies
keeps a squadron upon our coast to be an idle spectator
of our misfortunes. The forces of the other bound by the
same treaty, and which, besides, should be less interested
in our cause, hastens at the first signal of danger to render
spontaneous services of the highest importance ; while the
one says in a public speech that the blood of its children is
reserved for the defence of its own cause, the other lavishes
their blood like a frank and generous friend, and seeks an
opportunity to free us. Let those examples teach us to
distinguish our sincere and upright friends, and attach our-
selves to them by the ties of eternal gratitude ; let them
teach us to do without the apparent friendship of those
who, thinking only of their interest, abandon us with cold
indifference when their allinnce might be of use to us.
Let us also record those facts, that our descendants may
know the country which produces frank and generous
friends, in order that our gratitude may be eternal, and
that the union and connection between the two countries
may become more and more intimate."—Constitutionne/,
16th January. 1

PARIS, JAN. 15.—The return of Marshal C!ausel does
not seem to be so near at hand as was s.upposed. On the
sth of January he signed at Algiers an Order of the Day,
the object of which was to pay a tribute of praise due to
the engineers who took part in the expedition to Constan-
tine, and in particular to Colonel Lemercier, and to order
that the new barracks built at Algiers shall be called
" Casirme Lemercier." This Order of the Day is pub-
lished in the Algerine Moniteur of January 7, which says
nothing of the departure of the Marshal.—Journal du
C'onmerce, Jan. 16.

JAN. 16.—Yesterday M. Decazes was sent for to the
Tuileries, where he remained two hours in his Majesty's
Cabinet. Some persons thought this morning that we
might have a Decazes' Cabinet. If we are well informed,
Count St. Aulaire, father-in-law to the Referendary, was
the organ of the Court of Vienna, which has a predilection
for the men who, from 1816 to 1819, saved the Throne and
the Altar. In this case we should return to the fine days
of the Restoration.—Bon Sens.

The ',Toni/cur contains only some nominations of Mayors.
—4llessagcr,

- FRENCH FUNDS—PARIS, JAN. 16.
Five per Cents., 109 f. f.Ki 109 f.
niree per Cents. 79E 80c. 85c. 60c.
Rank Actions, 2,35itf.
Rente de Naples, 98f. 80c. 70c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%%%.
Spanish Actives, 27 264,%►~j,
Spanish Ditieres, 12 115 i.
Spanish Passives, 7%%t, .
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102%.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 31.
Dutch Two and a half per,Cents., 55.
haytian Loin, 370 f. 375 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. :We c. ; money. 25E 30c.
Three months, paper, 2.51. 1234 c.; money, 25f. 10c.
- o,,ri It ihe tIC.

BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.—The funds declined to-day, be-
cause of an unfounded report that M. Guizot, in the Chamber
of Deputies, had said that on the first success of Don Carlos
France would interfere in Spain.
On the other hand, the Spanish Actives have fallen about
1 per cent., although that stock in your market on Saturday
had risen, and, strange to say, the discussion in the Chamber
of Deputies is the alleged cause of this decline.

LAST PRICES,
Five per Cents.. 1091. be.
Three per Cents. 79E 80c.
Bank Actions, t1,351f.
Bente de Naples, 99f.
Roman Five per Cents., 101%.
Belgian Loan, 102%.
Brussels Bank, 32.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 30Fy
Haytian Loan, ME
Spanish Actives, 26M.
Spanish Passives.
N p mith flares, 9k.
New Differes, 11%.

AMERICA.

DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION IN
WASHINGTON.
(From the National Intelligenrer.)

THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE AND PATENT.

OFFICE IN ASHES

" It is with no ordinary regret that we perform the duty
of announcing the destruction, by fire, of the building in
the central part of this city, which has for many years been
occupied by the General Post Office and Patent Office,
and the city Post Office, with an important part of the
contents of those buildings, including the entire contents of
the two latter.
" This calamity, great as it is, has long been feared by
those old residents of Washington who knew the combus-
tible nature of the building (the floors being all of wood,
and some of them not even counter-sealed), and the custom
of stowing fuel, not only coal but wood, in the vaults un-
derneath the first floor. The calamity has come at last,
and affords the second demonstration, within four years, of
the utter absurdity and improvidence of the sti uctures to
which the public archives, records, and Government accounts
have been hitherto for the most part confided.
" The first alarm of fire was given by Mr. Crown, a mes-
senger, who usually sleeps in the room connected with the
city post-office (the postmaster's own room). The clerks
had been at work, assorting the mails, until half-past two
o'clock, when one of the persons belonging to the office
(Mr. Lansdale) passed out of the east door, and along the
whole front of the building, without discovering anything
to give rise to a suspicion of danger. Not along after three
o'clock, Mr. Crown was roused from a light slumber by the
smell of smoke. Opening the door of the city post-office,
he perceived a dense smoke, without any visible appearance
of fire. He gave the alarm instantly, first rousing Mr.
Cox, one of the clerks who slept in the back-room adjoining
the post-office, and who, coming out of the door of his room,
passed along the whole of the long room with difficulty
through the smoke, hearing the fire crackling, but being
able to see nothitig. The- watchmen in the body of the
building, some distance from the city post•office, had per-
ceived nothing of the smoke until they also were alarmed by
Mr. Crown. •

" The hour of the night when all this took place being
one at which the whole world is buried in the deepest
sleep, it was found almost impossible to spread the alarm of
fire. One of the church bells began to ring, but the ringer,
not seeing any flame, ceased ringing almost as soon as he
began, and it was a full half-hour beform the alarm bells
were rung, and more than that time berme an engine or a
bucket of water could be commanded.. As it was, the fire
had its own way, and was at last seen in the vault or cellar
immediately under the delivery-window of the City Post-
office , followed shortly afterwards by flams from the win-
dows of the latter, and within five minutes afterwards by
flames from the roof, the fire having crept up along the stair-
case, or partitions, to the top of the building, before it
broke out below.

" From the moment of the flames bursting out from
the lower windows, it was obvious that all hope of saving
the building was in vain. In little more than one hour,
the whole interior of the building and its contents were de-
stroyed.
" The book's of the General Post Office were all, or
nearly all saved, exertions having been made for their safety
from nearly the first moment of the alarm ; but a mass of
papers, &c., belonging to the office were destroyed. Not
anything was saved from the Patent-office or the City-
Post-office, the Volume of the smoke preventing anybody
from penetrating the latter so as to save anything.
" As to the origin of the firo, it is impossible to say any-
thing, for nothing seems, to be known of it except that it
was in a cellar or vault in which pine-wood and coal
were stowed, all of which were probably in a state of ignition
before the fire disclosed itself to the eye. We the more
willingly forbear any conjecture as to the cause of the fire,
since both Housls of Congress have taken steps, through
committees, to investigate it, and in one house with power to
send for persons and papers.
" Most fortunately the night was calm and compara-
tively serene, or the destruction of private property would
have been inevitable and great. I-lad it occurred on the
night previous, when the wind blew almost a hurricane,
several squares of valuable buildings must have been de-
stroyed. The means of the city for extinguishing fires
are wholly inadequate to the value of the property at
stake, and the sources for the supply of water for the en-
Ougs are limited iu their extent, as well as precarious,

We trust that the lesson we have j Ist received will not le
lost pn those who ii,ive it in their power to apply the retnef7y,
of all Ole amount of loss of rapers .-:nd property :•to -
taiae I ht.- disaster. thit which is ilio“ to he rigrtlt, d
(ben :opt-kJAIe) I, that the ‘, hole of :hp t'-
posico i c,l tt).tH. of in, di, ne
mould •ring ashes now only rettnlin of th it collected eti-
deuce of the penctrttion, ingentiit,, and t nterprise h
peculiarly distinguish the descendants or Europe iii tl e
Wes'ern World."

Ncw Yonx, Drc.24.—ExcoANGE.—There were s
to a fair extent of bills on England and France for ti e
packets of to-day, kit at a furtl:er reduction in rates, owing
to the large quantity in market : on England the sales were
at 7 to 71 per cent. ; and France. 51. take. to sf. Me. cash.
The sales tvore trifling in other description,: : on Holland,
at 40 ; Ham'inr!*., 351 ; an I Bremen, 791, to EO cents.
Export of specie this week, 19,750 doflar3.

BY THE GOVERNMENT EXPRESS.
(Correspondence of the Daily P,xprecs)
WASHINGTON, DEC. 2:2.—Great interest has attended
the deliberations of both Houses of Congress. Mr. Web-
ster concluded his long speech. which in all resp,.ets sus-
tained the character and ability of its commencement. Dr.
Niles, of Connecticut, followed in reply.
The House was engaged in the early part of the day in
the hearing or along message from General Jackson upon
the subject of our Texian affairs. He is not in favour of
recognizing the independence of Texas before Mexico shall
have acknowledged it. Twenty thousand copies of the mcs-
saffe were ordered to lie printed.
t'A
long debate followed upon t' e Mint Bill, when tle
House adjourned.

PUBLIC MEETING IN NATCllEZ.—Pursuant to a notice
signed by a numerous body of citizens of Natchez, a large
meeting was held in the Court-house, at 12 o'clock, on
Thursday, of the present week. 'rho object of the meeting
was explained in a resolution offered by Judge Winchester,
the purpose of which was to arouse and concentrate public
opinion against the too common and increasing practices of
duelling, street fighting, carrying concealed weapons, and
lynching. Brief speeches in favour of the resolution were
made by Judges Winchester and Vannerson.
After the adoption of a resolution offered by Judge
Vannerson, inviting the other cities and towns in the state
of Mississippi to call meetings and institute similar measures
to promote a healthy state of public opinion respecting the
aforementioned criminal practices, the meeting ordered its
proceedings to be published, and adjourned sine die.

LATE FROM THE SOUTH.

SANTA ANNA RELEASED-THE MEXICANS MARCHING UPON

TEXAS-CUBA WAR.

The brig David, H. Miller, in 10 days from Tampico, at
New Orleans, brings accounts from Mexico of a late date.
The Neuf Orleans Bee furnishes the following summary of
the intelligence received by this vessel :
The expedition against Texas appears to have com-
menced its march, and was proceeding towards Matamoras,
whence it will bend its course towards the seat of war.
If ye were permitted to confide in letters from the city
of Mexico, of November 2d, an army of 4,000 men will
leave that capital under the orders or General Bravo. It
will halt at San Luis Potosi, where it will be joined by
3,000 troops, and then repair immediately to its place of
destination.

Other letters from Tampico, of the Ist of Dec., assert,
that the army will be 8,000 strong, that it was recruiting in
every state, and that when its organization shallbc completed,
it will march against Texas by way of Matamoras. The
same letters inform us, that they were fortifying Tampico,
and were taking other measures of defence against an in-
vasion from the sea-side. The Mexicans appear to have been
induced to take these precautions by rumours that an ex-
pedition was about to sail from New Orleans under General
Mexia, with a view to land at Tampico, and organise a
revolutionary movement against the Government.
Measures were also taken by the Government to pro-
vide provisions for the army destined for the invasion of
Texas.

A decree of the President an interim, publisbtd in the
GazetteTamaulipas of the 12th ult., revives in full
force, for the ports of the north and such places as may be
occupied by the army, the law of th 4 12th of last June,
which permits the importation of prJvisions into Matamo-
of 4?`,..ft per cent., except cocoa
ras. Provisions pay a duty
and tea, which are declared to be free ; provisions imported
into Matamoros or any of the ports designated pay no duty,
provided the importation be made in Mexican vessels. In
other respects the law of the 16th of June remains in
force, with the exception of such of its provisions as may
be necessary to the present decree.
The articles of provisions allowed to be introduced are
flour, rice, sugar of every kind, cocoa, chocolate, coffee,
pepper, salted meat, smoked or pickled, peas, biscuit,
beans, bacon, Indian corn, lard, vermicelli, tocmox tea, &c.
These preparations would lead us to suppose that hosti-
lities will shortly commence.
Private letters state that there is much sickness at
Tampico.

Captain Driscoll, from Tampico, repor►s that• an affray
took place at Tampico between soinc of the crew of the
United States sloop of war Vincennes and some fishermen ;
the crew of the sloop of war were imprisoned, and the Go-
vernment refused to give them up to the American Coasu
1.
The ship was obliged to put to sea without her men.
Captain Driscoll has brought despatches for the Govern-
ment of the United States.

(From the New Orleans Bee of the 12th inst.)
SANTA ANA RELEASED.—The schooner Texas arrived
here Mier 12 o'clock last night, having left Brassos five
days ago. She brings positive information that Santa Ana
was set at liberty by President- Houston on the 26th of
November last, and that he had set out for Natchitoches,
on his way to Washington city. Colonel Nunes, nephew
of Santa Ana, is one of the passengers in this vessel.
We have received papers to the 23d, and a circular from
the War Department, which we give underneath :
" COLOMBIA, Nov. 30, 1836.---WAR DEPARTMENT—
GENERAL ORDER.—It has been reported to the President,
by General Felix Houston, commanding the army of Texas,
that the Mexicans are engaged in active and formidable
preparations for the immediate invasion of Texas. It is
stated that General Bravo left Mexico 50 days since, in
command of the army of operations for the destruction of
the Texians. Such information is caLulated to awaken the
apprehensions of those who have once suffered from a peo-
ple who are- alike insensible to the national as well as the
human obligations of society.
" I am directed by President Samuel Houston to order,
that every able-bodied man subject to military service pro-
vide himself with a good rifle or gun, for service, and 100
rounds of ammunition, with a good horse, if it can be pro-
cured. This state of preparation is announced, that every
Texian may he prepared to rally to the standard of his
country at a moment's warning. lam directed to say, that
no call will be made upon the force of the country until
the necessity is urgent and absolute.
"We must be prepared to meet the enemy. We know
they are implacable in their resentments, and irreconcilable
in their hatred towards us. We must be prepared to
meet them, and to act in future upon their own principles
of warfare.

The immediate organization of the militia of the
country is ordered, and each company is to consist of 56
men, rank and file, with one captain, one first and one second
licutcncnt.

" All those who have an interest in the country are re-
quired to remain in readiness to defend it with blood and
their Eves, if demanded by necessity,
" By order of the President.
W. G. COOKE, Acting Secretary at War."

Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell have arrived at
Chenies Rectory, from Dover, where they haVe been resid-
ing for the improvement of her Ladyship's health.-
The gentlemen of' the long robe are looking forward
to a plentiful harvest during the ensuing Session, in advo-
cating. and opposing the various railway projects now in con-
templation, to complete which would require a capital of
forty millions.

The letters received from Smyrna, at Lloyd's yes-
terday, bearing_date the 16th ult., state that there was no
plague in that town at the above date, but that there was
Some little appearance of it in the villages around.
Yesterday forenoon, during the dense fog, a melan-
choly occurrence happened to an old waterman of the
name of Hawkins, belonging to the stairs of Horsleydown.
He was crossing the 'river opposite the Custom House,
when, by some mismanagement on his part and the thick-
ness of the fog, his boat ran foul of a vessel with such vio-
lence that it was completely split in two, and the poor-old
man was immersed in the water. The alarm was immedi-
ately given, and several waterman and others put off to his.
assistance, but the unfortunate man instantly sank. Drags
were procured, but his body has not been found.
A recent historian remarks, in reference to the un-
happy catastrophe which terminated the reign and life of
Louis XVI., that " it was more in consequence of the re-
laxation of the Royal power, than from the exertioff of its
despotism, that the monarchy was first shaken and finally
subverted."

The- shirt worn by Charles the First on the scaffold
is said to be preserved at Lord Ashburnham's seat in Sus-
sex, whose collateral ancestors attended the unfortunate
Monarch as one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber.
The late Master of the Roils in Ireland was brothsx
to Colonel McMahon, so many years the confidential friend
and companion of his late Majesty while Prince of Woks
and Regent.

THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOS'JRE
RESPECTING THE EXISTENCE OF A SPANISH NOVI' ITION
IN LONDON.—From an examination that took place yester-
day, before Sir Frederick Roe, ;it Bow-street, it appears
.
that the whole of this mysterious transuettoit I, „true.