The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-25 00:00:00

WINDSOR, JAN. 24.

Active preparations for the reception of their Majesties
have for some time past been going forward at the Castle.
The day of the arrival of the Court at Windsor is fixed
for the Ist of March.

Lord Lyndhurst is not expected to attend in the Court
of Exchequer this Term.

BRIGHTON, JAN. 24.

Their Majesties, and the other members of the Royal
Family, were again confined to the Palace yesterday, by
the rough weather. At no period within the recollection
of " the oldest inhabitant" of the place, has there fallen so
much rain here, as during the present winter.
Mr. Grant, Judge-Advocate, arrived here yesterday,
and had an audience of the King, and the honour of din-
ing and passing the evening at the Palace. His Majesty
also gave audience to Major-General Rooke, on whom he
was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Sir George Teesdale, of the King's Dra-
good Guards, the Earl of Belfast, and several of the Royal
suite, attended at the ceremony.

The dinner circle last evening at the Palace was formed
of the following personages :—Sir William and Lady
Maitland, Captain and Mrs. Hamilton, Dowager Lady
Brownlow, Hon. Misses Cost, Colonel the Hon. H. and
Mrs. Windsor, Major-General Sir Charles Dalbiac, Miss
Dalbiac, Mr. Grant, Major-General Sir W. Rooke, their
Majesties' relatives, and the suite.
A cask, containing nearly 30 gallons of brandy, was
washed on shore near the chain pier, yesterday afternoon ;
and the beach under the west cliff was strewed with
spices of various kinds, supposed to have been part of the
cargo of a vessel, said to have been lost off Jersey in the
late gales ; various pieces of the wreck were also picked up
this morning.

The Marquis of Sligo is expected at the Palace this
evening, to take leave preparatory to his embarking for the
West Indies.

A Council is now sitting (half-past four o'clock) at the
Palace ; it assembled at four o'clock. Most of the Minis-
ters arrived here from town this morning, being specially
summoned for that purpose ; their deliberations will not
terminate until six this evening.

FREEMASONRY-LAMBTON CASTLE.

(From the Sunderland Herald.)

Tuesday last being the day fixed for holding a Provincial
Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted Masons of this
county, the brethren from the virious lodges in the province
assembled at Lambton Castle about twelve o'clock in con-
siderable numbers, and shortly afterwards the Provincial
Lodge was duly opened by the Deputy P. G. M. After
some preliminary business, a resolution was unanimously
adopted to present a splendid masonic jewel to the Pro-
vincial Grand Master, made by Mr. R. Tate of Regent-
street. It is oval shaped ; bordered with flowers in
various tints of gold of exquisite workmanship; and in the
centre, on a blue enamel ground, is placed the square
and compasses, with a star of five points in brilliants.
The design is chaste and elegant, and the effect altogether
most excellent. It beats the following inscription :

PRESENTED

TO THE

EARL OF DURHAM,
PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER,
BY HIS
GRATEFUL BRETHREN,
21st January, Mt

Which resolution was afterwards embodied in the following
address

MY Lorto,—The Free and Accepted Masons of the province
of Durham, in Provincial Lodge assembled, beg leave to pre-
sent your Lordship with a Masonic Jewel, purchased with the
voluntary subscriptions of the brethren, as a token of our fra-
ernal consideration for your constant attention and personal
kindness to the craft; and to mark the high sense of gratitude
we entertain for your dignified and zealous discharge of the
important duties of Provincial Grand Master.
Done in open Provincial Lodge the 21st day of January,lB.34.
JOHN P. KIDSON, P. G. S.

The stewards were immediately sent to the Right Wor-
shipful Master, who was received with the " high ho-
nours" and great cheering.

The resolution was communicated to him by the Deputy
P. G. M. at his entrance, and Lord Durham immediately
replied to the following effect:—

Brethren,—l receive this splendid proof of your esteem and
regard with feelings of the deepest gratitude.
I understand it to be the result of a voluntary, unsolicited
subscription--of so small an amount individually as to include
all classes, and so universally adopted as to emanate from men
of all opinions and principles.
This is indeed a proud testimonial—an ample reward for all
those past services which you have honoured by your unani-
mous commendation; and an incitement, if any were wanted, to
the most unremitting exertions for the future.
You do me no more than justice when you state that I have
"zealously discharged the important duties of Provincial Grand
Master." It is now nearly sixteen years since I was appointed
by our Illustrious Grand Master, the Duke of Sussex; and I
have the satisfaction of knowing that, during my presidency,
masonry has not fallen from its "high estate" in this province.
I have ever felt it my duty to support and encourage its
principles and practice; because it powerfully develops all
social and benevolent affections—because it mitigates without,
and annihilates within, the virulence of political and theologi-
cal controversy—because it affords the only neutral ground on
which all ranks and all classes can meet in perfect equality,
and associate without degradation or mortification, whether for
the purposes of moral instruction or of social intercourse.

Such being my conviction of the inestimable benefits which
society derives from masonry, it cannot be a matter of surprise
that I have availed myself of the advantages which my station
affords in order to promote the interests of our excellent insti.
tution.

In the pursuit of this object, I have been enlightened by
your example—encouraged by your kindness and affection—
and supported by your active and steady co.operation. If to
these claims on my gratitude is added the event of this day,
the whole amount of obligation is such that I fear no actions
of mine will enable me to repay it ; of this you may rest assured,
that the connexion which subsists between us is as gratifying to
my pride, as it is dear to my heart.

This eloquent address was listened to with profound
attention, and at its close the brethren testified their high
gratification by the most enthusiastic cheering.
The masonic business of the province having been con-
cluded, the lodge was adjourned, and the brethren re-
quested to assemble at three o'clock ; and in the interim
they amused themselves in wandering over the castle and
gardens. On the terrace they were joined by the Earl
and Countess of Durham ; and the excellent band of his
Lordship played several spirited and enlivening airs. The
weather was peculiarly mild, and the brethren were
highly gratified in their walks by the courtesy and attention
they received. A little before three the party again as-
sembled, and proceeded in procession to the dining room,
where the most splendid repast was prepared ; and by
the most excellent arrangements the whole party was
accommodated with ease and comfort, consisting,
of abmt one hundred and fifty persons. The
tables were decorated by a gorgeous profusion
of gold and silver cups—the dinner was of the
very first order—and the champagne and wines of all
descriptions were of the very best quality. Abundance
flowed throughout, and the Noble Chairman repeatedly
desired his honoured guests to order whatever his house
could afford. Alter dinner, the Lodge was again formed,
which prevents us (reluctantly) from giving an account
of several excellent speeches which were delivered on the
occasion. We rmy be pe..initted, however, to say that
the meeting was one of unbounded satisfaction eo all
parties—that the attention and courtesy of the Noble
Lord was unceasing—and that the recollection of this
day wilt form a bright era in the annals of masonry,
and will long be rememhered by the brethren as one of
tie happiest days ut their oves.
Amongst the company prmot we observed Sir H.
Williamson, Sir William Chaytor, Sir C. Sharp, W.
Harland, Esq., M.P., J. G. Boss, Esq., M.P., William
Mills, Esq., John Fawcett, Esq., ansi a large assembly of
the gentry and respectability of the county.

EXPRESS FROST PARIS.

(From the Times Private Correspondent.)

MADRID, JAN. 16.—Martinez de la Rosa, the successor
of Zea in his office of Secretario de Estado y del Despacho,
is so well known in the Constitutional hi,tory of Spain
during the last 20. years, from the prominent offices he
held in 1814 and 1822, as well as from his long sufferings
and imprisonment, that I need not call them more parti-
cularly to your attention. The character of Don Nichols
Gazeli, the successor of Don Juan Gonz 'les in the Depart-
ment of Grace and Justice, is sufficiently marked by his
having held the same office in 1822, and it is no more
than justice to M. Zea to say that Gazeli was destined for
this appointment before the final struggle, which has ended
in his own removal from the Ministry. Don Josef Vasquts
Figueroa, the new Minister of Marine, is an Admiral of
long standing and of strictly constitutional principles, a 3 he
also evinced at the two great periods of 1814 and 1822 ;
but such was the disgrace into which he had fallen
under the reign of absolute principles, that for the last
ten years his name has never found its way into the
Navy List, not even into that which has been published
within the last few days for the year 1834. The Finance
Department remains as at present, an interim appoint-
ment, but is transferred from the hands of Don Xavier de
Burgos to those of Don Josef Aranahle, who from his
high character, his financial and statistical knowledge,
and his attainments in the science of political economy,
as well as from the uniformity of his constitutional opi-
nions with those of the ether Ministers just added to the
Cabinet, is likely before long to be recognized as one of
its permanent members. The whole of the royal decrees
are countersigned by the Minister at War, Don Zarco del
Valle, but it is quite understood that Don Xavier de
Burgos, although remaining at the Home Department, is
to exercise the functions of directing Minister•. This dis-
tinction is due to the acknowledged energy of his character,
and to the spirit of useful and practical reform which has
pervaded every act of his Administration.
It would have been better for the future tranquillity of
the country if the Ministerial changes which have thus
been effected, and especially the removal of Z .a, had
taken place a fortnight ago. The danger would not then
have been incurred of yielding, or -appearing to yield, to
those threats of material ♦iolence which were sent up to
the capital from Barcelona. It was part of the policy of
the fallen Minister and his friends to instil into the mind
of the Queen that no man but Zea could conciliate to-
wards Spain the affections of her two most powerful
allies. The French Ambassador at this Court has never
been accused of being a man of the mouvement, and
it was not therefore to be expected that he should
display much activity in removing the error under which
the Queen had thus been labouring. There is reason to
believe, however, that there has been no such negligence
in another quarter, where, by way of exception from the
general state of English diplomacy during the last two or
three years, it cannot he said that there is any want of
harmony between the Ambassador and his Government.
It is certain, at least, that for the last two or three we: cs
the Queen Regent has been made perfectly aware that
the interests and affections of England were in no way
identified with the maintenance in power of any member
of her Majesty's Government, every wish of England with
respect to this country being directed to its peace and
tranquillity as a nation, and to the happiness and prospe •
rity of its inhabitants.

I have just been indulged with a hasty perusal of two
of those extraordinary documents proceeding from the
Captains General of Provinces, which, in the form of
exposicion addressed to the Queen, but breathing the
language of expostulation and remonstrance, have in fact
given the last blow to the tottering power of M. Zea.
The one piper bears the signature of Vincente de Quesada,
the Captain-General of Old Castile ; the other of Manuel
Llander, the Captain• General of Catalonia ; but although
both tending to the same result, they are as different as
possible from each other in language, motive, and spirit.
That of Quesada speaks of nothing but himself, his
enemies at Court, and his own unrequited services ; and
it is evidently for the sake of healing his own sores that
be insists en the dismissal of Zea, and the convocation of
the Cortes. The lett.ix of Llander is of a much mare
dignified character, and if we did not know something of
his previous history, we might suppose it to proceed from
a man of high and statesmanlike views. But as Quesada
was moved by his personal feeling, so Llander seems to
have been guided by the political views of the people of
Barcelona, and on that account his remonstrance is entitled
to some attention.

[The correspondent proceeds to give a description of
Llander's letter, which has already appeared in The Sun.]
From the elements of which tt:e new Mashy is com—
posed, you will be prepared for the early announcement
of the convocation of the Cortes, unless Burgos should
succeed in imp essing on the minds of his new colleagues,
that until his administrative reforms are completed, such a
measure would be premature. 'r.

(From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.)

The Constitutionnel revives the report of the Cabinet
being in a state of disorganization, there being a rupture
between tie President ache Council (Marshal Soult) and
the Duke de Broglie and M. Guizot, and also between the
last named Minister awl M. Thiers.

The Memorial Bordeluis of the 19th inst. states, that
General Castagnon left St. Sebastian on the morning of
the 15th, on his way to Madrid. By superior orders all
the Carlist prisoners in detention at Santander have been
shipped for Porto Rico. It also contains the following
extract cf a letter from Madrid, dated the 7th instant :
"It is the general opinion here, that if a Mini,ter of
Finances should venture to contract a foreign loan; he
would expose himself to the fury of the people. We learn
that Dun C trios Wishes to contract a loan at Paris, sim.lar
to that ofDon Miguel. Our Cabinet is doing its utmost
to thwart his project. The 16,000,000 reals, which have
been s‘i long claimed by the Government of the United
States, have, at last, been acknowledged. This is a heavy
sum to add to the debts of the nation."
A letter from Ancona of the 10th instant contains the
following : We learn from Rome that the Pontifical
Government will not suffer Ancona to remain occupied hy
the French troops beyond the present month. It is added
that several of the Pope's officers, being at Rome on leave,
hive received orders to join their several corps, in order to
be ready when the troops of his Holiness enter Ancona.
Others, on the contrary, say that the French garrison,
instead of being removed, is to be increased."

The Augsburg Gazette of the 18th instant, has the
following, of the 13th, from Vienna Baton Oinpteda
is authorized to represent Brunswick and Nassau at the
Congress, as M. Marschall's health will not allow him to
attend. This arrangement making the Congress c
plete, it held its first sitting yesterday at three o'clock,
which probably was entirely occupied by preparatory
arrangements. At the close, several of the Ministers were
invited to dine with Prince Metternich. Our Carnival is
unusually gay. Several brilliant balls have been given
already—one by Count St. Aulaire, another by Count
Beroldigen ; the Ministers are invited to all of them.
There was aho a ball at Court last we.k, and there
will be another to-morrow. The mail from Constan-
tinople of the 24th ultimo has just arrived, after having
been detained by the bad state of the roads. All
was perfectly tranquil in the Turkish capital, and
there was much rejoicing at the removal of the squad-
rons. The rate of Turkish money, however, is not
improved ; the florin is now worth only 395 or 396 pares.
Our Funds to-day are—Metalliques, 5 per Cents. 95 2-3 ;
ditto 4 per Cents., 851; Bank Actions, 1,230 1-6."
The Gazette has also the following from Munich, dated
the 16th inst.:-4r The troops levied for Greece are
now 2,804 mea ; of these, 1,74.2 are in Greece, 246
are ready to march, and 816 are now being drilled. We
have this day received offieial news from Gri ere. The
troops which left Munich on the 26th of S •ptember ar-
rived safely at Navarino on the sth ult. The battalion
of the 6th Bavarian Reeiment of the line will come
home in the vessels that took out these volunteers. Ti:e
sews we receive from Greece is most satisfac:.ory, con•
tredicting all the reports put into circulation by evil •
minded or ill-informed persons. Peace throughout Greece
was never greater than at this moment, when, by mo-
derate taxes, the citizens and peasantry can pursue their
labours undisturbed ; the weak and the strong, the low-
born and the exalred, enjoy the same protection oi the
laws, and the Government daily consolidates itself more
and mere. Since the appearance of the troops in Tinos,
order has not been again disturbed. A few Greeks, to-
gether with some foreigners, have attempted to excite
disorders, but they were arrested and taken before competent
judges. The result of the investigation will be made known.
Since this no intrigues have been spol:en of : a few per-
sons of party-spirit may seek to promote them, but they
were never joined by the people, who see how much mere
it is their interest to prize the advantages they now enjoy.
Tile dismissal of the troops, who are returning borne, is
a proof that the Government requires no extraordinary
aid to suppoi t its authority. The bands of robbers, the
result of former bad habits, as also of the system aeopted
by the leaders or party now under arrest, are rapidly de-
creasing, and th,y will soon rapidly disappear altogether,
for the utost active measures are now everywhere pursued
against them, and when taken they are dealt with after

tl,e utmost rigour of the laws. The Regency is unremit-
ting in its labours ; the present s'ate of the country, corn.
pirrd with what it was only a year ago, proves that its
endeavours have been crowned with success."
A private letter from Berlin states that Professor Dief
f,r;bach had succeeded in performing a very painful
operation on M. Ancillon, since which the health of the
Prussian Minister bad considerably improved.
The Xuremburg Correspondent of the 17th inst., has
the following of the 14th, from Frankfort :—" Several
couriers are arriving in our city and starting from it ;
those that arrive are addressed chiefly to M. Rothschild.
It is said that the idea of a loan with the Queen of Spain
is not yet abandoned ; the only obstacle to it is that M.
Rothschild insists on the recognition of the Cortes loan,
to which M. Zea will not consent." The Correspondent
Announces the opening of the Assembly of the States of
Bavaria, for the end of February, or the beginning of
sl,

The Hamburg Correspondent gives the following from
Pest, under date of Jan. 1 :—" We have acain received
alarming intelligence from Transylvania. The people in
all parts having been disappointed in their expectations of
seeing a Diet assembled in the course of the last year, begin
to show their discontent; and it is even feared they will
break out into open rebellion against the Government."
The members of the Second Chamber of B /den have
relinquished one-fifth of their allowance during the last
session, amounting to 2,160 florins, and have divided it
between the institutions for the deaf, the dumb, and the
blind, to be laid out in the purchase of tools, instruments.
Ind other articles for such of the unfortunate objects as are
in a state to earn their own living.
A letter of the 16th inst. from Toulon says—" The
Emulation sloop I,as arrived from the Levant, and was
preparing to enter the harbour, when her captain received
orders from the Admiral to prepare to put to sea at a
moment's notice. It is believed that she was wanted to
carry urgent despatches from the Government back to the
Levant. A store-ship is preparing to carry out provisions
mud clothes for the unfortunate crew of the Superbe.
They remained three days between life and death, and
must inevitably have perished but far the arrival of the
Ville de Marseille."

The Corrrier du Bas Rhin of the 19th inst., has the
following, :—" Five of the artillery officers under arrest
for opposing the admission of navy officers into the corp.
have been released by order of General Brayer, who con-
sidered their letters less offensive than those of the rtst.
Nine others remain in confinement until further orders."
From official tables published by the Moniteur, it
appears that from the Ist of October to the 31st of De-
cember, inclusive, there were redeemed by the Sinking
Fund— Ist, 34, 1981. of rentes at 5 per cent., which
cost 685,449 f 3c., forming an average price of 100:.
22c. ; 2d, 6,097 f. of rentes at 4i per cent , which cost
134,412 f. 21c., averaging 991. 21c. ; 3d, 19.9261. of
rentes at 4 per cent., which cost 448,597 f. 49e., and
averaging 901. sc. ; 4th, 254.8161. of rentes at 3 per
cent., which cost 6,336,496 f. 23c., and averaging 74f. 60c.
(From Galignani's Messenger of Thursday.)

The Revista Espanola says—" On the 231 of De
cember, intelligence was received at Ciudad Rodrigo from
Villa Real, where Don Carlos still remains, stating that
he takes every precaution to prevent surprise, having
guards in his house with two small cannon, and
sentinels stationed at half a league from the town in
every direction. His only companions are Merino
and the Bishop of Leon. They are dreadfully afraid
of General Rodil, and their hopes begin to evaporate. It
was said that Din Miguel had intimated to Don Carlos a
wish that he would leave Portugal, but no preparations
for travelling had been observe - at Villa Real. At all
events, the Pretender is not in a condition to make any
serious movement. The frontier is well guarded, and the
inhabitants of the towns bordering upon Portugal are
filled with enthusiasm for the cause of Isabella H."

The following are extracts from the Brussels papers of
Tuesday :—" It is said that the mediation of England has
succeeded in effecting a reconciliation between the Court
of the Tuileries and that of Sweden. It is expected that
a new ambassador will be shortly sent to Stockholm, and
the return of M. Lcevenhiclm to Paris is said to be fixed
for February The projected railroad from the
Rhine to the frontier of Belgium, across the Prussian terri-
tory, may he considered as finally determined upon."—
" The English Colonel Lyater, who was condemned by
the tribunal of Bruges to a month's imprisonment, a fine
of 10f., and 1001. as damages, for an assault upon an in-
habitant of this town, was arrested yesterthy and sent to
prison, to undergo his sentence."
The Augsburg Gazette of the 19th inst. has the fol.
lowing of the 11th from Berlin:—" An attempt to ob-
tain a general representation for the kingdom is again in
agitation in our western provinces, and it has been said
that two of our Ministers are likely to lend it their sup-
port." The Gazette quotes the funds at Vienna on the
14th, Metalliques, 5 per Cents, 95 23-32 ; Ditto, 4 per
Cents., 86 ; Bank Actions, 1,234,
The Berlin State Gazette of the 17th instant quotes
Prussian 4 per Cents., 97 5-12 96 11-16 ; Ditto 5 per
Cents. (1822) English Loan, 103 k 103.
The Journal de la Marine et des Colonies gives the
following intelligence from Senegal The war which
the Governor, who died on the 18ih of October, at Sr.
Louis, undertook against the Moors, required all the
forces of which he could. dispose. He had marched as far
as Eagana, about 50 leagues from the garden of Richard
Tol, and the same distance from Sr. Louis, where he was
attacked with the fever of the country, under which he
sunk. From the fatigues undergone by the garrison of
Louis there were only 70 men remaining in a con-
dition to do their duty. In this number must be com-
prised the detachment frorn Goree, of which only three
privates and a corporal remain. Captain Hessee will, it
is said, be the new Governor. He has been a long time
Commandant at Goree, and has already taken upon him-
sell the administration of the colony ad interim."
The Moniteur Ottoman of the 2d ult. says:—" From
the numerous useful structures with which the Sultan has
improetl and embellished his capital within a few years,
his memory will be for ever perpetuated. The ancient
tower of Galata having been partly destroyed by fire, he
last year ordered it to be rebuilt in a much more elegant
form, and the work being finished, h s Highness went
lately to visit the new building; and having minutely in.
spected every part, he remained while a large clock was
placed in his presence, being desirous that, as at Bob,
Rodosto, Sophia, Widdin, Yamboli, Aidos, and some
other old cities of the empire, the Mussulmans should
know the hour of prayer, and more particularly the com-
mencement and termination of the fast on the days of the
Ramadan. The Sultan afterwards went to the Tekke,
or Convent of Dervishes, of the sect of Mewlevi, and
joined in their service, and on retiring left tokens of his
munificence."

Extract of a letter of the 7th inst. from Rome :—" The
Government has struck 100,000 crowns, which with several
thousands of new doubloons will very shortly be put into
circulation. It is a long time since such a sum bas been
issued from the Roman Mint. It is also said that 500,000
scuiii are about to be coined. The bullion has been fur-
nished by Rothschild and Torlottia, in part of the last loan.
If, however, it be considered that this new money
costs the state between 4 and 5 per cent. more than if it
had received piastres, it will soon be found who has the
advantage. The stamp of the new coin resembles the
last, except that it has the effigy of the present Pope.
Silver begins to be scarce, notwithstanding the supplies
from Rothschild, because the coin is melted into Neapolitan
money, the value of which is inferior. Since the acces-
sion of Gregory XVI. to the Pontificate the Government
has contracted four loans, amounting together to 9,500,000
crowns, or 23,750,000 German florins, but according to
the calculations of our financiers not more than 14,250,000
florins have entered the Treasury of the State."

Extract of a letter from Alexandria, dated November
30 :—" Fifteen tuerchantnaen, a schooner, a sloop, and
two transports belonging to the Paella of Egypt, were lost
on the north coast of Candia in the storm which raged
during the 25th and 2V-i. of October. A frigate lost her
foremast and all her topmasts, but had the good fortune
to beep off the shore and ride out the gale."
We learn by the Garde National, of Marseilles, of the
17th instant, that the Military Commandant consented to
defer the transmission to Algiers of the 29 Poles who
arrived there in the Austrian vessel the Regina, on con-
dition that they would remove the next morning to the
French ship the Malouine. At ihe time when the transfer
ought to have taken place, the Captain of the Regina
came to the commandant, to inform him that the Piles
had positively refused to quit his ship till they received an
answer from Paris to their application, but had no intention
of coming on shore. Nevertheless, taking advantage of
the absence of the Captain, several of them, as a deputation
from the rest, came to the Prefect and the General, and
repeated their resolution not to go to Algiers, and refused
to go on board the Malouine. The General, indignant
at this breach of faith, answered that if they did not all '
remove by three o'clock that afternoon, he would employ
force. When the hour arrived the lovers of riot were on
the alert, hut preparations were made to meet them, and
in spite of hootings and howlings and some stories and
other missiles, a party of gendarmes conveyed such of the
Poles as were on shore to the /11;s/ouine, and the rest were
conveyed to her from the Regina. Two battalions of the
line and a squadron of gendarmerie bivouacked through
the night in the Canebiere and the Place Royale, and no
further disturbance ensued.