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THE FORGERY CASE.—The four brothers, Hoidens,
from Everingdale, who are at present prisoners in
this town, were brought before the Magistrates, on
Monday, along with their sister, who has been, since
they were apprehended, taken into custody. The
four brothers were committed to York, for using a
false Government stamp, or die, resembling that used
by the Commissioners of Stamps. They were not
sent off, as there are other charges to be brought
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manded till Monday next. The names of the other
prisoners are—Parker, Royal, Burns, and Barrett,
the latter of whom, it is said; signed the notes, and
the former made the plate and published the notes.
The plate was an imitation of the Wirkswork bank
notes.—Leads Times.

COST OF LOCAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—Surprise
has been expressed that the cost of procuring the
Leeds Improvement Act and the Leeds Burial Ground
Acts should amount to the sum of 7,026/. ; this, how.
ever, will not be thought extraordinary when it is
stated that the cost of the Leeds Water Works Act
alone amounted to 9,oool.—Leeds Mercury.
SINGULAR BEQUESTS.—The Princess Jaditne-
rowski, who died some time back in Russia, has left
considerable legacies to two actors, one for having
made her laugh, and the other weep. The following
words are found in her will, in allusion to this
matter Having frequented the theatre for three
years, and having felt there the only real emotions of
my life, I think myself bound to recompense those
persons who caused me so much gratification. I,
therefore, bequeath to Karatiguin, who has so often
made me shed such delicious tears, the sum of 50,000
roubles (about 8,0001.) I also bequeath to a young
actor, whose name has slipped my memory, but whom
it will be easy, I imagine, to discover in France, as
being the person who used to play the Gamin de Paris
at the Theatre-Michel, the sum of 30,000 roubles,
for having so well amused Inc." The actor, Karatiguin,
mentioned above, is the Talma of Russia, and the
other is Laferriere, of the Vaudeville. The testa-
, mentary executor, in announcing to him this
intelli-
gence, has stated that the heirs-at-law intend con-
testing the legacy ; but that, as the wishes of a tes-
tator are more scrupulously observed in Russia than
perhaps any other country in the world, it is to be
presumed they would fail in their opposition.—Le
Globe (Paris paper).
LORD AnINGER AND AN UNPAID JURY.—At the
conclusion of the recent sittings of the Court of Ex-
chequer at the Guildhall, City, the following incident
occurred :—At the conclusion of each trial the Jury
is allowed Bs., which Garland, one of the overseers of
the Court, pays. On Saturday last the cause was
rather late, and when the Jury made the usual de-
mand the solicitor of the fortunate party had de-
parted, and the Jury were compelled to go without
their fees. On Monday they again attended, but his
Lordship having got through every Cause which had
been entered for trial during the sittings, their at-
tendance was not required ; but they were " not to
he done out of their Bs. ;" accordingly they renewed
their application to Garland, who declared his inability
to settle the demand. As Lord Abinger was in the
act of passing through the hall, five persons ran to-
wards his Lordship, whom they instantly surrounded,
and before they gave the Learned Judge time to re-
cover from his surprise, demanded the Bs. Lord
Abinger remarked that be was not aware of being
indebted in the sum of Bs. to the gentlemen, hinting
at the same time in all probability they had mistaken
him for some other person. "We are perfectly satis-
fied as to whom we are asking—it is Lord Abinger,"
was the reply ; "and upon Saturday night your
Lordship left the Court without paying us our fee of
Bs." His Lordship replied that he had nothing to do
with the payment of the fee; but the pertinacious
jurymen again declared that they would " not be
done out of their Bs. each : the Special Jury wore
paid, and why not they ?" His Lordship again
pointed out that he was not the party to whom they
were to apply; but the eloquence of the Chief Baron
was never so ineffective, and he found his free egress
from the hall, where he had just before been "most
potent," impeded. His Lordship sent for Garland
to know why he had not paid the Jury. The plea
that the money had not been received was put in ;
but his Lordship held it to be ha l, and directed
Garland.to pay the Jury, who then permitted his
Lordship to leave the hall.

MR. ACLAND, M.P., AND THE
CORN-LAWS.
Killerton, Dec. 22, 1842.
_ _ _

My Dear Lord,—lt was not till yesterday that I
saw in the Standard of Tuesday an account of an
agricultural meeting at Barnstaple, in which it is
stated that your Lordship read an extract from the re-
port of a speech of mine at Yeovil, anal expresSed
" your satisfaction that those sound and just principles
which you had always advocated were supported by a
gentleman, who, not twelve months ago, was of a dif-
ferent opinion ;" and further, that your lordship asked
when you saw such " --- "persons throwing
aside their former opinions, whether you might not
safely argue the probability that greater alterations
world take place in the introduction of foreign produce."
I have hitherto not thought it necessary to notice
the various criticisms which have been made on the
speeches at the Yeovil meeting, because I felt that a
very undue importance was given to what passed
there. But as your Lordship has brought my name so
prominently forward in the county adjoining that of
which I have the honour to be one of the representa-
tives, it seems incumbent on me to show whether
have "thrown aside my former opinions ;" and I,
therefore take the liberty of addressing your Lordship,.
as the means of publicly disclaiming the construction
which has been set upon my expressions.
It is the more necessary that I should allude to
your Lordship's remarks, because the report of your
Lordship's speech contains what .appears to he one
continuous extract from my owii, whereas, in fact,
the words are taken from two distinct passages—the
one relating to agriculture, and the other to the glove
trade. I believe that my only direct allusion to legi-
slative question., affecting the agricultural interest,
was confined almost to a single sentence, in which I
stated that I had nothing to regret in having support-
ed measures which I believed to have been dictated by
fairness and moderation, and by a due consideration
of the various interests of the country. I then ex-
pressed my satisfaction that just protection had been
secured to the glove trade, in which Yeovil is so
deeply interested, and ventured to advise the glove
manufacturers not to place so much reliance on pro-
tection, as to relax their exertions for the improve-
ment of their manufacture; and I added that the best
security, alike for agriculture and manufactures, is to
be found in the direction of increased intelligence to
the object of producing the best article "at as low a
cost as possible ;" not, as I am reported to have said—
" at the lowest price," in reference to the price in
other countries, but at as low a cost as possible, in
reference to the circumstances of England.
This, I believe to be the substance of what I stated
at Yeovil, and it does not appear to me to justify the
charge of a change of opinion.
To cheapen the cost, as well as to increase the
quantity of production by encouraging improvements
in agriculture, appears to me one of the main objects
of agricultural associations; and the more completely
they succeed in promoting this object, the more unan-
swerable, in my opinion, is the claim of the British
farmer to fair protection ; of such protection I am now,
as I ever have been, the decided advocate. In the pre-
sent circumstances of this country, protection to agri-
culture is not, as far as I can judge, too high ; I ear-
nestly hope that it may not prove too low. I never
sought to obtain favour by professing to advocate
exclusively, or to an extreme length, the claims
of any one interest; and, therefore, I am not
open to the charge of inconsistency, for speak-
ing now in a tone of moderation, which
I have maintained under other circumstances. I
tending to
dtrisutsutrthatsaeltlupermogenntosstoicarteicoennstlyof
mchaadner,
will prove as
ill-grounded as those which have no better founda
,tion than the proceedings at the Yeovil meeting. At
that meeting (I may be permitted to add), had I
thought it the proper occasion for making these ex-
planations, and repelling the charge of a change of
opinion, an ample opportunity was afforded me ; but
I have so strong a sense of the inexpediency of di-
verting such meetings from their proper object, by
misapprehension to which
giving them a political character, that I then re-
frained ; and I am very glad to have now a fitter op-
portunity for correcting any
my expressions have given rise—l have the honour
to be, my dear Lord, yours, very faithfully,
THOMAS DYKE
ACbA.ND,
To the Right lion. Earl Fort,cscue•

The Madrid journals of the 16th inst. contain the
official account of the loss sustained by the troops in
the insurrection of Barcelona on the lith, 16th, and
17th ult. This lops is much smaller than it wasstated
to have been even in the lowest accounts given by the.
Madrid and I3arcelona,journals. It is as follows :
Killed-2 commandants, 9 other officers of various
grades, and 31 privates. Wounded-6 commandants,
29 officers, and 147 privates. Two horses were killed
and 16 wounded.
NON-INTRUSION CANT.—The most abominable
feature of the Non-Intrusion agitation is the cant of
its leaders and promoters. Not content with assert-
ing their honesty and their faith in the soundness of
their principles, they blasphemously assume that they
are fighting God's battles, and that all who are op-
posed to them are in league with the powers of dark-
ness. Dr. Candlish told a large meeting that Satan
was in the Convocation, and was like to have caused
some disturbance, but that the Lord had defeated
him • other parties, who have since given explanations
of the proceedings, have adopted the same style.—
Aberdeen Herald.

FREE-TRADE BANQUET.—The preparations for the
great demonstration in this city on the 11th of next
month in favour of the principles of free-trade, are,
we understand, in a state of considerable forward-
ness. In addition to Mr. Cobden, we learn that Col.
Thompson, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. P. M. Stewart, Sir
Gilbert Stirling, Mr. Wallace, of Kelly, Mr. Edward
Ellice, Mr. George Duncan (Member of Parliament
for Dundee), and other distinguished friends of the
cause, have intimated their intention of being present.
This augurs well for the display of talent on the occa..
sion, and we have no doubt from the demand which
has already been made for tickets that the meeting
will be equally important as regards numbers. The
decorations for the spacious hall in which the banquet
is to take place have been entrusted to Mr. D. R. Hay,
of Edinburgh—a guarantee that they will be charac-
terised by perfect elegance and taste.—Glasgow
Citizen.

The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury are passing
the season at Heron Court, near Christchurch. The
Noble Earl and a party of gentlemen were out shoot-
ing on Tuesday, when his Lordship killed with his
own gun no less than thirteen woodcocks.
TILE UNEmpLovEn,—Large numbers of operatives
in want of employment still wander about the streets.
Yesterday a party, consisting of upwards of a hun-
dred, held a meeting in Albion-street, in the open air,
to discuss their grievances. Prevented as they are
from soliciting charity, what can those famished
creatures do ? They are at present literally starving,
with no prospects of relief.—Glasgow Citizen.
The typhus fever continues its ravages, turning
many once happy homes into houses of mourning.
Many families have been severely visited—more than
one gap having been made in some.—
Dundee Herald.
He is a wise Proteus that is holy with the holy,
learned with the learned, serious with the serious, and
have l ately occurred in
jovial with the merry. That is the
way to gain all
hearts,
The
for
terriblesimilitude
failures is the
which bon d of rod-will.
this town, have tended to cause a feeling of distrust
in
the
of tradei doeshecoinnercial notworld,seem whichth present depressed
state likelye
to ;
a
...ssipate. We
trust, however, that the reports which have been in
d
circulation are greatly exaggerated, and that the
Y subside. The
tariff does not seem to haveinfluenced
panic now existing will gradually
the price of
hpruotvehiseirssmheaetre, expected, and
other towns.—
in com-
parison Somerset County Gazette.
still mmal.thttainh'slvae highbeen price,
with the reduction effected in
SUPPOSED SUICIDE THROUGH POVERTY.—On Sa-
turday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Red Lion,
Church-street,
female.eet,
The Stoke Newington,
evidenceewington, on the body of an
unknown showed
that on Fri-
dwaayndleasritngdeacheeasuetd
swteaskoebsNwinte
erevedbayseveral individuals
Newington.
Her manner,
person, and dress were indicative of extreme penury.
In the evening a domestic of the Rev.
Mr. Clipbold
surface discovered
of
thethe
Newbody
River,o f th e deceasednear
par a d i s e
-row. The
floating on the
banks of the river about that spot being fenced with
high palings, it appeared evident that deceased had
not slipped in accidentally, but probably had drowned
herself. She was about forty years of
age, of squalid
appearance, and nothing of the slightest value, or that
i
could lead to her being dentifie I, was found on her
person. Verdict—" Found drowned."
THE CIIEPSTOW MURDER.—We understand that
murder near Chepstow, has, since his committal to
Edward Rees, who stands charged with the late wilfu
gaol, evinced a demeanour becoming his awful situation
He has been respectful ; and has
discarded
ltha low-spirited,t
bravadewehbuht
e evinced during the
Coroner's inquest. His wife and other members of
his family visited him on Wednesday seinnight.—
Cambrian.

HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.

It appears from a statement put forth in thc, local
newspapers that a deputation, composed of the most
influential gentlemen connected with Dublin, having
waited upon the Lord Lieutenant " for the purpose
of conveying to him the resolutions adopted at a
public meeting of the citizens of Dublin, which was
held a short time since (on the subject of railway
communication through North Wales between
London and Dublin), and of calling his Excellency's
attention to the vast importance in all points of view
of this great national object, and upon the considera-
tions of which a Select Committee of the House of
Commons had been for some months engaged, during
the course of the session," his Excellency received
them roost courteously, and expressed a strong in-
terest in the undertaking.
We sincerely trust that no further delay will take
place in bringing to a practical result this very im-
portant matter. So much has it been discussed, that
little remains to be done on that head. Action, not
deliberation, ought now to be the motto, of all in-
terested in the question.
Very truly does the Dublin Evening Mail remark,
that " the proposed railway communication should
not be viewed as mainly tending to the advantages of
the citizens and merchants of Dublin, nor the expense
necessary to effect the same be thrown or looked upon as
a charge exclusively falling upon the Post-office re-
venues, but in the same manner that the Holyhead-road
—one of the first roads in England, but now in a
great degree rendered useless by the invention of
railways—was made and maintained at the expense
of the State generally. * * * Any plan
which tends so closely to unite the capitals of the two
countries, and to make them better known to each
other, must afford the best and strongest arguments
and means of putting down for ever the mad project
of repealing the Union. On this ground (adds our
Contemporary) we hail with pleasure the lively inte-
rest with which his Excellency was pleased to enter
into the views of the deputation ' • and hope, through
his powerful influence, to succeed in impressing upon
the Government in England the vast importance of
this communication."—Railway Times.

DISTRESS IN OUR MANUFAC-
TURING TOWNS.

The following profoundly affecting statement of
the moral condition of certain parts of Leeds, too cur-
rently pourtray the destitution and irreligion of which
our large towns are now the scene :—" The state of
our population was never, perhaps, more appalling.
In one street in Leeds (writes a missionary) I lately
found 49 families, and 197 individuals, and amongst
these were 30 sceptics, and a large majority opposed
to everything good. One aged woman, seventy-two
years old, made the things of God the subjects of ri-
baldry and jest. She professed to have instructed her
nine sons in everything proper and necessary to be
known, rejoiced that they had imbibed her principles,
and hoped they would live and die the same. Another
street contained 50 fannies, comprising 196 indi-
viduals ; of these there are 28 adults who cannot
read ; 28 children who attend no school whatever ;
14 persons who openly despised the Scriptures ; 34
who are undecided as to their divine authority ; and
119 who profess to believe them; but pay no re-
gard for their commands; leaving only three per-
sons who love and obey the word of God. There
are at leasty nine houses of ill-fame. The poverty
and wretchedness of this street are very great.
Another court, inhabited by 50 families, contain no
fewer than 20 houses of ill fame. Twelve families in
the court are destitute of the Scriptures ; 118 persons
attend no place of worship ; 47 adults cannot read ; 46
children receive no school instruction ; 25 persons
openly despise the Holy Scriptures, while 39 question
their divine authority, and 51 profess to receive them
as the Word of God, but pay no particular regard to
their precepts. The visiting missionary says—Many
of the inhabitants have been long unemployed, and
suffer much from want of food, while the furniture
and bedding in some of the damp cellars is scarcely
worth picking up in the street. One family of six
persons till recently were quite destitute of bed-
ding ; through the benevolence of a kind lady
they. are now supplied with one. The husband
appeared patient under trials, and thankful for
what little they have—saying he would be con-
tent with a good meal once a day, but often
coud not get that. Calling one day about noon, I
found the six persons taking for their only meal that
day one penny worth of bread. They were very
thankful for a trifle which I gave them in addition.
Taken altogether, these fifty dwellings present an ap-
palling scene. I speak with confidence when I say
that but one solitary soul is to be found amongst them
all who is truly converted to God. 'While hunger pre-
vails ignorance frequently becomes the parent of
crime, and the sufferer is ready to catch at anything
that offers present relief. With such a state of mo.
rals and religion amongst us, who can wonder that
the poor are unsettled and turbulent, the easy prey of
wicked and designing men—that they are blinded by
superstition, or ensnared by infidelity ? The recent
extraordinary outbreak, though it did not extensively
spread amongst our population, should teach all who
desire to lead quiet and peaceable lives the duty of
endeavouring to improve the condition of the poor.
Lancaster Guardian.

SUBSCRIPTIONS IN CASES OF
DISTRESS.

The state of the poor in Paisley was again brought
before a meeting of the county of Renfrew on Tues-
day. It will be seen, from our abstract of the pro-
ceedings, that the distress continues without abate-
ment. A faint hope is held out that trade may revive
in January, but on grounds which seem to us very
questionable. Sir James Graham, in reply to an ap-
plication for assistance from Government, referred to
the money which had been already remitted, and
stated that the gentlemen of the district had not yet
done all that they ought to do. This assertion will
scarcely be controverted, if it be true, as Mr. Sharpe
stated, that the sum 'supplied by the county only
amounted to one and a fraction per cent. upon the as-
sessable rent—one and a fraction, to keep a fourth
Wat of the inhabitants of the place from starvation !
hat will the heavily taxed (gentlemen of England,
where the ordinary average poor's-rate is 2s. per
pound, or ten per cent., think of the measure here
furnished of Scottish philanthropy ? The absence of
a legal provision for the poor in this country seems to
have almost obliterated the great truth so beautifully
enunciated by Captain Drummond—that "property
has its duties as well as its rights." Whatever call
such great and sudden distress may make upon the
country at large, it is clear that the obligation is
strongest upon the neighbouring district. It may be
safely said, that a town like Paisley, with 60,000 in•
habitants, adds five or six per cent. to the value of all
the lands within many miles of it.
The money raised under the Queen's letters en-
joining collections in all the churches, amounts to
90,0001., and it has been handed over, it seems, to a
Manufacturers' Relief Committee in London. Of
this fund 12,0001. had gone to Paisley, and it has re-
ceived 6,0001. from other sources, making, in all,
18,000/. This is a large sum ; but if the number of
the destitute amounts to 11,000, as stated at the meet-
ing, it would scarcely supply them with bread and
water for six months, while the distress has already
endUred for eighteen. The Provost said that
100,000/. would be required to give effectual relief;
and both he and the Sheriff spoke in ominous terms
as to the future peace of the district, if the sufferings
of the people were not speedily alleviated. Greenock,
too, is in a very depressed condition, and the state of
matters in Renfrewshire altogether seems to be
gloomy in the extreme.
In these circumstances we cannot help thinking
that the case of Paisley forms an exception to the
ordinary rule, that the relief of local distress should
be thrown upon local funds, or upon voluntary con-
tributions procured from the benevolent elsewhere.
That special aid has been given by Government in
similar cases is well known, and we are able to cite
examples in abundance from a Parliamentary paper
now before us.
In 1831 and 1832, the sum of 40,000/. was voted
by Parliament for the relief of the poor in Ireland.
5,000/. of this went to Dublin, and the rest to
Mayo, Galway, and other districts in the west. It
was a gift, not a loan, and 17,000/. of the money was
expended for labour on public works.
2,816/. was granted, in 1835, in aid of local funds
to relieve distress, arising from a failure in the po-
tatoe crop in the same district.
5,0631. for the like purpose in 1836-7.
6,749/. for the Highlands and *Western Isles in
April, May, and June, 1837. This and the two pre-
ceding stand under the head of "Civil Contingencies."
100,0001. was granted, in 1832, to relieve distress
occasioned by a hurricane in the West Indies.
15,7921. was granted to fever hospitals in Ireland
during an epidemic in 1827.
5,529/. for the same purpose in 1837.
4,000/. was granted for the relief of the sufferers by
an earthquake in Zante in 1840.
16,960/. was expended at a period of depression in

1826-7, in grants of 5001. or 1,0001., to particular
manufacturing towns, for the relief of the distressed
workmen.

We have thus ample evidence to show, that Go-
vernment has put forth its hand on many occasions to
relieve local suffering. We admit that the practice
is liable to great objections, but there are emergencies
in which all other resources fail, and the present seems
to be one.—Scotsman.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

THE QUEEN V. SMITH AND SHIELDS.

SlR—The report of the:proceedings on the trial of this
indictment, as presented by your paper of the 14th
inst., is most unjust towards Mr. Boast, the prosecu-
tor. It is only just presented to my notice, and in
justice to Mr. Boast, I trust you will remove the im-
pressions created by your report, so far as the facts
will enable you to do so. That Mr. Boast had been
bankrupt and taken the benefit of the Insolvent Deb-
tors' Act, and in certain disputes between himself and
a disappointed partner, had been indicted on a charge
of perjury, were circumstances sufficient to prejudice
the minds of any Jury sitting upon a criminal charge
against convicting upon the evidence of a prosecutor
compelled to make such admissions ; and with that
conviction Mr. Clarkson opaned the case for the pro-
secution as not depending upon the testimony of the
prosecutor; yet no sooner had the prosecutor been
examined and such facts admitted, than it was sug-
gested that the prosecution should be abandoned. A
very little experience, of the Common Sergeant at the
Criminal Court will be sufficient to induce the opinion
that first impressions have great effect upon his mind,
and to that is to be attributed the result of the above
prosecution. However, as to the charge of perjury
above referred to, it should have appeared in your re-
port, as was stated in Court, that the defendant (Mr.
Boast) was acquitted upon the examination of the pro-
secutor, and his acquittal was accompanied with the
expression of the regret of Lord Denman, who pre-
sided at the trial, that matters of a purely civil cha-
racter should be so readily made the subject of crimi-
nal charges. The newspaper containing the report
of the trial with such remark of Lord Denman, was
in Court, and referred to in the examination of Mr.
Boast.

With reference to the charge of forgery referred to
in your report (although the name is mis-stated), no
criminal charge was ever made against Mr. Boast;
and the fact that the holders of all the supposed forge-
ries were admitted to prove the bills against the estate
of the person whose name was alleged to have been
forged under the fiat of bankruptcy issued against
such party, and prosecuted at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy in Basinghall-street, is sufficient evidence to
controvert the charge of a criminal act. The alleged
connexion with the lady, and which is to be inferred
from your report, was positively denied by Mr. Boast
on his examination. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
W. STAFFORD,

Solicitor for Mr. Boast in the above prosecution.
Buckingham-street, Strand, Dec. 24, 1842.

CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.

CASTLE HOWARD.—The Earl and Countess of
Carlisle are entertaining a distinguished party at their
princely seat in Yorkshire. His Royal Highness
the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Invetness
arrived on a visit to the Earl and Countess, on
Tuesday last, from a lengthened visit to Mr. Mark
and Lady Augusta Milbank, at Thorpe Perrow, near
Bedale, where the Royal Duke has been staying
since his departure from liornby Castle, the hospit-
able mansion of the Duke and Duchess of Leeds.
The Earl of Burlington and his youthful family
arrived on Thursday from Holkar Hall, near Milne-
thorpe. Viscount Morpeth, and other branches, are
assembled to join in the festivities.
The Marquis of Northampton has a select family
party ut Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, for the
holidays. The Dowager Marchioness of Northamp-
ton, Viscount and Lady Marianne Alford, Earl,'
Compton, Mr. C. and Lady Elizabeth Dickens, &c.,
are among the guests at the castle.
The Duke of Devonshire will shortly receive com-
pany at Chatsworth. Mrs. Wm. Cavendish, with the
Hon. R. Cavendish, and Mr. and Lady Fanny
Howard, are expected this week from a visit to the
llon. George Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Louisa, at
Ashford Hull, where they arrived on Thursdiy from
Holkar Hall, the seat of the Earl of Burlington, near
Milnethorpe.
FESTIVITIES AT HATFIELD HOUSE.—The Marquis
of Salisbury has, during the past week, been giving a
succession of splendid entertainments at the above fine
old Elizabethan mansion. A brilliant circle have
been staying with the Noble Marquis, among whom
may be named the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro,
Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Sir George and
Lady Seymour and Miss Seymour, Lord Gifford, &c.
On Tuesday a magnificent ball was given by his Lord •
ship, when above 300'of the Nobility and Gentry of the
count, of Her is were present. The grand gallery was ap-
propriated for the dance, and in the dining-room a
delicious supper was laid out for the company.
Among the more distinguished of the visitors were
the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Earl and
Countess of Uxbridge and the Ladies Eleanor and
Constance Paget, Earl and Countess of Verulam and
Lady Jane Grimsten, Earl and Countess of Essex,
'Lord Gifford, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon,
Baron and Baroness Dimsdale, Viscount Grimston,
Lord Paget, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lady Sarah
Saville, Col. Cavendish, Lord Glamis, Lady Dacre
and Miss Sullivan, Sir George and Lady Seymour,
and Miss Seymour, Hon. Wm. Cowper, Hon. Mr.
and Mrs. Paget, Hon. P. and Lady dust, Misses
Cast, Sir Simon Clarke, Sir A. and Lady Cooper,
Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Brand, Hon. A. Saville, Sir W.
and Lady Horne, Ron. Mr. Beauclerk, Hon. F.
Grimston &c.
Earl Talbot has a small party at Ingestre Hall,
Staffordshire. Viscount and Lady Sarah Ingestre
are there ; and the Hon. J. C. and Mrs. Talbot arrived
on Tuesday, from a visit to the Earl of Burlington, at
Holkar Hall.
HISILEY-.HALL.—The succession of gaieties attend-
ant on the coming of age of the Hon. Dudley Ward,
brother of Lord Ward, during the last week, have
been brought to a close. The Duke of Richmond
and Lady Caroline Gordon Lennox, Lord Grey of
Groby, Lord and Lady Hatherton and Hon. Miss
Lyttelton, Lord,and Lady Lyttelton, Lord and Lady
'Wrottesley, and a distinguished party, have been
visiting at the Hall.
Earl Fitzwilliam has a large party at present visit-
ing at Milton Park, near Peterborough.
GORIIAMDURY, HERTS,..-The Earl and Countess
of Clarendon, Earl and Countess Craven, and a se-
lect party, have met to partake of the festivities of the
season with the Earl and Countess of Verulam.

His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge
has for several days, since Tuesday last, been the
guest of the Archbishop of York, at Bishopthorpe,
near York. His Grace, who is enjoying a most ex-
cellent state of health, has a family circle passing the
Christmas with him.
The Dowager Countess.of Pembroke is surrounded
by a family party at Wilton House, near Salisbury,
the Earl and countess of Clanwilliam, Earl and
Countess of Dunmore, Earl and Countess Bruce, and
the Hon. Sydney Herbert, being at present assembled
there.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster's
party at Eaton Hall comprise the Earl and Countess
Grosvenor, Viscount Belgrave, Lord and Lady
Robert Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Parker, &c.

The lion. 11. C. Lowther, M.P., for Westmorland,
who is now at Cottesmore, is shortly expected at
Lowther Castle, in the county of Westmorland, the
seat of his father, the Venerable Earl of Lonsdale, to
enjoy the pleasures of the wood and field, in pursuing
the recreation of pheasant and partridge shooting in the
ample preserves surrounding the locality of Lowther.
ETAL HOUSE, NEAR BERWICRI..UPON-TWEED.—
Lord Frederick Fitzclarence's birth-day was cele-
brated by the inhabitants of Etal with every demon-
stration of respect, on Friday, but the customary bon-
fire and other rejoicings were dispensed with, in
consequence of the death of the Countess of Munster
There is a young woman at Abergavenny, who,
sixteen years ago, had the misfortune to have a darning
needle, and a piece of thread in it, thrust into her
arm, and a few weeks since it came out at the ankle,
the thread still in it ; the needle was much smaller
than when it went in, and considerably bent. During
its passage from her arm to her ankle, she never ex-
perienced any pain from it, but the leg is now very
painful, being considerably inflamed. Monmouth
Merlin.
The number of butchers' shops in Brig hton wa
ascertained the other day, for the purpose of deciding
a bet. It seems that the bet offered was, that the
number was nearer 100 than 60, a position which
turned out to be correct, the number proving to be 81.
BRIDPORT.—As a proof of, the mildness of the
season, there is now to be seen in the garden of Mr.
James Trevis, of Biddlelake Farm, near this town, a
robin's nest, with four young ones ; they appear quite
healthy and strong.—Salisbury Herald.

LISBON.
DEC. 19.—Lord Howard de Walden has ins&
communication from the Earl of Aberdeen to Al „
Portuguese Government, the purport of_ which Is to
make it a sine qua non to all further negotiation on
the subject of the tariff, that the maximum of import
duties levied here on English goods should not exceed
20 per cent. ad valorem. This new proposal has since
been laid before the Government, whom it appears to
have taken completely by surprise, as the utmost they
were prepared to expect was that- - Lord Aberdeen
would continue to hold out for his first maximum of
25 per cent. What answer they will return to it
cannot of course be known as yet; but, at all events,
it is evident that they are anxious to come to some de-
cisibn before the Cortes meet (on the 28th instant),
as the Minister of Foreign Affairs has assured Lord
Howard that the answer will be sent by next pocket.
It is only after the 'Portuguese see a ' treat actually
concluded between Great Britain and Spain, and here
a taste of its injurious effects upon their commerce*,
that they will be brought to" their senses. Lord
Aberdeen, it appears, now offers to fix the duties on
Portuguese wines in England at 3s. per gallon, in,
stead of 2s. 6d. and 20 per cent. ad valorem, as first
proposed.
In order to enable the Board •of Public Credit to
continue for a little while longer the payment of the
Treasury Debentures, the Government has raised
the sum of one hundred contos on the following
terms—viz., by mortgaging- 125 contos in deben-
tures, and receiving in return 100 contos in cash,"
and 25 contos in titulos of the inactive classes, which,
bearing no interest, are valueless in the market.
Thus, for the use of 100 contos the Government will
have to pay interest at 7 3-10 on 125 contos for a
year ; reals, 9,125,000, besides 25 contos in cash in
return for the corresponding nominal amount in waste
paper titulos ;—total, 34 contos 125 milreis, or 34
125-1000 per cent.
The English residents here are now beginning to
feel in a very sensible manner the loss of those privi-
leges which they so long enjoyed, but which the last
treaty gave up "in consideration of the improved
system of law and justice in Portugal." One of those
privileges was that of exemption from the " Decima
Industrial" tax, to which they are now subject. If
they were not called upon to pay in a higher propor-
tion than the natives they might have no great
reason to complain; bat far from its being so, they
have been in every case taxed at a much higher rate
than the Portuguese. For instance, an English clerk
in the employ of Mr. Sugrue, a British merchant, has
been taxed at the rate of 40 milreis per annum, while
a Portuguese clerk in the same establishment, who
receives a higher salary, is taxed only five milreis. It
is the same with the merchants themselves, all of
whom have been taxed at least four times as much as
their Portuguese neighbours who do twice as much
business. It was stipulated in the treaty that the
assessment of the rates to be paid by us should be
made by a mixed committee of Portuguese and Bri-
tish merchants ; but this arrangement will only come
into effect in July, 1843, and until then we must
submit to whatever extortion the Portuguese may
please to practise upon us. Meanwhile the French
continue to demand, and what is more, actually to
enforce for themselves a total exemption from that
tax. Some time ago the collector called upon a
French cabinet-maker, of the name of Dejean, and
as the latter refused to pay seized his goods.
The Frenchman lost no time in making the facts
known to his Minister, who immediately de-
manded that the property seized should be given
up, and his demand was promply complied with.
Dejean, however, refuses to take it back, on the plea
that it may have been deteriorated by removal, and
insists upon being paid its full value in hard cash,
Treasury debentures being a commodity in the
soundness of which he declares he has no great faith.
This pretension, too, has been taken up and backed
by the French Minister. Last week an action was
brought at the instance of M. Cabral against the
Nacional for the slanderous printed proclamation
lately circulated respecting M. Diet; the King Con-
sort's private Secretary. The editor stated that he
had actually in his possession, and was ready to pro-
duce sen required, the rough draught of that pro-
clamation in Silva Cabral's handwriting, yet, though
the defendant could neither produce the rough
draught in question, nor adduce any evidence to sub-
stantiate his charge and affix the authorship of that
document upon Silva Cabral—although the charge it-
self was one involving the imputation of malignity,
treachery, and cowardice, and as such was of a nature
most injurious to the character of the plaintiff—the
jury, sworn to give a conscientious verdict, unani-
mously declared that it was not a libel, but merely an
erroneous statement.

On Sunday week, no less than eighty-eight banns
of marriage were published at the parish church,
Blackburn, making the goodly number of 176 indi-
viduals.—Glasgow Citizen.
SINGULAR SENTENCE.-At the Royal Court
Guernsey, on the 10th instant, James Lydford, of
Blandford, Dorset, labourer, was convicted of having
broken into two houses, and was sentenced to receive
fifty lashes at the hands of the common hangman,
and to be banished from Guernsey for six years.
SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS.—A strange and unac-
countable circumstance took place on the premises of
a brewer of Sidmouth, a few days since, whereby
several men at work in the brewery at the time were
very much terrified. On perceiving a very large plat-
form, on which the mash tun is erected, vibrate in a
most extraordinary manner for a considerable time,
and at intervals of about half a minute, causing several
things around to be displaced, more especially two
iron bars, which had several alternate clanking col-
lisions, as if caused by some invisible agency, the men
ran terrified into the yard, under the impression that
it was the incipient indication of an approaching
earthquake, as something similar, but not near so
violent, took place on the same spot about a month
before ; there is no machinery or strong motive power
at work anywhere adjacent. The occurrence has
afforded matter of much speculative conjecture to per-
sons of a philosophic, as well as those of a superstiti.
ous turn of mind.—TVestßriton.

SUSPICIOUS.—We have just been informed, upon
authority on which we can place the most implicit
reliance, that there are at the present moment being
built at Blackwall five large steam frigates for the
Russian Government, which are intended to be used
in the Black Sea, for the prosecution of the war
against the Circassian. One of these steam frigates
is just completed. Is the British Government aware
of this most important fact ? We repeat, that Ave
place implicit confidence in the truth, of the above
statement, which we hasten, as in duty boom',, to lay
before the public. Comment at present, y;,ould be su-
perfluous.--John Bull.

NOVEL MODE OF ROBBING A lIEN-ROOST.—Fanner
Budd, of North Fareham, had his fowl-house robbed
a few nights since, in the following novel manner, of
nine fowls :—The thieves having found a hole in the
house large enough for their purpose, sent in a ferret,
secured by a string, which, on seizing a fowl, was
drawn to the hole, the bird taken, and the trick re-
peated. The tenth experiment failed by the string
breaking, leaving the ferret behind to disclose the
manner of a robbery, which otherwise would have
been unaccountable. Many fowl-houses in the neigh-
bourhood have lately been robbed in this ingenious
w ar.—Hampshire Arkertiser.
EIYUCATION OF A GERMAN LADT.—The education
of a German lady is, to us, a very singular one. It is
composed of the two extremes of household useful.
ness and social ornament. Accomplishments are
carefully taught. All that tends to give the ladies
eclat in the ball-room and in large companies, they
are more regularly drilled into even than ours. Music
and dancing are indispensable. The French lan-
guage has long been universal, and English is now
becoming so. Their greater intercourse , with fo-
reigners keeps in use their French. Music is so much
a national enjoyment, that not only all young wo-
men, but almost all young men, play on the piano
and sing. This is not only a great relief to the mo-
notony of private life, and an elegant and refining
enjoyment for the evening circle—especially to weary
men, harassed or exhausted by the daily tug of their
affairs—but is conducive to the pleasure of those
agreeable little parties which abound so much among
the Germans : where singing, a dance, and simple
games pass away rapidly the hours.—HowitesGermany.
THE CHINESE PROMOTIONS.—We feel sincere gra-
tification at the tolerably liberal brevet promotions
which were gazetted yesterday in commemoration of
our late brilliant successes in China and Affghanistan.
It is not usual to bestow a higher rank than that of
full colonel in brevets of this peculiar description ;
but we are disappointed that an exception has not been
made, in the present instance, in favour of Sir Robert
Sale. If there be any officer belonging to the Indian
or Chinese establishment who possesses superior claims
to extra reward, that officer is, most assuredly, Sir
Robert Sale. His heroic bravery is worthy of the best
days of chivalry. The noble stand which he made at
Jellalabad saved, in all probability, not only a consi-
derable body of his fellow-comrades from apparently
inevitable defeat and death, but, moreover, turned the
temporary reverses of our arms into a series of vic-
tories which will form a bright and inspiriting page
in our national records. For such a man no dis-
tinction can be too high. We therefore anticipated
that he would not only have been created a Major-
General, but would also have been elevated by his
Sovere
in special testimony of her
approval
intrepidgand important services. He
ig n o
ft to
hisa ee rae,
has fought the battles of his country for the long
period of 47 years, and is covered with many a deep
and honourable scar. His harassing and continuous
hard duty in the field can have scarcely failed to
render change of climate and secession from toil re-
quisite for the restoration of impaired health. He
ought to have been enabled to sheathe his trusty
sword, and to return a general officer and Peer of the
realm to his native shores, to repose upon his well-
earned laurels.— United Service Gazette.