Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

Latest Intelligence. r. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. PORTUGAL.—We have received Lisbon papers to the 3d inst. The following is an extract Speech of Her Most Faithful Majesty, on opening the Ordinary Session of 1836 Worthy Peers of the Kingdom, Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation,—It is with real pleasure, with the firm hope of seeing the wounds of the co»ntry healed by our first efforts, and an impulse given to th, mcrea3e of its prosperity, that I see assembled round the throne on which'I am placed, the representatives of a nation which I so much love, and to whose happiness I hiye devoted myself. The picture of your first Assembly was eluded at the very beginning by one of those dreadful stroles to which resignation bows as inevitable decrees of Fro^dence, but which necessarily depress the courage of legslators and paralize the most prudent combination of men. This ca- tastrophe necessarily distracted the attention 0: tbe Legis- lative body by a series of contingent questiors which it was necessary to decide, and delayed the nec^sarv deve- lopement of the Constitutional Charter by meais of all the organic and regulating laws which the nation asked and expect from your wisdom. The Second Session of the Legislature (tje first or- dinary Session of the Cortes) being interruptedbv another unforeseen event, no less sensible than the lrst to mv heart, was not able to conclude this indispen^ble work. It ended when it hardly began, and before it cohpleted the edifice of the same laws. There is therefore regaining for us in the present session an important quantity of legisla- tive labours, indispensable to give to the Coistitutional Charter of the Monarchy a regular, uniform, and rapid movement. My Ministers will present to ▼ouwhut. they have prepared on this subject, and from the initiative which belongs to vou, proposals will doubtless proceed,^alculatf>d to attain the same object. These divers proposal maturely .r- '^1 ft!»*, J1LJ'*T—3^—iw— .J discussed by prudent. and dispassionate legislators, will lay the solid foundation of the future happiness of the Portu- guese. From the reports which will be laid before you by my Ministers of the Interior, of Ecclesiastical affairs'and justice, you will learn what has been done in the interval between the last and present session, and the actual state of the administration of the Interior, of the Lusitanian Church, and of the course of justice—subjects to which it is proper that I should call for your most serious attention, in order to regulate the first in a manner more advantageous to the people, and less burdensome to the public treasury to give to the second the protection which religion and public morality imperatively require, and to extricate the third from the confusion in which circumstances have in- volved it. My Ministers of War and Marine will acquaint you with the state of the Army and Navy, which by the Charter it is for you to determine and will submit to you the necessary measures which the wants of those important branches of the public service claim from your patriotism and knowledge, and calling your attention to the Trans- marine dominions, will give you tbe opportunity to pro- vide suitably for their preservation and future prosperity. Thanks to the Divine Providence' peace has not been interrupted in this country, and t have reason to flatter mvself, not only that the relations with the Powers which are the friends and allies of my Crown, are daily becoming more close through the bonds of permanent friendship, but also, that in a short time the justice and moderation of my Government will be recognized by those powers whose relations with me have been for a short time inter- rupted, and especially by the visible head of the Catholic Church, of which I am proud to be the daughter. The Portuguese arms, which have so lately subdued in this kingdom the furv of civil war, and the efforts of an usurping and libcrticide faction, are now contributing to support, in the neighbouring kingdom, the crown of my august ally, idonnit Isabella II., against efforts no less hostile, no less adverse to the prosperity of Spain, whose interest is now so closely connected with that of my king- dom; and we may rely on it. that on our joint exertions and the intimate relations which unite us with Great Bri- tain and France. the peace and tranquillity of the whole Peninsula will shortly result. "Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese Nation—In r$ presenting to you the estimates for the ensuing year, and giving you a short account of the p&st, my Minister of Finance will inform vou of the state, of the. finances, of the Wijnts of the public service, and, conformably tp my orders, will propose to you all the retrenchments and savings which may tend to lighten the burdens of the people, and all the measures necessary to maintain public credit and the solid basis of perfect good faith and the exact fulfil- ment of all obligations contracted both in and out of the kingdom. Worthy Peers of the kingdom and Gentlemen Deputies of the Portuguese N ation-l have always borne in mind your representations and your wishes for the stability of my dynasty; nor could any other be the thought of a Queen in whom the Portuguese place their hopes of peace and durability. I have now the satisfaction to announce to you, that in the Prince Don Ferdinand Augustus Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, mv beloved and esteemed consort, I shall find the virtues from which my domestic happiness must proceed, and shall give to the Constitutional Mo- narchy, and to our country, which by this union will be- come his, a new and solid support, and at the same time draw close by this marriage the bcnds which unite me to some of the most ancient allies of my Crown. Gentlemen !—The entire and complete re-establish- ment of tranquillity and internal security, the protection and encouragement of agriculture, manufactures and com- merce, sources of prosperity which have been almost dried up by our past calamities, will doubtless find a place among the many other subjects of your deliberation, as they will be of the constant solicitude of my Government. I am certain that you will co-operate to the extent of your power with your Queen, in the noble enterprise s) glori- ously began of restoring the country; if sacrifices are necessary, they will be unanimously made, because the generous nation which they have the honour to represent, is capable of every effort for the good of the country. Lisbon Diario do Governo, Jan. 2. UNITED STATF.S.—New York Papers of the 24th nU. have been received, and we are happy 10 state, that the amount of the loss by thi great fire does not exceed or,n- laIf of the sum previously state(I-tweiity-five millions ot dollars. The papers say that the greatest alarmists do not claim more than ten millions of dollars—in other words, two millions sterling. It also appears that the fire was accidental, and that two lives only were lost during the ffre. The New York Daily Advertiser,' of the 24th ult., has the following paragraph :— JNSI'RA::I E.—We now see the folly of driving from our shores the capital of foreigners by a paltry policy. We prohibited tbe great London Capitalists from insuring in this city; many of the companies who had a capital of twelve millions of pounds sterling were doing business here, taking our risks at the lowest rates, and paying their losses with the greatest fidelity. Hthese companies now existed, it is probable at least half our immense loss would have fallen on them. They would have drawn their bills on England, and the whole would have been settled in less but it may teach us a lesson hereafter." Extract of a private letter from New York of the 24th u It Everything is going on much better than was anticipated—only one or two small failures. All others have promptly paid up, and money is getting more plentiful. The State and City Authorities have made arrangements to lend large amounts to the Insurance Companies, and they will promptly pay up their losses. Exchange on London, 8f."

IRELA !Ii D.-Another Rathcormac affair, on a dimi- nished scale, has taken place, within the week, in the Irish parish of Blarnty, of which the Rev. Mr. Beresford is the Rector. In this affray, which, of course, grew out of the tithe system, two men lost their lives. As, however, we are not yet fully acquainted with all the particulars, we shall refrain for the present from making any further comment on the matter, except than just to observe that had the House of Lords done its duty last Session—as it was strongly advised by the moderate and enlightened of all parties to do-nothing of the sort could possibly have happened. No one ever so much as dieimed that tithes could ever again be collected in Ireland; the system, for all effective purposes, was as n uch extinct as if it had never existed what then was 1 elf, but for their lordships to make that just and reasonable compensation to the clergy, which would have enabled them to dispense with their present vexatious method of tithe collecting ? Such a principle of compensation would have gone no inconsiderable way to ] aoify Ireland; it was what she expected, and had tve y right to expect; but we suppose it was this very fact that rendered it so unpalateable to the House of Lords, and induced them to reject it with contempt. We look upon the Blarnty affair as exclusively the work of the Tory Peers; and sure we are that no sagacious Irishman but must look on it in this light, and in no other. It will however be followed, sooner or later, by strict retribution it will swell, for instance, the amount of the charges that the country has to bring against they House of Lords it will convince them that so long as the legislate upon the principle of irresponsibility, little good is to be expected from their justice, and none at all from their sense of patriotism and confirm, one and all, in their resolution to demand a prompt and searching Reform of such an anomalous I nstitution,-Surl. WRECK OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP STAR.—NEW Ross, Dec. 18th -Arrived at the quay of Ross yesterday, the bark Tottenham, from Quebec, Fell in with and spoke on 27th ult., in lat. 42. 44. N., long. 26. 41. W., the British man-of-war Star, a complete wreck, having lost masts, bowsprit, bulwarks, boats, and apparently every ijfftiele, fore and aft, from her deck. Captain Thomas attempted to near her and take her in tow, but owing to the distressed state cf his own vessel, having struck on Barrett's Ledge, and making much water, he found it impossible to do so. After repeated ineffectual efforts to render him assistance, wore off the Tottenham, having hoisted a small square sail on the stump of his foremast, and steered S.S.E. There seemed to be from 15 to 20 men on her deck. HEALTH OF THE KING OF SWEDEN.—HAMBURG, Dec. 29th.—It is asserted that the health of the King, Charles John, has become very weak, and that the rough climate of Sweden greatly injures him. He may possi- bly think of spending the remainder of his days in a milder climate more suited to his constitution, in which event Prince Oscar would assume the reins of Govern- ment during his father's life. Letters from Copenhagen state, that at the beginning of the milder season King John, by his doctor's advice, intends making a temporary tour in the South. Time will tell how far these reports are well founded.

FUNDs.-In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds are not so good as they left off—50 £ f, have receded to 491 50; Portuguese 84J-J; 3 per Cents. 4 54, 1 3 Columbian 33^ Mexican 37J 38^ Dutch 2 2 per Cents. 554 1 5 per Cents. 103!. The Express from Paris is of little import. No news from the armies in the North of Spain of any importance. French Funds —Five per Cents. 108f. 65c.; Three per Cents. 81f. 5c.; Spanish Aotive Sol. The Commissioners for the West 2 India Claims purchased this morning about 60,000/. Consols, at 92f, at which price they are at present, which is the only feature worth observation in the Consul Mar- ket. Exchequer Bills, 20 22 India Bonds, 4 6; Bank Stock, 313) *14) India Stock, 252$53, _&Å'8Iaø. CORN EXCHANGE.—The supplies this week are in general short, and there is a scanty return of flour. The trade for all descriptions of wheat continues firm at Monday's currency. Barley, beans, and pease, unvaried. Oats are in fair demand at our last rates. Flour unvaried.

The Central Agricultural Society of Great Britain and Ireland is destined to meet with rebuffs. We mentioned .a few days ago that the Highland Society of Scotland had refused to connrct itself in any way with the acts or Opi- nions of the Association and we now learn from I The Agriculturist'—the organ of the new society-that when an application was made to his Majesty, through Sir Herbert Taylor, that his Majesty should be graciously pleased to become the pairon of the society, the answer was—" His Majesty cannot comply with the request that he should become the patron of the Central Agricul- tural Society of Grear Britain and Ireland, unless it be submitted with the recommendation of the Secretary of State." "This important fact," the 4 Agriculturist' says, was omitted in the report of the proceedings of the Deputies on the 14th of December, for want of 100m." THE COMET A MASS OF ICE.—A German author, Ilerr F. Von Brandenburg, Ims lately informed all Ge r- many through the Leipsiger Tagebtatt that the comet is a mass of ice, that it is very near the earth, that it will remain near it for a considerable time, and will not Le visible. He further informs the public that the brilliant lights visible in the north are caased by the frozen exha- lations which fall from the comet, and aro illuminated by the sun beneath the horizon. Moreover, he announces that the moon also is of ice, and will appear of a good yellow colour. This icy gentleman has made some further discovery of what might have prevented the cho- lera had his remedies and its coming being known in time. THE LAW.—" I remember," says Mr. Fox, in his lecture on legal morality," an instance which took place in a parish in Wwles. The churchwarden seeing a carpenter at work in the church, told him to drive a peg into a certain pillar that he might hang his hat on it when he came to church. The next churchwarden brought him for this before the Spiritual Court. The first decision was against him, and it was carried from that Court to another, and from that to another; it produced a litiga- tion of many years' duration, and at length a decision was y I obtained—that the churchwarden was at liberty to drive a nail into the pillar, and to hang his hat upon it and that an apology should be made to him for the vexation to which he had been sbujected. The parties were ad- judged to pay their own costs, and those costs amounted to upwards of 7001.

V A Y N 0 L HOUSE, J. HUGHES, HAS the honour most respecfully to announce that in consequrnce of the extreme mildness of the season, the remainder of the immense Stock of Fancy Goods, an- nounced last month on his return from London, will be imme- diately disposed of at a great reduction in price. The Stock consists of every variety of rich and valuable Goods suited for the Drawing room or Morning dresses, and comprised in the last supplies of October and November London fashions. J. H. most respectfully solicits the attention of the Nobility and Gentry to its inspection, being confidently assured that in elegance and intrinsic value it cannot be surpassed. Families Furnishing will have an exeellent opportunity of selecting from the very extensive Stock just received of Linens* Sheeiings, Diaper and Damask Table Linens and Napkins, Tiiks, Dimities, Counterpanes, Furniture Prints, Moreens Fringes, Carriage J,iningo, &c. &c., every article of which will be warranted of the best fabric. In this department of the Stock a discount of 21 1 per Cent. will be deducted from the stated price, for prompt cash payments. Ladies' Riding Hats and Gentlemen's Best London Hats. Woollen Cloths, Kerseymere, and Habit Cloths. J. H. takes this opportunity of expressing his moH sincere thanks for the patronage which has been so liberally bestowed on this establishment it will always be his study to merit its continuance. Carnarvon, Jan. 7th, 1836. Ladies' Boarding School, AT FRON, TWO MILES FROM CARNARVON. MRS CHURCHILL RESPECTFULLY informs her Friends and the ■ Public, that she proposes to undertake, after the pre- sent Recess, the EDUCATION of SIX YOUNG LADIES, whom she will be happy to receive into her family, and who will be treated by her with the same care and tenderness as hf.r own children. The School will be opened on the 25th instant. Terms :-Twenty Guineas per annum. No charge for En- trance. ':1' PVer^l.. Mn«<r Ilnpcirnr. apd Tlr*win^. bv the most aDDroved Masters, on tne usuaflerms. > The situation is remarkably salubrious. Fron, January 6th, 1836. To the Parishioners of Bangor. WE, the undersigned, having been duly appointed bv a Select Vestry, held this day, to examine the two Balance Sheets presented by the Churchwardens, and after having minutely examined the same, do hereby teclare that the Balance Sheet prepared and presented by Mr. HUGH WILLIAMS is correct, and ought to be acted upon by the Pa. rishioners, and that the Balance Sheet presented by Mr. HUGH ROBERTS is not correct, and consequently might not to be acted upon by the Parishioners. R. MORRIS GRIFFITH, WM. SHONE, ROBT, PRITCHARD, EDWD. EDWARDS. Bangor, December 31, 1835. COUNTY Or ANGLESEY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT an ADJOURNMENT of the GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the^PEACE for the County aforesaid, will be held in the SHIRE-HALL, in the town of BEAUMARIS, in the said county, on TUESDAY, the 26th day of JANUAUY inst., at Twelve o'clock, when all Business relating to the Assessment, Application or Management of the County Rate or Stock will be commenced, done, and transacted pub- licly in open Court. Dated this 3d day of January, 1836. W. P. POOLE, Clerk of the Peace for the County of Anglesey. Carnarvonshire Old Turnpike Trust. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the GE- NERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the Carnarvonshire Old Turnpike Trust, will be held at the GRAND JURY ROOM, in the TOWN of CAERNARVON, on SATURDAY, the 23d instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, for the purpose of examining and auditing the Accounts of the Treasurer, Clerk, and Surveyor, in pursuance of the Act 3 and 4 William 4th, cap. 80, intituled, An Act requiring the Annual Statements of Trustees, or Commissioners of Turnpike Roads, to be transmitted to the Secretary of State, and after- wards laid before Parliament. J. GODDARD, Clerk to the Trustees. Caernarvon, January 9, 1836. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN Carnarvon, HZenai Srldgfe, Sangror, Beaumaris, dc. Liverpool. GEORGE EVANS RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that he has made arrangements with the St. George's Company for the above Stations', and tuat ttie VALE of CLWYD Steamer succeeds the Prince Llewelyn and Air, and will ply regu- larly every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY from Carnar- von to Liverpool, calling at the Menai Bridge, Bangor, and Beaumaris, and will leave the Clarence Dock, Liverpool, for the above Ports every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATUR- DAY Morning. IhY" Goods taken in every Thursday Freights moderate. Goods and Parcels consigned to the care of the St. George's Company, Clarence Dock, Liverpool, will be shipped with re- gularity if sent down every Wednesday. Fur further particulars, apply to Mr. GEO. EVANS, Sports- man Hotel, Carnarvon; Mr. TIMOTHY, St. George's Pier, Menai Bridge; Mr. CHARLES WILLIAMS, Portlidinliaeii or to the St. George's Co., Clarence Dock, and 21, Water-street, Liverpool. It is intended, in June next, to place a First Class Steamer on the above Stations, for Passengers only, making the passage to and from on the same day also, a Second Class Steamer, for Goods and Passengers, every other day. It is also in- tended to place a First Rate jSteamer from Carnarvon to Dublin,.next June, for Passengers only, thus affording the greatest accommodation ever offered to the Public. Sportsman Hotel, Carnarvop, Jtin. 7th, 1836, a narvop an Holyhead Hunt. THE HOLYHEAD HUNT and BALL will take place on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20,1836. Miss LLOYD EDWARDS, Lady Patroness, OWEN FULLER MEYRICK, Esq., Comptroller, Captain FREOERICK PAGET, M.P., Deputy Comptroller. Dinner on the Tahle at Five o'clock. The Bodorgan Hounds will meet at Towyn Trewan, at Eleven o'clock.

CARNARVON MARKETS. The official return for the week of the quantity of grain laId, with the averages affixed qrs. s. d. Wheat 132 39 10 Barley 118 25 6 Oats 121 15 6 PRICES OF BUTCHERS' MEAT :-Becf, 3Id. to 6d.; Veal, 2 3d. to 5d.; Mutton, 4d. to 5g<< Pork, 3d. to 3!d. Bacon, 4d. to 6d. per lh.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1836. The man who would lay the flattering unction to his! soul, that the oligarchy with one strnggle would, re- linquish the power they had so long and so iniqui- tously possessed in this country, must be very little versed in the actuating springs of the human heart. The reform in the representation bill paralised the monster, and prostrated it, a powerless Caliban, before public opinion. The first election under that bill was perhaps a iT ore certain index of the public mind than the nation had ever before known or that for many series of Par- liaments may again be experienced. It came so close on the violent shock that had thrown off the deadening incubus-it was so closely identified with that feeling of their strengtht which had. enabled the middle classes to assert their rights, and to give to intelligence, industry, and productive £ jo\ver„tlieir tegal part in the constitution of their country, that no illegitimate authority such as the oligarchy really is of whatever classes of men it is composed—could, for one moment have withstood it, much less have obtained a triumph. The nation like its national emblem, the young lion, had felt its strength, and broken as rotten tow, the bonds in which it had been fettered and enslaved. Satisfied with this exertion, the Reformers-for they indeed are the nation-relying on the justice of their cause, left it to make its way on its intrinsic merits. But the public enemy rallied; and by a series of arts and intrigues, regained a temporary ascendency; for that it would be more than temporary, no one at all ac- quainted with the state of public opinion, the progress of political knowledge in this country, and the jealousy which men now regard usurpations of their rights- could for one moment imagine. The Tories, had their effort been decisively successful, could only have secured office for one Parliament. When that was expired the na- tion, grown wise by the errors arising from its too great self-confidence, would have thrown them off, as indig- nantly and as contemptuously, as in 1832. The game played by the oligarchy was indeed a short-sighted ode. For the chance even of office, they disclosed all their views, projects, plans, and intrigues the whole mecha- nism of their party, their means of working the elections, their shameless stifling of public opinion by buying op the press, their secret combinations by which they had managed the registration all these were laid bare and prematurely disclosed, on one solitary and always doubt- ful chance. Well might the Ulysses of the party ex- claim that "the attempt had been made too soon." Flushed with the apparent success of their trickery, they could-not wait the natural course of events, but must needs claim the stakes before the game was won. But they chose their own time, for measuring their surrepti- tious and mercenary force with the Reformers; and though the latter were tden unguardedly, yet they again laid Toryism prostrate. On no principles—not even by the most shameless and brazen-fronted con- forming policy, would Toryism be tolerated. Sir R. Peel toasted men and not measures;" the Conformers measures not men;" and the Duke rsen and mea- suics;- one una alt read their political' recantations and cut their creeds to fit the torturing bed of the 'Times;' and though they had opposed to the last the Reform Bill, because reform would not stop there, yet then they promised to work out all its legitimate results, that is, ac- cording to their interpretation of them, if the people would only give them that burlesque of public con- f.dence, a fair trial." The people wisely determined that their own principles only should have "a fair trial" by their own champions and advocates; therefore, they threw off the conforming Tories with all possible promp- titude. There cannot exist a doubt that had the Reforming government on being re-called to power, again appealed to the people, that defective as was the registration, yet that it would have been supported by a larger, and even by an overwhelming and influential majority, to that which brought it back into office. The wisdom of such a step was, however, very questionable. The government was strong enough to carry one or two measures, the direct tendency of which was further to weaken the oligarchy. The interval of the last session gave time for amending the registration and for annihilating those strong-holds of Toryism—the rotten corporations. By that act, the nominators of sixty Tory members of the House of Commons, are deprived of political existence. They are in fact politically dead and the rights they had usurped, necessarily revert to their, proper holders-the people. The government acted wisely then in not dissolving. By its prudence and tact it has given the people a stronger hold upon the constitution, and of which the next general election will shew the beneficial result. This improved aspect of the Reform cause, leads us naturally to the enquiry that is in every ones mouth- When shall we have a dissolution ? There can be no doubt that a dissolution would lead now to such a preponderating majority of Reformers in the House of Commons, that must force even from the unwilling Peers, all measures of rational reform; and we are sure, from the sober and matured tone of public opinion, that more else will be agreed to by the Reformed House of Commons. The policy of that branch of the legislature is that of rational—emcient—thorough Reform "nothing short of that will satisfy, it; all that exceeds it'will be, repudiated. It is the representative of public opinion and therefore is neither oligarchical nor revolutionary, but constitutional. The government can then' with per- fect safety to its own existence, as well as in ensuring the immediate progression of constitutional Reform fall back upon the people for support. The question is, will it be expedient to do so. That depends upon the favour with which its measures are regarded in the next session of Parliament. For all party purposes it possesses but a bare majority but still it is warranted in again taking the sense of that House on its .general policy; because on no one point has that policy been condemned by the popular branch of the legislature. It is therefore a constitutional step for the government again to meet the present Parliament; and if it does not find itself suf- ficiently strong, not only to carry its measures in the House of Commons, but to make that impression on another place-which will ensure them being acquiesced in there also, then it will become its duty to appeal to the nation. The Reform Bill has now been the law of the land nearly four years. Those who designated it as an empirical measure merely to serve a party purpose, and who predicted that it would never produce any practi- cal benefits to the people, we refute by reference to three great measures alone, which without it would never have been the law and each of which is equal in importance to half a century of olig^»cal legislation, {

Their Royal Highnesses the Dr,chess of Kent and Princess Victoria left Ramsgate on Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. Nearly the entire population of the town was collected in Highstreet, leading to the London-road, and one general feeling of respect and regret appeared to influence the concourse of people assembled to witness the departure of the royal visitors. Munificent donations luve been <:riveii by the Royal party to all the charities of the town and its environs. Among others, the National School of Rarosgate had received the sum of £200: as a mark of respect to the Royal donors, the children who ?re the objects of their bounty were stationed at re- stated intervals in the street, dressed iu a neat and clean costume of the school, and decorated with ribbons. Her Royal Highness the Princess Victoria had paid especial attention to this Institution. She had visited it frequently, examining with the greatest kindness the advancement made by the children in the simple studies alloted to them..The mark of respect paid to their Royal Highnesses by the attendance of the children, was; therefore, both pleasing and appropriate; the. young Princess appeared especially affected by it. If we may judge from the conduct of the crowds assemb'ed to I v/itriess their departure, the Princess and her Royal Mother have left memorials in the town of Ramsgate as durable, though not piobably so imposing, as the columns of granite erected to commemorate the visit of their Roval relative, George IV. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria have gracio :s!y consented, with the King of Belguim, to become patrons to the London Infir- mary for Diseases of the Skin. The patients are under the care of Dr. Lichfield and Mr. Carpue, F.R.S. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been r*1 eased to appoint the Reverend William Bentick Lethem Hawkins M.A., to be one of his Royal Ilighness's Do- mestic Chaplains. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to honour the Rev. Robert Montgomery with a splendid silver medal, in token of her Royal approbation of his beautiful poem, entitled The Messiah, of which a new and' elegant edition, being the fifth, is announced for imme- diate publication. Tie Russian, Bavarian, Portuguese, and Belglc Ambassadors, the Austrian and Swedish charges d'affairs, Senator Ilarnier, Count Seckendorf, Lord Lyndhurst, the ice-Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Charles Wetherell, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Petit, Mr. Bellenden Ker, the Rev. Mr Millman, Mr. Procter, Mr. Hallam, Sir Francis Palgrave, and many distinguished literary characters honoured Mr. Charles Purton Cooper, the Secretary of the Record Board of Great Britain, with their company at a conversatione, on Friday evening last, at his residence in St. John's wood. Indisposition pre- vented Count Mandelsloh, the Wurtemburgh Minister, and the disastrous news from New York Mr. Vail, the charge d'affaires of the United States, from joining the party. The Duke of Wellington, when the situation of his head gardener at Walmer Castle last became vacant, gave it to an old sergeant, named Townshend, who served in his Grace's regiment, the Grenadier Guards, at Waterloo. The old soldier was present at the anniversary dinner of the Deal and Waimer Conservative Club on Thursday se'nnight (Mr. Price, M.P. in the chair), and snng the sung of the" Farmer and the Old Soldier" on the occasion. Sir Robert Peel is expected in town in the course of next week, with his family. The Right Hon. Baronet has entertained a succession of visitors at his seat, Drayton Tark, during the shooting season, and is himself extremely partial to the sports of the field. A grand musical oratorio, upon an extensive scale, and at reduced prices will be given at Covent-Garden Theatre, on Saturday, the 30th January, the day of King Charles's Martyrdom. Madame Caradori Allen, Miss Romer, Miss Postans, and many other eminent vocalists are already engaged. Cramer, Lindley, Harper, Dragonetti, and many other professors from the Philharmonic Society are also engaged. le On Tuesday more than 2,000 people met at Green- hill, near Kilpeacon, in the county and liberties of Lime- rick, for the purpose of relieving, by subscription, a number of families (about fortv), on whom notices of ejectment had been served by landlords in that neigh- bourhood. Mr. Fergus O'Connor has issued an address to the electors of Glasgow, stating it to be his intention to so- licit their support at the election about to take place in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Colin Dunlop, one of the present members. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham continues indisposed. The Duke and Duchess have left Arlington near Winchester, for Stowe-park, where the Duke receives constant visits from his numerous friends. The Earl and COUUKM j/au, proviueu me annual Christmas dinner for tne children belonging to the National-school there. Ninety- seven boys and eighty-three girls were regaled with a substantial repast of roast and boiled beef, plum-pudding, and a plentiful supply of ale. During Christmas week two fine oxen were killed and distributed among the poorer families at Waldershare, Eythorne, and the adjoining parishes. On New Year's day, sixty gallons of bread were given away among the parishioners of Waldershare. The remains of Lieutenant-General Sir Colquhoun Grant were, on Tuesday se'nnight, deposited in the chancel of Frampton church, where are also deposited the remains of his wife and son. The pall was borne by six of the oldest tenants on the estate, and the funeral was altogether of a private nature, Mr. Brinsley Sheridan following as chief mourner. The newly appointed Secretary of Legation at Con- Btantir >ple, Mr. Urquhart, is ex-ected to proceed from Paris tnrough Vienna to Constantinople. We hear that one of Sultan's favourite courtiers is shortly expected on a special mission to visit the manufacturing establish- ments of this country, and also those of France and Bel- gium, in order that they may be introduced and imitated in the Ottoman empire. Accounts received at Lloyd's from Hull of the 5th, state that Captain Ross sailed that day in the Cove; but a postscript, dated 10 A.M., adds that up to that hour he had not left the roads. His compliment consisted of three lieutenants, two midshipmen, two surgeons, two masters, nine marines, and forty-two seamen. A TORy,-It will be seen from our Perth correspon- dence, that the ba' o' Scone trick, which took place on Monday, on the North-inch, has terminated disastrously for Lord Stormont. His Lordship and a flesher contended for the ball in a ploughed-field and in the hurry the flesher's thumb entered the mouth of his Lordship, and was severely bitten before leaving it. The accounts are rather conflicting as to some of the details but they all agree in this, that Lord Stormont abandoned the contest, complaining that he and his band were unfairly treated. The assemblage of spectators was immense; and his Lordship experienced rather rough usage on leaving the ground. This was indiscreet. Sympathy should have been extended to him, considering the result of the municipal election at Norwich.- Dundee Advertiser, ACCIDENT.—-A dreadful accident occurred at the pown's Pit, Hetton colliery, on Thursday morning. Philip Snooks and Mathew Rutherford, pitmen, got into the loop to descend the mine to work, when the rope bad Unfortunately, not been over the hook, but onlv resting on the point it consequently sVipped orr, ana H)ey reirtff the bottom, a depth of 180 fathoms, by which they were dashed to pieces. Some masons working in the shaft at the time had a very narrrow escape, part of the scaffold on which they were at work having been carried to the bottom.—Durham Chronicle. The Viscountess Milton, relict of the late Viscount M dton, was on Monday delivered of a daughter at the her father's, the Earl of Liverpool. The next son of the Earl Fitzwilliam thus becomes heir to the titles and estate of the present Earl on the death of his father. He has not yet arrived at full age, A great sensation was produced in Westminster Hall on Tuesday night, by the communication of a confiden- tial Usher to some aspirants at the Bar—that a change in a high judicial department was certainl/ on the eve of taking place, as Mr. Justice Bosanquet had in the course of the morning returned the State Robe, temporarily borrowed of Lord Lyndhurst, his occasion for it having ceased. The Spanish schoouer reported derelict ar sea, and taken possession of by the Brandon Coast Guard last week, has bean towed up to the custom-house Quay, Limerick, where she now lies- The fate of her crew is yet a mystery. Two casks of tobacco were on board. The putrid remains of a black seaman found in the cabin were thrown overboard before she came into the Shannon. Charles Lewis, the most eminent bookbinder in Europe, died at his house in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, on Friday. Nearly all the splendidly bound books in the libraries of the Duke of Sussex, Earl Spencer, the Right Honourable-Thomas Grenville, Heber, Ilanrott, Dent, Sir Mark Svkes, Sir Francis Freeling, Archdeacon Butler, Miss Currrer, Beckford, the Duke of Devonshire, Baron Bolland, and other distinguished collectors have been found by Charles Lewis, The second majority of the 13th Light Dragoons, General the Hon. Sir George Grey, G.C.B., Colonel, has become vacant by the death at Madras of Sir John Gordon, Bart. Oil Monday Hilary Term commenced at one o'clock the Lords Commissioners of the Court of Chancery and the other Judges went ill procession to Westminster, and opened the Courts of Law with the usual geremonies. The proceedings before the Dublin election commission were somewhat suddenly closed on Wednesday, two of the commissioners refusing to hear any,further evidence on the part of the sitting members. In most of the corporate towns in which elections of town councillors have taken place to supply the defi- ciency :n the numbers of that body, occasioned by the elections of aldermen from among the town councillors, the Reformers have been equally successful as in the original returns. We are glad to learn that a subscription, set on foot in the South Hams, to offer Lord John Russell a piece of plate, as a memorial of approbation of his public conduct, has met with that success which we should have anticipated would have been the result. The military governments of the garrisons of Cork, D ungannon, Kiusale, Limerick, Ross Castle, Portland Castle, Scarborough Castle, and Landguard Fort, which have recently become vacant by the death of the general officers holding them, have been abolished or discontinued. The Earl of Minto gave a grand dinner to the Cabinet Ministers on Wednesday, at the Admiralty. Cabinet dinners will be given in succession by the Ministers every succeeedtng Wednesday previous to the meeting of Par- liament. David Urquhart, Esq., who has recently been ap* pointed Secretary to our Embassy at Constantinople, left London for Paris some days since. Paris is at present extremely gay. The dinner parties, soirees, and balls, given by our Ambassador, Lord Granville, are upon the most magnificent scale. All the respectable English now residing in Paris are included in Lord Granville's invitations. We rejoice to hear that Sir William Follett is sufnc- jentiy recovered, to resume his professional duties. The Learned Knrght was most watrnly congratulated, both by Judges and Counsel, on his reappearance on Saturday in the Exchequer Chamber.—John Bull. Wilkie is said to be engaged on a picture representing the interview between the Pope and Buonaparte, when the former refused to put his signature to the Concordat. The glove trade in Hexham, which has for some years been in a declining state, has received a fresh impetus by Mr. Smith Stobart commencing to manufacture. Every journeyman in the town is in consequence now fully employed. Many of them have been engaged in breaking stones on the highway.— Curlisle Journal. The subscription at Newcastle for the relief of the ice- bound seamen employed in the whale fishery already amounts to nearly 1,000/ including a handsome donation of lOOt, from his Grace the Duke of Northum- berland.— Newcastle Journal. The enemies of the Government have circulated a report that Colonel Blacker has been restored to the com- mission of the peace. It is scarcely necessary to state that the rumour has not the slightest foundation.— Register. The ordnance, commissariat, and barrack departments in our colonies, are to be considerably reduced. One General and eight Lieutenant-Generals died last month, two Colonels, a Lieutenant-Colonel, three Majors, five Captains, three Lieutenants, and two Ensigns. PUBLIC BAPTISM.—Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather on Christmas day, Mr. Chapman, Minister of the Baptist Chapel in Vicarage-lane, administered the ordinance of baptism in our river to four women and two men. Mr. C. must have been at least 15 or 20 minutes in the water, while the ice was floating around him, im- mersed almost to his shoulders. On the opposite side of the river numbers of persons were enjoying the recreation of skating, so intense had the frost been 'on the preceding nignt.-Korlh Devon Advertiser. The marriage of the Queen of Portugal is understood to have taken place on the 1st instant, after which her Majesty was to have held a drawing-rooin to receive congratulations. We have authority 16 contradict the report in the Messager' of the 5th instant, to the effect that the State prisoners at Ham were all in good health, with the exception cf the Count de Peyronnet, who was suffering from rheumatism. A la:e visitor there assuies us that the health of three out of four is visibly injured, and daily sinking under the effects of their captivity.— Gulignani. A Nrw MODE TO ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE.—The managers of the Walnut-street Theatre, Philadelphia, an- nounced that the president's message would be read from the stage as soon as received in that city. Ilall, a thousand yards of satin, at a guinea a yard, were employed. The costly and tasteful style of its furniture is such as to impart to the tout ensemble the most magnificent and imposing effect. The present Duke of Beaufort does not intend to occupy Euston-hall, in Oxfordshire, the favourite resi- I dence of the late Duke, wherethe establishment is broken up, and the domain is to be let. The noble Duke left Brighton unexpectedly in consequence of the sudden indisposition of the Duchess at Badmmgton. Viscount Lowther, one of the leading members and managers of the Carlton or Conservative Club, has re- turned to Paris from his visit to the South of France and the Spanish frontier, and he is not expected in England until the close of the present month. It is gratifying to learn that the iron works at Bowling, Bierly, and Low Moor, in the neighbourhood of Bradford, are in a state of almost unexampled activity. An addi- tional blast has lately been erected at Bowling, and at each of the works the supply of workmen is inadequate to the demand.—Halifax Express. A notice was issued by the Post-office yesterday, that the mails for Lisbon will be nude up and dispatched from the General Post-office every Saturday instead of Fr.day, as heretofore. This arrangement will commence with the mail to be made up and dispatched ftom hence on Saturday next the 9th inst. Letters at the French Embassy from Paris announce the serious indisposition of the venerable Prince Talley- rand, who is described to be labonring under a discease of the heart. Modemoiselle Pauline de Perigard, daugh- ter of the Duchess de Dino, is heiress presumptive to the Prince's large fortune. We are informed that the active and wealthy interests conirecting, London with Jamaica have determined on establishing a steam communication between those places; and that vessels of superior construction and power are to be forthwith laid down at two of the princi- pal yards in the river. The General Court-martial assembled at Youghal has proceeded to try a private soldier belonging to the 14th Regiment, upon a serious charge of having his firelock loaded with ball cartridge, with the intention of shooting a non-commissioned officer.—Limerick Chronicle, The Gulnare, from China, on which as high a rate of insurance as 60gs. pea cent. had been given at Lloyd's, and which upon her being spoken with fell to five guineas per cent. (she was expected home daily), was yesterday posted on Lloyd's books as having arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. Our readers should be f'ware that by the 35th clause of the 5th and 6ih William IV., cap. 19, all agreements with r"tttc MeN" or vessel, ana an apprenijre indentures'fcfr tbe-! sea Service, are exempted from stamp duty. The speech of General Jackson was conveyed from Washington to New York in 13 hours and 5 iijinutes, a distance of 203 miles. Rushton Hall, near Kettering, the seat of the Hope family, was nearly destroyed by fire on the 23rd of De- cember. At Norwich, on Saturday, a Mr. Brunning was held to bail, to answer a charge of bribery connected with the Municipal Election in that city. On the 19th Dec. Dr Bowrihg was at Geneva, com- pleting his researches and inquiries into the commercial relations of Switzerland, in fulfilment of the mission which the English government had given him.— German Paper. The Rev. John Sergeant, who has a living in NorthL amptonshire, has refused to attend an Irish Clergy Distress meeting because he does not wish to aid the the opposition agitators but he has sent his subscription, and advises others to do likewise. Archdeacon Bathurst promises a subscription, provided he receives an assurance that the pretence of charity is not assumed as a cloak tor factious politics. ECLIPsEs,-In the year 1836 there will be two eclipses of the sun and two of the moon. The only eclipse visible in Ireland will be that of the sun, of May the 15th. We have just heard that a new coinage is about to be issued; consisting of silver two, three, and four penny pieces; also gold five-shilling pieces. About £ 20,000 of the new silver coin is to be issued immediate ly.- Eveiii ng Chronicle. A dinner is to be given by the Friends of Radical Reform, in Mary-la-bonne, to Feargus O'Connor Esq., in testimony "of his able and patriotic conduct on his mission to the North of Ensland.- True. Sun. The annual income of the Marquis of Westminster, I upon a moderate calculation, it is said amounts to £ 1,000 sterling per day at present. Whenever thi leases in Belgrave-square, Mil ton-crescent, aud the va&; number of mansions recently built in the streets an I sqiares in that quarter of London expire, his Lordship's revtnue will be more than doubled. The Melville, 74, intended for the flag of itter Halkett, is ordered to be fitted with all dispatch; she will be ready to receive men in the course of tie ensuing week. On Wednesday se'nnight, while Lord Brabrook was sporting over his extensive demesne ,a(Odl: End, near Raffron Walden, with a party of gentlemen,!), in getting through a hedge, passed one of his feet tlirugh a snare which had evidently been set for the purposeof catching hares, and it held his lordship so tight, that e became a complete fixture until he was released by te attendant keepers. The 1St. George Steam Packet Compan intend to place steam vessels of a larger tonnage and pwer on the Cork and Bristol line. The Company "ill expend 1,000/. on building a pier at Passage. Some fears are entertained for the safet.ofhis Ma- jesty's packet Spey, which sa;led from Fahoilth Dec. 3d, for Halifax, with the mail. She is repoted to have been spoken with on the 24th, three weeksifter her de- parture, in long. 40. by a vessel from Ameria, bound to Ire'and the Spe.'l having had her mast carted away on the 25rd, in a severe hurricane,-Shipping (a zelle. SMALL Pox.-This cruel disease has lately been making great ravages among the infant popilation in the east of London, great numbers of whom h?ve fallen vic- tims to its virul nce. We learn that the Rev. J. P. Nichol s a candidate for the Regies Professorship of Astronomy n the Univer- sity of Glasgow, vacant by the recent deati of Dr. Cou- per. Mr. Nichol is a gentleman of extensive scientific attainments and possesses enviable talents for lecturing in public, in the most clear, easily understood., i agree- able manner. t THE PENSIONERS.—The whole of the penasfjpers will be-examined on the next circuit of Collector} of Excise, preparatory, it is thought, to the formation of Veteran Battalions. Mr. D Geran, of Rushmount, Kilworth is committed to Cork jail, by the Sheriff, under execution for tithes. He was excorted bv a great military and police force from Fermoy. Mr. Geran has since made arrangements for payment of the demand, and has, of course, been liberated. We understand that the West Cork Mining Company, established under an Act of Parliament last Session, is in a most thriving state, rich veins of copper having been discovered within seven feet of the surface. This pro- duce has been sold at Swansea at 121. 17s. 9d. per ton. Rodwell, the musical compositor, a few days ago, had the honour of waiting upon the Queen at the Pavilion at Brighton who expressed her satisfaction at the prospect of a revival of the legitimate drama, occasioned by the success of Miss Helen Foucit. Her Majesty was pleased to intimate that the Court intended shortly to visit Co- vent-garden Theatre. The expenditure of the Liverpool defunct corporation, for the five years ending on the twenty-first December last, is said to have amounted, for legal and parliamen- tary business alone, to the sum of 31,000' On Saturday the town council nominated the Earl of Durham high steward of the borough of Kingston- upon-Hull. This office had been in abeyance for about two years and a half, and the ultimate decision is highly gratifying to the Reformers. The appointment was last filled by the late Earl Fitzwilliam.