The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1843, Page 1

29th ult. Progr Vol. IX,--No. 27.-—Whole No. 3240 THE NEW YORK HERAL NEW YORK, FRIDAY MO RNING, JANUARY 27, 1843. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP CALEDONIA. NINETEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ive State of Trade—Pacification of Spaln—important Movements of the Anti- Corn-Law League—The Great Fight be- tween the Giant and Tipton Slasher—The Glant Victorious—Treaty with Austria— French Steam Ships—State of the Mar- kets—Affairs in Europe. The Caledonia arrived at Boston yesterday about 7A.M. She was greatly retarded by head winds, but sustained no particular injury. The Columbia arrived at Liverpool on the The Liverpool Mercury, of the 80th inst., states the Money Market is easy and abundant; but little doing in the Corn Market. had increased, and the advance on American cotton had been maintained. The demand for cotton Although business has greatly improved, yet gene- rally there isa very great want of confidence aris- ing from the continued: failures connected with the Corn Trade, among which we must notice Messrs. Fernandez and Son, Swallow and Son, and Dunn and Son, all of Wakefield, and for heavy amounts, while the break down of the Yorkshire Agricultu- ral Bank, which having expended all its capital, now comes on the shareholders for a deficit of £100,000, is not at ai] calculated to improve commercial af- fairs, but on the whole, the prospects for the new year are encouraging. The country has been agitated in various districts by the Repealers of the Corn Law. The demon- stration which they have effected, is, in despite oi the sneering indifference with which it has been treated, more formidable than their antagonists are willing to allow. tion in the Corn Laws is projected. The only dis- pute now maintained 1s, not whether there will be a change at all, but what the nature of that change It is certain that a further altera- awill be. “ day of February. will introduce a salutary and wholesome alteration of the restrictions by which trade is fetrered. With characteristic caution he has carefully abstained from divulging a hint of his purpoee or his plans.— The opening of the Session is most anxiously await. ed. on the 28th ultimo. at £70,000 to £100,000. enciente, will not take place, it is expe May. Parliament is su umoned to meet on the second Sir Robert Peel, itis expected, The ship Scotland, (Robinson, late master) which sailed from Liverpool on the 8th ult. for New York, had put back—with captain, second mate, two men anda boy washed overboard, decks swept, loss of sails, and leaky. There was another destructive fire at Liverpool, Loss of property w timated The accouchment of the Queen, w again before There was an eruption at Mount Etn November last. The English papers are chiefly filled with local matters, and speculations on the trade with China. More than usual harmony seemed to exist among the European cabinets. Several smart shocks of an earthquake had been feltin the southern part of Wales and in Cornwall. The British ship Formidable, which weut ashore near Barcelona, nad proved an almost total loss. Still further seizures of contraband tobacco and other goods had been made at Huddersfield. There can be no doubt, from the general tone of the British press, that the success of the British arms in China and Affghanistan has tended greatly 10 strengthen the present conservative administration. The celebrated bankruptcy case of Lord Hunting- tower had been decided te be fraudulent; but what to do with his lordship had not been decided. The examination of the case involved some extraordi- nary financial disclosures. A captured slaver froin Mozambique and Pernam buco had been brought into the Tagus, By advices to the 26th ult. it appears that the adjustment of the tariff question is daily expected Lord Hill, the Commander in Chief of the Army, died at hia seat in Shropshire, in the 70th year of his age. His nephew, Sir Rowland Hill, succeeds ro the title. The Great Western steamer, it is said, has been purchased by Mehemet Ali, who intends to convert her into a steam frigate. Itis fortunate for the Bri- tish Directory, that they have at last found a pur- chaser fora property which at one time appeared unsaleable. This statement has since been contra- dicied. She-has net yet been sold, but leaves for New York on the 10th of next month, as adverticed. Tt was rumored in Liverpooi, that the agents of the Belgian Government have visiteu, or are about to vi-it, Bristol, for the purpose of examining the Great Western steamship. Whether that govern- has an intention to buy her we know not. An “‘emeute” occurred at Boulogne on the 12th. A mob of the inhabitants followed a naval officer through the streets, and would probable have killed him had he not been rescued by the police. The cause of this popular outbreak against him was some cruelty said to have been practiced upon a sailor un- der his command. The plague was making its ravages in Lower Egypt at the last accounts; and the mortality among cattle, which at one time was thought to be subsiding, was again on the increase. The British papers continue to be rather severe on American pork. We suspect the reason is that they don’t get enouglvof it. A fire occurred onthe 14th ult. ina lodging house, Goodman's Fields, London, kept by a soap-boiler named Cook. There were twenty five lodgers, and out of that number eight were burned to death.— Amongs the sufferers were a poor widow, named Holland, and three of her daughters, a fourth daugh- ter having escaped by jumping from the attic win- dow ; her scull was fractured, but she is recovering. The ovher sufferers were children between the ages of seven and four—-two boys and two girls. The “ John Bull” states, positively, that there are now building, at Blackwall, five large steam frigates for the Russian Government, which are intended for the war against the Circassians. Accounts from St. Petersburgh state that several Polish regiments, engaged in the war against the Circassians, passed over with theirarms and bag. gage to the enemy,and fought against the Ruesiang Itis said they committed dreadful havoc on the lat- ter, and that their vengeance was terrible. Mr Dunn, a great corn factor, at Wakefield, is amonget the victims to the sliding scale. He has failed in $1,500,000. Outrages in Ireland untortunately continue. They have hitherto been mostly confined to the county of Tipperary. The bulk of these outrages are to be traced to the harsh treatment of the tenants by landlords Religious feeling hes little to do with them. Mr. Mortimer and Mr. Scully, both recently assassinated by the peasantry, being both Roman Catholics. Mr. Everett, the American Minister in London, has been passing a few days with Sir Robert Peel, at his country house, Drayton Manor, in company with a number of official and distinguished person- ages. The distress in Paisley continues, and is daily in. creasing. A few days ago it was stated that the number of anemployed§hands amounted to 11,800. 28th Government has refused to give further aid to the destitute population. Figur _werween Tue “American GIant” Np Tirron Stasuer.—Freeman, who is known by the soubriquet of the “American Giant,” is upwards of seven feet in height, 18 stone weight, and 23 years of age,has been pitted in a match withTipton Slash- r, apowertul ma. also, and who claims to be the champion of England. The first time the bet ibe ee ee Ee interference of the magistrates and the police, the object was frustrated. Q near Gravesend, on the Thames, about twenty miles below London wither they proceed in a steamboat hired for the occasion, accompanied by about 400 of the “fancy,” each of whom paid two dollars and a half for the passage.—Freeman, the American, was attended by and the Tipton Slasher by Jonny Broome, who of- ficisted for his friend in a similar capacity. minutes S Freeman, who was superior inheight in muscular American’s blows, and in turely brought to a close by one of these ingenious feints on his part to avoid punishment. ree, when acpealed to, pronounced it foul, and the stakes,amounting to£200,were given up to Freeman testified, and his left handed pokesthan punishing hits. is we have no doubt, but he is too unwieldy, and pos- sessestoo much of the ‘milk of human kindness’ even to become a ‘star’ in the ring, even if his equal could be found.” t B hi al Lei ~ ligerents met, Freeman had the advantage, but night terminated the sport without deciding the battle. They met again on the 15th ult , but owing to the They met again on the 20th, ‘om Spring, who acted as his second, They fought thirty-seven rounas in’ thirty-five yi he fight tbrongheut was in favor of power, and in activity, to his opponent. : The Slasher often Cpa down to avoid the eed the fight was prema- The rete- The punishment on either side was not severe. A popular sporting paper has the following remarks on the issu ference in the size of the men left no room for spe- culation on the issue, giant must be triumphant, notwithstanding he fought badly; in fact, he most of his well-intentioned, but ill-directed blows, from the shifty charactez of his opponent, as well as trom his own wild and uncertain mode of delivery “*The match was unequal, and the dit Fvery body foresaw that the id not hit at points, and missed He hits round with his right, as the ‘ Slasher’s’ ear deliveriesare more like That he is a game man It may be observed that this fight has caused great interest throughout the country, and thatit will goa long way to revive a barbarous, and during the last twenty years, almost obsolete ‘‘ sport.” Party Spirit in Encranp.—Party spirit, in the conventional acceptation of the term, seems almost extinct in England. The two great el the conservatives and the liberals, seem to look, with folded arms, on passing events, not without emotion, but certainly with a pacific philosophy, of which lectoral bodies there has been no parallel of recent years. The howlings of the chartists are occasionally heard in the distance, and no later than last week, a garru- lous meeting of the physical and the moral force sec- tions of them was held at Birmingham, the former headed by Mr. Feargus ©’Conner, the latter (as far as America is concerned) by the still more noto- tious Mr. Joseph Sturge, Quaker and abolitionist. Exeuisn Opinion or Josern Sturex —Mr. Sturge is an excellent man—well meaning and virtuous, but he has little worldly wisdom and less political saga- city; and therefore it is not surprising that he was defeated, and voluntarily driven from the universal suffrage conference—a cherished bantling of his ewn by the more cunning and experienced physical force tacticians. Sull, party spirit, as we have said. ras been lulled to eleep, and even the obnoxious In- ome tax not been able to awaken it. Ponrricat, Posrrion or Sir Ropert Perr.— Peel is in power, at once an object of suspicion and fear to his party, or rather parties—for the Coneervatives are split into two divisions —the free traders and the monopolists. ‘The fact is, that Peel in Engiand standsin nearly the same relative position as Ty!er in America, one has already bridged the party which placed him :n power ; the other has partially done the same, and during the ensuing Ses- sion of Parliament will complete the operation. But the calibre of the men differs. Peel is indispensuble to the Tories ; but the whigs and democrats alike can dispense with Tyler. Peel is a tar seeing politician. Ena isu Optxion oF Cartan TyLER.—Amongst the most prowinent topics of the day, one which has elicited a good deal of observation, but very lit- tle variety, for allthe notes are pitched in the same key—stands the last message of President Tyler, which arrived here on Christmas day, by the Inde pendence, Captain Nye. The President’s message always commands attention in this country, and ge nerally provokes controversy, the political opinions of the writers influencing, for the most part, th~ ir viewsofit. But on the present occasion the harmony isgeneral; but it is the treble-bob-major kiad of bermony—all parties join in its condemnation, and these peals of denunciation are not confined to the capitalists of London; their reverberations are heard all over the country. It is almost needless to say tnat the bile thus engendered has reference, almost exclusively, to the formal, not to say affected man- ner in which the President approaches the ticklish question of state indebtedness and repndiatior “* Out of the nettle danger we pluck the flower safe- ty,” says a go-ahead fellow in Shakspeare. Now, if “Captain” Tyler had shown more pluck in grasp- ing the nettle repudiation, though it stung him—it he had, (to use an approved Anglicism ) taken the bull by tie horns, and grappled manfully with the monster—if he had ** come out strong” on this sub- ject, and hurled the indignant patriotism, the insalt- ed honor of the country, in the teeth of the recu- sants, and talked of the omnipotent power of Con- gress, compelling them to capitulate—if he had even hinted at the necessity or propriety of the assets trom the public lands being appropriated to the use of the toreign creditors who are minus the dollars they have advanced on the taith and character of the States—all would have been well, and a very difler- ent, a far more kindly feeling would now exist in this country respecting the United States. But agit ts, there is not a newspaper, aud hardly an individual from Cornwall to Joho O’Groats, that is not up in arms against Jonathanand his assumed want of mo- ral rectitude. Censure, which is always sweeping, never does any thing by halves, and like Falstaft’s regiment,. republicaniam, the institutions of the country, and the Presidential office itself, have been pretty well Sepeered in tnis “moral war,” for the sins of a‘ few designing knaves vin the States’ Go- vernments. Inanother column will be found, taken at random, a brief summary of the opinions express- ed by the leading London papers on_ this topic, and ae we before remarked, the same uniformity of tone pervades them all. The other portions of the mes- sage have been discussed in a spirit of enlightened criticism. It is rather a singular anomaly that the same message which indulges in the most congratu- latory tone towards this country arising out of the settlement of the Boundary Question should have been productive of the greatest dissatisfaction— greater, certainly, than any similar document since the war of 1812, now thirty years ago.— Will- mer & Smith's Times, Jan. 4. Ricn Joxe anour Dickens.—A story is current of Mr. Dickens having gone, a few days ago, to Strat- ford-on-Avon, (the birth-place of Shakspeare,) with a letter of introduction to the mayor, which he sent from the inn where he was stopping. The mayor is a banker, and has less scquarntance with literature than with Cocker. He was ignorant of such a per- son as Dickens. The cashier told him it was “Boz.” “And who is Boz?’ said his worship. “Go tell him, if he wants to deposit he can send 1! by you, and it he wants to draw he must come him- self?” The cashier delivered the message to the no small amusemeut of the author. It would be diffi- cult to find the humblest “help” in the United Statee displaying the ignorance of this chief magistrate of Shakspeare’s birth place. But the joke is not less rich on that account Antr Corn Law Lracur.—The most popular, nt beyond all comparison, the most influentia! body in England at the present time, is the Aoti Corn Law League—an object of hatred to the squires and of terror to the aristocracy. Originally composed of a few Manchester merchants, this bo dy has gone on increasing, like a bail of snow, rolled ap a hill, gathering strength and bulk by every movement, until it now presents a front which ro minister can withstand. The movements of the League have been marked by judgment and policy. Uheir fands have been emively appropriated to the publishing of pamphlets, the hiring of lecturers, and the holding of meetings, for the purpose of awaken ‘ng the country to the evils of the corn-law—a tux which makes bread artificially dear, cripples trade, destroys capital, impoverishes the manufacturers, and acts upon the operative classes with a two-feld severity ; first, by intertering with trade, reducing the demand for their labor ; and secondly, enhan cing the price of bread by shutting it out of the mar- ket, when they are least able to pay for it. ‘The wheat crop was coming up beautiful every where, and looks more promising than it has done at the sume season for years in the kingdom. Marquis or Hertrorp.—Certain proceedings in cea connected with the affairs of the late } quis of Hertford, in which Mr. John Wilson Croker, edior of the Quarterly Review, Suisse, the Mur. qnis’s valet, and two or three females figure, have excited a good deal of attention, The late Mar- uis’s private habits were strikingly developed on the trial betore Lord Abinger, a few months back, when Suisse was arraigned and acqnitted on a charge of fraud. But the Chancery affidavits dis- close an amount of profligacy on the part of the peer, even when on the verge of the grave, that was previously uoknown, and that has rarely, if ever, been excelled in modern times. ‘The “ ladies,” and more particularly one of tiem, yclept Flora. Petit James, states that she was in the habit of visiting” the Marquis, from Deceinber, 1841, to his death In March, 1842, and that he allowed her $100 a fort- night, but co another lady,” named Henrietta D’- Ambra, he allowed £60, or $300 a fortnight! In fact, the Marquis's harein cost, sccording to Suisse, somewhere about £30,000, which, multiplied by five, gives $130,000 per annum. One of his favor- Wes, a daugnter of Flora Petit James, who had lived with the Marquis since the age of sixteen, states in her affidavit, that her expenditure amounted to £7,000 or £8,000 a year'— Mr. Croker has been blamed, with reason, tor the part which he has playrd in’ these disreputa- ble transactions. He certainly refused to ride out or be seen in public with his patron’s “ladies,” but he was not above dining with them in private.— Wr lmner & Smith's Times, Daraprvt Disaster.—The ship Scotland, a well- known transient vessel, which has sailed between Liverpool and N. York for some years, experienced adreadful disaster on the 21st ult., about nine o’- clock inthe evening, in lat. 58, long’ 22. In a heavy galeshe was struck by @ sea, which carried over board her commander, (Captain Robinson), the second mate (Mr. A. Palmer), the steward, J Simoson (4 boy), and two seamen. It swept the decks of cabin and round-house, bulwarke, spare spars, studding sails, and railings ; split the covering board, stove in the fore and alter hatches, and ca- boose and caboose house, partly filled the ship with water, and shifted the cargo. The Scotland, which sailed hence on the 8th ult., immediately put back, and reached here on Thursday in this dilapidated state. Herescape was providential, tor the whole ofthe chests, books, ana nautical instruments were likewise carried away. The captain’s chronometer was found, about 24 hours alter the accident, total- ly unfit tor use. Fortunately, it was remembered that an old compass had been stowed away ina chest between decks, which being regulated, was rendered available. She was out altogether twenty days. Captain Robinson has left a wife and we be- lieve three children (sons) to deplore his loss. He wasa very amiable man, of a reiigious turn of miad, and was reading his bible when the disaster occurred. He was part proprietor of the +hip, in conjunction with Captain Hacketafl, Mr. George Timbsell, and Messrs. Smite and Demon, of New- York, who own the remainder. Hispecuniary cir- cumstances, owing to recent losses, were, we are sorry to learn, much impaired. By the recent fai- lnre'of Messrs. Dyson, of New York, he lost 3000 dollars. The steward, who was severely injured by the calamity, died on Friday on his way to the hos- pital — Liverpool paper. Merroro.oatcat, Causes oF THE EXTRAORDINARY MILDNESS OF THE SoN.—The new comet in Draco was at its nearest point to the earth on the 15th December. Its distance, however, even at that period, was seven millions of leagues. Comets are remarkable for the high temperature they diffuse on our atmosphere on their approach to the earth, and for the subsequently low temperature at their ter- mination. 1 anticipate the frost will set in towards the end of the month, as we have the luminaries and the planet Mercury applying to a conjunction of Saturn in Capricorn; such a position ef Saturn in Capricorn, the ancient philosophers always held would influence the air in winter to very frosty weather, as was the cage in 1734, when there was a protracted frost and snow storm, three months long, which commenced on New Years eve. And also in 1818, when the cold Saturn was traversing Capricorn, another severe winter occurred, which commenced on December 26:h, and continued two or three months. From the inclement aspects of the planets on the 8d and 7h January, we may anti- cipate violent storms of snow, frost, &c., and severe gales may be expected; a very stormy period sets in, continaing with little intermission to the end ot the month, Tae New York Packet Sutrs.—Since the de- oarture of the England, hence for New York, we have had a succession of arrivals of packets from that port, all making very rapid passages. Amongst those arrived, we may menuon the Hottinguer, Roscius, Europe, and Independence. The Inde pendence made the run to Liverpool in sixteen days, conveying the President’s message, which was for- warded by special express to the London morning yapers, and received again, in Liverpool in 24 hours. The steam ships Acadia and Columbia have also arrived. The news by latter was published in Lon- don on her 13th day trom Boston, and reached the saetrepolis, through Willmer & Smith's Express, in 20 hours in advance of the mails. ‘Tuk New Ling or Packets ror New Yorx.— Fielden, Brothers & Co have established another line of packets from Liverpool to New York. The day appointed for their sailing each way—namely, the 5th of the month from here, ang the 16:h from New York has been selected, with a view to take the duplicate letters and dispatches of the Halifax mail steamers,which sail on the previous days. We observe that one of the ships of this line is the largest that has yet been built tur a packet ship, ang is to be called the Webster-—another new packet“bears the name of Ashburton. This, we conclude, evinces the popular feeling in New York in regard to the treaty recently negociated by those distinguished statesmen. This line of jackals is quite indepen- dent of all the other lines. If there should be any passengers toolate for the steamer to-day, we can commend them to the famons packet ship Hottin- guer, which is now loaded, and will sail to-morrow. Capt. Bursley, formerly commander of the Cam- bridge.— Wilmer § Smith’s Times. Neither the Webster nor the Ashburton belong to the new line spoken of above. The Webster is not yet built. The Ashburton is one of Grinnell, Min- turn & Co.’s line. Frexcu AtLantic Sreamers.—The line of French mail packets to cross the Atlantic, will, it is expect- ed, commence running next June. The packets will be fourteen in number; they are built to carry forty guns each, and will belong to the French go- vernment. The French port selected for the pack- etstation is Cherbourg. Four of the steamers will ran to and from New York, and the rest will con- vey mails and passengers to and from France and the West indies, Brazils, and the Gulf of Mexico. The fares for passengers will be considerably less than the charges of the English West India Mail Steam PacketCompany. The whole of the postage paid to the English government for the correspon- jence between France and the Southern United States and the French West Indies, will be lost to this country after the French Atlantic steamers have commenced running. A vessel has already been despatched to make the necessary arrangements at he various stations and routes selected for the French packets. Austria ano THE Unriep Srates. —There is eve! reason to beieve that a commercial treaty wil shortly be concluded between the Austrian Govern ment and the United States ef vorth America. The negotiations between Prince Metternich and the American Ambassador, Mr. Jenifer, are so tar ad vanced that no doubt ean be entertained of their speedy conclusion. Upon this the editor of the Hamburgh Newe Zeitung remarks, that as a treaty between North America and Austria has been ma- ny years existing, the treaty here alluded to must be merely a supplementary one. On the other hand, the negotiations in Berlin for a simi'ar treaty cannot proceed very epeedily. Mr, Wheaton, who is un- questionably the most able of all the Amertean diplo- imatiste in Europe, has made great efforts to push the business (orward,but without much success. Indepen dent of other impediments, the lingering and eireum- stantial nature of the proceedings of the Zollverein tends to retard such negotiations. But the example of Austria cannot fail to have a favorable influence. — Neue Zeitung. Dreavrut Fire at Liverroor.—On the 22d of December an alarm of fire spread throughout the town. It broke ontin the resin and oil warehouse belonging to Mr. Platt, situated in Lower P; ment etreet. The intensity with which the fire raved, owing to the combustible materials contain- edin Mr. Piatt’s warehouse, caused it to communi cate (o several other buildings in Greenland street; and surrounding Mr. Platt’s warehouse there are now several dwellings and warehouses raging in an awful maoner. It has nearly reached another chrome and oi! works, and the fury with which the tire is now raging, with the wind blowing fresh fron the S. W., leads tu the apprehension that it may ex- tend greatly ‘There is a want of water, and there seems but [ittle proepect of checking the fury of the flames. The damage is estimared at £50,000. Newsparer Dasratou.—The President's Message, bronght by the Independence, Captain Nye, was re- ceived here yesterday aliernoon week at 3 o'clock A copy of it was forwarded, ata quarter past 4, by an express engine to Birmingham, the distance trom he Edgehill Station of the Graad Junction Rat way to that town (97 miles) having been performed, including the stopp ges to take in coal and water, in twe hours and oury minutes. From Birming- ham it was forwarded by a second express segine to London. There it was set up, and copies of The Times containing it were received in Liverpool at a quarter to four on Monday afternoon, just 24 hours from the time it left Liverpool, and alter baying travelled, up and down, 420 miles!—Liverpo: Albion, Tur Overtanp Mart.—The overland mail from India had not reached London when our last ex- press left that city on Tuesday night, the 3d instant, at half past eight o'clock. ‘The Hottinguer will sail for New York on the 5th, by which we shall send a second edition of our paper, embracing any turther news up to the hour of ber leaving this port.—Wil- mer and Smith's Times, Jan. ‘The statement put forth by the Globe, that Sir Robert Peel anti propose in the ensuing session of parliament a fixed duty of twelve shillings a quar- ter on wheat, with a remission of six shillings in fa- vor of the countries disposed to trade on reciprocal terms with Great Britain, has been contradicted by most of the government organs, and is now general- ly disbelieved. Mr. Murray had announced the immediate publi- cation of the ** Diary of a Prisoner in Affghanistan, with Notes of the Operations which gave rise to the Evacuation of Cabul by the British Army, and of its disastrous retreat towards India, in January, 1842,” by Lieut. Vincent Eyre, Bengal Artillery, Deatus.—General Sir Frederic Wetherill ; Arch- deacon Wrangham; Sir Alexander Coke; Admi- ral Sir John Lindford ; Vice Admiral Henry Evans; Major General P. Drummond; Lord Gillies ; Coun- tess of Denbigh; and the Honorable Lady Bethail Codrington. The tea market 1s beginning to be affected in a more marked degree by the intelligence lately com- municated from China. On Monday it was ex- ceedingly dull and spiritle:s, and prices were droop- ing. Porisa “Jews.—The Leipsic Gazette states that next year, the Jews in Poland are to be subject to military service, without being allowed, as hither- to provide substitutes. The Church Intelligencer, a Puseyite paper, re- commends the revival of monasteries in the Church of England. Miss Manners, a handsome young lady, aged twenty-three, and possessing a fortune of £5,000,re- cently eloped with and married a policeman, whom she had neverseen bat once before. The Town Council of Liverpool on the 14th ult. refused, by a majority of 39 to 30, to give the chil- dren of the Catholic poor a secular education in the corporation schools. Lrreraxy Inretiicence.—The first number of Boz’s new work, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit,” had appear- ed. It was thonght rather dull, and ‘* Martin 8 Ad- ventures” would not, it was thought, turn out very profitable to Mr. Dickens? publishers. Mrs. Trollope has commenced a He tenouucal no- vel—* Jessie Phillips, a tale of the New Poor Law,” to be published in parts. The third and fourth volumes of “The Court and Times of Frederick the Great,” by Thomas Camp- bell, have been published—they complete the work. The second series of ‘The Ingoldshy Legends,” were just issued by Bently. A splendid work by Mr. Jesse, entitled “ Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution in 1688, tll the death of George II,” has been publisned by Bently. A new novel by Horace Smith, called “ Adam eh the Merchant,” had veen published by Col urn. Oliver and Boyd, of Edinburgh, had announced, ** Scenes and Adventures in Afighanistan,” by Wm. Taylor, late Troop Sergeant-Major of her Majesty’s 4th Light Dragoons. Great Ivvention.—A new carbine has been in- vented, which throws a ball 600 yards, or a distance which it was formerly supposed a cannon could not reach. Tueatricats.—The greatest theatrtcal event of this monthis the retirement of Miss Adelaide Kem- ble, now Madame Sartoris, which took place at Co- vent Garden on the ult. The house was crowd- ded from the pit to the ceiling, and so enthusiastic was the reception of Miss Kemble, on making her appearance as “‘ Norma,” in the opera of that name —the first character in which she appeared on the English stage, and incomparably her best—that she shed tears, and was unable, from the intensity of her feelinvs, to proceed torsome time. She covered her face with her hands, clasped the druidical altar near which she was standing, and wept aloud. The opening recitative, “‘ What seditious voices clamor for Battie? she could hardly enunciate, so completely was she overcome. As the opera faaereded chnmeerteahe eared strength, and sur- passed herself in every subsequent effort ‘Amidst a hurricane of applause,” says one of the accounts, “* mingled with inany sincere sighs, once more and for ever retired from the eyes ot the public—as she should retire, honored, regretted, und beloved— the last and not the least of the illustrious Kemble family.” Miss Kemble, with her husband and fa- ther, are going, it is said, tolive at Venice or Flo- rence. Mrs. Butler and her husband return to the United Statesin the spring. Mr. Sheridan Knowles, since his marriage with Hise Elphinstone, has almost retired from public tle. A splendid company of French comedians will appear shortly at the St. James’s Theatre. It con- sists of fourteen ladies and nine gentlemen, all more or less distinguished in the French metropolis, in- cluding, amonjst others, the celebrated Boufle, him- self a host. Messrs. June’s company of equestrians, eo well known and popular in America, have been playing at the royal amphitheatre, erpool, upwards of two months, and while the theatre royal has been deserted, they have been crowded nightly. A new London theatre bas been opened Chureh street, Lisson Grove, Marylebune, by Mr. Jobn Douglas, with considerable success. Hitherto it haa been well supported. Mr. Bunn, who assumed the lesseeship of Covent Garden theatre on the secession of the Kemble dy- nasty, announces that he has concluded engage- ments with Staudigl, the great German basso, and Duprez, the famous French tenor. He is alse nego- ciating with Fanny Elesler. P Mr. and Mrs. Kean have been playing with con- siderable success in Liverpool. Jim Crow Rice has appeared at the Adelphi, in a piece called “American Notes for English Circula- tion.” But notwithstanding the title, there is said to be no fun or humor in the piece, which has been a comparative failure. 4 The will of John Reeve (the English comedian, well known in America) was recently proved in the Prerogative Court, and the property sworn to be un- der £4,000, which is equally divided between his son and two daughters. Mr. H. Russer..—Any intividual who can suc- ceed in amusing a large number of persons, by his own unassisted exertions, for a whole evening, must possess consideruble talent Mr. Russell not only does this, but is eminently successful in riveting the attention of his audience, and keeping them, as it were, spell bound, to hear his last song. There is no lecture which his songs would serve to illustrate ; he brings nothing to his assistance but his piano- forte (upon which he accompanies himself with more than ordinary ability) and his own manly voice. Most of the songs which he eang on Mon- day might, at the Hanover Square Rooms, were his own compositions, and have attained great populari- ty ; the majority are what are termed descriptive pieces, the words for which are selected with most excellent taste ; the authors of them being Dickens, Charles Mackay, Leigh Cliffe, Eliza Cook, & “The Manine,” and * ‘fhe Ship on Fire,” produced the greatest sensation; on being encored in the for- mer, Mr. Russell gave a comic ditty with infinite humour and effect ; he also sang ‘‘ Woodman spare thattree,” which was not in the programme; and all his eflorts were rewarded with general applause. The whole extent of the rooms was devoted to the audience (which 1s not generally the case at similar enterlainments) yet every seat was oceupied, and many were unable to obtain admission. Other con- certs will doubtless follow this first experiment of the season, which has been attended with euch success- tol results. Scotland. The frudin the church continues, and gains strength asitgets older. Dr. Chalmers, on behalf of the late convocation of non-intrusion ministers at Edinburgh, bas addressed a long memorial to gov- ernment, which declares their determination to re linquish the position of a church established by the state, unless they can maintain and act upon the principles they have avowed. After stating the pre- sen! painful and embarrassing position of the church, the Doctor says, “It is well known that a large mi- nority ot the church’s office-bearers are prepared,in obedience tothe civil courts, to cast off her authori- aod he conclud:s by stating on behalf of the memorialists, “that they are not ashamed to con- fess thet they shrink from such an exhibition as wonld thus be presened before ihe people of Seot- land; and this is one practical consideration, among thers, whieh has weighed much in determining them to bring this whole quesuon to a final issue, and to retire from their position as connected with the establishment, rather than prolong an unseem- ly contest with the civil courts, which deny, and with their own brethren, who set at naught, their jurisdiction—a contest which could not fail to be attended with most disastrous consequences, affect- ing both the majesty of law and the higher interests of religion.” The Stirling Observer mentions an important im- provement in the steam engine :—The defects of the atmospheric engine have long been telt, from the waste of steam admitted into the cylinder to foree up the piston. As its first enterance, it necessarily comes into immediate contact with the condensing water, and was, in fact, condensed in the very act of expansion ; while, by the descent of the piston, what remained was blown out through the cistern, and halfof the injection water lost besides. A verysim- ple and effectual method of remedying this has been devised, which seems fitted very speedily to take its place among the most valuable eflorts of skill, and prove at once of vast utility in many situations where power combined with economy, is desired. From a working mode! we have had the satisfaction of inspecting, we may sinly state, that at the bot- tom of the cylinder there is fitted a conical valve, throug’ which the whole of the water injected by the jet 1s completely let off on the instant the piston is to descend, and the chamber remains perfectly dry when the steam is admitted for the next stroke. A new patent stone dressing machine has been introduced into Seotland, driven by a steam engine, which will dress the hardest rock or the stiffest tree- stone used for the finer fronts of public buildings. — The stones pass through the machine on a long train of carriages, each carriage havingone stone fixed in it. The cutting is performed by revolving wheels having tools fastened inthem, The stone enters at one end of the machine, and comes outat the other, hewn and polished, and cut straight and square down the sides. Memory or Burns.—A monument has completed over the remains of Burns’s Highland Mary in the West Church, Greenock. Previously there was nothing to mark the resting-place of the maid whose love inspired some of the most apes: sioned lyrics in our own or any other language. T bas-relief of Burns and Mary Campbell, plighting their troth, and exchanging bibles across ‘‘ the just been stream around the castle of Monigomery bears the inscription, * Sacred to genius and love—to Hurns and Highland Mary.”—Willmer § Smith's Times. France, The Paris Journals during the Iast month have been almost exclusively occupied with flippant and angry disenssions on tse Barcelona affair. His Ma- jesty has constituted a privy council, composed of certain past-acting officers and functionaries, of whose privileges the feverish citizens seem no litue afraid. Tue Mauritius —This colony is in a most unsatis factory state. Every body complains. Since the emancipation of the slaves the colonists have great difficulty in obtaining laborers. Those who come from India only engage for a year, and their ex- At the end of their year most of them return to their country, aking the consequence is that the circulating medium is It is at this moment two banks at Port Lonis, one has been compelled to suapend payment ily solvent, will perhaps be obliged to do the same if the gov- ernment does not come to its aid with an advasce penses paid out and home. with themthe money they have earned, and gradually leaving the colony. exceedingly scarce. Of the in specie, and the other, although perfect of specie. Failures are. of frequent occurrence, owing to this state of things. charged for exchanging notes into cash, and if a large sum were wanting, it could not be had.— Galignani. Spain. The insurrection at Barcelona was terminated the fore part of December, by the conditional sur- render of the rebellious inhabitants to the Regent Espartero ; and consequently the blockade had been i The particulars of the bombardment, withdrawn. Wc. were received by the last arrival. By his success in this enterprize, Espartero had rendered himself much more popular with the Span- ish people, which had manifested itself on many oc- i Tt ean- not be denied that his regency forms the strongest and most conservative government that Spain has casions in a manner very flattering to him. possessed for more than half a century. It seems that the Barcelona insurrection originated in an accident of comparative trifling importance; but so accustomed have the people of that portion ot Spain become to teking up arms against the govern- ment that it needs very little to excite them A lieutenant of the rebel Cabscilla had surrender- very use- ed himself under the amnesty, and proved fulto the government in ferreting out the remnant of rebel guerillas in Catalonia. ; i The disposition of the Quicksilver Mines of Al- maden was a prominent subject with the Madrid pa- pers They were to be leased at a stipulated price to the Bank of San Fernando Portugal, The news from Portugal is not unimportant. The aspect of affairs is said to he unusually cheering.— The dispute between the Pope and the Queen has ended as might have been anticipated—his Holiness has triumphed. Algeria. The rumor that the family of Abd-el-Kadir had been taken by the French turas out to be untrue.— The Moniteur publishes a full account of the last ex- pedition of Gen, Lamoricere, by which it appears that he marched from Mascara with 2500 men. On his arrival at Mosara Hale, a ford of the Mina, five leagues below Tegdemir, he met envoys from the Krallefas, who offered to make their submission to the French. Those Arabs had accompanied Abd- el-Kadir in his flight during the months ot Septem- ber and October last, and lost all their beasts of bur then, and part of their flocks and catile. upwards of 2000 had died. personages of the tribe, Morocco and the left bank of the Mina. Egypt. The accounts from Alexandriastate that Mehemet Ali was still in Lower Egvpt, and not expected to return to Alexandria for some time. His son, Ibra- him Pacha, had arrived at Cairo. It was said that the ex-Capttan Pacha, who delivered the Ottoman fleet into the hands of Mehemet Ali, had obtained his pardon from the Sultan, but was not permitted to ‘The mortality continued ‘The Pacha intended to purchase the Great Western to convert her into a steam fri- reside at Constantinople. among the cattle. gate. Greece. Letters from Athens of the 7th instant, announce that the new minister of finance, M. Lillevergo, having become insane, the king had not yet. been All those to whom his ma- jesty had offered that department refused to accept it, and it was thought that it would ultimately de- volve on a Frenchman named Guerin, who was for- merly a commissariat clerk at Navarino. ‘* The 8 ina state of bank- ruptey ; the public functionaries have not been paid able to supply his place. treasury,’’ say these letters, for the last three months. A crisis is fast approa ing in Greece.” Turkey. The following is a let er_trom Constantinople of the 7th ult , which says—* I have this moment been informed that Sir S. Canning has despatched Mr Schulbred, the cabinet messenger, by the French steamer, with despatches to the commanders of, pur e nature of these despatches is not known; but the conclusion is, that the equadron will be sent to the Syrian coast—probably for the purpose of intercep- ships of warat Smyrna, Vourla, and Athens ting any reinforcements that the Porte may think proper to send to Beyrout or Saida, and consequent- T have not ly to assist the rebela in the mountain. [| time to enter into any observations on this unequi vocal act of hostility ; all { trnst is that we shall not have to pay too dearly for Sir Stratford’s philauthro- ” py. Russia, . A-serious misunderstanding has arisen between Russia and the Porte respecting Servia. An angry correspondence has passed between the RussianAm- bessadar and the Porte onthe subject. The final an wer of the latter hasbeen transmitted to St. Peters- burgh, and there the matter rests tor the present. Syria. ; The Levant Mail brings intelligence to the mid- dle of November. The news from Syria is alarm. ing. The Sneik Seeble Harien has escaped from the hands of the Ottomans, where he was detained ou political affairs, and gone among the Druses and Maronites. This Shiek is one of those who gave Ibrahim Pacha so much trouble. Omer Pacha is blocked up in Der-el-kamar—he has with him 4000 or 0) regular troops.. The Druses aad Maronites took possession of several convoys, in which they found much provisions, munitions of war, and other things for Omar Pacha. Fashtons for January. We take the following report of the prevailing fashions for January, from the‘ London and Paris Ladies’ Maga zine of Fashion.” Many morhing toilettes in Paris are made of drab with tight sleeves, co sage high and tight, worked in braid, or trimmed more frequently with wide binis of velvet. Promenade dresses of pekin, satin, pou/t de oie, with sleeves of moderate size, & little fulness at the armhole, and jockeys formed of rounded biais braid Six per cent is Of the 30,000 souls who left their country with the Emir, Gen Lamoriciere, atier a negotiation which lasted several days, granted to them the aman, on condition that they should sur- render hostages chosen from among the principal The subnisasion of Khral- \+fas completes that of the entire country between $0 and of feeting continued to exist without diminution until the middie of the month ot November, when information hav- Pilce Two Cents, ed by velvet braid, inds are more generully used for evening Lecerien Short slee rsal of an evening ; the; i with very little ornament ; various kins of Tied ae worn with them ; some are of velvet, black, violet or green, with shaded embroidery on the hand, and laced from the wrist tothe top, where they are finished with cord and tassels. Very rich materials are worn in dress ; at this moment, pekingof every shade with velvet stripes, pekins agate, nacre damas, with patterns of white silk shot with silver brocard Pompader, &c Elegant redingotes of black satin are embroidered in relief, and some of green velvet have been ornamented all round in imitation of guipure with braid of apaler green. Ball dresses of crape or tulle are pretty and light ornamented with buuillonnes of pink or blue gause, orof white gause with ruches of pink tull ornaments of shaded ribbon are also used as coques, for robes de bal, as well as flowers. Canails of point de Venise, application of Brussels, Mechlin ond black lace are all now in fashion, and vai ous new berthes have appeared open in front, with square Gormers end very deep; they are much worn with low dresses, partionfarly with those of velvet. The Venetian manteau of velvet, eatin or cachemire, the manteau Ar- menian of black cloth with gimp trimmings, and ie pale ith a variety of others the tot, are all now worn w mantelet style. Generally speaking, bonnets ere worn a little larger, and straight; satin bonnets have the edge finished with crape lisse or boullions of feathers, flowers, shaded velvet ribbons, the usual ornaments, and veils, 1 the bonnet than protect the Small Moorish hand- kerchiefs are worn onthe head, confined by two gold pins; they form pointsot red, black or gold, terminatin, behind and at the twe corners by Arabian tossals, coiffure Marquise will be the one most in fashion, but ma. ny others will be worn. Markets, Lonpon Money Manxer, Jan. 3.—The money price of Reduced Three per Cent Stock this morning is 95 3-3, and censols for the Opening, that is, ex-dividend, is 94 1.2.— Exchequer Billa also remain firm at 60 62 prem. Colombian Bonds have been run upon this morning, and the price has advanced to 237-8. Mexican, on the other hand, is rather flatter, and the quotation has declined to 32 1-8. Portuguese converted Bonds are still on the rise, and they are now quoted at 36 3-8 ex div. Spanish Actives have been cone at 197-6 : andthe Three per Cents at 23 1-2 ex div. There has been very little done in the Share Market, and nochange has occurred in prices requiring notice. In the Jtiscount market, which is by far the best criterion ofthe value of money, first class commercial bills are en- gely canvassed for by the brokers, and the rate was de- clined as low anit was a month a favorable intelligence from Asi the market some stimulus. The Canada ind prior to the last hich, for a time, gave loan attracted great attention The bidding was fized for Fri- The amount (£300,000) was, how- ed so small, that it was thought not un- Bank of England, or one of the large arsar- would cor ance compa with the pi he rate to be4 percent.,therefore dings will be on a hi of 34 to 3} per cent take it as an investment eq: point of security and «1 bility to any of the British stocks bearing currency inthe market. Lonvon Trape Reront, Jan. 2.—Suger—The West In- dia market is dull; barely 600 bhds have been sold, inclu- “ing 100 hhds Barbadoes, and part ef 470 hhda and bbls St Lucia, at sale, The former being all good sugars brought firmer prices, but the latter only partly sold, and that ata reduction of about Is on gray and brown descriptions. The sales of Mauritius and Bengal were postponed till to-mor- row on account of the unfavorable state of the weather, Coffee—110 casks of Berbiceand 160 bags Ceylon were sold, the former were chiefly bought in at Tee 1 to 1028, and the latter at 638 to 648 for very good ordinary. One lot of well picked Ceylon brought 67s 6d. Pepper—The speculative demand which sprung up for this article has subsided, and prices have roueded nearly totheir former standard. Out of 3000 bags good Eastern offered at sale, the damaged portion, 1200 bags, was dispos- ed of at 2}d to 2f4; the sound was taken in at Lonpow Conn Manxer, Jan. 2—We had again a very small show of Wheat to-day from Kent, ant the frosty weather experienced since Saturday having improved the the millers displayed more inclination to pur- 3a fair clearance was, consequently made, and prices must be quoted Is, to 2s. per qr. higher than on this day se’night. Livenroot Corton Manxer, Jan. 1, 1843.—The course of events, as far as regards cotton, since the publication of our last yearly circular, presents no new oF extraordi- nary feature, beyond the fact, that, with dairy and weekly transac'lons, occasionally very extensive, and at all times considerable, great apathy and discouragement have fre- quently prevailed. Such feelings seem the more unse- countable when the amount of business which has taken place is duly considered, for whilst the total sales here of 1841 were 1,275,600 bales, those of 1842 have been 1,417,300 bales, and whilst during the one period ulators only took 191,000 bales, during the other they have purchased 233,900 bales, and although it is true that not mall pro- portion of these operations has been effected since the mid> di ot November, when the previous gloo Cd long hung over mercantile affairs generally, was dissi. pated by the brilliant intelligence from the East, yet even before that date the sales of this year had already exceed- ed those of the Jast by 92,700 bales. Two causes suggest themselves to explain this otherwise anomalous positi and character of the market: first, that the quantity of cotton on hand from the commencement of the year tea at all times been sufficiently large, and secondly, that the temptation to hold stock, even where there en the ability, has been small, the state of trate i count in almost every branch ond department being such as to limit and impair confidence; added to which, in the earlier partof the year at least, the American crop was so er- roneously estimated as from its then supposed extent so far to exceed, under the most favorable circumstances,any possible increase of consumption, as to be deemed almost unmanageable. Whe: at a more advanced period of the yeartheerror that had been so industriously circulated upon the disputed subject of crop had been rectified, and the growth which had at one time been computed at 2,000,000 bales proved to be not more than 1,684,000 bales, the time had gone by for remedying the evil which previ- ously exaggerated statements had contributed so much to generate. ‘The fluctuations of the market during the year, though numerous, have not buen at any one date very import to extent. The greatest differences in American qualities have been from 4d to 44,per Ib; in Bra- ziland Egy ptian 1d to 1} per ib, and in Surat i per Ib, or a mean average of 12 percent. ‘Throughout the monthgof January, February and March, holders appeared solicitous to sell their cotton as it arrived, and though money was so abundant as to induce the Bank of England first te lower the rate of interest upon loan from five to four per cent, and finally to fix commercial discounts at the last rate, and though advices were daily coming to hand intimatir g that the crop could not possibly, ashad been before supposed, he an overwhelming one, but would, as it has proved to be, rather turn out to be limited, such was the discourege ment that a long series of disappointments had produced, that nething which might be urged could arrest the down- ward tendency of prices, or check very exaggerated ap- pri ns as to the future. ‘The political and military about the end of March were of such anature asto increase the dejection, for the reverses in Central Asia were considered to be so important as ly to involve the security of that distant empire, and whilst so many other channels were daily closing upon us, the most remote possibility of insecunty as to our In lian po ns, and the continued procrastination of the war with China, which seemed to be brought no nearer to a crisis than it had been for some time previous ly, were circumstances that tended still further to dis- pirit and alarm. In April some few signs of improvement began to be display ed, not only in this, but in other m: kets; but the change did not extend to the manufacturing interests, nor was it well consolidated even here. The month of May would in consequence have been one of unusual flatness had not the weather become so generale ly pro all the agricultural districts as to gi good promise of abundaat crops; yet trade in the int hardly improved, and June was ¢qually dull and ess with the menth that preceded it. [n the ‘inning of Joly the effects of the fine season were manifested still more fevorably, and the appearances for the harvest were so very flattering as to calm all possible fears of that de- rangement in the circulation which the import of corn and the export of gold had in preceding years originated. It hed become at this time almost indiaputable that eventa- ally the crop of cotton wom found moderat d this, together with the increased abundance of money, (the rate of interest for which was not more in the general marketthan three per cent) and the receipt of encour- ing news from India, produced acertain amoant of con~ fence; but under ell" these imy Liens | circumstances, holders hnd heen before-times so constantly disappointed, that they did not now c: n the face of an excellent demand dofly, to shew themselves er decided sellers, The rales from the 8th of July to the 26th of August were 263,400 bales, but the advance realized was not more than Ad per Ib, and this only in the middling and fair qualities of American and India cotton, other kinds participating little inthe change. Towards the close ‘of August the clonds of discord which had for some time been gathering between the masters and their workmen, at length broke out into open disturbance, and laber ceased totally in many of the manufacturing districts. This was a serious hlow to the hopes of those who had seen in the late re- vival of demand here, an amendment in trade generally and a return to prosperity. These differences and inter- ruptions to work continned throughout six weeks, and the consumption of cotton was greatly reduced, pro- ducing extreme misery, privation and want. The only slight advantage resulting from such a disordered end an- happy state was, that thy large stocks of yarns and previously accumulated, and which were a great burthen: Upon the capital of spinners and manufacturere, were run off advantageously to these parties. When at length an arcangement took place between the employers and the employed, and, after long suffering, the latter consented to retarn to work, it so happen- ed that not only the stecks of cotton in this port had considerably increased, by reason of the check toconsumption, but the season of the year had so far ad- vanced as to make all persons cautious and distrustful in respect of the future, aod notwithstanding a large fire which subsequently broke out and destroyed 43,000 bales (or aimost as much cotton as the stocks nad become in excess in consequence of the turn out) the belief that the coming crop of 1542-43 was to be large, and that the com- ‘eof the country must be generally and permanently unsettled by the rene. adverse tariffs which foreign coun- tries, and the United States in particular, had enacted,was owerful as again to infuse adegree of lukewarmness Picnr into almost every division of trade. This state =