The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1845, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. Vol, No, 324—Whole No, 3086 XI, No. Priee Two Cents: NEW YORK, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1845. . Paxsivent’s Mgssacg. arrived here on the and such was ihe anxiety it was instantly transmit- ted by us to London by a special engine, where it aired in six hoa irom its leavil Liverpool. : Message has been unsparingly analysed. Dur- ing his high and palmy state, Mr. Tyler was nota favorite with the British press or public, who looked upon him as the “accident of an But now that he is tumbling from his high estate, “‘unwept, unhonored, and unsung.” his movements are viewed with a degree of anger amounting al- most to phrenzy. But the attacks of the metropo- litan press are not confined to the message alone— Enauisu Or: —The Presid fs eneoney evening of Sunday last, to know its contents th: ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM SHIP CAMBRIA. AT BOSTON. FROM EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. Arrival of tho Overland Mail from India, . Pusryism iw Great Brrrain.—The diesensions Theatricals in the Anglican Church continue. Between theo! i : i i gay tnd politics, the writers for the daily press baat aieate Company of som fe Penta . a8 een he i i A j 2 ie onctrs cl region were beyond the | te Trench pee tad te Picted people Be} province of newspaper criticism. W i fived that era. Pastoral letters ati hal aire, topeared — hi pacheirareg Mey rorrora analysed, as fiercely assailed, as Royal speeches or e Parliamentary debates. There is no affair too minute, no interest too great for the “fourth estate.” It prys into everything, and an int Biskop or wayward Parson are daily sub to its tomahawk. The Bishop of Exeter has received a thorough scalping of late. ‘But the Bishop is the popul The Limerick Chronicle thus de- scribes it—‘Such disgraceful conduct as took Base was never witnessed in a civilized country. he yelling of the mob was terrific ; and the ten- antry who assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to their landlord were assaulted, and their scarfs torn to atoms. The relatives of the de- ceased, in their carriages, received similar treat- ment, having been pelted with stones, anc pelled to take refuge in the houses adjoining the cathedral. Lord Monteagle and Sir Aubrey De Vere were among those who were so treated. Lord Monteagle is son-in-law of the late Earl—Sir Aubrey De Vere, nephew. conservatorial Parileees of foreigners in Portugal, having especial reference to the 3 sieges hitherto enjoyed by English residents. By the last treaty it wi these privileges should be sus- pended soflong as the constitutional system ex- isted, and Englishmen in Portugal enjoyed the same protection as Po uese in England from trial by jury and other legal institutions. The abo- lition of a law thusin abeyance seems to i that it will not be long so; which must mean t Portugal is not te retain its “ constitution.” Italy. a _ A letter from Turin says that considerable sensa- other plays. Miss Cushman is expected to ar at Covent Garden on the 6th of Janua: is lady, with a party of friends, arrived in Paris onthe morning of the 20th of December, and alighted at the Hotel Meurice. We learn that she has been very ill carta her stay in that city, but is now able to leave her hotel. Highly Important Commereial Intelligence, Advance in the Price of Cotton. Increase of the Religious Excitement in Eng- land and Ireland, &e. &c. &e. ‘ The Cambria, the famous new steam ship, Capt. Judkins, arrived at Boston at 8 o’clock yesterdey morning, just ag the cars were leaving for New York. She was nearly twenty days in crossing the ocean. She met with horrible weather. Her decks were swept of three boats. She brings ninety passengers. The superior enterprize of Adams & Co. enabled them to reach the train in time to bring the news to this city last evening. A They brought Wilmer & Smith’s European Times of the 4th inst., from which we make copious ex. tracts. We give the markets in full. Cotton has goue up an eighth of a penny a pound since the departure of the Oxford. This news of a rise in the price of cotton is very important to the commercial interests of this coun- try. 5 There is no political intelligence of consequence. The King of France has opened the Chambers with a speech. Spain continues in a dreadful condition. Zurbano had not been captured. There was a plethora in the London Money Market. Interest, 2 a 24 per cent. American provisions were dull of sale ; owing, it was said, to small stocks. Nothing, worth a button, from India or China. ‘The steamer Hibernia will leave Liverpool, Feb- ruary 4th, for Halifax and Boston. We are glad to find, from letters received from Trebizond, of the 16th November, that Dr. Woolf has arrived in safety at Teheran, on his way to Tabreez and Erzeroum, on his return to England. Letters from Vienna state, that the late reduc- tion of duty on coffee in the Austrian States has been so beneficial to the treasury by the increase of the consumption, that a further reduction is contemplated. It is confidently stated that the King of Prussia a4 determined definitely to give a constitution to 7 jom. A Scotch clergyman, the Rev. Weir Tulloch who hes been committin; Soreey at Perth, has fied to the United States. le sailed from Liverpool, and his pursuers took a steamer from this port, u nkiag they migtit be able to overtake the packet in which he sailed. . Failing in this, a me: er to arrest him goesout by the Cambria. The French ra complain that the Curieuse, a French vessel, has been seized at the Garal and condemned as a slaver, on insufficient ground: The Constitutionnel says the marriage of Queen Isabella If. with the Count of Trapani is finally deterthined o: The Rothschilds have granted a loan of 25,000 ae arailroad between Berlin and Konige- Tg. ‘ The commissioners of the income tax seem de- termined that the celebrated Tom Thumb shall not escape his contribution to that impost. They esti- mate his receipts at £25,000. It is contemplated by the government to send out an kpedition to the Arctic Regions, with the view of discovering the or a North-West pas- sage between the Atlantic and Pacific. _ Suicides being so numerous in irae tote pr to imprisonment for debt, the government have it in contemplation to abolish that mode of satisfying the creditor. _ The Chancellor of the Exchequer, it is rumored, is about to areduction in the Three per nts. on the opening of Parliament. A erbegs 3 was heldin London Gigi dda at Exeter Hall, Lord John Ruseell in the chair, for entering into subscriptions, and devising means to Telieve father Mathew from his embarrassments.— About 2,000 persons were present, Mr. Evenerr.—Mr. Everet:, the present Minis- ter of the United States to our Court, is expected to leave this country early in the spring for Wash. ington. Mr. Rives, the present Secretary of Tega tion, will be accredited as Charge d?Aftaires, if 1] successor of the hon. gentleman should not arrive before his departure for America. The new Royal Exchange is now thrown ope: for the dispatch of business, the underwriters ha’ ing removed there from the old inconvenient quar- ters at the South Sea House. There has been an enormou: port of salt daring the present The quantity exported during this year, at ull, and Gloucester, it 1s said, will amount to about six hundred thousand tons! The consumption of salt in London is estimated at five hundred tons weekly. The Medical Gazette contains a leng article from the pens of Dr. Hastings and Mr. R. Storks, sur- geons,deecriptive of a remarkable operation for the cure of consumption, by the perforation of the ca- vity of the lung through the walls of the chest.— The cure is described as being complete. ‘We announced, some time ago, that the Bank of England had determined to call in all the £1,000 notes, for the pu: of cancelling those stolen from the banking-house of Rogers & Co. The ex- ment, it is understood, has been successful.— e £1,000 notes are principally held by the bank- ers—rarely by private individuals. Comrtiment To Capt. Bursizy.—Capt. Bursley, the commander of the Hottinguer, so well known in the New York trade as an able seaman, and an indefatigable caterer for the comfort and accommodation of those under hia charge, received the present of a splendid dressing-case from his ca- bin passengers on his last trip to this port, accom- panied by a beautiful and feeling letter, exp: ive ot the respect and esteem iu which the subscribers hold him. The reply of Captain Bursley is pithy and feeling. One passage will convey its spirit :— “The long passage—long nights—head winde— and cold wal on deck, will soon be forgotten ; while I shall long retain the memory of such kin: pamenesft and such a happy termination of our ve ys Liverrooy, Registry or Sarrring.—The Ci mittee of this Society have found it re thea a ter an experiment of three years, to revise the ta- blea for the cle on of the various kinds of wood used in the construction of new ships, with a view to introduce a national standard of a higher order for the improvement of the British mercantile ‘1 In the register book, each ship-builder will be inserted. The amended rules will not be retrospective, or affect the character of ships now building. The introduction of American swamp elm, ash, or hemlock, will preclude anyship from an A class. Conviction or Burexss.—On the 19th ult., Wm. Burgess, whose case has been so often before the public recently, was tried at the Central Criminal Court, for feloniously uttering a forged warrant of attorney for the transfer o' $s. 5d. Bank Stock, standing in the name of Wm. Oxenford, with intent to defraud him of the same. {n other counts the intent was laid to be to defraud the Go. vernor and Company of the Bank of pagieed d algo to ae gee directors ot Ls 4 il surance inpany. ie soner, W! fed to suffer both mentally and bodily, wee ordered to be accommodated with a chair on aecount of his lameness and debility, He sat during the principal Phen of the proceedings with his head bu ids, and resting on the front of the dock. communicated in wri i solicitor, and often shed icted and increase in the ex- wi undance of for life. they extend to the whole of the correspondence laid before Congress in counection with the an- nexation question. Hitherto, we have made se- lections from ‘the leading London journals on the subject of the message, but this year Ithe task is superfluous. There is uo diversity of opinion, —all start from the same note, . Tyler condemned— Mr. Calhoun is condemned— Mr. Shannon is condemned, and the Mexican Minister alone is eul for his spirit and independence. Few documents have provoked greater anger than Mr. Calhoun’s letter to Mr. King, at Paris. It is to be regretted, for the sake of both countries, that document has seen the light. Its publication cannot do , and must inevitably do harm. In England, the Government manage these things better; they will never consent to publish what will compromise other parties English statesmen have been frequently AT aa at the publication of do- cuments in the United States which has subjected them to unpleagant interrogatories in the House of Commons. Mr. Calhoun’s letter wil not irritate the Minister, but the whole British people. It im- pugne their honesty and sincerity in a cause—the abolition of slavery—upon which, if upon any sub- ject, the rig mind is not merely unanimous, but fixed and unalterably made up. The annexation of Texas was a question but little cared for in this country until the ‘fuss made about it in these official documents has exclusively directed atten- tion to it. Until the meeting of Parliament next month, the discussion in the papers will relate al- most entirely to Texas and Galhoun.— Wilmer’s Times, TrapE wirn Cuna.—The speech of the Mayor of Manchester, at the dinner given to Sir Henry Pottinger *in that town, shows that the exports of the number of pieces of cotton, shipped to China pe any iis last twelve months, pela ee increased about recent. in quantity; that is to say, to 2,250,795 aces for the year ending the ‘30th ct'No- vember, , against 1,148,381 pieces for the year ending the 30th of November, 1843, giving an in- crease in the value, since the tariff, arranged under the ieee of Nankin, became known, of £595,978. Mr. Basley, jun., observed that whilst the Chinese received, under the Pottinger treaty, the staple commodity that we supplied them with from this country, at a verymoderate rate of duty, we taxed the commodity with which they supplied us to an immoderate extent. The merchantsand manufac- turers of Manchester, in their address, presemted to Sir Henry Pottinger; before the banquet, expressed a hope that the liberal tariff of duties obtained from the Chinese government, from which the trade of that district had already obtained such signal ad- vantages, would be fully developed by the adoption of corresponding principles by her Majesty’sgovern- ment, and the same sentiment is embodied in the address from the working men of Manchester, which received 10,488 signatures in the short space of fourteen hours. The speakers at the Manches- ter meeting do not confine themselves to a claim for reducing the crown duty levied upon tea in Bri- tish porta, but exprees a wish for a revision of the whole of our fiscal regulations. Hon. Cares Cusuine anv Siz Henry Porrinesr. —We alluded in our last to the enviable position in which Sir Henry Pottinger stood in being {éted and d by allparties. The complimentary dinners at Liverpool and Manchester, which have been given tothe distinguished diplomatist, fully bear out the remarks we then m Both those gatherings, which represented a body of the most spirited, intelligent, and wealthy merchants and manufacturers in the world, spoke the voice of the commercial community in reference to the great achievement with which Sir Henry’s name 18 asso- ciated—the Chinese treaty. There might be some- thing sinister in their praise of the man who has filled the 8 of his entertainers, by opening the widest field ever yet known to British enterprise ; but every one felt that the éncomiums, irrespec- tive of the. motives that prompted them, were merited. The exports to China during the first year of the treaty, show an increase ef a hun- dred per cent over those of the year preceding. This, as a beginning, is promising. Most of the speakers luxuriated in the brightness of the pros- pects which the treaty holds out, and calculations were made, showing the impossibility of ‘‘ over production” for a market where customers are numbered by hundreds of millions. But the Chi- Nese are. a peculiar ple, and their prawlices must be respected. Upon this point Sir Henry dwelt emphatically, and his advice is entitled to observance. There are some excellently-disposed people who would stretch a point to make Ce lestials as fond of Christianity as of cotton—to make the operations of the Bible and the shuttle go hand in hand. Nothing could possibly be more perilous in our present position with so sensitive a people. Commerce has always proved the harbin- ger of civilization ; and, in the natural course of events, the idolatry of the Chinese willgive way to the purer light of the Gospel. But to cram religion down their throats in the incipient stage of our tercourse would defeat its own object Li hae ing, instead of advancing, the good wor! ‘anaticism is rarely influenced by ju igment ; and an honest enthusiast, carried away by impracticable theories, hardly less dangerous to society th confirmed lunatic. Indeed, he is often worse ; for the field of his ambition being ler, his power of doing mis- chief is Bropeetionably increased. The personal appearance of Sir H. Pottinger indicates a superior man. Tall, well-formed, with a handsome and ex- pressive face,clear dark eyes,an expansive forehead, and a head, which, although it has seen some sixty winters, is as yet utterly unsnowed—the spectator sets him down in his ownmind, even before he ut- ters a syllable, as one of “‘nature’s nobility.” A dark moustache, which he wears on his upper lip, and an olive complexion, give hima somewhat ori- ental appearance. He speaks with ease and even elegance, but with an utter absence of wishing to luce oratorical effect. His neat and straight- forward manner of making known his sentiments, contrasted, not unfavorably, at the Liverpool din- ner, with the more pointed and declamatory style of the Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley. Sir Hen- ty wil) wear the coronet, which is said to be in store for him, with dignity and grace. Few men have better deserved the honor. But his career of public feasting is not yet over. His countrymen, in Belfast, have determined upon giving him a pub- he dinner, and the merchants of Glasgow, who ap- ciate his services to commerce, have in store for him a similar compliment, in the spring. Repeat or THe Duty on Corron.—The cotton inners, merchants, and manufacturers of Man- chester had another meeting last week, the Mayor ia the chair, to (Nagi the repeal of the duty on cotton wool. The requisition to call the meetin; wassigned by 130 firms, and man u ey leading men oi Manchester were present. The Mayor presided.— In moving the first resolution, declaring the expe- diency of abolishing the tax, Robert Hyde Greg duced several reasons in support of the measure, dwelt particularly on the increasing competi- tion which the English manufacturers encounter from the Americans, who have not to pay the duty; the total amount of cotton manufdc rt from the United States in 1828, wes 1,763 package in 1834, it was valued at 2,085,000 dollars; in 1842, 4,500,000 dollars ; and in the circular of Messrs. Jones, Gibson, and Ord, the value for 1848 was es- timated at six or seven million of dollars. The meeting adopted the resolution Unanimousiy, as well as a memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, praying for the repeal of the duty ; and a deputation ‘was appointed to present and support the memorial. Exgcutions yor Murper.—At Norfolk, William Howell, aged 25, Walter Howell, aged a, and Ie rael Shipley, aged 38, were charged with murder- ing James Mer dden, police constable. At the . uni izes, Mary Sheming, aged ale infant child by poison.— Mary Gallop, who re- father at Crewe, by mixing ar- = Roo) in order that by ge! yey - Marry a young man to whom she was attached, was execuledin front of the Chester City jail. Evans and Stew, convicted of the mur- der of two fei ie of them the landlady, the the other the eweatheart of one of the culprite—are to be executed at Kirkdale, onthe 4th instant. Stafford, two youths, sentenoed to death fe named Cooper, who hi gamekeeper, in the employ of Sir Audley. William Potter, for set og pause, and William Kendrew, of William Inchbald, were exec: Saturday last. The Liverpool docks, owing to the long preva. lence of casterl winds, are more bare ots shipping than they have been for several years. penie with net the murder at York on See, and never knows when he is‘beaten. He ips his pen in gall, and never inflicts a wound without striving to leave Gangrene behind. Few men are deeper smitten with the loquendi et scribend:. He wage his tongue as fiercely as he wields his pen. We stated in our last that he insisted upon his clergy wearing the surplice during the sermon. This pastoral injunction pro- voked rebellion amongst nearly the whole ot the laity, and a considerable portion of the cler y, of is diocese, and such a storm of opposition ‘ad it meet with, that the Fishop cowed under its fury, and rescinded the order. But he has done so with such a bad grace—he has made the rescinding a vehicle for such savage attacks upon those who resisted—adopted such a guerilla mode of warfare against the dissentients—that his retraction has lost the grace of concession, and converted the act into a@ triumph over himself. Rumors prevail that the Premier found it nece: to interfere, and that he threatened the rampant divine with the Queen’s interference as the head of the Church, in the event of his obstinacy being continued.— More aproeae events have occurred; tor the Bishop o 4 é opinions or his prejudices, except on ‘‘ compulsion.” pposed to the see of Exoler ip that of Worcester, whose Bishop, in a pastoral letter to his clergy, has recommenced a course of discipline, as re- spects forms and observances, the antipodes of Harry of the West.” The hebdomadal board of Oxford have determined to strip, at the convo tion in February, Mr. Ward ot his gown, on ac- count of the doctrines put forth in his ‘Ideal of a Christian Church.” Mr. Ward intends to defend himself, and, as they say of culprits, to ‘‘die hard.” The same board has also gamed a resolution, get- ting forth the necessity of the clergymen of the es- tablished church subseribing to the thirty-nine arti- cles in their plain, common-sense acceptation. 'his has given offence to Dr. Pusey, who, in a pub- lished letter, has intimated that if the declaration is made xetrospective, he will resign his seat in the University. A convocation of the Bishops to settle the disputed points is talked of one day, and con- tradicted the next. Tne church is sorely smitten, and her throes afford inward satisfaction to all without her pale. A meeting of the nobility was we are told, to impress upon the recently hel Archbishop of and putting an end to these unseemly differences. Puseyism has taken deeper root in the Establish- ment than could have been anticipated—and man of the foremost in that movement comman respect by the purity of their lives and the superi- rity of their talents. But their innovations find no sympathy out of doors. They have no party in the country to back them. Oppo- sed to popular feelings and prejudices, their retention of the ministry preduces nothing but heart-burnings. Unless some decided movement is taken, these intestine commotions will shake the church to its basis. If the Tractarian party are few in number, they are powerful in ale iplit into two divisions, as opposite as the poles, the rivaldis- putants will exhibit the singular anomaly of con- tending for their orthodoxy, without having a court of appeal to decide his differences. In such a struggle, discipline will be forgotten, and the fate of the Kilkenny cats is typical of the result. But there must be prompt and decided interference. But dissension is not confined to the Anglican Church. It has at length reached the Church ot Rome—that braach of it at least which is located in Ireland. The dispute does not refer to matters of faith or discipline, but to the merits and draw- backs of the Charitable Bequests Act, which was passed in the last session of Parliament, in order to relieve the Roman Catholic hierarchy in, that country from certain disabilities under which they had labored with respect to the auoropriation of bequests. for religious and charitable purposes.— When sects are persecuted and ‘unpopular, they band together for mutual protection and resistance. The unity which has so long existed amongst the Irish Catholics, was the result of the penal laws to which they were subjected, That unity has cupeted to the present time, when the apple of diseord, thrown from the Castle of Dublin, under the di- rection of the Lord Lieutenant and the Executive Government, has caused terrible d Mr. O’Connell and the Archbishop of Dr. Murray, e at loggerheads. The clergy the laity are rided in opinion on this verata: x and the copirarersy, has assumed an angry hoa- tile appearance. The Archbishop, in a pastoral let- ter, has justified himself and the other twe Catholic prelates who have agreed to act as commissioners under the bill, by showing the concessions which the Government in the new measure has made to the Catholic Church in Ireland—concessions which they sought in vain to obtain when the whigs were in power. Dr. Murray makes out a strong case.— It is clear that the act puts the Catholie ona better ey Metal fore—better, indeed, than the Protestant Church of England enjoys in the matter of bequests. For the first time, since the pou iis Sites of tte eetbelie Bis god | via ishops are acknowledged in legal form, and they take 0 Earl who ig named in the commission. This is a measure which a Minister less powerful than Sir Robert Peel would not have dared to propose. As it 1s, the acknow! of the titles of the Roman Catholic prelates has pro- voked hostility amongst a section of his ultra sup- porters in bothcountries. This feelings likely to be increased by arrangements which are said to be in progress for opening a direct communi ion between the British Government and the Papal See. The Government here has long had to con- tend against the open and avowed hostility of the Trish clergy. To pension them is out of the ques- tion ; the offer has been made and repudiated. If the Cabinet can influence the Roman Pontiff to prevent his clergy from dabbling im the troubled waters of politics, the Government will have ac- complished much. This, doubt ts the end and aim of the pending negociations. repeal flame has been kept alive in the sister country more through the influence of the priesthood than from any other cause. But the clergy will be jealous of any undue influence on this , and may proba- bly resent it. The breach between O’Connell and the prelates who have accepted under the Bequest Act is already as wide as a church door. It 1s easy to imagine that, under circumstances which are likely to arise, with the great majority of the secular clergy and all the hierarchy, save three or four, on the popular side, the breach may be widened so asto neutralize ’s authority, and defeut the intentionsof the it. Itas a ticklish affair, and may lead to impertant conse- quences. But ministers seem determined to pro- Pitiate, as far as they can, the ch and peo- ple. ‘The grant to Mayn | is to be increased, Tumor says; and two universities are to be endow- ed at the public expense, where religious tests will be dispensed with—go that all classes, irrespective of creeds, may partake of the advantages therein. Gory AnD SHamg or EnGuanp.—The papers teem with royal and aristoeratic bounties distributed amongst the poor in their several localities. This distribution of the ne of life, at the pre- seat inclement seasoi ami ad considerate. Bat it marks the destitution which exists. Unfor- tunately, such charity is generally reserved for what is called ‘ Christmas{ ties,” the donors forgetting that destitution is not limited to Chrit mas, but exists, if not the whole year round, at at least more or less during the winter months.— The same journals, which announce with ostenta- tion, these gratuities of the contain, almost lute want of iment. To id belongs the at, once the richest and the poorest country 1m the world. Poverty will always —has always existed; but our system i8 80 complex, our population is so redundant, that myriads are constantly hovering, as regards the mere animal wants of nature, between life and death. In every large town, thi of half- starved creatures, after devouring one meal, know not where to look for the next. Every year adds tothe number of persons so wretchedly' htened. Many owe it, doubtless, to their own improvidence —to their drunkenness, their folly, or their extrava- gance. It would be cruel to charge all the misery which floats im society upon the ent.— Nevertheless, much might be done misery which stalks rampant thro ih There isnot, in mature, a more pitiab! at than or and industrious man, wi to earn his bread by the honest exercise ot his labor, and unable to find the means. Suggestions insurable have been thrown out for fomedyi a state 80 disgraceful to a highly civilized and coun- try. But this is not the time nor the cussing them. The ecleemosyn i vate benevolence extends to public desti necessarily limited and inadequate. daily, cases of ation, food, shelter, or opprobrium of bein, Exeter is not the man to sacrifice his | h, Canterbury the necessity of stirring, The American equestrian company, of which Mr. Sands is the manager, are about to appear for a short season at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool. They have long been favorites in this town, and the respectability of the pertermers contrasts favo- rably with that of others in the same branch of the theatrical profession. Professor Risley, the popular and distinguished American, has been receniy playing in Berlin.— His success is unbounded, and the theatre is night- ly crowded to witness his and his sons’ perform- ances. The professor is an especial favorite with the Prussian nobility, by whom he is feted and ca- ressed nightly at the close of his representations. The Berlin journals are full o! praises. _ Henry Russell, who has created a marked sensa- tion in England, is to appear before the Queen and Court at Windsor, on the 2st instant, by special command of her majesty. This isa compliment, it is needless to add, which is never paid but to the highest order of talent, and in the case of Mr Rus- sell, it is not less deserved from his standing in his native country, than from the favorable impression ie has made at the concerts of the nobility in Lon- don, and at the various concerts throughout the country. His musical works have been published in London, including “the Maniac,” and so forth. A successful attempt was made at Drury Lane, on Friday night, to check the practice of recognis- ing the Queen when she visits the theatre private- ly. The audience called gon the orchestra for “Ged save the Queen,” but Mr. Bunn, the mana- er, interposed, andthe audience had the good seize not to insist upon the useless compliment. Oxrrvary.—Capt. C. Richards, R. N., died on the 3rd ult., aged 47. On the 28th ult., at Liverpool, aged 88, W. Faw- cett, Esq., the celebrated engineer. We have to record the death of Mr. S. Heine, the celebrated banker, of Hamburgh, aged v0 At Dalgetty, on the 18th ult., Lady Henderson poe wite of Admiral Sir P. Durham, aged ears. mn the 2ist ult., at Greenwich ig Hee Capt. ‘Thos. Huskisson, brother to the late ight Hon. Huskisson. Lady Anne Culling Smith, sister of the Duke of Wellington, expired at Hampton Court Palace, on the 16th ult. -The celebrated hero of our India armies, Gen. Sir Wm. Nott, G. C. B. odio at Carmathen, on the lst inst ; he was in his 65th year. Rear-Admiral Boger, an officer who has seen much service, and had been in the navy upwards of fitty years, died last week, near Plymouth, in his 69th year. i Mr. Corbould, the artist, who was about to be united to Lady Chantrey, was riding, on the 22nd ult., in the neighborhood of Silverhill, near Ro- bertsbridge, when he was struck with apoplexy, and immediately expired. An hour before he ap- peared in the best health and spirits. Rau.way Prosgcrs.—The plans for the 220 rail- ways having been all sent in for the examination of the Board of Trade, the numerous parties inte- rested in these undertakings are of course beco- ming anxiousas te the fate of the various schemes. Asyet it is not known whether the Board of Trade will reserve the expres-ion of their opinion for the opening of Parhament. reat would be the weight of the Board of Trade influencing Parha- ment, that if their approvals are obtained the pro- Jectors do not seem to anticipate any fatal obsta- cle on the part of the Legislature, notwithstanding the ordeal of committee. Scotland. It is in contemplation to celebrate the centenary of the rebellion of 1745, next August, inthe West Highlands. The meetings in Scotland to petition and protest against any change in the currency continue. It is said that Lord Jeffrey has subscribed £1000 to the College of the Free Church, of which he is not a member. Last weak the Helen Scott arrived in the Nith, frem Montreal, laden with Canadian wheat, flour, barley, oatmeal and Taceriipre: first importation of the kind into Scotland. James Cockburn, a hind, who was shot at Dunse, Scotland, on the 23d November, by a jealous rival, has sufficiently recovered to marry his mistress. The Scotch talk about erecting monuments to the memory of Wallace and Bruce, put they are not yet agreed as to the form or the site. Ireland. The Dublin Gazette, the official organ of the government, on the 18th of December, published the following announcement :— _ _Dusuin Caste, Dec. 18, 1844. The Queen in Council has been pleased, by w rant under the sign-manual, bearing date at her Majesty’s Court of St. Jamee’s, the 4th day of December, 1844, to appoint the following persons to be Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests of Ireland, agreeably to the provision of the act ‘7th and 8th of er Majesty, cap. 7, vizs— _ This list contains the namesof five Roman Catho- lics, four members of the ished Church, and one Presbyterian. In addition to the ten Commis- sioners, there are three ex-oficio Commissioners named in the act, who are members of the Church of England. Thus, Archbishop Murray takes rank before the Earl of Donoughmore, the Right Rev. Bishep Denvir before the Very Rev. Dean of St. Patrick’s. O’Connell who has all along opposed this Chan- table Bequests Act, at a meeting in Dub! bh took place after the official notice in the Gazette, expressed his bitter regret at three of the Catholic Prelates having accepted the office of Commission- ers. He regretted exceedingly that those venera- ted Prelates had decided upon accepting of such an office ; for by so doing they had divided the coun- try into a defeated and a victorious party. (Cries one No!”) Yes, they were a deteated party ; for already had the Mail and other Orange journals ung out their Jo triwmphe!' * * * * Yes, it was a triumph over the Bishops who dissented from the measure, over the fourteen who protested it, over the 1200 priests who protested against it, and over the almost unanimous feeling against it ot the people of Ireland 1t was a me- lancholy thing for one part of the Catholic body to triumph over another. * * Letthemnotcon- ceal it; it was a triumph, and the victory belong- ed to their common enemy. He also complained that the Roman Catholic’Prelates did not get their full and diocesan titles in the Gazette. 5 Dr. Murray concludes with a general exhortation to an unprejudiced and dispassionate view of the subject. Ta a script, he adds the copy of a resolution adopted at a general meeting of the Roman Catho- lic Prelates, on the 16th November la: f “ That, as the Prelates have taken different viey of the New Charitable Bequests Act, it is the opi ion of this meeting that every Prelate be left at tect liberty to act according to the dictates of ‘is own conscience respecting the measure.” Several law changes are expected to take place in Ireland, owing to the continued illness of Chief- Justice Pennetather. : Cork, afew days back, was visited by @ severe storm, which, besides doing considerable damage to the shipping, the Ellen, from Ichaboe, with no. me of the crew, a Norwegian, was owned. . . Hordes of money were forthcoming for the Irish railways. The whole capital of 000 required for the thern Railway, from Dublin to Cork, were subscribed in three days, and subscribed en- tirely in Jreland. . ‘The linen trade of Belfast, as regards prices, w: never knowa to be lower; but the weavers we! . Mr. O’Connell unexpectedly lett Me to pass the Christmas with his family at Derrynane Abbey. He is to return on the 6th of January. The weekly meeting of the Repeal Association on the 16th ultimo Ronee little interest. The rent had fallen to £180, and Mr. O’Connell moved that from the first of January the repealers through- out Ireland be called on to send in weekly contri- butions. Another attack upon the leading whig perers, and a complimentary resolution to Thomas teele, for his exertions in putting down Riband- ism in the counties of Cavan and Leitrim, consti- tuted the proceedings of the day. a The meeting of the Repeal Association on the 28d presented no stri feature. In the absence of Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Smith O’Brien was the presiding genius. ‘The rent amounted to £179. The funeral of the Earl of Limeriek, which took place on Monday week at Limerick, was marked by most disgusting behavior on the part of es and murders continue to dis- The black cata- logue of crime in that country is mainly swelled by the competition which exists amongst the paupers asants, for the possession or retention of a bit of and, on which to grow a few potatoes for the sus- tenance of life. The cupidity of the middleman— for the lord of the soil rarely troubles himself about anything so trumpery as the human cattle on his estate—prompts him to exact terms which the pea- nt cannot fulfil. Distrains.and ejection follow— in their train comes revenge and murder. This is one of the primary causes of the assassina- tions and outrages of which we read. Essentially an agricultural country, there is not, as a whole, a more poorly clad and wretchedly fed people than the Irish in existence. Their wants compel them to export to England the food which ought to sup- port themselves. Absenteeism—the want of capi- tal—small, wretched’ tarms—r-ligious dissensions poli I agitation—the grinding tyranny of. the landlord’s factotum—these are at the root of Ire- land’s ries. The anomaly is, that, covered like a pall by the eee misery, which bids him hope no more, and bars out all prospects of amelio- ration, the peasants of this otherwise beautiful land should present, in the exuberance of his ani- mal spirits, in the warmth of his feelings, in the generosity of his nature—traits of character which would ennoble the most progperous and happy na- tion in the world. The ways of Providence are impartial. It would seem that when life appears the most repulsive—when its path is strewed with thorns and briers, which to those in a happier state would render it insupportable,Providence manifests His goodness in dispensing to the peasant the bles- ings cf a physical temperament so unctious, that riches cannot purchase it, nor luxuries create, nor any amount of enjoyment call into being. But a better day dawns upon Ireland. The introduction of railroads will render labor more valuable. Ca- pital, in its diffusion through the country, by their instrumentality, will irrigate districts, and shed the rays of contentment over homesteads that have long been strangers to the comforts@t a well spread tables, France. . There had been a family Vener at the Tuile- ries—the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duc d’Aumale, and his young bride, and the Prince de Joinville. On the 26th of December the King of the French opened the Chambers. The royal procession was enveloped in a mist, and so far were the people kept from it by the military, that neither his Ma- jesty nor any of the royal family excited any en- thusiasm on the partof the people. The King de- livered the following speech :— * Atthe close of the sion, complications, which might have become grave, the objects of my solici- fe The necessity of securing our possess: armies of land and sea, worthily commanded, attained with glory, and in a short time, the ebject marked ont to their valor. Peace Praag oni followed victory, and Al- giers, where three of my sons had this year the honor to serve their country, has recorded a double pledge of secu- rity , for we have proved at once our power and our mode- ration. My government was engaged with that of the Queen of Great Britain in discussions which might have given reasons to feer that the relations of thetwo States might have been affected; a mutual spirit ot acod will and eq! ty has maintained between France and England this hap- py accord, which guarantees the peace of the world. “During the visit which I paid the Queen of Great Bri- tain to testify to her the price that I attach to the amity which unites ue, and to that rec’ friendship of which she ‘en me so many marks, 1 have been sur- rounded by manifestations the most tory for France and myself. Ihave gathered inthe sentiments that have been expressed to me additional guarantees for the long duration of that generous peace, which assures to our country abroad a i end strong position, and at home an eternally increasing prosperity, with the enjoyment of her constitutional liberties. “My relations with all foreign powers continue to be friendly and amicable. “You are, Messieurs, yourselves witnesses of the prus- pero’ ite of France. You see manifested upon all parts of our territory ourmnational activity, protected by wise laws, and reaping in the bosom of order the fruits of its labors. The riseot public credit and the equilibrium established between our annual receipts and expendi- tures attest the happy influence of this situation upon the general affairs of the state for the well being of all. “ Financial will be immediately presented to you. Projects of la for the amelioration of our roads, of our ports, and of our internal navigation, for the completion of our railwa: nd for different objects of general utili- ty, will be equally submitted to your deliberations “In the midst of the general presperey. ofthe country, Heaven has blessed my family. It has increased the num- ber of my children, and the marriage of one of my well- beloved sons, the Duc d’Aumale, with a princess, who was already related to us by so many ties, has been for me and mine a lively satisfaction. ‘‘ Messieurs, Providence has imposed upon me many labors and painful trials. I have accepted the burden. 1 have devoted myself, I have devoted my family to the ser- vice of my country. To lay a lasting foundation of union and happiness,bas for fourteen years he object of our constant efforts. I feel confident that with your loyal aid ‘ou will enable me to attain it‘ and that the gratitude of rance, free and happy, will be the reward of our mu- tual devotedness, and be, too, the honor of my reign.” Cries of ** Vive le Roi!” interrupted some of the passages of the foregoing speech, and were renew- ed at the close. The object of the King of the Belgians’ visit to Paris is to renew, it is said, negotiations tor a com- mercial treaty between France and Belgium. If the National is to be credited, Marshal Bu- geaud does not think his title of ‘* Duke of Isly” worth the fees demanded by the office of the Great Seal, and has refused to pay them. A letter from Admiral Dupetit Thouars, written at Rio de Janeiro, has been received at Paris, lative to his disavowal of the sovereignty of Ta: hiti. He declares that he will not receive the sword of state for which young France had sub- scribed, as it involved a slur upon the act of the go- vernment. teh In Paris, courts Of arbitration are about to be established, to which all commercial differences, that do not involve legal points, are to be referred, with the least possible expense to the litigants. _ The wolves in France, owing to the intensity of the cold, are beginning to show themselves in large numbers in the neighborhood of some of the large towns. _ “ wo English contractors, Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey, have contracted tor the execution of the Orleans and Bordeaux railway, for sixty-one millions of francs. Spain. The cold has been dreadfully severe at Madrid. On the night of the 8th, a sentinel was found dead on his beat at the Punta del Diamante, an advan- ced post near the palace, and exposed to the keen blasts of the Guadarrama mountains. Zurbano is still missing, although every eflort has been made to discover his hiding place. The lives of Gen. Ringifo, Capt. Garcia, and S. Avila, have been spared. On the night of the 9th ult., owin, to a few musket shots having been fired in Madri 4 the whole garrison turned out under arms. A mis understanding had taken place between Mr. Bul- wer, the British Ambassador, and Mr. Cochrane, an itinerant musician, who had travelled through England with a guitar, soliciting money; the mo- ney he handed over for the benefit of some Spani refugees. Cochrane, it seems, wanted a deco tion of honor from the government for his servic Martinez de la Rosa would have granted him cross of honor, but was reluctant to do so without the approbation of the British Minister. The latter saw nothing in the conduct of Cochrane to merit such a distinction, and Cochrane declared he would have challenged Mr. Bulwer if his diploma- tic character had not protected him. The affe seems to have excited much stir amongst the Mad- tid journals, who have been highly eulogising the services and virtues of Mr. Cochrane. The number of political offenders who have been executed since the removal of Espartero is 214, and of this large number only twelve have been tried. reguay, one of the most renowned of the guerilleros, lately died at Vittoria. He was, like Mina, Merino, and Zurbano, one of those men of iron who neither require sleep nor food, and who, a cigaretta in their mouth for their sole food, and the water of the torrents for their drink, walk 20 leagues a day with a musket on their shoulder Jaureguay enjoyed the esteem of all parties. Advices from Lisbon of the 17th ultimo state that the Queen prorogued the Cortes on the 14th, in person. The speech composed by her ministers praised the Cortes for what they had done—which was only natural, as the Chambers had dutifully registered the edicts of the Ministers. Portugal. ‘ Before the close of the session, Ministers had introduced the project of a law for abolishing the tion had been produced in that city early in the present month, iy he violation of the Sardinian territory by a body of French Gendarmes, Doua- niers, and other armed soldiers, who, under pre- text or real authority of certain French mi jistrates, arrested six (one account says seven’ ‘Sardinian subjects, and carried them prisoners to Grenoble, to answer for alleged thefts committed in a forest on the French side of the frontier. Our correspondent states that the prisoners had been treated with the most brutal severity on their forced journey, and thrown into prison at Grenoble. He adds, that immediately on becoming aequainted with this outrage, the Sardinian Government made the ne- Cessary representations to that of France, by whom, no doubt, full satisfaction would be given. Theat- fair was deemed serious. 4 Switzerland. The excitement of which this country has been the scene, in consequence of the local government of Lucerne having come to the resolution of in- trusting the tuition of youth to the Jesuits, who had been permitted to enter the Canton, wasgrest when the last packet sailed. Anattack was made upon the capital town of the Canton by the Lv. cerne Liberals, on the morning of the 8th instant ; and another revolt took place simultaneously in the neighborhood of Wiilisau, evoked by a party of volunteers from Argau. The utmost alarm was felt for the peace of the republic, as some of the neighboring Cantons were expen. to aid the in- surgents; and the whole republic might again have beentorn witha religious war. The insurrection at Lucerne, however, was suppressed by the eveni of the 8th; two leading Teale, Dr. Steiger, an Capt. Aufder-Maur,were killed; others,Col. en- buhler, and the ex-Councillors of State Baumman and Isaac, took to flight; and many of the obscurer sort were killed and wounded. The other revolt also was promptly suppressed. The Lucerne Go- vernment had demanded aid from other Cantons; but it was countermanded as unnecessary. On the Ist of January, the seat of the Federak Government was to be transferred from Lucerne to Zurich, where it will remain for two years; and it isexpected by the opponents of the Jesuits that the transfer will favor their opposition. The Bur- gomaster of the Executive Council of Zurich, has addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants, to inform them officially that order had been restored to Lucerne. In this proclamation, it is said, that Zurich had called the attention of the Govern- ment of Lucerne to the unpleasant consequences which might attend the admission of the Jesuits, and that it is to be regretted its advice was not fol- lowed; but, on the other hand, Zurich protests with energy against any attempt at a violent inter- vention in the affairs of State, and demands that none but legal means should be resorted to in order to obtain redress forthe grievances alleged. __ A popular assembly of about 3,000 persons, chief- ly composed of Berne, Soleure, and Argau, and re- f{ugee from Lucerne, was held in the church of F brunnen on the 16th ultimo; a plan for an associa- tion against the Jesuits was organized, and a peti- tion to the government of Berne finally agreed upon, calling upon it to place itself at the head of the Cantons opposed to the establishment of the Jesuits in Switzerland. Hostile resolutions were also pass- ed in a meeting at Zofingue. The Canton of Schwytz marched troops to the frontier of Lucerne on the 16th. Meanwhile the executive Council of Lucerne addressed to all the Canton a federal re- solution, according to which the formation of vo- lunteer corps is prohibited. And the Helvetie, of the 20th announces that the same Government, on hearing ot the resolutions adoptees by the pol ular assemblies at Faubrunnen and Zofingue, had order- ed Pe Military Commission to call out the Land- wehr. The irritation is displayed in the most violent language. A redicel journal printed at Argau, of- fered a premium of seventy-five Swiss francs to whomsoever shall kill a Jesuit or one of their ad- herents. _M. Walcer, a member of the Grand Council of Argau, had tendered the resignation of his seat in that assembly, but the council refused to reo, his resignation. = The Grand Council ot Zurich assembled on the 16th for the purpose of appointing a Burgomaster. The election, under existing circumstances, was considered of the highest importance. After five ballots, M. Zehnder, the liberal candidate, obtain- ed two votes more than his competitor, M. Blunt- schi, the conservative candidate, and was declared duly returned. Prussia. x Prussta.—The Paris Siecle, alluding to the de- termination of the King of Pruasia to give a ‘* con- stitution to his subjects, says:—“ Not only is this resolution taken, but it has been communicated to the different chancelleries of Europe. The work is not oor a project, but itis already finished. The bases of the constitution are settled. All that now is to be done is to promulgate it and to put it in operation.” i Turkey. a Sir Stratford returned from his cruise on the 2%h November, when the negotiations spoken of onthe arrival of the Oxford, were renewed, but not in the happiest temper. India. The Overland Mail from Calcutta reached Lon- don on the Ist inst. ; it was brought to Suez on the 14th December. The dates are—Calcutta, to 18th November ; Madras, 22d; Galle, 26; Aden, 6th December, and Alexandria, 19th. From Alexan- dria we learn that Lord Elphinstone had lett en the 18th, for Cairo ; and also young Hardinge, who had arrived by the Hecla. The Post Office treaty had been signed, and would go on by the He On the 3d instant, the Overland Mail from Bom- bay, arrived in London, and we take the following summary of political newsfrom the Bombay Times: The only war-like event of any political im- portance, which, during the past month, has at- tracted attention, is the continued disquietude of the southern Mahratta country, and some further outbreaks in Sawunt Warree, which have occa- sioned fresh demands en the Bombay army. The political charge being about to be placed in the hands of Col. Ovans, resident at Sattarah—Col. Outrain returning to Bombay—the former officer was made prisoner on his way to Kolapore, and still remains in the hands of the enemy. No further action has taken place since our last, but iy of 7,000 or 8,000 are still meving about in divisi: through the country. The fort of Badurghur wa: surrendered to us without serious fighting. Disaf- fection seems'to be more extensively spread, and more difficult to be put down, than was anticipated. An outbreak in the Sawunt Warree country—a very turbulent and unmanagéable district adjoining Kolapore —has occasioned some logs of life, and compelled further detachments to be sent down from Bombay. The Seikh chiefs seem to have settled their own quarrels without interference, and the Putjob is, at the date of our latest intelligence, more peaceful, and less likely to occasion collision than it has been at any time for the last twenty months— perhaps, since the death of Kurruck Sinch, in November, 1840. Sir Henry Hardinge con- tinues at Calcutta, devoting himself to the domes- tic improvements of the country, the extension of education, and the meansof inland transports, and striving to increase the comforts of the private soldiers of the army. He is proceeding quietly and considerately in the work of government; as yet his rule has passed nearly without censure, and the commendations he hasearned are likely to increase. Being in all respects asunlike as possible to a predecessor whose policy we are assured he was sent out to pnrsue, he promises to be an emi- nently upright, useful, and energetic Governor- General. Every thing continues tranquil in Scinde. Sickness is on the increase both at Shirkapore and Sukker. Atthe former place, out of about 1,400 troops, nearly 800 are unfit for duty ; at. the latter, her Majeaty’s 78th have only 70 men out of nearly 900 fit for service. Hydrabad and Kurrachee tinue healthy. Sir ©. Napier left the latter place on the 15th uitimo for the upper count Cholera prevails in some regiments of the Madras army in the Southern Mahratta country. The Commander- in-Chiet in India left Simla on the 12th, and is now on a tour of inspection on the north-west frontier. Her Majesty’s 40th are on their way down the river to Calcutta, where they will be detained for a twelvemonth to garrison Fort William. The left wing of the Queen’s Royals have suddenly pro- ceeded to the Sawunt Warree country on service ; they are still very sickly. The cold season is pro- ceeding very agreeably, and peace and tranquillity appear to prevail throughout India at large. China. We have news from China to the 12th of Octo- ber. Commerce appears to be extending, and the Chinese aversion to intercourse with foreigners seems on the decrease. Markets. Loxpon Monkey Manxer, Jan. 3—The transactions in the English market haye not been extensive lor some