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this unfortunate ship completes the number. The 

 Action, however, was the smallest of the four, being only 

 600 tons burden. Her value, exclusive of stores, &c, 

 was about 25,000/. She plied between the various 

 islands for the intercolonial mails. — The Jamaica papers 

 come down to Nov. 8. They state that the most import- 

 ant movement in the local Legislature of late had been a 

 proposition to establish an Island Loan Bank. The im- 

 migration question was becoming one of less prominence 

 than it had been, but it was rumoured that a motion 

 would be made in the House of Assembly for bringing 

 5000 coolies to the island. It is stated in the Dominica 

 papers that much alarm exists in Martinique, a revolt of 

 the slaves there being apprehended. Disturbances were 

 still rife in St. Lucia. The death of the Bishop of 

 Olympus (the Rev. Dr. M'Donnell) was rumoured in the 

 island of Trinidad. The Demerara advices come down 

 to the 3d ult. The prevalence of dry weather, which was 

 complained of as an annoyance in the towns, was ex- 

 tremely favourable to the advancement of rural produc- 

 tion. From appearances it was judged however that a 

 change was at hand, and that rains too copious for get- 

 ting in the crops were to be expected. In the meantime 

 the disposition of the negro labourers for work became 

 a subject of anxiety. A degree of apathy or quiescence 

 was observable among them, but it was understood this 

 was only preliminary to a strike for higher wages, when, 

 through the setting in of the rains, their services would 

 be pressingly required to preserve and get in the crops 

 undamaged, a labour of speed and urgency under such 

 circumstances. 



was sufficiently frozen over on Saturday to afford amuse- Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, dwellin 

 ment to the skaiters, although by no means io a safe 

 condition. Many thousands, however, ventured on the 

 ice, both on Saturday and Sunday, but several serious 

 accidents ensued. On Sunday afternoon, while about 

 C000 persons were skaiting in St. James's Park, the ice 

 gave way and 7 or 8 persons were immersed in 14 feet 

 water. The men of the Humane Society succeeded in 

 rescuing them, and had scarcely done so when the ice 

 gave way in another part, precipitating several persons 

 into the water. Nearly a dozen were rescued, but as it 

 was getting dark, it was supposed that some still re- 

 mained beneath the ice. Tac drags were therefore 

 employed for two or three days, but without effect, and 

 it is now believed that no lives have been lost. — On 



^Parliament. 



HOUSE OF LORDS. 

 Thursday.— This being the day to which Parliament stood 

 prorogued, both Houses met pro. forma.— The Lord Chancellor, 

 the Earl of Haddington, and the Earl of Dalhousie, took their 

 seats as Lords Commissioners in front of the throne, when the 

 Lord Chancellor directed the Deputy Usher of the Black 

 Rodto'summon the Commons to hear Her Majesty's Commission 



readior the further prorogation of Parliament.— Several Ofiicers 

 of the House of Commons appeared at the bar, upon which the 



Commission was read.— The Loud Chancellor then, iu tli3 



usual form, declared Her Majesty's Royal will and pleasure that 



Parliament should be further prorogued to Tuesday, the 4th 



February next, then to meet for the despatch of business, and 



the Parliament was prorogued to that day accordingly. 



CITY. 



Money Market, Friday. — Consols for the ac- 

 count closed at 100£ ; Red. Three per Cents., !00fj 

 New Three and a Half per Cents., 103; Bank Stock, 

 208£ ; Exchequer Bills, 56 to 58 ; India Bonds, 73 to 

 75 prem. 



GAZETTE OF THE WEEK-BANKRUTTR—T. Rosr, Nurslinp, 

 Hampshire, brick burner— J. T. Gibbons, Eaton, Buckinghamshire, giooe. — 

 J. B.iktt, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, currier— J. Ayijno, Leeds, cabinet 

 xnaker— S. B .km., Hendon, Middlesex -J. Mai tin, 2S9, High-stre.-t, 



St. Leonard, Shoreditih, tallow chandler— C. Maidsio.vb, Cambridge, mil- 

 liner — W. S. Drury, Chester, ironmonger— E. N umiak, Jan., Little 

 Houghton, Lancashire, dogger— J. Bkale, Cadozton, Glamorganshiie, 

 grocer— W. S. Rrndle, Penzance, Cornwall, tea dealer— C. Snjuezum, Wyn- 

 natt-street, Clerkenwell, and Old-street, St. Luke's, vi.ru tiler— W. Att- 

 ■water, Devonshire street, Queen-square, dyer— K. Stocklkv, Ramsgate, ca- 

 binet maker— S. Libbis, Stratton St. Mary, Norwich, innkeeper — J. Tors- 

 THR, Armley, Leeds, cloth manut nturer— B. and T. R. Creioh, Newcmle- 

 upon-Tyne, uartwrlghta— G. Harfold. Birmingham, merchant— a. Fra 

 Halkin, Flintshire, iron founder— H. BjnnxRT, Liverpool, commission agent 

 — T. Brbebitord, Lincoln, dealer— S. Pbrsjn:,, Manchester, paperhanger. 



Monday some curiosity was excited by large flocks of 

 wild-fowl, which alighted on the banks of the river in 

 Battersea-fields, in the neighbourhood of Fuiham, and 

 amongst the osier-beds opposite Wandsworth. The wild 

 ducks and sea-gulls were also numerous. The weather 

 generally has been unusually severe during the last fort- 

 night, and M. Arago, the French astronomer, appears 

 likely to be correct in his prediction that this winter will 

 be the severest known in Europe for many years. TI 

 thermometer on Thursday night marked 21, being 

 one degree lower than it has been this season. The ba- 

 rometer is falling rapidly, and there is a keen squally 

 wind from the east, with every appearance of a fall of 

 snow. The river is covered already with floating ice. 



Late hours of Business. — Several meetings have been 

 held during the last month in the metropolis, at which 

 resolutions were unanimously passed strongly condem- 

 natory of the late hour system, and expressing the opinion 

 that were the shortening of hours to become universal, 

 the result would be as favourable to the characters of the 

 employed as to the pecuniary interests of the employers. 



The late Bank Robbi — No clue has yet been ob- 

 tained to the discovery of this robbery, which remains in 

 all respects as much a mystery as ever. A proposition [sion wa mvened by requisition at the r-square 



iVUtropoUs an* its Vitinity. 



Meeting of the Bishops. — The Times of yesterday 

 states that the Archbishop of Canterbury has announced 

 his intention to summon a meeting of the Bench of 

 Bishops, in consequence of the schism which at present 

 agitates the Church of England, in order to deliberate 

 and determine upon the rubrical observances to be 

 enforced throughout the various dioceses of England 

 over which his Grace has jurisdiction. It was originally 

 intended that the meeting of the prelates should be held 

 at Lambeth Palace, in the approaching Ember Week, 

 previous to the ordinations, but the death of the mother 

 of the Bishop of London has caused the postponement 

 of the contemplated meeting. As yet it is therefore un- 

 determined whether the meeting shall take place about the 

 period of the annual convocation of St. Paul's, or early 

 in January. The issuing of the recent pastoral letter of the 

 Bishop of Exeter has caused excitement among the laity, 

 and the Times states that it is, therefore, not improbable 

 that an early day will be determined upon by their Lord- 

 ships, so that the controversies relative to the gown and 

 surplice, and the weekly Offertory, may be finally dis- 

 posed of. In connexion with the above subject, it states 

 that meetings of the rural deans of the varioift arch- 

 deaconries are now being assembled, and minutes of their 

 proceedings will be forwarded to their respective Bishops, 

 in which will be explicitly stated the manner and form 

 of celebrating Divine service in the different parochial 

 churches, as well as the compliance with the rubric by 

 the clergy in their deanery. It is currently reported, 

 with some degree of authority, says the Times, that the 

 Archbishop of Canterbury will propose a conciliatory 

 course to be pursued relative to the observance of the 

 rubric, so that a due regard may be paid to the scruples 

 of the laity relative to innovations in the Church service 

 which may give offence to the congregation. In this 

 measure, it is also said, the Archbishop of York fully 

 concurs. 



The Weather and the Parks.— -The first snow storm of 

 the season occurred on Sunday night. From an early 

 hour in the morning the thermometer denoted extreme 

 coldness, and between 7 and 8 o'clock the first indications 

 of snow appeared. Within one hour it fell rapidly, and 

 in the outskirts of the metropolis, more particularly at 

 Islington, and the northern districts, the ground was 

 speedily covered, but it soon melted, and had nearly 

 disappeared on Monday night. The ice in the Parks 



however has been submitted by Mr. Hobler, the solicitor 

 to Messrs. Ropers and Co. for cancelling the whole of the 

 stolen notes. The matter has been submitted to the con- 

 sideration of the Government through Sir J. Gr im, the 

 Home Secretary, and it i iid that the suggestion has 

 not only been favourably received, but is very likely to 

 be acted upon. It is also stated that more than one plan 

 of action has been submitted by which to defeat the 

 object of the robbers, who by the early and efficient 

 means already adopted have been prevented from taking 

 a single step since the commisiion of the robbery. The 

 subject has excited a good deal of attention in the city, 

 as well as with the banking firms of the metropolis in 

 general, for it is felt that if Mr. Hobler's plan were 

 once to be adopted by Government, there would be an 

 end to bank-note robberies at least ; and although in 

 some cases it might be attended with inconvenience in 

 individual cases, the public benefit would be so great and 

 general, that no one would complain of its operation. In 

 this particular case it appears that there could be no in- 

 convenience at all, as it is well known, that to the pre- 

 sent time not one of the stolen notes has been put in 

 circulation. It has been asked in commercial circles 

 where the matter has been discussed, "How is it that 

 such a plan was never thought of before?'' 



The Bank of England.— O* Wednesday, William 

 Burgess, the Bank clerk, was brought before the Lord 

 Mayor for final examination. The evidence was com- 

 plied by the production of two gentlemen, who deposed 

 to facts not previously substantiated, and the prisoner 

 was fully committed for trial at the next Sessions of the 

 Central Criminal Court. 



Court of Con, n Council. — A Court was held last 

 week, at which a report was read from the Finance 

 Committee, recommending a grant of 200/. to the Rev. 

 J. E. Tyler, in aid of a new church in the parish of 

 St. Giles's-in-the-Fields. Sir P. Laurie opposed the 

 motion, on the ground that in the present state of the 

 Church, the Corporation have no security that the new 

 building would be devoted to the doctrines of the Church 

 of England. Let the Court, he said, follow the pre- 

 cedent set by the Bishop of London at Tottenham, and, 

 like him, adjourn the consideration of this matter for 

 twelve months. Suppose that the minister had a par- 

 tiality for crosses, candlesticks, and the frivolous inno- 

 vations which prevailed in some churches, to the offence 

 of all true Protestants, would the Court be ready to vote 

 away its funds in aid of such an object? He hoped not. He 

 trusted that until theChurch became again pure and rational 

 — divested of the ceremonials of turning, and bowing, and 

 scraping, this Court would not contribute to it one shil- 

 ling of its funds. With these views, he moved as an 

 amendment, " That the question be adjourned for twelve 

 months, until the Bishop of London had given his deci- 

 sion upon the application made to him by the pa- 

 rishioners of Tottenham." Mr. Deputy Corney seconded 

 the amendment, and said, that in consequence of the 

 adoption of the Puseyite principles in the Bethnal-green 

 churches, they were only attended by less than half the 

 congregations they were capable of accommodating. The 

 Lord Mayor, after some discussion, stated that the R- 

 port could not be received, as there was some technical 

 irregularity. A long and angry dispute arose as to the 

 power of the Lord Mayor to stop discussion by such a 

 decision, in the midst of which the Lord Mayor left the 

 chair. The Council, however, appointed another chair- 

 man, and resolved that the Lord Mayor's conduct was 

 subversive of the rights of free discussion, and interfered 

 with the privileges of the Court. On Thursday another 

 Council was held, at which the question of the grant to- 



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strongly on the fact that in the present state of th e 

 Church, the Corporation had no security against th r 

 introduction of Puseyite doctrines, and Sir Pete t 

 Laurie's amendment, that the consideration of the gran 

 be deferred for 12 months, was carried by an over- 

 whelming majority, only five hands, in a meeting of 150 

 members, being held up against it. It was also resolved, 

 by a majority of 30 to 26, that the fn om of the city, 

 with a silver cup of 100 guineas value, be presented to 

 Sir R. Sale for his services in India ; and it was resolved, 

 by a majority of 3G to 27, that a similar compliment be 

 paid to Sir W. Nott. The opposition was not to the 

 conferring the freedom of the city on these officers, but 

 to the presentation of the silver cu i involving a grant 

 of monev for military serv a. 



The 1. -or of B iu and the Poles. — In conse- 

 quence of petitions presented to the 1 or of Russia, 

 during his stay in this country, 12 Polish refugees ob- 

 tained permission to return into the kingdom of Poland, 

 on condi'icn that they would submit ti elves to a 

 legal trial for their past conduct. To t tions, 

 communicated to then by the Russian Consul-General, 

 they voluutaiilv agreed, and rec d a passport and free 

 passage to the Continent. ■■ of 1 ividuals, 

 viz., Franz Wolanski, Mic! Pieti *>ki, and Vincent 

 Macianowski, even before they reach i tl frontiers of 

 Poland, expressed their intention to urn to London, 

 shaved off* half the hair of their head, j. te f iingthatthey 

 had escaped from a convoy tran rrting them to .Siberia, 

 lichei Pietraszewski has already left Cracow for this 

 purpose. 1 he authorities have g nn te of this fact, 

 in order to prevent the British public from being imposed 

 upon by these individuals, should they carry out their 

 purpose of deceiving benevolent \ i in this country 

 by their false statei s. 



Meeting of t Medical Prof oi. — On Saturday 

 evening a very numerous meeting of the medical profes- 



Rooms, signed by upwards of sixty general practitioners 

 resident in Westminster d Maryhh. , with a view 

 to the adoption cf some measure for the protection of 

 the interests of the profrssion, and sUo to co-operate 

 with the Apothecaries' Society in resi* he measure 



recently introduced by Sir J. Grab The room was 



filled with g a holding the h gbetl rank in their 



profession. Mr. Pennington, of P iare, was 



called to the chair, and resolutions concern, g the Bill 

 were unanimously adopted. 



The Syro-1 • tlm Society The first meeting of 



this Society was held last week at their rooms in Mor- 

 timer-street, Cavendish-square. Dr. Lee took I hair, 



and briefly referred to the objects of the Society. It was 

 founded, he said, to bring together those who had tra- 

 velled in, and directed their attention I he antiquities 

 of Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, Arabia, 1 e, t>yria, 



Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor.. He a! i to Dr. 

 Young as one who had done valuable service in tracing 

 the antiquities of tho>e countries, though he had not 

 visited them ; complimented the lady I , many of 



whom had given interesting and valuable i nation as 



the result of their travels ; and pointed out the advan- 

 tages not only in a philosojihic, but even in a commercial 

 point of view, from rendering the history of t coun- 



tries more familiar to the public. To illustrate the latter 

 remark, he observed that Herodotus, Plii trabo 



alluded to the canal commur. lion now so strenuously 

 insisted on by the French. The Secretary, Dr. Yates, 

 next delivered an inaugural addres.^ i which he gave a 

 popular sketch of the history of these countries, their 

 religion, monuments, hieroglyphics, &c 



The Soap Duties. — The minutes of a leral meeting 

 of the London and Country Soap Assc tion, held on 

 the 28th ult., have been printed and c ed. The 



resolutions passed at this meeting (which repr nted the 

 manufacture of 50,000 tons cf Lp per annum) were to 

 he effect that excise on the art e of t r trade was the 

 chief cause of its remaining in so stationary ami unsatis- 

 factory a state, as it occasioned an increase in the cost of 

 making amounting to 8 or 10 per cent., and prevented 

 the introduction of improvements. At the ■ time, 



according to these resolutions, the duty is most difficult 

 to collect on an article so readily manu ured, and only 

 stimulates to illicit manufacture, and th in the 



opinion of the me ne;, the tax ought to be repealed. 



Election cf Chief Rabin, — The election of a successor 

 to the late Dr. Hertebel, Chief Rabbi of the London 

 Jews, took place last week. There were candidates. 

 The election fell on the Rev. Dr. Adler, who had 121 

 votes. Dr. Hirscufeld obtaining 13, and Ra'* !irsch2 



Re-opening cf St. Peter's Church, C< '. — This 



church, which has been thoroughly renovated, will be 

 re-opened for Divine service on Sunday next, the 15th 

 inst. The carved work of the screen and it is ela- 



borately finished, and the general appear « of t .e 

 church renders it one of the most attractive of Sir 

 Christopher Wren's productions. 



Fire at St. Peter's Church, Bethnal Green — On 

 Monday morning a fire broke out in one of t Bethnal 

 Greeu new churches, dedicated to St. Peter, situate in 

 an open space about midway on the ith side of the 

 Hackney-road, and but for its early disc y the whole 

 of the edifice would have fallen a sacrifice. By the 

 exertion of the firemen the flames were subdued, 

 although the damage done was very serious : for, in ad- 

 dition to the injury to the side pe*s and gallery, the fire 

 made its way through the roof. The building is insured. 



Dinner to Sir II. Poltinger — On Wednesday a pub- 

 lic dinner was given to Sir Henry Poltinger by the mer- 



wards the new church in St. Giles's was resumed. J chants of London, in Merchant Tailors'-hall, which had 



