The banking-house of Gibbons and Williams of Dublin stopped payment
on Wednesday. The amount of their out-tending engage- ments is stated at 800,1a10/. The Dublin correspondent of the 'Linnet says—" Gibbon and Williams had a good many of their notes pushed into circulation amongst the farmers, particularly in the county of West- meath, where an estate of theirs lies, and also amongst the shipping interests. I hear that one Dublin house is in for 60,0001., and a house in Liverpool for 23,000/.
The two Houses of Parliament are nearly finished. The carpenters are employed in laying down the remainder of the benches and the platform for the throne in the House of Peers, and for the Speaker's chair in the Commons. The walls of the latter are lined throughout with canvass, covered with varnished crimson paper, handsomely orna- mented. The paper of the House of Peers is a striped pattern, and has also a very elegant appearance. The stoves for warming both with steam have been finished and tried, and answer all the purposes intended, us do also the ventilators.—Daily Papers.
The assignees of Mr. Chambers have at length closed with M. La- porte, for the lease of the Opera-house, and on terms which, although highly favourable to the latter, are not likely to prove acceptable to the creditors of the estate. The rent will be 8000/. only, with the usuaL privilege of having Concerts, &c. to which the assignees had, in the first instance objected. The theatre cannot be opened till the first week in March, so that the season will fall several nights short of the customary number. M. Laporte's company will be very strong, be having already engaged Lablache, Tamburini, Rubini, Ivanhoff, Grisi, Ysgohsnh, Duvernay, the Elalers, Perrot, Albert (as Ballet Master), &e.—Times.
The independent electors of the city of Dublin have resolved on the formation of a Registration Club in that city. This is one of the wisest steps they could take, and should be generally imitated throughout the whole kingdom. It was by assiduously watching the registrations last year, in the full expectation of all that has since occurred, that the Tories have been enabled to return Members for many of the places which they claim now as proofs of reaction. Their success in those places, on the contrary, is only a proof of the customary cunning: of their party, watching and working in secret, "in season and out of season," for every opportunity of turning things to their own advan- tage.— Globe.
During the chairing of the noted Mr. Windham, after an election at Norwich, one of the mob, a butcher, close at hand, threw a bone at Mr. Windham ; who, strongly excited by the blow, leaped from the chair and knocked him down.—Albion.
The spirit of litigation was, perhaps, never carried to a greater ex- tent than in a cause between two eminent potters of Handley Green, Staffordshire, for a sum of W. Us. ld. After being in Chancery for eleven years, it was determined by two arbiters, that the complainant filed his bill without any cause ; and that lie was indebted to the de- fendant, at the same time, the sum for which he had brought this action. This they awarded him to pay, with 1,000 guineas costs.
Dr. Warren, of Manchester, is now in London, for the purpose of commencing legal proceedings against the trustees and preachers of the Manchester circuit, for their alleged illegal exclusion of the Doctor from his pulpits. Sir C. Wetherell and Mr. Knight are retained for the Doctor.—Globe.
At the annual meeting of the institution of Civil Engineers, held on Tuesday evening, Mr. James Walker was elected President, in the room of the late Mr. Telford.
William Gorringe, a veteran sportsman, died at the Glynde in Sussex, on New Year's duty. He was eighty-nine years old, and had followed the sports of the field for upwards of sixty years. He usually bunted on foot, and has many a time and oft beaten the best horses in the field. lie was huntsman for a long period to the Glynde harriers ; he was also an excellent shot, and gamekeeper to the late Lord Vis- count Hampden.—Sussex Advertiser.
The following curious caution'was last week posted up in.a conspicu- ous place in Peckham, Surry.—" Whereas several idle and disorderly persons have lately made a practice of riding on an ass belonging to a gentleman of this place. Now, lest any accident should happen, notice is hereby given, that be has determined to shoot the said sure, and cau- tions any person who may be riding on it at.the same time, to take spe- cial care of themselves, lest, by some unfortunate mistake, he should shoot the wrong animal."
The Regina, a Sardinian frigate, wWch has been lying off Gravesend for some time, sailed on Thursday for the Downs. This fine vessel has been visited by the greater part of the inhabitants, and much ad- mired for her cleanliness, and the beauty and excellence of her fitment. The armoury attracted particular notice ; nor can we speak too highly of the civility of the officers, and the peaceable conduct of the crew dewing their sojourn here.—Greenwich Guardian.
The Moniteur publishes officially a list of the Savings Banks in the kingdom of France, which amount to seventy-nine already established. There are also fifty-two more under consideration, making a total of 131.
The removal of the Swiss Federal Government from Zurich to Berne took place in four coaches. In the first was the Federal Chan- cellor, with all his official documents piled up around him. This im- portant ambulatory officer of state was escorted by some gendarmes, for the greater security of himself and his papers. When they arrived at the frontier of Berne, the inhabitants, imagining that the gendarmes were escorting some terrible malefactor, who was thus carefully jam- med in amongst the parchments, began by hooting; and then pelted the Federal functionary ; who was only saved from being perhaps stoned to death by the resolute conduct of the gendarmes and their explana- tion.—Sieiss Paper.
The suppression of the University at Louvain is seriously in con- templation. It seems that this measure is judged by our masters to be so highly necessary that they cannot wait till the end of the secular year to carry it into effect, and that some morning or other gendarmes will he ordered to turn out the masters and pupils, and bring the keys to the 31inisters.—Messager de Gaud, Jan. 22.
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