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ALL those who may have to write to us are re quested to direct HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGH, which is perfectly sufficient for the address, and letters directed in that way will reach us just as well as if directed, HEINE BROTHERS, B kNKERS, in HAMBURG. Neither the deno mination of BANKERS, or any other, is required, and letters directed, HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGPI. will do without any further remark or description. We further request to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosares would by far increase the same. Thus WI., '201., or 30/., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 10/. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note, or one Bank Post Bill or Cheque ; or having to receive Money from Haraturgh, to receive the same in the same way, whenever possible. As to re mittances from Hamburgh to England for large Sums, amounting to many THOUSANDS, of course they may rather he remitted in Bills of Exchange. All those giving orders for any Branch of our multifarious Business, that must be executed before FEBRUARY, are advised to lose no time in forwarding the same. HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURG. e _ - - , ( Irk : b A4-,-Asi<> LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 17. 1837. The speeches delivered at the Glasgow festival, if they arc to be taken as specimens of the talent which the Scotch Tories can bring into the field of political war fare, will not afford the party any great subject of exulta tion. They are, without exception, the poorest effu sio;is that the present excited state of party spirit has called forth. They have nothing of the vigour and freshness of extemporary composition; neither do they exhibit the correctness of taste, the lucid order, nor the argumentative acuteness which might have been ex pected, considering the opportunity for preparation en joyed by the speakers, had they• been possessed of any I ability. Common-place dullness—bad taste and false reasoning, unenlivened and unredeemed by any happi ness of illustration or brilliancy of language—may he said to pervade the whole, from beginning to end. If any of the select band of orators attempt to rise above the dead flat along which his fellows proceed, he makes himself supremely ridiculous—Sir D. SANDFORD, for instance—by the puerile inflation of his style, com pared with the inanity of the ideas which it is intended to clothe. Verily, Scotch Toryism does not show to much advantage in this its boasted display of power. The person whom we have named, whatever he may think, will never be an orator if he should live to the age of METHUSELAH. He is calculated for nothing higher than to teach boys the Greek grammar. By confining his exertions to that one department of scho lastic duty, he may be of some use ; but no man has ever more completely proved the soundness of the adage re sutor ultra crepidam. Let him then stick to his longs and shorts. He may do as a pedagogue, but never as a politican. He set out as an ardent reformer—a radical of the first water—imposed upon the credulity of the Glasgow Reformers, who thought him as honest as themselves—was elected to represent that city in the first Reform Parliament, where he was to make a most conspicuous figure. He was, in fact, to act the part of a Drazucansir in de fence of Radicalism. He took his scat, tried two or three times to speak, and made such a fool of himself, that he was obliged at last to feign ill health, as a pre tence for resigning a seat which he was incompetent to hold, without bringing discredit upon the constituency which he represented. He always found that when he had to answer an opponent on the spur of the mo ment, he could not find any thing to say—and that he could never manage to get up a reply until the night following. He was thus always behind hand, and found his position so uncomfortable, after the mighty expectations he had raised, that he was obliged, as we have said, to cut and run. He contrived, how ever, to get himself knighted, which he accomplished by being the bearer of a Reform Address to the KING. Sir DANIEL has now betaken himself to the other side to try his luck there. He seems to be as furious a Tory as he was a Radical, and equally indiscreet. What, for example, could be more injudicious—what more extravagant, than to talk of the KING " giving the royal standard to the winds ?" Does this simple gentleman really think that a King of England will ever make war upon the people? We do not deny that a precedent may be found for such a proceeding ; but we should scarcely imagine that the result of the ex periment would justify its repetition. Mr. RIDGWAY has just published a Pamphlet en titled " What Next, or the Peers and the Third Time of Asking ?" which well deserves an attentive perusal. It is an able exposure of many of the fallacies recently put forth by the Tory faction—more especially of that notorious one, that the great mass of the community is at this moment Conservative. The writer observes, " no doubt a large majority of the modern Peerages, of the minor gentry, of the clergy of the Established Church, and of those families that have grown to wealth and station under the form of bishops, judges, governors, magistrates, contractors, pensioners, and si ne curists, during the extravagant wars and administrations of the last half century, are Tory or Conservative. They are a stirring, worldly, experienced race, that act together with a compact zeal which augments their strength, and exaggerates their numbers ; while, with a diffi dence peculiar to themselves, they arrogate an exclu ; sive wisdom and sanctity, which impose on the cretin. Jous. These are their claims to a monopoly of the rank, wealth, and intelligence of the country ; but a very cursory analysis will expose the flimsiness of such pretensions. For, even in the House of Lords, the majority of the really great historic and territorial Peers are liberal ; so also are the great landed gentry. Nearly the entire manufacturing interest—full one fifth of the property of the whole country—is libe- • ral, as well as nearly the whole of the Dissenting persuasions, comprising a fair one-half of our popu lation. The learned professions—save and except the theologians of Oxford and Cambridge—and the mer cantile class are, at least, equally divided, while the vast body of the great trading community, which em bodies the substantial middle ranks of life, the sinews of the State, are confessedly liberal." This is fairly and dispassionately put, not by a partisan, but by an observant, unbiassed politician. We dare even the most sophistical Tory to deny the truth of the writer's statement ; who, if any thing, rather overrates than otherwise, the moral and numerical influence of the Con servative faction--a faction which, as experience daily shows, is growing " small by degrees and beautifully less." What has it been able to effect with the Re gistrations ? What with its Operative Societies ? What with any one scheme or experiment it has projected, for the last four years and upwards ? True, it sue• ceeded in ousting the MELBOURNE Ministry ; but its triumph was but momentary, and has been productive of no other result, than that of showing the country its utter weakness and inefficiency as a party. On the subject of Peerage Reform, the writer speaks out pertinently and unequivocally. He is of opinion that no warnings—no signs of the times, will have the slightest effect on their Lordships, and that, there fore, a reform of their institutions is inevitable, though it may not be immediate. " Unless we are much deceived," says he, " the king and people, that is, the king's government, and the people's representatives, will ere long declare that Ireland must not, and shall not, re main as it is. That the holdings of its Church shall no longer be daily loosened, and its Protestant clergy hal looed on to an unseemly contest for temporalities, till there be none left to contend for; while the whole country is kept quivering on the verge of separation and revolt. If this be so, then it will be for the Lords to decide whether their House shall remain as it is, or • be reformed. For they must acquiesce in reconciling Ireland, or upset the Ministers and take the Govern ment themselves. But they cannot take the Govern ment without the Commons, and the Commons they cannot get. Therefore they must acquiesce, or be reformed. Now, there is small hope that they will acquiesce with a good grace ; and it has been shown that a bare dissolution would fail to convince them; therefore, ' their reform, real or imminent, is the only remaining expedient." So say we. The House of Lords must be refoimed I Tis in vain to say that the country is ; not prepared for such a measure ; that popular opinion is in prejudice of hereditary legislatio. Popular jute '. rests are opposed to it ; and here, in one word, is an overwhelming argument in favour of its—not abolition, perhaps—but most assuredly of its modification. The Paris Journals of Sunday, which have been received, bring a most interesting account of the com mencement of the debate on the Spanish question in the Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday. When the paragraph in the address which related to Spain was read by the President, Count MOLE President of the Council ascended the tribune to defend the policy of the Government. The Chamber and public galleries were crowded with spectators, eager to witness the contest be tween Count Mo LE and M.THIERS. The Premier com menced with citing CAsIMERPERIER's definition of the true foreign policy of France, which he stated to be the basis of his system. France had interfered in Belgium to vindicate the cause of a revolution ; but France, notwithstanding, was the first to set limits to liberty in that country, and likewise to prevent the further inter ference of other foreign States. The quadruple treaty entered into with Spain was concluded principally with a view to preserve the peace of Eutope, the motive being the expulsion of the Pretenders to the Crowns of Portugal and Spain. That treaty did not bind France to co-operate, as such co-operation could only. be determined upon by the concurrence of the con tracting parties. Nevertheless France had done more than she was bound to do, for she had established a strong cordon of troops along her Spanish frontier, and had prevented supplies being forwarded to Don CAR- Los. The inexperience of the Spanish Constitutiona lists was of itself enough to deter France from all interference, added to which France had enough to do at home, Were she suddenly attacked, in what way could she defend herself with one army engaged in Africa and another in Spain ? In June, 1835, the Queen of SPAIN demanded of France an armed in tervention. The then President of the Conncl wrote instantly to the Cabinet of St. James's upon the subject, and demanded answers to these three ques tions :-1. If the Cabinet of his Britannic MAJESTY thought the then circumstances of the Peninsula war ranted an acquiescence in the demand of the Queen of SPAIN ? 2. if England would co-operate in it ? 3. If she would consider the intervention of France as a mats fcederis? England answered all these questions in the negative. In March, 1836, Eng land considered that circumstances had arisen to justify intervention, and announced the fact with the details of a proposed occupation of Passages to General SE BASTIAN!, the French Ambassador in London. To this proposition made by Lord PALMERSTON, M. THIERS answered in the negative, and thus matters went on till the establishment of the Constitution of 1812. Then was M. Boss LE COMTE instructed to offer the QUEEN the assistance of a French Army—a proceeding of which he then and now disapproved. He would execute the Quadruple Treaty to the letter, but not a jot beyond it. He would neither consent to further co-operation or intervention, which would in the end prove more injurious than advantageous to the cause of her Most Catholic MAJESTY. No marks of applause followed the delivery of this harangue. The President of the Council retired from the Tribune in silence, and the sitting was suspended for twenty minutes. M. TRIERS now presented himself to the chamber. His occupation of the Tribune immediately after M. MOLE excited great interest. He began by stating that the policy of his Cabinet had been misrepresented and that the quadruple treaty had been shamefully misinterpreted. England with the bold and decisive policy for which she is distinguished had recommended the treaty ; France had adopted it because she could not remain neutral ; and by that treaty France was bound to co-operate in the restoration of peace to the Peninsula. The fourth ar ticle could only be und ers t oo d as guaran t ee i ng t o Spain any assistance she might require. He had always so understood it, and he maintained that if it meant not that, it meant nothing, and was no better than a piece of blotted parchment. Not only did he so interpre: the treaty, but all the Ministers that had succeeded each other in Madrid had been of the same opinion ; for they had all demanded intervention, to which they considered it gave them a right. M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA recommended that a French army should he marched to the Ebro—a proceeding of which the British Minister approved. MM. ToRE- No, MPNDIZABAL, and IsT ußiz, all followed in the track of MARTINEZ DE LA RosA. M. MOLE had just told the Chamber that he (M. THIERS) had re fused to co-operate, when England demanded co-ope ration. This was not precisely the fact. In the Ca binet Council his opinions had been overruled, and he merely acquiesced for a time in the decision come to by his colleagues. When, however, CoRDOVA had allowed the rebel GOMEZ to cross the Ebro, he planned the forming of an army of 25,000 men, com posed of English, French, and Portuguese soldiers, which, placed under the command of an experienced French General, would easily put down the insurrec tion in Spain. This was the great object of his policy —this too was his plan. It was below the dignity of France to forsake an ally after guaranteeing to support her. From the commencement of the struggle in the Peninsula it was well understood that the assistance of France would become necessary, and everybody desired it. The Spanish Cabinet wished for it—the British Cabinet wished for it—the French Ambassador wished for;it—the French residents and merchants in the Penin sula wished for it—all wished for it but the Carlists and the Spanish opposition. As for himself (M. T RIERS), he hesitated not to declare that he was still for it—that without it Spain could not be tranquillised. He was for intervention in 1835. In 1836, he was still more in favour of it—and now he advocated the same measure. Before the revolution of La Granja, co-operation was only prevented by a Cabinet squabble about the choice of a General. That revolution might have led to the most dreadful results ; France could have prevented it ; and in not doing so, she made herself answerable for the conse quences. France had volunteered promises of sup port ; but when called upon for their fulfilment, she had meanly, and all but fatally, retracted them. For himself, he had been sincere. When, as Minister of the KING, he signed treaties, he conceived that he was bound to insist upon their fulfilment. But he after wards discovered that Frdnce redeemed her pledges by conniving with the Carlists, the consequence of which discovery was that the Chamber beheld him at the head of the Opposition. He was the only man that fully appreciated the dangers of the Spanish question, and he only trusted France would not yet bitterly regret her retrograde policy. France had shamefully deceived both England and Spain, and both had unfortunately learned to distrust her promises. This was a dreadful evil. But there was yet room for some amendment of past policy. If it was found too late to assist Spain by intervention, co operation would still save the country. He concluded by calling upon the Government to tell the Chamber what it was prepared to do, to redeem the character of France. The effect of this powerful and luminous appeal upon the Chamber could not be ascertained, as the sitting was closed in a few minutes after its delivery. We will only here observe with respect to it, that it removes a mountain of odium from the shoulders of the ex-President of the Council. Could he now only prove that he had as little to do with the laws against the liberty of the Press as he has had against the liberty of Switzerland, and we shall acquit him of a ll blame, but that of remaining so long a member of the Government. We shall take another opportunity of calling parti cular attention to the policy of M. MOLE. He, ii appears, stands now pledged to oppose the granting of any aid to Spain, whether by way of co-operation or intervention. As he is but the mouth-piece a the KING, we now know officially in what direction the wind blows in the very highest quarter. There is no news of any moment in the Frencl Journals of Sunday. Advices from Madrid to the 9th inst. have been re ceived. They bring no intelligence of the slightest general importance. On the 3d, Generals RIBEIRO and N,A RVAEZ were at Burgos, where they were de tained by want of provisions. There is no news from the North of Spain. The Earl of Selkirk, who has been spending two years in the United States and Canada', reached Liverpool on Friday in the packet ship Oxford. Four steerage pas sengers died, during the passage, of the typhus fever. We arc sorry to announce that Dr. Butler, the re cently created Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry is so un well as to cause the serious apprehensions of his family and friends.—Northampton Herald. Mr. Robert Cockrell, one of the most distinguished British architects, and a member of the Royal Academy of London, has just been appointed a corresponding mem ber of the French institute. Mr. John Power, the step-son of the Hon. Mem ber for Tipperary County, has addressed the electors of Dungarvon. It is said that in the event of his success he will, at the next general election, resign his pretensions in favour of Mr. Sheil, and contest the county of Tipperary. Sir Charles Grey, one of his Majesty's Commis sioners for the Affairs of Canada, transacted business at the Colonial Office on Saturday. A messenger left town on Friday night for Ancona, with despatches from the Foreign-office. _ CHURCH RATES AUCTION.—It appears by the Leicestershire Mercury that the greatest excitement pre vailed in the borough of Leicester throughout the past week, in consequence of the seizure of goods for church rates. The attempt to dispose by auction of tl:c property seized turned out a failure, and the demonstration of popu lar hatred to the nefarious impost was most decided. Mr. Arbuthnot Winter and Captain Fitzpatrick arrived in the Regent's Park on Saturday last, from a tour. The Mayor of Cambridge has called a meeting of the inhabitants to petition in favour of the Ballot. There is a vacancy in the representation of the county of Bucks, one of the three Members, J. B. Pracd, Esq., having just (lied. A man was lately imprisoned at Vienna for imposing, on the public, by showing what he called a female Esqui maux. This curiosity, on examination, turned out to be a young girl whose skin he had stained with walnut juice, and whom he had dressed in the clothes of the Esquituaux who recently died in Belgium. The Hon. Captain Frederick Grey has been ap pointed Private Secretary to his brother, Viscount Howick, Secretary-at. War, in the room of Mr. John Walpole. The Gallant Officer was for some time Private Secretary to Lord Auckland, while his Lordship was First Lord of the Admiralty. _ _ _ Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Commander-in-Chief at this port, on Thursday last, in con sequence of his promotion, hoisted his flag, white at the main, instead of blue at the main, as before, under the usual salute.—Devonport Telegraph. In Glasgow the influenza is very general ; whole families are affected by it : many shops are shut up, and an inscription on the door intimates that in a few days business will recommence. Mr. Justice Bosanquet and Mr. Baron Gurney were both unable to attend on Saturday their respective Courts, owing to an attack of the prevalent complaint—the in fluenza. A number of barristers are also labouring un der the effects of the disorder. A great deal of regret was on Saturday expressed at Guildhall in consequence of the intelligence that the house in which Ald. White of Bassishaw Ward is a partner had stopped payment. It was stated that the Alderman intended to resign his gown in consequence of the calamity. The general opinion amongst the members of the Corpora tion is that an arrangement will take place as the balance sheet is exceedingly favourable. Sheriff Duke's friends have commenced a canvass for him in the most active manner. Mr. C. Green and the Vauxhall balloon arrived in London from Paris yesterday morning. Mr. Power, the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, paid a visit to Bolton on Friday last, to form a district to carry into effect the provisions of the Act for the Registra tion of Births and Marriages. The expense, he stated to the select vestry, would be divided according to the number of poor from each township. In reply to a question, he said it was intended to put the new poor law in force in the district.—Bolton Chronicle. Mr. Fletcher rode on horseback on Saturday wee k, from Puddington, in this county, (his present residence), to Northampton, 13 miles, and back again. The severity of the weather that day will not soon be forgotten, and Mr. Fletcher was ninety years of age in October last.---Cain bridge Press. Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, who died rather suddenly on Thursday, was a valiant and most distinguished officer ; served with great reputation in the Peninsula, and at the battle of Waterloo, where lie successfully charged the French at the head of the 11th Hussars, on which occasion he was wounded by a grape shot, and lay apparently dead on the field of battle. While in this situation, one of the enemy's lancers pierced him in three parts of his body with his lance, cut off his epaulets and galloped off, but the Major-General survived his wounds, but felt the effects to the day of his death. His decease will be a severe blow to his venerable father, the Earl of Besborough, and will be sec erely felt by his friends and re lations. By his death, the Colonelcy of the Royal Dragoons has become vacAnt. ~r;, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1837. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY). SAWYER V. BIRCHMORE. Mr. WIGRAM and Mr. LYNCH were heard this morning on behalf of the respondents in this part-heard appeal, the arguments in which were being proceeded with when we left the Court. VICE-CH.A.NCERY.-(THIS DAY.) OLDHAM V. STONEHOUE. This part-beard case will occupy the Court the whole day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) PITT V. TOKELOVE. (Administrators suing in forma pauperis.) The plaintiff in this case having applied for leave to sue in forma pauperis, the MASTER of the ROLLS stated he would look into the books to see what had been the prac tice of the Court in such cases. HIS LORDSHIP this morning stated he found that in 1747, the then Master of the Rolls had permitted an admi nistrator to sue in forma pauperis ; but that order having been appealed from, Lord Hardwicke had caused precedents to be searched for, and no instance being found of such a privilege having been allowed to an administrator, he dis charged the order. The rule thus established never having been deviated from, his Lordship considered he had no au thority to make an order in favour of the present plaintiff. TYLER V. BELL. This case came before the Court upon two demurrers for want of equity and parties to the Bill, which was filed for an account of the personal estate of Mrs. Mary Mol croft. The arguments were not concluded when we left the Court. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE LING V. KOOPS. This was an indictment for perjury alleged to have been committed by the defendant in swearing to a certain state ment of his property delivered in to the Insolvent Court on the Ist of July, 1834, preparatory to filing his petition. It appeared in evidence at the trial that the defendant was arrested and committed to the Fleet prison on the 21st of December, 1833, on a writ of ne excat regno, and was sub sequently detained for a debt of 301. owing to a creditor named Cook. By the 10th section of the Insolvent Act, any debtor was at liberty to apply fbr his discharge wi thin 14 days after his arrest ; and afterwards pro vided the Court upon a statement given in by the insolvent should consider it reasonable to allow him to do so. In the present case, the insolvent having been in custody in December 1833, did not make any application until the month of July following, and he then delivered in a statement upon oath, setting forth the property in his possession at the time of his arrest, the nature and amount of the excepted articles, and the manner in which he had disposed of his effects. In that document, sworn to before the proper officer of the Court, he admitted having, when committed to prison, in his actual custody, property of the value of 4001., and he accounted for its disposal by taking cre dit for 1501. for his support, and the remainder was disposed of between several attornies whom he had employed. Upon this perjury was assigned, and it was proved in evidence that on the day after his arrest, he sold out stock to the amount of 9001., and afterwards disposed of two freehold estates of the value of 2,000/. On the part of the de fendant it was objected that the evidence proving the prac tice of the Court was confined to that of a person who spoke, not from his own knowledge, but upon what he de rived from a printed paper, and was, therefore, insufficient ; next, that the matter of the affidavit was not material ; and thirdly, that the offence, if committed, was not a per jury, but another kind of misdemeanor, punishable under a different section of the Act. The defendant was found guilty, and the question of law reserved for the opinion of the Court. Mr. GRIFFITHS, on a former day, obtained a rule nisi to enter a verdict for the defendant ; and this morninc , Mr. EI:LE appeared, to contend that it should ' be dis charged. He submitted that the proof of the practice of the Court was such as should be admitted in evidence, having been the printed copy of the rules hung up in an office adjoining the Court, and by which its practice was regulated. As regarded the materiality of the matter de posed to, there could be, he said, no question, inasmuch as it was a statement of the insolvent's effects, which would regulate the Court in allowing him to appear by petition before them. With respect to the third objection relied on, he thought the 70th, not the 71st section of the Insolvent Act, was that which was applicable to the present case, for the Insolvent had not arrived at that stage of proceeding which would bring it within the meaning and operation of the latter. The COURT was of opinion, that, without going into the other questions, there did not appear to be sufficient evi dence at the trial respecting the practice of the Court, and the defendant should therefore be entitled to an acquittal. EXCHEQUER. COURT.-(THIS DAY, (Sittings in Banco.) HAMILTON V. ANDREWS This was an action brought by a tailor to recover the sum of 431. for goods supplied to the defendant, who is an officer in the army. It was tried at the London Sittings after last Term, before Mr. Baron Gurney, when a verdict was found for only 361. Mr. HumFREY now moved for a rule, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why he should not pay the defen dant's costs, he having been arrested and sued for a larger sum than the jury found to be due. The application was made on the authority of the 43d Geo. 111. The defendant owed the sum of 36/. on his own account. It was proved at the trial that the brother of the defendant was also a customer of the plaintiff's, and was indebted to him in the sum of 71. The Learned Gentleman said it was clearly shown that the credit had been given to the brother, and that, in fact, the plaintiff had opened a separate account for him in the books ; but finding that the plaintiff was about to join his regiment in India, lie took out a writ against him, and, without a shadow of reason, had included the brother's account, and arrested the defendant for 431. Mr. Baron GURNEY said there were some letters put in which gave the case it different colour. The defendant wrote to the plaintiff, and said he was sorry that his offer of an acceptance, payable at four months after he joined his regiment, had not been accepted, as he was short of money, and had his brother still on his hands ; and in another, he used the words, " You know that I have my brother to support." The COURT enquired whether the brother was a minor Mr. HumFttur —No ; it was not even suggested at the trial. Rule granted. A fog of unusual density came over the metropolis about twelve o'clock this day, and at the period at which we are now writing—two o'clock—continues in all its gloom. Seldom, even in the month of November, have we had to record so deep and blinding a fog. Judging from our own condition, candles and gas-lights must, we suppose, be uni versal throughout London. The darkness is as complete as if it were an hour past twilight. ODESSA, DEC. 23.—A ship belonging to M. Grassemoff, merchant in Cherson, commanded by Captain Sirign, left this port in September for Suchum Kale. Being becalmed on the coast of Circassia, she cast anchor, and was immediately attacked by the Circassians, who made themselves masters of it without opposition, and having plundered it set it on fire. The crew, who were without arms, fled to Gagza. After this event, and many of a simi lar nature, it might be advisable for ships bound to Ab chasia and Mingrelia, to be provided with arms, that they may not become a prey to these daring mountaineers. — Odessa Journal. Meunier had an interview with his mother yesterday, which it appears made a deep impression upon him, as he was greatly convulsed for a considerable time, but, notwith standing the earnest entreaties of his mother, he could not be prevailed upon to make any disclosures. For some time past, it was generally reported that Meunier had accomplices, and that the police, in consequence of the most active re searches, had already succeeded in tracking them. How ever, Meunier's tenacity, and his persistance in his first declarations, flatly contradict these ill-founded reports. People have not forgotten that on the day after his arrest, when he still refused to say who be was, his uncle, Barre, suddenly appeared before him in prison, and that this abrupt and unexpected visit, and the tears and prayers of the old man could not cause him to make any confession. He has since, at separate intervals, undergone very long interrogatories. In vain were his manner of living and connex ions since 1830 sifted over and over again ; he persevered in his system, gave the same answers ; his crime appeared to have been conceived and executed by himself alone, with out any instigator or accomplices. Yesterday the discovery of the truth was sought to be obtained in a fresh way. Meunier had not seen his mother since his arrest. She suddenly entered the Magistrates' room, where he happened, to be. The unfortunate woman burst out in tears, em braced him with all a mother's fondness, and, calling him by the dearest names, entreated him to divulge his accom plices if he had any, hoping probably to avert part of his sentence by a revelation. Meunier could not resist these marks of tenderness ; his emotion was so great that he en tirely lost his senses. This heart-rending scene had greatly weakened him ; but, on recovering himself, he declared, as before, that he was the only author of the deed, and that he had no accomplices. Arrests, however, continue to be made, and M. Lavaux, the relation, at whose house he had worked, who had been arrested and dismissed, waS'once more arrested yesterday after a second interrogatoryo—Droit. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TkilS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 16.—Light wind from the N. W., hazy.— Arrived, the Medora, Sergeant, from Africa ; Janet, Chal mers, from the Mauritius ; and Courier, Graves, from Con stantinople. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind, N. N.E., light breezes.— Arrived, the Fl ivridship, Bailey, from Palermo. Sailed, the General Kydd, Foord, for Madras and Calcutta ; and Cathe rine, Rukmer, for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Arrived, His Majesty's ship Scor pion, from Mogadore ; the Emerald Isle (steamer) —, from London ; and Lady Clinton, —, from Christiana. Off port, the Treasurer, Terry, from Odessa. FALMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Wind, N.E., moderate.—Arrived, the Creole, Tullock, from London for Rio Janerio. Sailed, the Garryone, Tiller, for Rio Janeiro ; and Maria, Krohn, for New York. RAMSGATE, JAN. 16.—Sailed, the Smear, —, for South Australia ; Rose Hill, Harrison, for Dublin ; Leda, Jose, for London; and Highflyer, Newton, for ditto. CowEs, JAN. 16.—Arrived, the Harvest, Fuller, from Alexandria. DOVER, JAN. 16.—Off port, the Weser, Hohorst, from Philadelphia. LIMERICK, JAN. 14,—Arrived, the Breeze, Pattison, from London. LooE, JAN. 14.—Off port, the Juno„ from Santander. LOWESTOFE, JAN. 14.—The Prince of Brazil, and the George and Eleanor, which were on shore, were assisted off this morning, but during a strong gale from N. W. to N. E. the former was driven on the beach full of water, and the latter abandoned, but is riding near the flats. NEW YORK, DEC. 14.—The Telma was below New Orleans on the 20th ult., with loss of mizen mast. The John, Lud gins,lat Philadelphia, outward bound, was cut through by the ice on the 9th inst. HAVANNAII, DEC. 14.—A brig, under British colours, struck at Cayo Innes de Sota, on the 29th Oct., where she left 169 bags of Tobago Pepper. The Brothers, Stevenson, from London to Constantinople, was abandoned on the 2d inst., off Cape St. Vincent. The Iris, Ferguson, from Leith to Odessa, sunk in the Pentland Frith, on the 12th inst.—crew saved. The Meta, Hurst, from Odessa to Newcastle, was totally lost on the Cross Sand on Sunday night—crew saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French and Dutch Mails ; and ship letters from the Mauritius, to Oct. 9. The great sensation which prevailed in the City yester day, owing to an old established banking-house in Lombard street having temporarily stopped payment, haS. entirely sub sided ; as it is well known that the firm have a great sur plus, after paying those persons who bank with them. They also possess large estates. It was entirely an unforeseen event. We hear that the Bank of England assisted them with 100,0001., and other bankers to the same amount. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 891 for the Account, opened this morning at 891 ; for Money, 89i, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 18 20 ; India Bonds, 10 12 ; Bank Stock, 209 210 ; India Stock, 255 k 256 A-. In the Foreimn Market, Spanish Active closed at at present 2427 ; Passive, 71 ; Deferred, 121 13 ; Portuguese, 481 49/ ; Three per Cents., 31/ 4 ; Colom bian, ; Mexican, 2.5 i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53i 54*. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. To the present hour we have a dead calm in the City. No further arrivals, or any reports, and the sombre appear ance of the weather adds to the dullness of commercial operations. Consols, which were in the.morning 891 -a for the Ac count, are the same at present ; for Money 89/ Ex chequer Bills, 18 20 prem. ; India Bonds, 12 10 13 prom. ; Bank Stock, 2094 f ; India Stock, 256. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active reached in the course of the morning 274, since which they have receded to 27,i 4, at present 274 ; Passive, 7i ; Deferred, 12-R-4 ; Portuguese, 49f ; Three per Cents., 314 321 ; Colombian, 24f ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half,s4. T lIREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 894 SINGULAR OCCURRENCE,—A sheep, which wasin a field at Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, was missing the 16th ult., and was not recovered until the Bth inst. ; when it was found it had been buried in the snow 13 days, but was still alive, and likely to recover. LEAMINGTON SPA, JAN. 15.—A French corn pany of comedians have been performing, at Mr. Elliston's theatre, several popular vaudevilles, much to the entertain ment of the Nobility and Gentry sojourning here. The Warwickshire Hunt Ball was a most brilliant meeting., on Wednesday last. The Shakspearo Hall was elegantly de corated. Upwards of 300 persons were present at this gay scene. The arrivals here have been numerous during the week—Lady Harriet Mitchell has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from the scat of Mr. Leveson Gower ; Lord Howth, accompanied by his family, has arrived in Warwick-street. The arrivals also include Mr. Bolton Peel and family, from Tamworth ; Colonel and Mrs. M.Stewart, Sir Wm. Thornton, &c. A dreadful fire broke out at Dcbtford, near Sun derland, on the loth instant., in an extensive patent rope manufactory of R. Webster, Esq., which destroyed property to the amount of 40,000/. or 60,0001. The widow of Vlina has been created a Countess, with a pension amounting to the pay of a Spanish Lieu tenant-General. We are sorry to learn that Mr. George Edward Anson, who has, during the greater part of the recess, been performing all the arduous duties of Private Secretary to Lord Melbourne, is now suffering u n de r a very severe attack f the prevailing epidemic, the influenza. On Saturday evening, an inquest was held before Mr. Stirling, at East Bedf or d, near Staines, on the body of James Strickland, a fi ne y ou th, aged sixteen, who was accidentally shot by a young lad, his acquaintance, named Edward Groves. Mr. Smith, a farmer, stated that on Tuesday last he was cross i n g a meadow, and heard cries o f distress, and saw Edward Groves beckoning to him. He ran to the spot, and saw the deceased stretched on the grass, quite insensible, and bleeding profusely from the lower part of his person. Groves was in a state of great alarm, and said as he was crosking a bank with a loaded gun in his hand, the lock was met by a briar and went off, and the charge lodged in the deceased's person. The deceased was immediately brought to his father's house, where he died. The mother of the deceased stated that he told her before he died, his being shot was quite accidental. Ver dict—" Accidental death." The Jury ordered the gun to be destroyed. DESTRUCTIVE FI RE.—Sunday night a fire broke out on the pramises occupied as a tea warehouse by M'Eniry, 14, Dame-street. The origin of the fire is as yet unknown, and it was not until the flames burst forth from the shop windows that the inmates or neighbours had any intima tion of it. Almost in a moment's time the outside wood work of the house, as fai as the drawing-room windows, was enveloped in a dense mass of blazing fire. Unfortu nately, owing to the difficulty in procuring water, no effort could be made to arrest the progress of the flames, which were at this time spreading with unexampled rapidity and strength. The apprehensions which prevailed for the safety of the houses at either side have subsided. The flam es, both front and rcre, have been suppressed. T he en gi ne s are still in active operation, but a dense vapour only arises from the debris of the burned material. From all present appearances it is hoped that the fire is completely got un der, and from the presence of the military and polices or der is preserved and plunder prevented. About one o'clock on Tuesday last, an elderly man in distressed circumstances, but not of the commo ve n . descrip. tion of beggars, called at the house of Mr. G. , in this town, and solicited relief ; on being re fused, he ex claimed—" Then I will poison myself in fron t of Your door," and lifting to his mouth a vial 'fil led with liquid, drank off part of its contents. Mr. Wiffen, howeve r , seized the vial and took it from him, w hen it proved t o contain laudanum, which it appears had been purchased o f two chemists in the town. He was immediately taken t o the workhouse, and medical aid being procured, the effect s of the poison were arrested.—Chelmsford Cnronicle. At the Hereford County Sessions, on Tuesday, a beggar named Castree was indicted for stealing a slice o f bread. The prisoner went into the kitchen of Mr. Joh n Davis, of Kentchurch, and asked charity ; the family t o ld him to go away, as they would give him nothing ; he s a id he must have something, and too k u p a knife, and cut a large slice of bread off a loaf. The jury found him guilty, and the chairman sentenced him t o be transported f or s even years.—Hereford Journal. NEW YORK.-1.1,- architecture of New York is truly meagre ; but, after being at a stand for many years, i s at last in a fair way to be improved. The Custom-house, judging from the plans, will be a superb edifice. It is to be one of the higher Grecian order, with fluted co l umns , an d a pedimeat at each extremity. The whole of white marble. The City Hall has hitherto been the most remarkable build ing in the city. It aboun ds in smal l ornaments, and, being of white marble, which contrasts pleasingly w ith th e gre en trees of the park, makes a pretty a pp earance ; b ut , as a whole, it is very deficient in character, and fails to produce the effect which should be expected from its size and cost. The new building for the University, whi c h i s o f th e Gothic order, has some striking merits ; and, th oug h f a r from per fect, is still very interesting as the first remarkable specimen of a style which has been but lately introduced into tliis country. Thus far the order, where it has appeared in the United States, has been almost exclusively appropriated to churches. Wherever it has been found necessary to erect large secular edifices, they have either been entirely desti tute of ornament, and belonging to no order of architecture, or slightly adorned with Grecian cornices and pilasters.— . Architectural Magazine. THE SUN EXPRESS. From the Supplement of the Hampshire Telegraph of Monday.) The Printer being aware of the desire of persons of all politics to know if the Leader of the Opposition Party in the House of Commons, should let fall, at the Glis ,, a ow Dinner, on Friday last, any outline of the course intended to be pursued by him and his friends on the opening of Par liament, hastens to lay before his readers a copy of this Speech, now about fifty-five hours old, and spoken upwards of 470 miles distant ; added to which, his words and the whole report had to be fairly written, and has twice been put into type ; to enable this to be done, great exertions have been made, but the entire credit is due to Murdo Young, Esq., Proprietor of The Sun, London Evening Paper, the whole of the following being re-printed from the Second Edition of that print of the date of Saturday last. THE PEERAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Str,—What argument is there for the perpetuity of new Peerage creations, commensurate with that advantage which would result to all emulous of national honours, by restriction of hereditary title to three generations ? Magna Charta is in the teeth of such a modification. If the well being and the continual glory of our country, the improve ment of the Court of Final Appeal, and the enlargement of the hope to receive just, because merited, desert among Peers of the realm, is not attainable, unless that roll of privilege have one clause modified—lct an Act rescind the hindrance.—l am, Sir, )ours, Jan. 17, 1837. FIDELITAS. INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. This Society held an ordinary general meeting on Mon day evening last, P. T. Robinson, Esq., V. P., in the chair. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Kingsborough, W. R. Hamilton, Esq., and J. P. Greenhough, Esq., were elected honorary members, and a variety of presents from the Society of Civil Engineers, the Society of Literature, and other bodies, were received. G. L. TAYLOR, Fellow, then explained the nature of the roofs lately constructed over some of the Admiralty docks and building ships, which cover an immense area (some 111 acre), and arc simple in their arrangement. After which, G. GODWIN, jun., Associate, read a highly interesting paper on the means recently employed at Paris in erecting the obelisk of Luxor, which he prefaced with some remarks on the form, object, and decoration of obelisks in general, displaying great ingenuity and research. M. Lebas, the talented engineer, under whose direction, the obelisk was erected in the Place de la Concorde, Parisf has been created, it appeared, Chevalier of the Legion o. Honour, and Director of the Musee de Marine in the Louvre Adjourned to January 30th. MONEY MARKET. The city has been in an uneasy state during the whole of Monday morning, on account of some embarrassments in which one of the leading banking houses, that of Sir James Esdaile and Co., was supposed to be involved, and which did lead, in fact, to a temporary suspension of payment. Later in the day, however, assistance was obtained, and payments went on as usual. The causes assigned for the temporary difficulty were the severe indisposition of one of the partners, upon whom it depended to conclude certain arrangements with the Bank of England for support in a large advance, for which they were able to produce ample security, though not of a nature easily convertible, without such assis tance, into motley. It is said, in fact, that all the points of the negociation had been fully settled, but that the Bank unexpec tedly, and at the last moment, drew back from it, and refused to make the required advances. It is affirmed by the friends of the firm, who came forward zealously to support them as soon as it was known that the arrangement with the Bank was not to be carried into effect, that their assets are ample, and more than sufficient to meet all their engagements. This house was largely connected with country banks, and during the panic of 1825 it was very severely run upon, but it then met every demand, without leaving any doubt about its stability. One account of this affair is, that 'on Saturday application was first made to the Bank of England for assistance, and it was then understood that it would be afforded, upon which understanding the bank ing business of Esdaile's house proceeded as usual, and went on until about one o'clock. At that ,time an inti mation was, it is declared, most unexpectedly received that the Bank of England declined to afford all the assistance on which the house had calculated, and the consequence was, that soon afterwards the clerks had directions to pay no more checks, nor to answer any more bills. That continued for a short time, and soon afterwards this stoppage became generally known and caused much alarm, and runs upon other houses that even happened to be in the neigh— bourhood. Lombard-street was literally thronged with Farriages, and with parties pressing towards Esdaile's in particular. In about an hour, however, Esdaile's house resumed their payments, and met every demand made upon them ; and besides this resumption, at four o'clock they caused an authorized notification to be made, that " Messrs. Esdaile and Co. had not finally suspended their payments," and that " the suspension was temporary, but effectual assistance had since been received from their friends, which enabled them to meet every demand." They accordingly proceeded with business till the usual hour for closing banking-houses, and left off with the repetition of the annunciation that business would be resumed to-day.—Times WEST SOMERSET.—The Dorset County Chro nicle has again, but with more distinctness, asserted that a negociation is now going on for transferring the represen tation of West Somerset from Mr. Tynte to Sir T. B Lethbridge. We have once before stated that this asser tion is wholly false and without foundation. Mr. Tynte has never contemplated retiring from the representation, so long as his constituents are willing to confide their inte rests to his case, and Sir T. B. Lethbridge would not accept the post if it were offered to him. The story is altogether a fabrication to serve the purposes of party.— Somerset County Gazette. KENDAL.—Besides Mr. Grcgson, of whom the Kendal Afercztry asserts nineteen-twentieths of the inhabi tants of the borough know nothing, Mr. Standish is spoken of. He stood a contest for Wigan at the last election, but was unsuccessful. He is a gentleman of ample fortune, and we believe a Radical in politics. PONTEFRACT.—Mr. Gully recently contradicted the report that he had recommended Sir Culling Smith or Colonel Raffles to succeed him in the representation of Pontefract. He disclaimed all wish and intention to inter fere with the electors in the choice of his successor. PRESTON.—We have learned from the best au thority, that a gentleman of rank and talent, and a sup porter of the present Ministers; will be brought forward by the Whigs as a candidate for Preston, at the next general election.—Preston Observer. There is an on chit that Lord A— L—, being much fascinated by the charms of Miss B—, one of the belles of Alina.ck's, proposals are to be made as soon as the families have settled the arrangements. MIDDLESEX REFORM DINNER.—The arrange ments for the grand Middlesex Reform Dinner are to be on a most extensive scale, as fixed at the meeting of the Com mittee last week. It appears that a platform over the pit of Drury•lane Theatre, communicating with the stage, will, both together, afford ample accommodation to 900 indivi duals to dine in comfort, without being crowded. There is/ to be a cross table capable of accommodating 120 persons, at which Lord Russell (the Chairman), the Duke of Nor folk, the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Tavistock, &c., will sit, besides the Members for the City of London, the Members for the metropolitan boroughs, and the Stewards. The Stewards will be allowed three tickets each, and, to prevent any charge of partiality, those who are fur nished with tickets, are to draw lots for places at the tables on the platform and on the stage, except the cross table, at w hi c h plates will be laid for 800 persons. According to the plan proposed and adopted, the interior of the theatre will have a very interesting appearance, as the boxes will, no doubt, be filled with elegant company, and the stage decorations will be distinguished by taste and suitable de vices. The sum to be paid for the use of the theatre, the fitting it up, &c., for the occasion, will be 5001. TILE EDGEWA RE-ROAD MURDER.—The mystery in which this horrible and extraordinary affair is involved appears rather to thicken than diminish. On Sunday, at an early hour, preparations were made by order of the Regent's Canal Company for emptying those portions of the canal within about 300 yards on either side of the Edgeware-road ; but, owing to some unforeseen obstruc tion in the pipes, the water had not sufficiently run off before dark to allow the men, who were in attendance with drags, &c., to commence dragging for the legs, which it was considered probable bad been thrown into that part of the canal. Yesterday morning, however, they com menced operations immediately after day-break, and conti nued dragging until about one o'clock, but neither the legs nor any thing at all likely to afford any clue to the disco very of the murderers or the identification of the body was discovered. Inspector . Feltharn, and Pegler, the police man, were in attendance and superintended the proceedings, which were watched with the most intense curiosity by hundreds of persons who lined .the banks, among whom we noticed several of the parish officers and members of the vestry. During Sunday and yesterday no application s were made to see the head and trunk, which are still un" interred, nor have the police received any information likely to lead to any clue. The supposition, therefore , gains ground that the ill-fated woman must have been 3 stranger in London, and probably she had only just arrived , from Ireland.