The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-10 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURT. KINGSGATE-STREET.—THE TAILOR, THE MILLINER, AND THE HORSE HAIR CALVES !—BROWN V. TURREL. .--The plaintiff in this case was a tailor ; and a few months mince the defendant called upon him, and said he wanted a pair of the very best superfine black kerseymere dress trousers, and inquired the price of them. Plaintiff told the defendant they would be two guineas, but eventually agreed to take 1/. 18s. As the defendant was so fretfully anxious to obtain a good fit, plaintiff cut them out, and had them basted upon his legs ! After the manifold alterations had been suggested by the said defendant, and assented to by the plaintiff, the trousers were completed and sent home. In a few hours, however, they were sent back with a mes sage that they were too loose in the seat—(considerable laughter, during which the defendant looked as grave as im posture itself). Plaintiff made the required alterations, but still to no purpose ; and at length, getting tired, he sent in his bill and receipt, which defendant thought proper to keep, without disbursing the amount, and sent back the trousers. Mr. Commissioner Dusois—Now, Mr. Turrel, what say you to this ?—which is Mr. Turrel ? Here a very delicately-made, and rather woeful-visaged individual, about five feet two inches in height, stepped for ward, and with as much dignity as there in him lay, said, " Sir, am Mr. Turrel---!" _ _ COMMISSIONER—And what are you, Mr. Turrel, eh ? Defendant—Me, Sar—l'm a tratesman, Sir--.- COMMISSIONER—Phoo, phoo—what trade arc you ? Defendant—Why, Sar—aw—l'm a niillanaur.—(Shouts of laughter.) COMMISSIONER—WeII, Sir, what do you say to the plaintiff's statement ? Defendant—lt's all very true, Sar, as he says—but, Sar, I'm determined to have my clothes to fit. After I had the seat taken in—aw—l found they were too long—and aw when aw—he altered them again— a w—they positively were too short and aw—when I w anted them—aw—made longer—aw—the tailor said he ould charge—aw—the alteration, and aw—so you see he has dragged me here.—(Laughter.) Plaintiff—Why, Gentlemen, when he first came to ire ho wanted the trousers made with padded horse hair calves --( Immense laughter)—but I told him I did not deal in horse hair. As to the present pair of trousers lam con fident they fit. COMMISSIONER — I ' m afraid, Mr. Turrel, we must get you to do as we usually order in such cases—try them on, and the Jury will decide whether they fit or not. Defendant—'Pon my honour, Sar, I cannot.—(Laughter.) . - COMMISSIONER-Why you may go up stairs, unless, indeed, the horse hair calves are in requisition —we cannot accommodate you with those— Defendant, indignantly—Perhaps, Sar, you may not know what a pair of dress trousers are—(laughter) ; they should fit tight, Sir, and aw— Cox MISSIONER—SiIence, Sir good man-milliner—you shall have these trousers made so tight that it shall puzzle you to get out of them. Are you (to plaintiff) willing to make another attempt at fitting this gentleman's extraordi nary pair of legs ?—Plaintiff (eying the defendant with in effable contempt)—You may say that, Sir—'tis a hopeless task ; but I'll try. COMMISSIONER—On that condition then the case shall stand over for a week, and on Monday morning next, if the gentleman still objects, he must fit them on here in Court, when the Jury will decide upon " both capital calves" and the trousers in the bargain. The parties then left the Court, one of the Jurymen ob serving that the milliner deserved the same treatment that the dress-trousers had undergone—that is, a good basting. Mary Fuller, a very knowing-looking sort of pot-house servant of all work, summoned her mistress for the sum of 6s. Bd., for a fortnight's wages. The mistress, a very lady like person, attended on her own behalf, and the following is a faint outline of the crimination, recrimination, itera tion, and reiteration, which continued nearly " one hour by Shrewsbury clock :" Mr. COMMISSIONER—Why did you leave, Mary Fuller ? Plaintiff—She called me a thief ; she said I always went to the safe, and took the meat. She took the butter off my plate when I was at breaksfast, and put it into a pie crust. Defendant—Oh, Mary! Well, I never—oh ! Plaintiff—You know very well you said I shouldn't slob ber the butter away, and anything would'nt be too good for me ; and, to be sure, you was always larking about my appetite, when you never knew me to eat above a pound of meat for my dinner, all the time I was with you. COMMISSIONER—You've said quite enough. Now, let. us hear the other side. Defendant—Sir, I can assure you she is a very bad ser vant. She eat every bit of lean that came before her, and threw away the fat ; and as for pepper, why I could never keep a bit of it in my house.—( Roars of laughter, in which both Commissioner and Jury heartily joined.) She'd go to the safe, and cut off about three pounds and a half of meat at a time. She was very dirty, and never washed the vege tables ; but the worst of all, she formed a very improper intimacy with a pot-boy, and hero, Sir, is a letter I received upon the subject. Here the letter was handed up, and the COMMISSIONER read as follows : " Genevverry fust, 1887. " I rite these faw lines to let u no how ure sarwcnt is a goin on—l sees er—ewerry day—and wen she Bits along the pot-boy, has saws u—u karnt tel how she bites ure back (backbites) an I nose werry wel as she guves him wittles an sich likes—l don't want to say nuthink to hinger the gal, but my feclins is urt to see sich goins on." The above is but an extract of the delectable letter, ver bauim et literatim. The award was in favour of Mary, the An Irishman named Featon was committed to gaol last week, for a brutal assault on a solicitor, at Rugby. The scoundrel drew a sword stick, vociferating justice or blood ; and but for the interference of some persons who chanced to be on the spot, murder would probably have been perpetrated. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday being Plough Monday a Court was held, for the purpose of receiving pre sentments from the various inquest juries of the City of London, and of swearing in constables. Nothing of any public importance took place. A young lad lost his life on Monday at Duddingston Loch, Edinburgh. A number of persons had assembled on the ice, which gave way at one spot, and twelve individuals were immersed in the water, but all were rescued save one. The marriage of the daughter of Prince Esterhazy takes place at Easter in the Royal Palace at Vienna ; the Emperor gives the lady away. It is supposed that his Excellency will remain in this country until the middle of March. The young lady whom we stated, a few days ago, General Baron Athalin to have married, is Mademoiselle Lelatraais, one of the wealthiest heiresses of Normandy. REPRESENTATION OF ANGLESEY.-We are enabled now to announce what for some days has been an ticipated, that William Owen Stanley, Esq., of Penrhos, is the Reform candidate for the representation of the county of Anglesey, in opposition to 0. F. Meyrick, Esq., Bodor gan, who stands on the Tory interest. Mr. Stanley is a staunch and uncompromising Reformer. Carnarvon Herald. The registry of the county Leitrim closed yesterday. The numbers registered were as follow :—Liberals, 29 ; Tories, 5 : Cases for appeal—Liberals, 8 ; Tories, 2. The activity and zeal of the agents on the estate of the Earl of Leitrim are deserving of the greatest praise. On Christmas-day 204 children were baptized, and 43 marriages celebrated at the Collegiate Church, Man chester. The ordinary meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society was held on Saturday, Sir George Staunton, Bart., in the chair. Several presents were announced, and J. Hender son, Esq., of the Bombay Service, Messrs. Richards, Por ter, Malcomson, and Parkinson, were elected resident members. The paper read was the first part of a com munication from Lieut. Dickinson, being an inquiry into the fate of the ten tribes of Israel after the fall of Samaria, founded upon the testimony of various Arabian writers. M. Felix Lepelletier de St. Fargeau, brother of Michel Lepelletier, who was stabbed by the Garde du Corps Paris the day after the condemnation of Louis the I 6th, di e d on W e d nes d ay morn i ng a t Villi er s, near Neuilly. Express es are sent off to the Duke of Cumberland twice a week, viz., on Tuesdays and Fridays. The members of the Lambeth Reform Association connected with the Vauxhall district, at the Monthly Meet ing, specially convened (and which was very numerously at tended), have come to a resolution to support the two sitting Members for the borough (Messrs. D'Eyncourt and Hawes), and to defray any expenses which it may b e necessary t o incur in that district in favour of the popular candidates, for which ample funds have been already subscribed. A similar resolution was to be brought forward at a General Meeting of the Association, which will be shortly held, and no doubt is entertained that it will be agreed to. This is very encouraging to the hopes of the Knight of Kerry. The Reformers of Lambeth are fully determined not to give him and the Conservatives the benefit of a division in the camp. It is well known that Meunier, the assassin, is afflicted with a certain cutaneous disease. Le Corsaire says *t no fewer than a score of officers of the National Guard e :Aaed the honour of having arrested him, and that at a Jutpoiree one of them was boasting to a lady that he had ii 4 n igg' the criminal. "Oh ! Sir, I hope not !" exclaimed tbe4 ady ; " has he not the itch ?" " Be not alarmed, , I did not touch him." OVVISI .ice' - PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. ...... _ 2101 i Iltidia Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. ... ....... ...S9l( ' 7 4 % Initto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons 89V4% ' South Sca Stock lOO% 3% per Cent.........—...... ..... ---Old Annuities —.......„ BB% Ditto Red. 98% 8 New Ditto ........ „......... ...... New 3% per Cent...,......... 97%34'4 13 per Cent. 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An EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Society will be held at this Office en FRIDAY, the 27th Inst., at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of Confirming the Resolutions passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting, held on Thursday, the sth Inst., for the purpose of de claring a BONUS, when the Assured will have the privilege of being present. Jan. 10, 1837. JOS. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. HAMBURGH, DEC. 12. ON approach of the COMMENCEMENT of JANUARY, all those who may have to write to us before that time, are requested to do so without delay, and to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURGH, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 10/., 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 forwarl the amount in One Note; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. We request not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS in HAAIBURGH. P. S. To persons having to remit 8/., on receiving a Tcn Pound Note, We return Two Pound in the cheapest way possible. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 20 minutes past Three o' Clock. 15f- .~~, 46 1 .1 •' .0.1•• LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1837. We direct the serious consideratio❑ of the Spanish Ambassador in London, and, through him, that cf the Government at Madrid, to another excellent letter from our correspondent PEL AGI us. The present com munication refers to the late renowned siege of Bilhoa, and points out what we deem incontrovertible argu ments for prompt attention to his admirable and con clusively military suggestions. In a recent correspondence between Mr. WENT WORTH BEAUMONT and Mr. O'CONNELL, the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny pronounced deliberately the opinion, "that religious animosities are the sole cause of the present unnatural state of Ireland." We are disposed to make great allowances for the unguarded expressions of public men of ardent temperaments, when addressing congregated masses of their fellow-countrymen. In the warmth of political discussions the most temperate orators are often betrayed into the use of language which in their cooler moments they would willingly retract, and not less frequently into the avowal of convictions from the general correctness of which they themselves, a moment afterwards, would be obliged in candour to make large deductions. To no public man in the United Kingdom have we thought it our duty to extend this indulgence more largely than to Mr. O'CONNELL. In the multifariousness of his avoca tions we found an ample excuse for the occasional em ployment of an intemperate expression, the application of an unbecoming epithet, and the premature adoption of political schemes and systems flung aside as extra vagant and impracticable before time was allowed to judge of their operation. To try the public conduct of Mr. O'CONNELL by the ordinary standard applied to the acts of other public men would be narrow minded and unjust. The position which he occupies, and the circumstances by which he is surrounded, are such as would paralyze the faculties of an ordinary person. What is more wonderful still, his position was created by himself, and over the circumstances which sur round him he has long exercised a controul such as no single individual ever before dared to exercise in Ire land. Mr. O'CONNELL is a man of strong impulses, and his mind is too vigorous and original to admit of his wearing the harness of those Parliamentary hacks who have nothing to refer to but their consistency— most commonly in doing nothing—during so many years of public life. Mr. O'CONNELL has done, and continues to do too much, to do everything faultlessly ; and he has made, and continues to make too many speeches upon all manner of subjects, to allow any reasonable person to expect that he can be always wholly consistent with himself. But the instant Mr. O'CONNELL takes up the pen he debars himself that indulgence which we so willingly extend to any crudities or intemperate expressions which we may discover in his declamatory denunciations of the op pressors of Ireland. Consistency in his written opinions is expeCted from every public man. The truth or false hood of those opinions is quite another question. Now we put it to Mr. O'CONNELL himself, whether he does not remember to have asserted, in his letters and public appeals to the English people within the last seven years, that the sole cause of the evils of Ire land was entirely removed from the relative conditions of Catholicism and Protestantism in that country? Did he not deliberately assert that the Union—" the ac cursed Union"—between Great Britain and Ireland, was the " sole cause" of Irish misery, and that never till it was dissolved could Ireland become prosperous and happy ? Did he not assert in 1828—in writing too--that nothing but the Emancipation Bill could make Ireland contented and tranquil ; and that that Bill, as passed in 1829, was amply sufficient for that great purpose ? Did he not, in 1835, as deliberately state that Orangeism—apart from Protestantism and Dissent—was the sole cause of the degradation of Ire land ? In a word, is there a measure of any moment which he has supported which he has not described in letters, written by him, as all but sufficient for the re moval of the "sole cause" of the wretchedness which preys upon the vitals of Ireland ? In justice to Mr. O'CONNELL we will here quote from his letter to Mr. BEAUMONT the passage upon which we bring against him a charge of inconsistency ;-- " You desire to be publicly informed by me if I coincide THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1837. with you in the opinion that the sole cause of the unnatural state of Ireland lies in this—that religion is made a point of honour between the Catholics and the Protestants. " By point of honour I understand a motive to irritated feeling and exasperated passion, arisinc , from the painful sense of unjust inferiority on the one hand, and the con temptuous pride resulting from unjust superiority on the other. tude, which has never been acknowledged as such a debt ought to be acknowledged by a great public manifestation of respect and admiration. They ha zarded their lives, and some of them actually suffered what many would consider a greater punishment than the loss of life itself, in defence of principles which Reformers hold dear. Those principles have triumphed —have been recognized by the nation at large—and been made the foundation of all the improvements in our institutions which have either taken place or are contemplated. It is therefore a duty—a national duty we might say—to testify gratitude towards the men who fearlessly maintained, and by so doing gave effect to the principle of Reform at a time when its advocates were few, and exposed to the persecution of a Tory Government, headed by a bloodthirsty renegade. " My answer, then, is, that I entirely concur with you in that opinion. You have discovered the true, the great, the gigantic, the all-pervading cause of the unnatural state of Ireland. It is, indeed, the sole cause—for it so exas perates and envenoms every other portion of misgovernment, that although without it our evils should be curable—they are rendered deadly only by the admixture of this fatal in gredient of ever-recurring religious rancour." Religious animosities are the cause of much misery in Ireland, but we deny in toto that they are the sole, or even the principal cause of the penury of the great mass of the Irish peasantry. In what counties of Ire land are the people most wretched ? Most undoubt edly in those in which the ascendancy of Protestanism is least perceptible. In Derry, in Down, in Armagh, in Tyrone, in Fermanagh, and in the lower part of Cavan, the spirit of Protestanism is more offensively paramount than in any other part of Ireland ; and yet the labouring poor are not half so miserably off as they are in the counties of Leitrim, of Sligo, of Galway, of Queen's county, of King's county, of Roscommon, and of Clare, where Catholicism is uncontrouled by the predominance of the professors of a hostile creed. Any man with two ideas in his head has only to look to the relative con dition of the peasantry of different counties in Ireland, to be convinced that religious dissensions are not only not the sole cause, but that they are a very remote cause of Irish misery. Let him look closely to the so cial condition of the mass of the peasantry in the Western and Southern districts of the kingdom—let him enter their miserable mud cabins as we have done— let him note carefully the total indifference of an absentee aristocracy to their very existence, beyond what is shown in plundering them of the hard-earned fruit of their daily toil, and we will answer for it that he will not ascribe the sole cause of Irish misery to the domi nation of one religious sect over another. Mr. O'CONNELL and the people of Ireland know that in saying thus much, we are as strongly opposed as they can be to the legal ascendancy of the Protes tant Church in Ireland. We applaud the exertions now making by the Irish people to fling off a yoke im posed upon them by a priesthood in whose tenets they do net believe. We are for equality and fair play in religion as in everything else. We consider it a grievous wrong—an act of refined oppression—to compel a Ro man Catholic to pay for the maintenance of a Pro testant Church ; and we hesitate not to say that we should despise any Roman Catholic who would volun tarily do so, except out of obedience and respect to the laws. It is therefore the duty of Mr. O ' CONNELL to (10 all in his power to abrogate the law, and his exer- The Paris Journals of Sunday announce the ac quittal of the Courrier Francais, by the Court of Assizes, on a charge of violating the laws of Septem ber, which forbid the mention of the KING'S name in conjunction with the public acts of the Government. The article for the publication of which the Courrier Francais was subjected to a trial, was copied from the Siecle, whose name was originally joined in the same indictment with it, by the public prosecutor. M. P. DupiN, Counsel for the Courrier Francais, opposed this arrangement, well knowing that the Government had resolved upon the conviction of the Siecle for its able exposure of the weakness, ignorance, and pre sumption of the present Administration ; and for its ludicrous expositions of the Constitutional Regime of King Lours PHILIPPE. The trial of the Siecle was concluded at one o'clock on Saturday, when the Court sentenced the conductor to a fine of two thousand francs, and two months incarceration. An hour afterwards the trial of the Courrier Francais was commenced, and terminated in the acquittal of that Journal. This some of the opposition prints are pleased to call a "triumph." A triumph of what ? Not of justice surely, inasmuch as the Court that pronounced the acquittal of one Journal, con demned to fine and imprisonment the responsible con ductor of another equally guiltless. A triumph of the return to a more liberal policy ? By no means ; for both trials took place in the same day. If, therefore, it be called a triumph at all, it can only be regarded as the triumph of Ministerial and judicial inconsistency in France. tions to that effect shall have our best support. But we deny that religious intolerance is the sole cause of Irish misery ; and we further assert that we have the authority of Mr. O'CONNELL himself for reitera ting such denial, as often as we may see cause for so doing. What particular object Mr. BEAUMONT may have in addressing a series of letters to Mr. O'CONNELL, will be known to-morrow in Dublin ; as the Hon. Member for Northumberland stands pledged in his second letter to meet the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny at the Corn Exchange on the 11th inst. We rather think from the tenor of his last letter, that Mr. BEAUMONT anticipates a " scrimmage" hetween himself and the great Liberator, whom, however, he professes not to fear. There exists no grounds for such an apprehension. At least we may be permitted to infer as much from the following passage in Mr. W. BEAUMONT'S last letter to Mr. O'CONNELL " I shall be in my place in Parliament on the first day of the Session, prepared to move an amendment to the address (with no hostile intention to the present Ministry), for the immediate and entire abolition of tithes as a Church impost. I do not desire the landlords to be benefitted by the ar rangement, for that would be a spoliation of Church pro perty which would never enter the pockets of laymen ; but I shall explain my views candidly and fearlessly upon the first favourable opportunity. This question is simpler than it appears, because I fear it has occasionally been wilfully mystified by the operation of interest or ambition. You have been kind enough to admit my talent for discovery, and I have other discoveries in reserve." This settles the main question between these gen tlemen. The leading facts may be, thus recapitu lated :—Mr. WENTWORTH BEAUNIONT, in the pur suit or cultivation of his " talent for discovery," stumbled upon the " sole cause" of Irish misery, along with many others, of which we hope to hear more hereafter. He immediately addressed a letter to Mr. O'CONNELL, requesting to be informed whether the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny thought his dicovery the right one—namely, that Irish misery was de termined by a sectarian" point of honour." Mr. O'CON NELL, in his answer, commenced with a definition of his Hon. interrogator's terms—a not unnecessary preliminary —and often deciding a " point of honour" to mean reli gious intolerance, he declared such evil to be really the sole cause of the degradation of his native land. Mr. WENTWORTH satisfied with himself so far, and resolved not to leave a good work half achieved, addressed_Mr. O'CONNELL a second time, appris ing him of his intended visit to Dublin, and of his determination to commence his Parliamentary career with a motion for the removal of what Mr. O'CONNELL had admitted to be the sole cause of Irish wretchedness. Wherefore, then, the boast of fearlessness on the part of the Honourable Member for Northumberland ? He cannot anticipate less than an embrace from the friend whom he has made by his " discoveries." Mr. OWEN STANLEY, brother to the Secretary of the Treasury, has—as we perceive by a paragraph in the Carnarvon Herald—offered himself as a candi date for the representation of the county of Anglesea. We trust that this gentleman will be successful, for his principles are those of Reform—not Tory Reform — and he maintains a high character—consistency and straightforwardness. His opponent is already in the field ; but we understand he has little or no chance, so strong is public opinion in favour of Mr. STANLEY. Nevertheless,, the electors of Anglesea should not relax in their exertions ; but put, each man, his shoulder to the wheel, just as if the chances were against the Re form candidate. Justly observes our Contemporary, the Carnarvon Herald, " the contest is between the oli- garchy and the people ; between Toryism and liberty ; between corruption and Reform ; between those who abuse and prostitute the national institutions ; and those who would reform, renovate, and restore to their utmost utility those institutions ; between those who hold that Government is for the aggrandisement of the few, and those who look on it as a compact for the benefit of the many." Such being the exact nature of the contest, can the Anglesea electors hesitate which of the two candidates they will prefer—Mr. MEYRICK, the Tory, or Mr. STANLEY, the Reformer ? The former would keep down the many, in order to keep up the monopoly of the few.; the latter would see fair play to both. The former would, if possible, deprive us of all the advantages we have gained, or are likely to gain, from the Reform Bill ; the latter would follow it up in a liberal, manly, and constitutional spirit. Mr. STANLEY, then, is the candidate for Anglesea ; and so we shall see in a few days. We beg the attention of our readers to an announce ment, which appears in another part of The Sun, of a public meeting to be held with a view to some perma nent commemoration of the names of Mulft, PALMER, and the other early advocates of Parliamentary Reform. To these noble-minded men we owe a debt of gratis It was supposed in Paris on Sunday that the Go vernment would take advantage of the acquittal of the Courrier Francais, to demand from the Chambers the passing of a Bill for getting rid of the Jury system in the trial of all offences committed by the Press. This is extremely probable. Remarkable as are the Jurors of Paris for the extreme pliancy of their consciences, it must be allowed that they do not always realize the expectations of Ministers. It would be much more convenient, therefore, were the Government in a condition entirely to dispense with their services. There would likewise be a considerable economy of time, trouble, and expense, were the offices of Judge, Jury, and Public Pro secutor merged into one. Prosecutions and convictions of the Press would then, of course, take place in the the sittings of Cabinet Councils ; and thus the delin quents would be spared all costs of defence, and all un necessary exposure previous to conviction. But if such a law be really contemplated, why do not Ministers boldly demand the re-building of the Bastile, and the revival of Lettres de' Cachet ? The magnitude of oppression can alone force men of some minds to regard it with higher sentiments than those inspired by a contemptuous disgust. If the people of France are to be robbed of their just rights, let a Moloch rather than a Belial preside over the Royal Councils. Besides, it would be a safer course on the part of the Government to conduct its opera tions against liberty on an extensive scale. It would then see the danger, and be prepared for its approach. Now it sees nothing. The people neither respect nor fear it, and they tolerate its invasions of their liberties, only because they look forward to the time when they will trample it in the dust. The men who now filch from them their privileges, have taught them that there is a way by which they can be all recovered. What may be done at any time in a few hours, easily admits of postponement. No preparation will be necessary ; for as the Government assumes a position whence it cannot see the danger in its approach, it will not be in a condition to oppose it, were it a thousand times less tremendous than the concentrated fury of millions of betrayed Frenchmen. With respect to the crime of which the Courrier Francais was accused, we may be allowed to observe, that no legal fiction can protect the KING from cen sure, so long as he insists upon retaining the whole ower of the Government in his own hands. In as suming the functions which constitutionally belong to his Ministers, he necessarily becomes publicly and in dividually responsible for acts performed in the name of his Cabinet. If the KING be content with the exercise of the power vested in him by the charter, the Press will not mix his name up with its censures of Ministerial acts ; but, on the contrary, if he retain all the power in his own hands—if he employ no men to conduct the affairs of the country but such as render implicit obedience to his commands, and are ready to be made the scape-goats of his policy— then must he be held responsible for every function performed in his name. No laws can protect him from such responsibility ; and the aggrieved, by the conduct of his Government, will have recourse to crimes of the deepest dye for that revenge which, in the case of a criminal Minister, they would seek by accusation and impeachmeant. There is no news of any moment in the French Journals from the Spanish frontier. Private letters from Bayonne state that Don CARLOS is suffering from severe indisposition, brought on by his late reverses. He labours under great depression of spirits, which his family and his Generals vainly endeavour to remove. It is also stated that VILLAREAL is to be removed from the command of the rebels to make way for GOMEZ. The latter will have enough to do, as NAR VAEZ, at the head of his division, is already on the Navarrese frontier. The health of President Jackson, judging from the complexion of various letters from Washington, must be rather worse than better. The impression seems to be, that he will not long survive.—New York paper, Dec. 10. We can now state positively that the registration for the Northern Division of Northamptonshire is most fa vourable to the Liberal party. No doubt whatever is enter tained that at the next election a Reform Member will be sent to neutralise the votes of Lord Brudenell ; and Mr. Maunsell, of high Church notoriety, will be relieved from his onerous duties in St. Stephen's.—Lincoln Mercury. From an account drawn up by the Minister of the Finances, up to the 31st of October, 1836, it appears that there is in the Treasury a sum belonging to the savings bank of Paris amounting to 45,517,191 f., also sums be longing to the departmental savings-banks amounting to 42,634,62-If., the whole forming a total of no less than 90,151,815 f. The heifer shown at Oakhain agricultural meeting, belonging to Mr. Stafford O'Brien, and which took a prize there, and also in London this year, was purchased by Mr. Morton, roasted whole, and thus shown to 1,700 persons at 6d. each. It weighed 1,2001 b., and 1,400 persons dined off it. The skeleton, in a perfect state, with head and horns, is now exhibiting.—Lincoln Mercury. During the late severe weather the body of a smug gler, who lived in a commune near Le Cateau, not far from Cambrai, was found on the road to Poix (France). Life was totally extinct, but the cause of death was not appa rent. His dog, which remained by his side, defended his master with such ferocity, that it was a task of no slight difficulty and danger to approach the body. The unfortu nate man had with him a quantity of contraband tobacco. Paris is exceedingly crowded and remarkably plea sant at this season. There has been comparatively but little snow between Boulogne and there.: LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 9. —Wind W. to W. S. W.—Arrived the May flower, for Hobart Town ; Express, for Gibraltar ; Vernon, Davis, from Madeira ; Pocahontas, from Virginia. PORTSMOUTH, JAW. 9.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Edin burgh, from Malta ; Van Vecchio, from Antwerp ; Sovereign (transport), from Gibraltar, after being on shore on the Owers. LIVERPOOL, JAN. B.—Arrived the Blake, Thompson, from Bombay—sailed Sept. 3 ' • Nimrod, Atkins, from Charleston ; Mozambique, Croob, and Glasgow, Robinson, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Lady Turner, from Newfoundland ; Sea flower, from Gallipoli ; Mary Ann, Kemp, from Messina ; Meaton, Fowler, from Seville ; Hero, from Cadiz ; Susan, from ditto. Off port, the Isis, from ditto. Cowes, JAN. 9.—Arrived the Claire, Simmonet, from Bue nos Ayres. POOLE, JAN. B.—Arrived the John and William, Davis, from Quebec ; Hope, Shaddock, and Perseverance, Drewer, from ditto. CREEK, JAN. B.—Arrived, the Rebel, Spriggs, from Denia; the Ann, —, from Messina; the Lapwing, —, Smyrna. GLOUCESTER, JAN. B.—Arrived, the Interpret, Geat, from Nantes. WATERFORD, JAN. 7.—Arrived, the Jane, Buck, Miramichi. WEXFORD, JAN. 7.—Arrived, the Wave, Pentreath, from St. John's, New Brunswick. KILRUSH, JAN. 6.—A rrived;the Bryan, Abbs, from London. SLIGO, JAN. 6.—Arrived, the Sarah, Jones, from London. The Elizabeth and Mary Ann, of Cork, foundered at sea on the 26th or 29th ult., crew saved. The John, M`Cann, from Drogheda to Runcorn was totally lost near Formby on the 7th inst. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. - • The arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, and Dutch Mails, two Hamburgh due. Ship letters from Buenos Ayres and St. Kites, Bombay, Sept. 3, arrived at Liverpool. We have received Montevideo Journals to the 21st ult. They report that Generals Rivera and Lavalle were flying before their pursuers, and that 300 more Anarchists had passed over to the Government troops, and not a word is said of the capitulation. The Stock Market during the whole of the morning of yesterday was rather in an agitated state, not owing to the receipt of any intelligence of importance, but to the Bears operating for a fall, in which they were unsupported, and led to two failures in the house. The Commissinners for the Reduction of the Debt will make their investments daily. This operation will, no doubt, cause an improve ment in the Funds. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 902 -1- 3 for the February Account, opened this morning at 90 1 1 Money ; 891 Ex: dividend ; Exchequer Bills, 22 24 ; India Bonds, 12 14 ; Bank Stock, 210 211 ; India Stock, 2551-256 k ex-dividend. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 'continue at the closing prices of yesterday, 25} 4 ; Passive, 71 8 ; De ferred, 12* ; Portuguese, 481 ; Three per Cents., 3111- 31. HALF-PAST ONE. A Jamaica mail has arrived of the 24th of November ; but as yet we have received no papers. Letters are in town, but they do not communicate any news of importance. We have seen letters from Madrid of Dec. 31. The news of the raising of the siege of Bilboa had not up to that day reached the capital. Much was expected from the ap pointment of General Saarsfield to the chief command of the army of the North. A combined movement was to be made on Tolosa, Durango, Irun, and Fuentarabia ; and large sums of money were being sent to the army. Consols are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, and have receded from 90 to 90 for Money ; 89 ex-dividend. The chief business doing is making up the accounts against Friday, which is settling-day for Con sols. Exchequer Bills 23 25 premium ; India Bonds 14 12 prem. ; Bank Stock 210,1. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 251 ; Passive ; Portuguese 48 ; 3 per Cents., 30i 4 ; and Colum , bian 27k. Consols for the Account, 901. THREE O'CLOCK. The Army and Navy Promotions, we are assured, will both make their appearance on Tuesday (this day). The Admiralty have had to fight hard against the desire of the King, who wishes to give flags 'to very meritorious officers, whose sea services since their attainment of the rank of Captain, do not, agreeably to the regulations of the service, and the Orders in Council, entitle them to such an honour.—Hampshire Telegraph. THE " STANDARD" AND LOUIS PHILIPPE.— The learned doctors who conduct the Standard seem to be clean daft upon the subject of the Citizen-King, whom they a•e very needlessly encouraging into despotism. If not labour ing under monomania upon the subject, they certainly write their articles after having breakfasted dla fourchette. The other day they went to the length of not only misrepre senting grossly, but actually misquoting Dupin's speech, though published in their own columns, for the purpose of uttering a panegyric upon their precious pet.—Carlton Chronicle. THE MISSING WIIALERS.-Our countrymen will regret to learn that there are no further accounts of the ships beset in the ice—nor can any now be hoped for until the spring. As most, if not all the vessels, however, were, we understand, provided with provisions, &c., for such a contingency, we trust, on the breaking up of the ice in spring, they will all be heard of. A clamour has been at tempted to be got up against the Government because they have declined to fit out a vessel at a great expense, and ex pose the lives of a number of men, for an object which has been proved to be impracticable, that of a ship, in the dead of winter, and the midst of darkness, making her way through fields of ice. The best humanity is to afford succour to such of the families of those absent men as may stand in need of it. But the clamour against the Government is a mere party manoeuv re . Of a ll the disguises under which party spirit seeks to hide its deformity, that in which it as sumes the garb of religion or humanity is the most disgust ing. —Shetland Journal. Major Gwynne Holford, in an address to the free holders and electors of the county of Brecknock, has an nounced his intention, whenever a dissolution takes place, to come forward as a candidate to represent that county In Parliament. The Gallant Major is a staunch Liberal.- IVelshman. An event occurred on the last day of the old year which is supposed to be without parallel in the annals of the Wear. From the deck of the William Herdman, which was discharging a cargo of timber in the Long Tier, a had dock of surprising magnitude was seen sportina , in the river. After repeated attempts Mr. George Wardle suc ceeded in bringing hirn to land, when this giant of his Will, measuring upwards of six feet in length, was greeted with shouts from the astonished beholders, who shrewdly guessed that a haddock of such colossal proportions must have mistaken his proper locality when he entered the river Wear.—Shields Observer. The severe weather which had set in, when our last week's paper went to press, still continues ; although little snow has fallen since that period. The roads are, in con quence, generally re-opened, and communications resumed with most parts of the kingdom. Owing to the disconti nuance of the heavy—nay tremendous gales of wind from the north-oast, the sea has considerably fallen, and the mer chant vessel again ventures in its bosom, unmindful of recent and disastrous perils. The continued intensity of the frost has been the means of closing the river Wear near Hylton Castle and higher up, but the navigation of this port suffers little hinderance in consequence. Although, as before stated, the roads are in general re-opened, yet owing to the vast depth of snow in many places, travelling is retarded, and the mails are not yet able to keep their accustomed time, even with extra horses.—Sunderland Herald. During the last week, a series of meetings were held in this town in connection with the Total Absti nence Society. On Tuesday, the 27th ult., a sermon was preached in the Wesleyan Seceders' Tabernacle, by Mr. T. B. Young ; o n Wednesday night a public meeting was held in the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mr. Priestman of New castle in the chair ; ou Thursday evening a tea party was held in the Tabernacle, which was numerously attended. The Mayor presided on the occasion.—Sunderland Herald. A Coroner's inquest was held at the house of Mr. John Straker, sign of the Pit Lad, West Rainton, on Tuesday last, before T. C. Maynard, Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of Catharine, daughter of Mr. John Reed, farmer, of that place, a little girl about ten years of age, who died from the effects of a wound received by the burst ing of a gun on the 9th ult. There had been a wedding in the village, and, according to a custom prevalent in the co lliery districts, which, however, is much to be deprecated, the happy couple were followed by parties firing guns over their heads. When opposite to Mr. Reed's passage a gun burst, and part of the barrel carried away the right temple of the deceased, and lodged behind the eye of Mr. R.'s servant, both of whom were standing at the door. The servant was severely wounded, and has lost an eye, but is now in a fair way of recovery. The unfortunate de ceased, whose brains protruded through the wound, lingered till Saturday last, when she expired. It was proved on the inquest that John Ranson, the person who fired the gun, had been warned to desist by the parish clerk, and he was committed to our goal, charged with manslaughter, on the Coroner's warrant.—Durhanz Advertiser. The temperature of the atmosphere has been as low in the southern as in the northern parts of France. At Toulouse the snow fell heavily for several days succes sively, and completely obstructed .the streets. The ther mometer fell to 51 below zero of Reaumur, or 20 of Fahrenheit, and the canals were frozen over so as to stop navigation. Arrangements are in progress for entertaining Mr O'Connell at public dinners in Mayo, Sligo, Athlone, Kil kenny, &c.—. Dublin Evening Mail, THE SPANISH CONTEST. BY PELAGIUS. LETTER V. The relief of Bilboa is an event which derives its principal importance from the moral tied which it will produce on the combatants : in a military point of view, the town is of little consequence to a Government possessing above twenty strong fortresses—but the failure of the Carlists will much discourage the parti zans of the Pretender, and give a corresponding degree of confidence to the Constitutionalists. The observations which I made in a previous letter, upon the unfitness of the insurgents for siege service, have been abundantly justified by the results of their attempt on Bilboa. Any person possessing even a slight knowledge of military service, has merely to cast his eye on a plan of the town, to perceive that had the assailing force been British, not even the obstinate gallantry of the garrison (and never did men behave better) could have preserved the place three days ; half a dozen guns, directed by English artillery officers, would in 48 hours have made a breach, into which the besiegers might have entered 300 men a-breast ; and in 12 more, a column would have given the assault, so supported, that the garrison would have been bayoneted in twenty minutes. The truth is, the town has no strength, although it might easily be very much strengthened. On one side it is much advantaged by the Nervion, and a wide fosse might be drawn round the other side, quite from the Church of St. Antonio to the Convent of St. Augustin, supplied by water from the river ; a redoubt might be erected on the little island just opposite Abando ; the heights of Artugan and Morro should be furnished with good works, mounted with very heavy artillery, to sweep the whole front of the (now exposed) face of the town ; and on the side of Bilboa Viejo, the Convents of St. Clara and San Francisco should be greatly strengthened (and might be fossed from the Nervion), as should Mount Miravillo. The Convents of St. Mames, the Capuchins, and Burcena, should be dismantled, and the materiel removed to Bilboa ; they were merely traps in which weak garri sons were sacrificed, and points front which the Car lists could command the river. A strong flotilla of gunboats should he constantly moored near the Desierto, and huts erected on the shore for quarters during the nights fot the crews —leaving guards of course on board. Another division should be stationed at the bend of the river, between the General Hospital and the Mill ; their fire would enfilade what may be now termed the land points of the town. With these precautions, and a little addition of strength to Desierto and Portugalette, Bilboa might bid defiance to any future siege ; and it is to be hoped these works will be forthwith commenced, for it must not be expected that the recent blow will disable the Carlists. Spaniards (be their opinions what they may) are not people to be dismayed by one defeat, nor by a score. Let the Government prepare for a fierce and lengthened contest. The present moment certainly affords an opportu nity for striking another formidable blow against the Carlists. If Espartero, after refreshing his exhausted troops, (knocked up by a month's marching and bi vouacking), advances with 12,000 men, and reinforces the corps at Vittoria to an equal number, and Evans leaving St. Sebastian to the care of Colonel Wylde, the marines and seamen, pushes forward by a simulta neous movement, the three divisions might drive every thing before them, unite at Durango, feirtify it, leave a strong garrison, well provisioned, in the very centre of the enemy's country, and then commence scouring the insurgent provinces, dismantling their fortified points, and sweeping the country of arms and provi sions ; surrounding, by simultaneous and well-com bined movements, the scattered detachments of the in surgents, and hunting Carlos over the frontiers into France. Even success in this great enterprise would not terminate the war. Countless parties are spread over the whole kingdom, who will require many, many months' chasing. But by organizing the national guards, and forming moveable columns of infantry, provided with horses for forced marches (the means by which Gomez got over so vast a space in a few days), the bandits might at length be hunted down. It is to be hoped that the Spanish Government will encourage the National Guards throughout the king dom (who form two-thirds of its numerical force) to behave gallantly, by bestowing marks of distinction on the brave « Urbanos" of Bilboa—every one of whom ought to be allowed, for life, the pay of a regular sol dier—and the families of those killed should have pen sions of a like amount. The regulars also ought to have gratuities, medals, and promotions. There is no economy so effectual as that of liberally rewarding good services. If a good spirit could be infused into the troops and National Guards, it would be cheaply effected at the cost of a million, for it would ultimately save hundreds of mil lions. There are plenty of men under arms to crush the insurgents, if the military force acted with spirit— and was WELL ,OFFICERED P.S. The town ought to be rebuilt at the public expense, and made a free port. (TO BE CONTINUED.) The health of the King of Sweden is stated to be gradually declining. The severity of the climate and the weakness of age combine to render the continuance of his life very precarious. A few days since the Commissary of Police of the Quarticr St. Martin received an anonymous letter, inform ing him that an innkeeper, named Becher, in the Rue Vert bois, had, at the instigation of a mistress, kept his daughter for some months locked up in a small closet, where she was tre a t e d with unexampled cruelty. The Commissary imme diately visited the poor girl's prison, where he witnessed a most appalling spectacle. The sufferer, a beautiful girl about 18 years of age, was reduced to a mere skeleton. She informed the officer that she had been constantly kept in close confinement in the niche where she was discovered. In her prison, which was scarcely three feet square, she had neither room to sit nor lie down. Her food was of the coarsest description, and her gaolers were in the habit of beating her most cruelly. Every attention is now paid to the unfortunate girl. The inhuman persecutors were taken to the Prefecture of Police amidst the hootings of a crowd, who would fain have inflicted summary punishment on them. ROYAL IVIARRIAGE.—James S tuart, li nea l de scendant of a hundred Kings! James Stuart, better known in the town of Berwick as " Jamie Strength," has, accord ing i lOB winters, nor yet has his pr blo e o n d become chilled. James (for account, we deprecate the i g no ble familiarity of Jamie) has brought in the thirty -seventh year of the nineteenth century with mo st happy auspices of domestic felicity. We congratu latesitto sunk, his ow roya se nor n his him most sincerely, as we do all old heroes who have fought their country's battles by sea and land. On Mon day last he led to the hymeneal altar Miss Isabella Daw son, a young lady, some seventy years younger than him self. This lady is James's fifth consort ; his fourth partner, Margaret Huett, died about a month ago, which must have been observed by the elegant black crape he wore around his antique chapeau. It is said that James serenaded the fair one for some time, till Miss Dawson was quite over powered. She thought that Paganini and Ole Bull were but second and third performers to James Stuart ; she re membered his inspiring strains, as he played through the streets Barbara Bell," We'll gang nae main to yon toon," The east neuk o' Fife" (which James declares is " hard to play, it has sae mony variations"), and she vowed she would become the partner of himself and his fiddle.—Bcr wick Warder. An old man named Barker, who resides at Heaton Mersey, and has but one arm, had been enjoying his Christ mas-day with a friend at Handforth. On his return home near Cheadl e -bridge, and fell endeav our i ng to ex t r i ca t e him janttonigalliet r h i e v e m r s s eAd After footing vain ly him self he gave up struggling, and resigned himself to the deep ; when his dog discovering its master's situation, jumped into the river and caught the old man by the arm and drew him to the shore, where with difficidtv lie managed to crawl up to dry laud. Barker reached home with his clothes so frozen that theywere cut off him.—ChesterGazette