The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-20 00:00:00

Dlt. PARR AND CHURCH REFORM. He was dining some years ago at Hatton, in company with several clergymen, and among them was an Irish dig nitary, who talked long and loudly o f " our exce ll ent Church," o f "our venerable establishment ;" in whose fair face, it should seem he could discover " neither spot nor wrinkle, nor any such thing." Having suffered him to run tho whole length of his line, with no other interruption but a smile now and then, of pity, or a frown, sometimes, of displeasure, Dr. Parr rose at length from his seat, and, after puffing in clouds for a moment or two, laid down his ripe —then resting one arm on the table, and enforcing all he said by the ponderous movements of the other, he broke out into a vehement declamation on the state of the Church—painting, in glowing colours, the grievances under which " it was sick, though, he hoped, not dying"—especially in the unequal distribution of its revenues, in the mysticism of some parts of its creed, in the absurdity of some of its articles, in the servile spirit too prevalent both among its higher and lower clergy, and in their obstinate resistance to the most reasonable and de sirable improvements. He insisted that the Church was fast lasing ground, both in the esteem of the more reflect ing; part, and in the affections of the great body of the Community. " Unitarians," said he, " multiply and calmly persevere. Methodists multiply, and rage, and swagger. High Churchmen hate both, and abuse both, and deny the necessity of reforming themselves." The Church is in danger. " I own it," said he, " but let them look to it who have brought it on ; and who will not adopt the only method for saving us !" " Reform," cried he, roaring out with a voice that literally thundered, and assuming an attitude 'which seemed to defy all contradiction, " Reform ! I say, is the only safety for our Church. As sure as the up rooted tree must bend, or the tower undermined must bow, so surely our Church must fall, unless it be refixed in the good opinion of the people." Then turning to the Rev. Dignitary, " Sir," said he, " I give you your choice—Re form or ruin 9—and mark my words, within twenty years that choice, whichever must be, must take effect:" He concluded with giving, as a toast, " The Church of Eng land and Ireland ! may it be delivered from all its enemies, and from undistinguishing admirers and extravagant enco miasts—of all its enemies the worst !"—Field's Life of Dr. Parr, vol. ii. p. 126. HAMBURG, Nov. 26, 1834 EINE BROTHERS, Contractors for the GREAT LOTTERY, published and drawn by authority and under guarantee of the Hamburg Government, beg to inform the public, that the 65th Lottery of 10,000 Tickets will be drawn on the 18th of March next ; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks Letne.o, or Si. The prizes are lof 100,000, lof 50,000, lof 30,000, of 20,000, 1 of 10,000, 2 of 5,000, 4 of 3,000, 7 of 2,000, 20 of 1,000, 40 of 500, and 1,500 of 108 marks, which 1,578 money prizes are altogether stated ;n marks banco, and payable without any deduction whatever; 4,000 t ickets being delivered gratis to the holdets of the 2,000 first-drawn tickets, as per scheme, those purchasing one ticket, at the trifling cost of 81., may obtain three prizes, and thus, if fortune proves favourable, gain 180,000 marks banco, at the present exchange, equal to 13,000/. sterling. Owing to the gratis-tickets, the number of tickets -on sale is a very limited one, su that, of course, they will be cleared off very rapidly, and a rise in price occur very soon. Those desirous to purchase at the present first price of 81., are requested to direct, by one of the first mails, but only for whole tickets, to the above-named Con tractors, Peine Brothers, in Hamburg. Those remitting a 10/. note will receive an order for the balance of 2/., together with the ticket, by return of mail; on the other hand, those preferring to pay Heine Brothers' draft for the cost, are recommended to pay such draft immediately when presented. A full scheme, and every doll-able information, being always sent with the tickets, those giving orders will only have to write a line, ordering the ticket or tickets, adding the money, or an order for the same, or stating the mode of payment that may be more convenient to the orderer, and giving their full and plain directions, to secure the safe receipt of the communications. Those honouring Heine Brothers by pur chasing, may depend on the strictest secrecy, as to their taking a chahee or getting a prize ; such being the undeviating rule of the old-established and most lucky Office. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will lU^ performed the New Comedy, entitlel THE KING'S SEAL. Henri Ouatre, Mr Coo;KT ; Due de Sully, Mr. \Varde; Berthoidus Delft', Mr. W. Farrell; Gronikind, Mr. Harley. MarcLioncss de Verneiull, Miss E Tree; Louise de Ba!sac, Miss Clifton; Lena, Miss Murray. Arter which a New Interlude, entitled THE KING'S NVORD. To conclude with the New Grand Chivalric Entertainment, called KING ARTHUR and the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE. In which Mr. Ducrow% inagnidcznt Stud of Horses will be introduced THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will b. , pi - 1orme:1 (first time), a Comedy called OFF TO 'I HE CONTINENT. Sir Harry Wildair, Mr. Wallack. V.zard, Mr. King; Colonel Stan dard, Mr. Vining; Belli Ciinc•her, Mr. Bartley ; Clincher, jun., Mr. Web,ter ; A!derm n, Mr. Blanchard. Lady Lurewel', Mrr. l'...uc:t; Angelica, Miss Betts; Parly, Mrs. After which—THE WATERMAN. To conclude with the New Grand Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND QUEEN MAB; OR, THE THREE GLASS DISTAFFS. Harlequin, Mr. Eller; Pantaloon, Mr. F. Sutton; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Whirkig, Mr. W. H. Fayn,. Columbine, Alias C. Reekie. The publication if THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minides past 3 o'clock. - Zb2 ~~ 24 4- 1!... ~ 1 (likiVl-, ti„ •:,,r,-_____..,. -;A,t,,,.: -..W:d LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1835. The glorious example set by the Reformers of the Metropolis to the country has been followed in the noblest spirit by the people of Scotland and Ireland. In both these countries has the cause of Reform ob tained the most signal triumphs. Let our readers only turn to the accounts received this day, and there be convinced of the gallant spirit in which the electors in every part of the United Kingdom have discharged the great trust reposed in them. They have (lone their duty—they have dealt the fatal stroke to the apostate Tories ; and thank Heaven we have now nothing to fear from the machinations of a moral monster, moved by the galvanic power of Royalty. The victory is the people's—they fought their own battle—and they have triumphed despite of Court intrigue and Conservative apostacy. After all their braggart bluster the Tories are at length obliged to confess, that their only remaining chance of monopolizing State power, lies in a coali tion with the Whigs. It is now also openly avowed, that unless those Refor:ns, the outlines of which , :;, ere traced by Earl GREY, arc carried out tq their full extent by the present Cabinet, it mast " fall to pieces like a rope of sand, and be blown away by public opi nion." So far, then, from the Reform Bill being re garded as a final measure, the hour has at last arrived for the Tories themselves to concede that nothing but a faithful adherence to the Reform principle, in the proposing and effectuating of practical measures, can be the means of cementing and upholding power, by the present or any other Ministry that shall govern the kingdom, for this and the succeeding generation. Much loss of time, of money, and of political reputation, has it cost the Tories, to obviate the necessity of this avowal—but, in their death throes—whether to make a clean breast of it before final extinction for conscience' sake ; to urge it as a last cry for succour that they may be revivified by the transfusion of a little healthful Whig blood into Tory impoverished veins ;—or to hood- -wink their opponents' eyes—the admission has been at length wrung from them ! Callous to the shame which such apostacy to their long-cherished and inveterate principles must ever after fix upon them, (if it were other than mock apostasy after all,) the Tories are prepared to throw them to the winds, and unblushingly court a political alliance with the Whigs, to save themselves from perishing : they are content, it seems, to adopt the tenets of their old enemies— nay, further still, to recognise those tenets as the only sound and true rule of political government. Honour had indeed been to the Tories, if the abandonment of a mischievous faith entertained in but innocent errur, and the adoption of an opposite but manifestly purer creed, had signalirkd their con- version ; but when, insensible to the humility which ever marks true repentance, they arro gantly desire to become practical propounders of dogmas to which they have ever been here tofore rebellious, their presumption must be re garded with suspicion, and their dereliction with utter contempt. Renegade to their old faith, it is cer tain they will become traitors to the new, when occa sion shall require. If their conversion were sincere, humility would have marked their penitence ; but it is not sincere—their proud and haughty spirit is a sure warranty of its deceitfulness. Upholding that dan • gerous and anti-Christian doctrine, that the end justifies the means, they would clothe themselves for a while in Whiggism, that they might be able to establish Tory despotism on an enduring and irreversible basis. Shame and disgrace be upon them ! But neither their affected compliance, their concealed treachery, their avowed repudiation of old principles, nor their mock adoption of a creed which in their hearts they loathe shall avail them, if the People be but true to themselves. We cannot seriously suppose that the Whigs will be deluded by the hollow artifices of the Tories, or be alarmed by the visionary dangers which Tory cunning may conjure up ; we cannot seriously imagine that the Whigs are prepared to incur the infamy which must eternally attach to them, if they forsake the people, and unite with their old and bitter enemies under any con ceivable pretence—that they are so base as to be tempted, or so stupid as to be wheedled into a guilty desertion of their duty. But should the alliance be effected—for who shall draw the line beyond which human delinquency or human folly may not step—the people will see in the coalition an attempt which can but have for its object their own subjugation—an attempt which they must frustrate, ond 'tviil frustrate, or, as a free people, perish. If the Whigs and Tories politically unite, the chi mera of Republicanism, which the latter have raised to serve their turn, may perchance approach to something very like reality ; the Monarchy and the Constitution of England may, indeed, become perilled, and anarchy be more than a scare-crow to frighten weak-witted men. And wherefore is the nation to be menaced by these terrible dangers ? Wherefore are the people to be thrown into this appalling consternation ? Where fore is a country, at peace with every State in Europe, to be disturbed by turbulent agitation at home ? Simply because a mad, desperate, and infuriated faction are struggling, at no matter what hazard to the interests of the kingdom, to regain and perpetuate the power which they have already forfeited by misuse. The Tories, and none but they, have wrought the present national . disquiet ; their wild and unprincipled ambition, if it remain much longer uncrushed, will plunge England into a civil war. And these are the preachers of peace, and the askers for a fair trial—Out upon them A mare's-nest has been discovered to us I We have been favoured with an actual definition of CONSER- VATISM which, taken in connection with the names of those who rejoice in the appellation, is really a very dainty affair : " The principle of Conservatism is contradistin-' guished from that of Toryism by its admitting the refoim of Institutions as an instrument for pre§erving ; and from that of Radicalism, on the other hand, by its arresting Reform at the point which falls short of organic change, and beyond which lies destruction." Heavens I what a mistake the country has been labouring under all this while ; instead of the WELLINGTONS and KNATCHBULLS, the CROKERS and RODENS, the STORAION TS and HERRIRSES being Tories—Tory and Conservative having been taken as convertible terms—they all turn out to be Reformers up to the preserving point, and only anti-Destructives up to the arresting point of organic change ! How humbly do we crave Conservative pardon ! Gentlemen and brothers, if this, indeed, be so, we offer you our hands and plight our services in the common cause—for you are of us to a man ! How terrible has been our blunder ! How grievous •your wrong ! We never dreamed that this was Conservatism, and a thousand to one if you knew it yourselves until you were told ; like the man in the play who had lived through so many years of a long life, before be found out that what he had been speaking all the time constituted prose. For the benefit of our political vocabulary, let us see what we learn by this notable intelligence : CONSERVATIVE—One who reforms to preserve ; a pure Reformer. Tony—One who is opposed to Reform; Anti- Reformer ; race supposed to be extinct. RADICAL—One who reforms to organic change. DESTRUCTIVE-- One who reforms beyond organic change. WHlG—Race extinct. REFORMER—A Conservative; A .i-'• n- or). ne ones what a pretty Oh ! those Protean rogue., T 1 harlequinade they - , woul d any magi c . in their wand A cry ha 3 been raised by those who are determined to uphold at all hazards the abuses of the Irish Church, against the interference of the Catholic priests in the Elections. What a shocking thing it is, say these impartial judges, that men, call ing themselves Ministers of the Gospel, should so far degrade their sacred office as to use the influence which it gives them over the minds of the people for political purposes ! Now if this be so very shocking a crime, we trust that it cannot be laid to the charge of any Protestant priest. To take the beam out of our own eye, before we remove the mote from our brother's, is a rule which approves itself at once to common sense ; and we would, therefore, recommend to all those who are so ready to run down the Catholic clergy, for the part they are taking in the present poli tical struggle, to ascertain first whether the Protestant clergy have not set them the example ? Let them, we say, make this enquiry, and the result will strike them dumb. The truth is, that no description of men have proved themselves such eager partizans— none have entered so keenly into the spirit of elective warfare, and none have exhibited so much of the bitterness of that spirit as the clergy of the Church of England, during the contest now drawing to a close. Wherever the rights of the people were to be trodden down by aristocratic hoofs, wherever a champion of arbitrary power, an advocate of abuse, or an opponent of Reform appeared, there we were sure to find the ra vens gathered together. In such a cause the influence of the clergy, magisterial, ministerial, and personal, was never wanting. So it has ever been, and wherever an Apostolieo-political Church exists, so it must ever be. If, then, the Protestant clergyman does not think it inconsistent with the dignity, or incompatible with the duties of his office, to mix in the " filthy fray" of party politics, is it fair, or just, or savouring of Christian charity, to denounce the Catholic clergyman for doing the very same thing ? Far be it from us to justify such a course either in the one or the other. Our opinion is that a minister of the gospel should confine himself to his spiritual functions, and sure we are that these, when measured by the standard of the sanctuary, are amply sufficient to occupy the undivided attention of the most gifted mind. Instead of foment ing party strife, he ought to heal the wounds which it makes. He should be the messenger of peace, not the herald of war. But let an equal measure of justice be dealt out to all men. Let not that be imputed to the Catholic priest as a crime, which passes for a virtue in the dignitary of the Church of England. In this battle they are both fighting with similar weapons. That of the Catholic is better tempered, has a sharper edge, and does more execution ; and therefore it is exclaimed against— but it is a senseless, and will prove an ineffectual clamour. We beg leave to call the attention of Mr. BLORE, the architect, to the following modest and becoming testimony to his professional skill, which we extract from the Norfolk Chronicle of last week. One of the County Magistrates at the January Sessions is reported to have " made a few remarks, in the course of which he said that the observations of Mr. BLORE were utterly unworthy the attention of a practical architect ; that he had completely failed in his instructions to Mr. STONE ; his judgment in picturesque might be very good ; but his opinions were those in which no man could confide. * * * * * • * * * * He thought it would be satisfactory to the Committee to give them the discretionary power of sending, if neces sary, as the work proceeded, for the assistance of a practical architect ; but as to their having Mr. BLOR E, it was entirely out of the question." The pressure of matters of political importance pre vents our giving much space to a subject which, in a certain degree, is local ; but the general interest which every man of education or of taste feels in the preser vation of those monuments of antiquity which the hand of time has spared, induces us again to say a word or two on the barbarous expedient of facing such a remain as the castle of Norwich, with a smug coating of Bath stone. In October last we stated that Mr. BLORE had been called in to give his opinion on the subject, and we need not add, after what we then said, that he proposed a different mode of proceeding from that which was to be adopted.. He must by this time lament that, with a view to conciliate all par ties, he thought proper to compliment the " sound and substantial" masonry which these wholesale Van dals had erected in the place of that which, by dint of main force, they had demolished. The passage which we have above quoted is a delicate return for his polite ness, and we have no doubt will be duly esteemed as such.. He would have done a much wiser thing had he fearlessly stated the plain truth, and the whole truth ; he would thus have put an end to an atrocity which we fear is now irretrievably doomed to be perpe trated; his report would have met with a very different reception from what it has done, and the Magistrates of Norfolk would have been greeted with some such an announcement as the following : " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, TUE JUSTICES OF NORFOLK. _ _ " You may either preserve your unrivalled castle as a Norman ruin, or as an architectural remain. If you wish to do the former, let it alone; if the latter, preserve those architectural features which still remain, and restore those which are gone; but you must adopt in your restoration their original construc tion, or you will dest-oy their character. If you wish to call forth the ridicule and contempt of the present age, and the lasting regrets of every future one, you will proceed as you have begun ; and when you have done your work, if any un fortunate antiquarian traveller should ask to have pointed out to him the Norman Castle of Norwich, his only supposition will be that it has been converted into a county lunatic asylum, and decorated by its inhabitants turned loose for amusement. " I have the honour to be, my Lords and Gentlemen, " Your Lordship's most obsequious servant, " EDWARD BLORE." The Paris papers of Sunday have all been received, with the latest intelligence from the south of France. The project of the law for the indemnification of the United States—the President's Message—and the conduct of the French Ministry, are the leading sub jects discussed in all these journals. The Ministers aie blamed by every party for having unnecessarily de layed to press the claims of America on the Chamber of Deputies, till the coining of a crisis, when those claims could neither be strenuously advanced, nor wilfully retarded, without seeming to compromise either French honour or French courage. As matters now stand, they are blamed for being too hasty in the introduc tion of the Bill for the indemnification ; and we think that, having delayed so long, their Bdest course would have been to have waited the decision of Congress on that part of the Pr , :;', u ' the I • .cprisa s on French shipping. Should ent's Message, which recom mended trill for the indemnification of America pass the Chambers, and at the same time Congress ap prove of the hostile measure recommended by the President, the French Government will have clearly compromised its dignity ; on the other hand, should the Chamber of Deputies reject the Bill, in conse quence of the threat held out by the President, and afterwards Congress, to protest against that part of the Message which refers to France, the citizen KING and his Cabinet will be placed in an awkward position, with respect to the representatives of the States. The KlNG—for the KING is the Government in him self—has clearly committed as great an error by his extreme haste, as he did before by his culpable tardi ness. The only chance of escape left for the French Government, is the passing of the Bill by the Cham b:2r of Deputies, and the disapproval of the President's Message by Congress. The latter of these events is likely to occur, if we can credit the truth of an extract from a letter from Washington, which is given in our extracts from the French Papers. As to the Chamber of Deputies the question is a little different, but TIMERS is confident of success, and has already set every engine of Government at work to command a large majority. The seat of the Government of Switzerland has been removed from Zurich to Berne, the latter Canton having, in the regular order, become Sovereign State on the Ist of January. On this occasion, it is usual for the diplomatic agents of Foreign Powers to address congratulatory notes to the new Sovereign State ; and accordingly Austria has taken advantage of so favour able an opportunity of stirring up the smouldering embers of the political differences between the Go vernments of Germany and the Helvetian ncpublic, by demanding the immediate expulsion of the Foreign refugees who have taken shelter in Berne from the political persecution of the German despots. The object of this note is clearly to provoke the Swiss to do something which shall sanction the commencement of hostilities on the part of Austria. The membm, VHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1835. of the Holy Alliance cannot endure the existence of a Government based on the principles of civil and religious liberty. They only seek a pretext to destroy it ; and for the last four years, every means has been resorted to for the purpose of obtaining some plausible pretext for carrying their infernal design into execution. But let not the little Despots, who lord it over some five or six thousand German serfs, imagine that the free Govern ments of Europe will suffer the perpetration of such a scheme. The President of the Aulic Council has always evinced a very warlike disposition when him self and his royal compeers were called upon to discuss the effect of Swiss liberty on Austrian serfs ; but his Imperial MAJESTY will find that he will have a power to deal with very different from the army of the Re public, should he attempt to carry his despotical and murderous designs into execution. We have not learned what answer the Swiss Government returned to the,insulting note of the Austrian emissary ; but we should hope it was worthy of a nation of freemen. We have received the Cape Town papers, which contain the following Resolutions of the Council re lating to moral and religious instruction of the Hot tentots, and other free people, of both the appro priation of land for the benefit of the same, and the subdividing of the districts, with the prevention an( punishment of vagrancy Art. 1. That considering that the communication of Chris tian instruction to the coloured population of the colony in general is a paramount act of duty, we have learnt with great satisfaction that 'n the resolution of the House of Commons of the 25th June, 1834, relating to the internal Government and prosperity of his Majesty's Colonial Possessions, " The flouse, before proceeding to pass an act for the abolition of slavery throughout the British Colonies, resolved, That his Majesty be enabled to defray any expense that may occur in providing upon liberal and comprehensive principles for the religious and moral education of the negro population to be emancipated.' Art. 2. That it is in our opinion an imperative act of justice towards the Hottentots, to restore them to the enjoyment of freedom and security of property, the means of subsistence in that land which has been emphatically designated as originally and exclusively their own, which is at same time a measure of the soundest policy towards the coloured classes in general, to stimulate them to exertion, by giving them motives of in dustry, and to endeavour to elevate their character by encou= raging and rewarding the industrious—that werecommend that whatever lani.s still remain available for this purpose in the co lony, may be, without delay, granted for absolute possession, to the Hottentots, and other free people of colour, according to such rules as the Colonial Government may deem necessary, reserving a sufficient portion of land for the use of a clergyman avid teacher, and the erection of a church and school. Art. 3 enables his Majesty to defray any expense he may incur in providing for the moral and religious instruction of the negro population about to be emancipated. Art. 4. That of adopting, to the full extent, the truly Christian and philanthropic sentiments expressed by Mr. Wilberforce. We have received intelligence from Bayonne, dated the 14th inst. The Carlists are still before Elisondo ; but, owing to the bravery of the garrison, their attacks have all been unsuccessful. The recovery of MINA is growing more and more doubtful every day ; and it is now rumoured, that LLAUDER having failed to oust the Ministry, will himself take the command of the troops. The Carlists are extremely ac tive in Grenada and Old Castile, where it is re ported that ERA so, the Carlist General, obtained some advantages on the 4th. There is not the slightest appearance of an immediate termination of the civil war ; and should it continue much longer, famine will do the work of the sword—especially among the peasantry. Brussels and German papers have been received. Their contents are not important. We have, however, given sonic interesting extracts from them, which will be found in another column. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Brussels Papers state that some arrangement has been made with the Dutch Government for a transmission of cor respondence with the Belgians. The express from Paris is not of much importance, as there is no further allusion to the affairs of America, and its contents will be fgund in another part of the paper. At Tortoni's the French 3 per cents. were done on Sunday at 77f. Ise. His Majesty's steamer Firefly has arrived at Falmouth, with a mail from the Mediterranean. Left Corfu 29th December, Malta 2d inst., and Cadiz 11th inst. She brings accounts from Greece, which are not more favourable than the last re ceived. Great confusion prevails at Athens. The English and French sq'iadrons were still at Vourla. The prices of the Foreigu funds continue as at the leaving_ of prices of yesterday. Cape Town Papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 30th of October. ( From the Papers of the 29th of October. ) Sunday next, November 30, is the first day of liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison doors to those that are bound, and it will be the last day of slavery in this colony ; and on Monday, the Ist of December, all the inhabitants of the colony will be free. We present our readers this day with the first report of the proceedings of the Legislative Council. The revenue and expenditure for 1835 were given in all their details, which oc cupied the whole of the Sitting. In the estimate of the revenue of 1835, a sum of 2,0001., was granted for the sale of lands at Graham's Town. The total income for 1835, 122,2301. 12s. 2d. ; expenditure, 1835, 121,3341. lls. lid. ; balance, 8961. Os. 3d. The abundance of money which prevailed during yesterday in both the British and Foreign Markets kept the various funds buoyant, as well as the prevailing opinion in the well-informed circles in the City that General Jackson and the French Government would at length come to an amicable arrangement in the affairs of the United States. This had the effect to keep Consols firm at the close of the market, which left off at 92 1 1 I for the opening for the 21st inst ; Ex chequer Bills closed at 259 60, ex-dividend ; India Bonds, 21 22. Consols opened this morning at the above price, with little doing at present. In the Foreign Market there was also an improvement, par ticularly in Spanish and Portuguese Stocks, which closed firm ; Spanish, 56a ; Portuguese, 88ii. The stability in the above foreign securities may be attributed to the arrival in London of M. Ardouin, the contractor of the Spanish Loan, as well as the above loan coming into the market, which was done this morning in the house at lf premium. Yesterday was the last day for the subscribers' letters to be sent in for the loan. The Spanish New Scrip has made its.appearance in the Fo reign Market, which has caused the Spanish Stock to recede from 56.1 to 56t. By the Dutch Mail this morning the funds were :--2i per Cent., 541- ; 5 per Cent., loot. HALF-PAST ONE. Cons-)ls have improved to 92/ -13- for the Account; Spanish Stock has receded near 1 per cent., owing to the Spanish Loan being in the Market ; Portuguese Stock 88i ; Spanish Scrip are 1-4- premium. No further arrivals. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92 THE FUNDS —C BRITISI Bank Stook '223 3 per Ceht Red 91% 3 per Cent Cons. 90% 3!.,, per Cent. 34 per Cent Red 0.94 New 34 per Cent 98% 4 per Cent. A-sented - Dissented Long Annuities to expire JAL INV l7 !?-16 Oct 1859 17 1-16 Jan. 18#4) - PRICES OF ::'PUCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock 3 per Cent. lied. 91%%%4 India Stock 2eo 3 per Cent. Cons 904‘, l Ditto Bond. 2O 2'2 pm. 3,4 per Cent 99% South Sea Stock I)itto Red. 90%}y Old Annuities ............. --. New 35c, per Cent 98!4N% New Ditto B9 -Assented - 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151... -- 1 per Cent. 'Dissented -- Exch. Bills, R 1 42 40 pip. Rank LougAnnuitiesto expire Ditto 500 42 40 pm. Jan. 9, 1860 ll' 3-16 Ditto Small 42 40 pin. vet. 10, 1859 l7 I 16 Ditto Commercial • _ - pin. Jan. 5, 1860 - Ditto Advertised - - pm. Jan. 5, LCSO - Bank Stock for Account _ April 5, 1880 - India Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 - Consols for Account 9214% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per tient - ' Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. 88 Belgian, 5 per cent - Ditto, Now Ditto BBA Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres. 6 per cant - Russian Bonds, 5 per cent..... 108% Ch:lian, 6 per cent - Ditto, Metallic Columbian, 6 per cent ..., - Spanish, 5 per cent :5% Ditto, 1824 3214 Ditto, 18:23. 55 Danish Greek Bonds, 1825.5 per cent. - i Exchange Mexican, 05 per cent , 1825.... - French, :3 per cent -f. -c. Ditto, 1825, 6 per cent - Dutch, 2, percent 54% ,ruvian, 6 per cent ...... ... - Ditto, 5 per cent . 101 A, kv. ,OSING.PRICES. FUNDS. India Stock 260 Ditto Bonds 22 pm South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, In t A... Ditto 510/ 42 pm. Ditto 50 " ! 42 pm Bank Stock for Act. India Stock tor Opg. Consols for Opg. ' :k of an extraordin ar y size was caug h t a t -ek. It measured twenty- n i ne i nc h es in Bur wards of eight pou n d s . Thi s i s s aid length, and weighed up , . Li n d ever ta k en at that exce ll ent to he the largest fish of the y. „ . fishing station. —C a l e d on i an A gh l e l a a d, cd:'' last . MEETING OF SHIPOWNERS. (THIS DAY.) A numerous meeting of Shipowners and others, connected with the shipping interest of London, was held this day at one o'clock, at the City of London . Tavern, to hear read the report of the Committee for the year 1834. Mr. WtoicAm was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said he regretted that it was not in hit power to congratulate them upon any improvement in the shipping interest, or even upon any gleam of hope of improvement. If there had been any alteration within the last twelve months, it had been for the worse. There was still the same depression, the same want of profit able employment for the capital embarked in that perishable property. If they were allowed a fair field of competition with their neighbours on the Continent, they might yet hope to derive the full benefit of those restrictions that were offered for their advantage.—( Hear, hear.) After the report had been read by the Secretary, Mr. BLANCIIARD rose to move that it be adopted. He eulogised the Committee for the intelligence and ability that were exer cised in drawing up the report. He expressed his hope that the late change in his Majesty's Ministry would prove benefi cial to the shipping interest. Mr. H. NELSON seconded the resolution. Mr. Wm. YOUNG did not rise to oppose the resolution, but he regretted that a main feature in the shipping interest—the importation of timber in foreign vessels—had not been alluded to. As allusions had been made to the late change in the Government, he could only say that he did not know whether the Whigs or Tories were most theoretically mad upon this most important subject. He was sorry to say that neither party were so attentive to the shipping interest as its great importance deserved. Mr. G. F. YOUNG, M.P., defended the Committee, and said that upon this subject the Committee had endeavoured to disc eminate all the information in their power, with' a view of procuring practical amendment. _ _ - The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. D. BARCLAY, M P., moved a vote of thanks to the Committee, for their labours during the past year. (LEPT SPEAKING.) COURT OF CHANCERY-(THIS DAY) The Lord Chancellor was occupied the whole morning with arguments on appeals of no general public interest. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) The arguments on the part-heard case of Parker v. Dillon took the whole day, • BAIL COURT._(THIS DAY.) THE KING V. MARY BALDOCK. Mr. ADOLPFIUS moved tor a rule to show cause why a cer tiorari should not issue to remove the proceedings in this case, which were had before the Coroner of Bristol, to the county of Somerset. The • application was made on affidavits, which set forth, that some time since, an elderly lady went to reside at the house of the prisoner, where she died about 14 months ago. She was buried, and all was supposed to be over. Lately her Mends learned that she was dead, and immediately instituted an enquiry into the circumstances, and from some communications made by a servant, who had lately lived with Mary Baldock, suspicion was raised that the old lady had not re ceived fair play. Mary Baldock was accordingly taken into custody—the body was taken up—and a Coroner's In quest held The surgeon who had made a post mortem exami nation of it, found a quantity of arsenic in the stomach ; the re sult was the Jury returned a verdici of wilful murder against the said Mary Baldock. Since that time, many songs, &c. had been made upon the matter, and sung about the streets of Bristol. She complained that they were much to her detriment, and calculated to prejudice the minds of the people there to such a degree, that she could not there get a fair trial, and there fore she was most anxious that it should be removed. Rule granted. Sir Thomas Owen was sworn in before Mr. Justice Patti son, as one of the Clerks of the Ordnance. GENERAL. ELECTION. THIS DAY. EAST SURREY. STATE OF THE POLL FOR THE CAMBERWELL DISTRICT. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Gross Poll. Alsager l2l 1323 Briscoe Beauclerk lOB 1003 WEST KENT. STATE OF THE POLL THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Geary Hodges Rider 2535 2073 2000 Letters were received last week, giving a very unfa vourable account of the health of the Princess Lieven. A memorial has been addressed to the Emperor Nicholas, stating the necessity of removing that distinguished lady to a mildef clime, as soon as the severity of the season would permit. The following curious caution was last week posted up in a conspicuous place in the .little village of Peckham, Surrey :—" Whereas several idle and disorderly persons have lately made a practice of riding on an ass belonging to a gen tleman of this place. Now, lest any accident should happen, notice is hereby given, that he has determined to shoot the said ass, and cautions any person who may be riding on it at the same time, to take special care of themselves, lest by some unfortunate mistake, he should shoot the wrong animal." An incendiary fire took place on Wednesday night last, in the premises of John Aldridge, of Barton, near South ampton. A large barley rick was entirely consumed, and an adjoining barn was with difficulty saved. The perpetrator has not vet been discovered. The property was partly insured in the ° County Fire-office. On Friday morning a fire was discovered in the farming building of an honest and industrious farmer of the name of William Church. at Harlington, near Luton, Bedford shire. The buildings were insured in the County Fire-office, but the poor man was not insured for his stock. He has suf fered lately from depredations on his poultry, and as he took some pains to bring the offender to justice, he had been threatened by a notorious character, who is strongly suspected to be the incendiary. A vigilant inquiry is set on foot by the Fire-office, and it is hoped the miscreant, whoever he is, will not escape the hands of justice. A sympathetic ink, very far superior to any yet in use, may be made thus :—Dissolve a small quantity of starch in a saucer with soft water, and use the liquid like common ink : when dry, no trace of the writing will appear upon the paper, and the letters can be developed only by a weak solu tion of iodine in alcohol, when they will appear of a purple colour, which will not be effaced until after long exposure to the atmosphere So permanent are the traces left by the starch that they cannot,, when dry, be effaced by India rubber. THE LATE CHILD MURDER IN VERULAM BUILDINGS, GRAY'S INN.-The Benchers of Gray's Inn, in addition to the protest which they caused to be entered on the proceedings at the inquest, have also caused bills to be printed, declaring the body to have been removed without their know ledge or concurrence, and have offered a reward of 201. for the discovery of the murderers. The parish have also offered a reward of 101., asserting the body to have been found in the parish of St Andrew, Holborn. It is stated that the removal of the body from out of Gray's Inn will form the ground of an action in the Court of King's Bench. SANDY BRYDON'S KILN, AND THE ASSO CIATED PHILOSOPHERS. — The tone of the whole discussion fo , •cibly reminded us of a ludicrous incident that occurred to us at landing from the steam-packet at Leith. It was night, and it being low water in the road, we had to come about two miles in a small boat from the packet to the shore. In this small boat were also stowed some half-dozen London savans, who were repairing to the Association. A flickering light was seen in a direction north-north-west, on the Fifeshirc horizon. "It is a true Aurora Borealis I " shouted one philosopher ; " and Mr. Farquharson is right ; the elevation is not more than a couple of miles. And see 1 the beams shoot down in the manner described by Captain Parry." " It is not an Aurora 1 " replied another, " but a highly electrified cloud. You see the arch is abrupt, and the light flickering and intermittent : and then it intercepts the stars, which it would not do if it were an Aurora." A controversy was kept up, in which others joined, as to the direction of the meteoric phenomenon—its height, character, &c. which might have lasted to this moment, but for an observation—made un consciously loud, and in a tone at once humorous and con temptuous, by one of the boatman—an old man—" Wed, wed, what it is to be a feelosofer 1 A common man knows that the light comes from Sandy Brydon's lime-kilns ; but what it is to be a feelosoferl" Arid the grand auroreal light turned out to be the reflection of Sandy Brydon's lime-furnace in the sky—and nothing else I —Printing Machine. DREAMS.—Persons are said to have had the period of their own death pointed out to them in dreams. A Mr. M—..., of D_, dreamed one night that he was out riding, when he stopped at an inn on the road-side for refreshment, where he saw several people whom he had known several years before, but who were all dead. He was received kindly by them, and desired to sit down and drink, which he accord ingly did. On quitting this strange company, they exacted a promise from him, that he would visit them that day six weeks. This he promised faithfully to do, and bidding them farewell, he rode homewards. Such was the substance of his dream, which he related in a jocular way to his friends, but thought no more about it, for he - was a person above all kind of superstition. The event, however, was certainly curious enough, as well as melancholy ; for, on that very day six weeks on which he had engaged to meet his friends at the inn, he was killed in attempting to spring his horse over a five barred gate. The famous case of Lord Lyttleton is also cited 'as an example of a similar kind, but with less show of reason ; for this case is now very generally supposed to be an imposi tion ; and so will almost every other of the same nature, if narrowly investigated. At the same time, Ido not mean to doubt that such an event, foretold in a dream, may occasion ally come to pass, but I w ou ld re f er th e whole to fortuitous comcidence.—Macnisk on Sleep. INSOL VtNTS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) Stephen Furness, known as Stephen Amherst, the husband of Mademoiselle Rosier, of the Victoria Theatre, applied to be discharged; he was not opposed. The Learned CHIEFCOMMISSSONER interrogated the insol vent as to his affairs ; he said that he was in the theatrical 110 as well as his wife, she had realised about 2001. a year by dine'ing and teaching. Upon being asked the reason of his tip' pearance in this Court, he said he had as much due to him. as he owed. He had suffered great losses by his wife not being engaged. She was engaged by Messrs. Abbot. and Egerton, who closed the theatre for some time, and she could not take any other engagement, as she was bound in a penalty of 200 1 not to perform at any other theatre. He. claimed from them7B/. for salary. - The CHIEF CommissioNaa inquired where Messrs. Abbot and Egerton were. The insolvent said he did not know, they were somewber° •n the Continent. There had lately been a meeting of their creditors ; he had in consequence of their failure been put to great losses ; he ascribed his insolvency in part to them. cistress for rent had been put into his oyster-rooms in the Waterloo-road, which was occasioned by the closing o f the Theatre. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged. MEMBERS RETURNED. ENGLAND AND WALES.—COUNTIES. Radnorshire—Mr. Wilkins. Worcester, Eayt—Mr. Holland and Mr. Cookes. SCOTLAND.—COUNTIES. Haddington—R. Ferguson, Esq., by a majority of 37. Lanark—J. Maxwell, Esq., by a majority of 136. Roxburgh—Lord John Scott. BOROUGHS. Dunfermline—Lord Dalmeny. Inverness —Major Cummin Bruce. Wigtoun—J. M‘Taggart, Esq., by a large majority at Strauraer. IRELAND.—BOROUGHS. Dublin—Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Ruthven. Belfast—Mr. Tennent and Mr. M'Cance. STATE OF THE POLLS ENGLAND AND WALES.—COUNTIES. Suffolk, West Division, Jan. 19. Wilson. Rushbrook. Logan. 1 141e ' 348 239 144 ° 6 0 72 205 216 204 292 334 161 - 203 261 210 Pt' 222 130 105 1 . 45 157 122 11.5 ~.n, ) 229 156 163 17 - - 1_ 1287 116' Bury Widichambrook Lavenham Botesdale Sto , a - market Mildenhall Hadleigh Total, First Day.... 1440 1405 Lincoln, Lindsey Division Ingilby. Corbett. Pelham• 78 '24 91 495 405 264 163 168 268 Gainsborough Spelsby Brigg 741 597 64° Worcester, East Division, Jan. 17. Cooke. Holland. St. Paul 2254 2192 2145 Two first elected. Radnor, Jan. 15. Wilkins. Walsh. 483 456 The first elected. SCOTL A ND. —C OUNTIE S. Roxburgh, Jan. 17 Lanark, Jan. 17. Lord J. Scott Captain Elliott 631 Lockhart First elected. First elected. BOROUGHS. Aberdeen District, Second Day. Elgin, Jan. 16. Bannerman Farquhar Fortrose, Jan. 15. Bruce Ellice First elected. IRELAND.—BOROUGHS Belfast, Jan. 18. Tennant .. At'Cance Chichester Two first elected. SHIPPING-(THIS DAY). (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JAN. 19. —Arrived the Catharine, Walford, fr ° l the Cape of Good Hope ; Ark, Hickney, from Virginia ; !r e d Esther, —, from Quebec. Arrived from th e r i ver and sail the Candidate, Mortimer, for Corfu. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind W. S. W. to N. W., PLYMOUTII, JAN. 18.—Wind S. E.—Sailed the Maria, 1 3 w . ton, from Algoa Bay. FALMOUTH, JAN. 18.—A strong gale with heavy squalls Al E. S. E. to S. S. E.—Arrived the Firefly steam-packet, fr ° ,,, the Mediterranean—left Malta the 2d instant, Gibraltar ° 10th, and Cadiz the 11th. MARGATE, JAN. 19. —Arrived off port, the Tyro, --" from Smyrna. al LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18.—Arrived the Seafl ower , " /f- and the Weymouth, Brewer, f rom Calcutta o Palern:2; The Lord Exn'iot, Gater, from Sierra Leone to Load°ll; was driven on shore at Dungeness on Sunday night--cre saved. - allf The Bishop Blaize, Hunter, front Hull to London, is to t lost on Newcombe Sand—crew saved. • The Ferdinand, Finck, from Stettin to Barnsay, was cirl f es on shore in Hay Sound, 9th inst. or e The Jane, Williams, from Bognor to Shoreham, is on 511 near Boulogne. • The Juno, Hammond, from Newfoundland to 'Neste, abandoned by the crew 7th inst., in consequence of poi% contact with the Juno, from Bremen, which arrived at _ _ raltar on the 10th inst., with loss of bowsprit, &c. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—His Majesty's brig Pantaloon, fa the Lisbon mail this day; letters in time to-morrow evenia. . VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE, JAN. 19. Tourist, Bridge, from Hamburg; Constance, Brito Cherbourg ; Driver, Minter, Messina; Diligent, Gent, it i d; Terceira ; Vegesack, Ballcher, Bremen; Hortensia, 11 ,.j,""" Leghorn ; Dantzic Packet, Tanner, Dantzic ' • Hebe, NVlC' f o r St. Michael's ; Philadelphia, Morgan, New York ; Aytb°, Bunnyer, Antwerp; Rising Sun, Steele, Guernsey; qi n i r ; Crouch, Quebec ; Commerce, Mason, Hamburg ; Sietrr ? r Husbottle, Richebucto ; Nautilus, Irving, Quebec; Ramsay, Madeira ; Medora, Shepherd, Guernsey; Palla Keith, Rio Grande ; Marquis of Chandos, Gayler, Perorae; Edward, Thompson, Quebec ; Margaret, Brunton, Qu,,,,e be r i r ; Amy, Young, St. John's, N. B. ; Leda, Lyall, New 1 ,., ° ', 1 1 , Ceres, Blomfield, Mauritius ; Streatham Castle, Gales, Lie berland, N. S. ; Jabez, Findall, Odessa ; Ocean, Clark, 1t , 5 , lize, Honduras ; Asbert, Dalrymple, Virginia ; Douglas, Oporto ; Doncaster, Pritchard, Mauritius ; Clapp, Newfoundland ; Archimedes, Calvert, Charente; e'f, crops, Finlayson, Quebec; Ranger, Spence, St. Gecalt• Africa ; Ocean, Manvick, Miramichi ; Calista, Andrews , s,; John's, N. B. • Amelia, Kennesment, Cumberland, 11. ,, C . a' Manchester, Lewis, Mauritius ; Hindoostan, Lamb, Que,`",viro ' Tobago, Happer, Quebec ; Louise Bailie ' Wildgoose, M and Demerara ;La Bonne Mere, Scott, Demerara. 19' ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, JAN . ~,,c1 Active, Whitnall, for Dunkirk ; Tino, Ellis, Corfu " iit ; Zante ; St. Pierre, De Patter, Ost e nd, Bruges, and Gil t de, Britannia, Fox, Ostend, Bruges, and Ghent ; Fortituso Stewart, Havre ; Columbine, Corbin, Hamburg; Tol,,, 1 1; Jessie, Henderson, Leghorn ; R amona , St ranac k, Rotteru t ; o ci Para Packet, Davie, Para ; D u k e o f Clarence, Bannat°' Bayonne ; Jane, Rullock, Oporto ; Cid, Do Amezag°, runna; Experiment, Scale, Grand Canary. 1 9 ' CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, J a„ ;;lliP' Hannibal, Roberts, for New York ; and Tropic, - Barbadoes. 19' CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, Ji;; ' ; 90' Alert, Hare, for St. Michael's ; Hayti, Warmon, P" mingo ; Grace, Smith, Oporto. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. 10 The Mary Ann, from London to Madras, Oct. I ,' eto 4. 14. N., long. 22. W. The Water Wit c h, f ro m the t., 9 l „rbis' Liverpool, Dec 11, lat. 21. 43., lon g . 36. 45. The stone, from London to Madras, lat. 37.14. S., long. 46. I ' l Or The Charlotte, from Liverpool to Jamaica, Nov. 29, it' u ltd long. 30. The Adriatic, from Malaga to Boston, 14th The lat. 33., long. 32., by the Emma, arrived in the Clyde. esp, Dove of Roale, rom Newfoundland to the Mediterraereor 28th ult., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Catherine , ` l\l aes s t arrived in the Clyde. The Marahoe, Skeeton, for Soutso,o, Oct. 21, lat. 3. S., long. 29. W. The Orient, from St.t.j„re N. 8., to Belfast, Nov. 29, lat. 45., long. 40., by the 1- ;:i i rer packet, arrived at Falmouth. The Royal Saxon, from pool to Van Diemen's Land, Oct. 30, lat. 45., long. 19 'v e rP Reward, from Tarragona to Rio Janeiro, off Cape de 56'' The Elizabeth, from Liverpool to Honduras, Nov. 25, let'ults long. 24. The Bonanza, from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, 14 fflie lat. 28., long. 26., by the Hope, arrived off Margate. t 0•P Vero, Roberts, from London to Jamaica, Nov. 24, 1 3 ; iliallu long. 24., by the Integrity, arrived off Dover. The "" 5 5 ' Lorengen, from Buenos Ayres, Nov. 18, lat. 18. S., 10'94' W. The Bencoolen, from London to the Mauritius , 1'!°,, 0 lat. 18. S., long. 24. W The Clugas, from Marsel".ettA. Monte Video, Nov. 26, lat. 14. S., long. 3]. The FieV from Arica to Liverpool, sth instant, lat. 42., long. 29 ' the Sussex, arrived in the River. Mr. 0. H. Toulmin gave his annual concertgli°osl night, at the Assembly-rooms, Kennington, which ive r _ e vt 0 116 by a numerous and elegant company. The first P'; So' opened by the overture to Guillaume Tell. Miss 0 1 0, 011 vello and Mr. H. Phillips sang Traver's duet, " 1-111 „ s t doO l h Nannette," instead of Dunque" io sono," which was t o Wit o for them in the programme, but this was a substitntio which the audience were very well satisfied, since a col ll l 3° o o better fitted to display the powers of these admired °soli could hardly have been selected. Its execution was the 0 1 1 applauded. Mr. Sapio sang with considerable skin t ,' set, composition in Oberon—" Oh 'tis a glorious sigh t to 09 The second part, which commenced with the overtureo ; ron, included Withers's quaint but spirited song, ,i,b wasting in despai r , di e because a woman's fair?" v 4" 0 - g W as sung by Mr. H. Phillip s i n hi s best style. This 6° encored. The band was led by Mr. Toulmin. wen Por conj assii even retu' li : • .LEct 'tht les , 41 1d erst ses de th ° cid to 1 4 e visitors'tll4;4.. Ifiito`l7.(l Sever 411 d "n clUdi V. the H lee •A t i 9n * rairal