The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-13 00:00:00

EVENING SUN Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HE MATCH-M AK . ER, A Novel. By the Author of _ rousin Geoffrey," " The Marrying Man," &C. " Thiti clever novel, like the ' History of a Flirt,' combines a vast share of moral instruction with its piquant sketches of manners and society. "—Sun. " Among that class of novel writers which ranks as pecu liarly English, the lovely and accomplished authoress of this novel holds a distinguished place. No one, we presume, can hr indifferent to the unaffected charm of style, the acute per ception into motive, the caustic yet withall good-humoured expasure of a weak place, the racy individual personal sketch, the pathos, the power, the ever easy drollery of Miss Ferrier ( Author of Marriage," Destiny,' &e.), of Miss Austin, and of the writer of Cyril Thornton ;' and in the lady to whom we owe Cousin Geoffrey.," The Marrying Man,' and The Match-maker,' will be found all these imputed merits."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publi s her, 13, Great Marlborough-street. QUITABLE PRESENTS FOR THE AP PROACHING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. I. MERRIE ENGLAND in the OLDEN TIME; or, Peregrinations with Uncle Tim and Mr. Bosky, of Little Bri tain, Drysalter. By GEORGE DANIEL. 2 vols. post Bvo., with numerous Illustrations by Leech, &c., including several Fac-similes of rare and curious Old Prints. 11. THE PORCELAIN TOWER; or, NINE STORIES of CHINA. By T. H. SEALY, Esq. 1 vol. post Size., with numerous Illustrations by Leech, price 1 Os. 6. 111. THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS; or, MIRTH/and MARVELS. By THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Esq. I vol. .5v0., with numerous Characteristic Illustrations, price 10s. 6d. Also, by the same Author, - SONE ACCOUNT of MY COUSIN NICHOLAS. 3 vols. post Bve. IV. 'PALES of a GRANDMOTHER. By Mrs. A. C. CARMICHAEL. I:2mo. price 4s. V. PORTRAITS of CHILDREN of the MOBILITY, from Nature. Drawn on Stone, by J. Leech. With Charm tedstic Sketches. By the Author of " The Comic English Grammar," &c. Royal 4to, price 10s. 6d. VI. ME3IOIRS of the COURT of ENGLAND during REIGN of the STIJARTS. By J. HENE AGE JESSE, Esq. 4 vols. Bvo., with Engravings from original Paintings. VII. The COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. By the Au thor of 4 , 'Me Comic Latin Grammar." 1 vol., post Bvo., with upwards of 50 Cliaracteristic Illustrations, by Leech, price Bs. VIII. THE CLOCK MAKER ; or SAYINGS and DO INGS of SAM SLICK of SLICK VILLE. New Edition, 3 vols. post Bvo. with numerous Illustratio ns. IX. ROWITT'S BOOK of the SEASONS. New and I m proved Edition, in a neatly bound pocket volume, embel lished with Thirteen Engravings, price is. 6d. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. • To be had also of all Booksellers. THPAI iRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. TifiS EVENING, DEC. 13, Will be repeated the New Comedy, entitled COURT AND ClTY.—Captain Dangerfield, Mr. W. Lacy; Sir Paladin Scruple, Mr. W. Far7ell ; Sir Harry Whiffle, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Sir Hector It ur:lbuill, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Winning ton, Mr. Cooper; Humphr:q Rumbush, Mr. Harley; Lady Whiffle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Charmington, Mrs. Nisbett; Lady Dangerfield, Mrs. W. West ; Barbara Bearbinder, Mrs. W. La. After cy which, the New Farce, entitled UNITED SERVICE. Captain Whistleborpugh, Mr. W. Farren; Capt. Pacific, RN., Mr. Bartley ; Rivet, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mr. Euclid Bam, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Coo, Mrs. Glover ; Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Orger. After which the Ballet Divertissement of THE WOODEN LEG.—Principal Characters by Mr. Gilbert and Miss Ballin, Master and Miss Marshall, Messrs. J. and T. Ridgway, Miss Jackson, &c. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and 'Second Circles, 51. ; Second Price, tls. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Secoga Price. 2t. • Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to.be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten - till Fear, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be :ad solely of ;At. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Baud-street. To-morrow, Norma, with United Service, and Wooden Leg ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE AZANAGEMENT JONES.OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. NVILLIS Brilliant success of Shakspere's Tragedies, powerfully cast— Mr. Gi thara, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Hughes, and the whole ta- lent of the Company. THIS EVENING, DEC. 13, Will be acted Shakspere'; Tragedy of JULIUS C.ESA R.— Marcus Brutus. Mr. Graham ; Caius Cassius, Mr. Phelps ; Marc Anthon, Mr. H. Hughes ; Portia, Mrs. H. Vining. To conclnde with the successful French Drama of rivetting situati3ns and intense interest, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS, OR POVERTY AND CRlME.—Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Smith, Neville, Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, &c. THE RAILWAY . SUN. NOTICE.—The RAILWAY SUN, being out of print, will be RE-PUBLISHED TO-MORROW. THE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office. Dec. 13, 1841. THE WEATHER.—Noorr, DECEMBER 131 ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 47 Highest 5O Lowest 37 Barometer 29.43.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Al,rnang ...... minutes after 2 I Evening 5:2 minutes after 2. The Publimtion of the Evening Edition of THE SUN com menced at 10 minutes after Three. N .•%'tTf'r 4 \ 0 , ov i nun , - , s et Je 0 0 ' ~~~ ~c~;> LONDON: MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1841. One of the errors, perhaps the great error, of the 'Whigs was, that they always justified their conduct by that of the Tories. They did not, as the rule, say that such a course of policy is right —such an act just—such a proceeding disin terested and noble—or such a reform precisely what the circumstances of the community re quire ; but they said the Tories did so and so, or would do so and so, or, they entertain such and such opinions, and we shall deserve the public approbation and support if we do or pro• pose something- better than the Tories would do or propose. So, continually squaring their con duct by no higher standard than the opinions and actions of the Tories, the public came to' fora). a mean opinion of them. They were said to be little or no better than the Tories. The nation was ripe, when they first took office, to embrace large and just views. Its moral enthusiasm was kindled ; and, had they acted on the principles of right and justice, they' would have been followed, and for ever honoured by the people. They could have carried forward the national enthusiasm to the establishment of a higher standard of political morality, and both rulers and subjects would have been ennobled. They preferre d shaping their p o li cy on that of the Tories, and the result is that they have sunk in public esteem to the level of th e i r r i vals. The Tories, in addition to their other and more are aping the Whigs i n reprehensible follies,jus tifying their present conduct by what their rivals did while in office. I t is, for example, held to b e an all-sufficient justification, by the Tory organs, of the refusal to amend the Sugar or Corn-laws by the Tories, that the Whigs for ten years took no step to accomplish tha t ob j ect. Not only did • they take no such step, it is said, but in 1840 they voted against a reduction of the sugar duties, and their chief declared, more than once, in emphatic language, that it would be madness to repeal the Corn-laws. If such, therefore, o- • arue the Tories, were the conduct o f the Whigs, we are quite justified in refusing to grant the de ' mands of the free-traders. So the Tories are con tent to justify their conduct by the mal-practices or previous errors of the 'Whigs, and so the nation is never to have a higher standard for its policy and its laws than the faults or crimes of these rival factions. If there were no reasons in the continued com parative prosperity of the country to 1837, and in its subsequent declension—if there were no def iciency in the revenue and no increase of ex penditure to justify the Whigs in proposing in 1841 what they had neglected to propose, or had O pp o sed, in 1840—if there were no circumstances whatever to make the repeal of the restrictions on trade now more urgent than formerly, we should still have to tell the Tories that the peo ple have gained some political knowledge and political wisdom since 1840, and that it is neither safe nor wise to seek for the rule of their conduct in the conduct of their opponents. The public de mand a different justification. They will say that it is of no consequence to us what the Whigs did ; is what you propose right ? Is it just ? Is it honest? Is it consistent with the precepts of that religion, which you insist that the nation shall pay a large army of priests to teach ? If the Tory measures be not right —not just—not honest—not consistent with religion, to tell the , public that the Whigs could have done the same or some similar things will only make the Tory policy lie received with the same contempt and scordas was the quasi Tory policy of the Whigs. We must inform the leaders and writers of both parties, that the public will no longer endure the practice of defending or justifying the follies or crimes of one party by the supposed greater follies or crimes of the other. If politicians cannot justify their conduct by the principles of honesty and justice, they will not be able to justify it to the public by proving, from the pages of HAN SARD, that their rivals have, at some time or other, been as dishonest or as unjust as they are. As the people have gained political knowledge, the standard of political morality has risen higher and higher ; and it would be as absurd to expect their judgment to be guided by the con duct of factious politicians, a few years ago, as to expect that the people of Manchester should de stroy their self-acting mules, and take to spin ning cotton-thread by the hand-wheel. The Madrid Journals of the 4th inst. an nounce that the Government had made another remittance of 15,0001. sterlinc , to London, to l, de fray the outstanding claims of the British Auxi liary Legion. The Castellano publishes the following despatch of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated Dec. 2d:— "His Highness the Regent of the kingdom has been in formed that divers Portuguese intend coming to Spain for the execution of perfidious plans combined in certain crimi nal clubs. His Highness orders the Ministers of Foreign Al fairs and of the Home Department to instruct the authori ties on the Portuguese frontier, and those of Cadiz and of Vigo, where the steamers from Lisbon arrive, to pay the greatest attention in taking down the names, description of persons, and circumstances of all Portuguese subjects entering Spain, and to keep a watchful eye on their movements and conduct, and to report the same to Go vernment without delay or omission." Madrid Bourse, Dec. 4.-32 for cash, 324 sellers at 60 days. The French Journals of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday have been received this morning. On Saturday the Advocates of QUENISSET and his accomplices addressed the Court on behalf of their respective clients. M. PAILLET, who de fended QUENISSET, contended that he was but the dupe of others, and that his repent ance and revelations entitled him to the merciful consideration of the Court. We are quite of a contrary opinion. We have watched the proceedings carefully, and are war ranted from the evidence in denouncing QUE NISSET as one of the greatest villains before the Court. The intelligence displayed by him during the trial; the tact with which he assisted the Procureur-General in examining the witnesses; the facility with which he adopted that judicial hack, Baron PASQUIEIeS infamous method of brow-beating the accused, show that QUENISSET is a person incapable of being made the dupe of any party. If there was a conspiracy, there cannot be the shadow of a doubt that QUENISSET was at the bottom of it. A Telegraphic despatch from Bayonne states that M. DR SALVANDY, the French Minister t ► the Court of Spain, entered the Spanisb territory on Wednesday. The REGENT had given orders that he should he treated with marked respect in all the towns through which he passed. To all external appearances Louis PRIiIPPE and ESPARTERO are excellent friends. This, however, is merely superficial. M. Faramond, late French Consul at Campeachy, is now at Havre, waiting to embark for Sydney, where he is to fill the same office. The Phare des Pyrenees states that Dona Carlota, the wife of Don Francis de Paula, passed the French fron tier on the sth instant, and was received on the Spanish territory by General Iturbe and an escort of lancers, who were to accompany her Royal Highness to Tolosa. A letter from Geneva, 7th instant, in the Debats, says—" With the exception of a few transitory alarms, our town has been quiet ever since the evening of the 22d ult. Several strangers of obscure character, pointed out to the authorities by the neighbouring States, have been expelled. A strict watch is kept upon an associa tion of Mutualists, most of them foreigners, who have formed themselves here. Whence the funds for paying them, and for meeting other expenses are drawn, is the subject of various conjectures." " A few weeks since, (says the Courrier du Bs. Rhin), a farmer of the arrondissement of Altkirch, in the Bas Rhin, agreed to sell his daughter to another farmer of a neighbouring village for I,ooof. and received 51. to bind the bargain. The seller, however, repented next day, and went to reclaim his child, whom he had delivered over to the purchaser. The buyer, on the con trary, was content with his bargain, and has refused to give her up. The farmer has commenced an action for the recovery of his child." Last week the neighbours of Mainbert, a quarryman, at Cambronne, in the Oise, having observed that his house remained closed for ten days, without the appear ance of either himself or his wife, or their son, gave in formation to the authorities, who came and opened the doors. The whole place was in disorder, and an odour of putrefaction filled the house. The boy was found dead on his bed, the wife in the same state on her own bed, and her husband by her side, with half his skull carried away by the discharge of a pistol, which lay near him. On investigation it was evident that Mainbert, who had previously shown symptoms of mental alienation, had first strangled his wife and child, and then shot himself. • Count kok, observes the Courtier Francais, was born in 1780, so that he is now 61. M. Thiers was born in 1797, and is therefore 44. The Semaphore of Marseilles has the following :—" As several Paris Journals have stated that the Bill for the railroad between Marseilles and the Rhone could not be presented during the ensuing Session, the Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles requested the Prefect to ascer tain the degree of confidence which ought to be placed in this report. The Prefect hastened to comply, and has received in answer a telegraphic dispatch, announcing that the Bill for this railroad will be presented during the Session, as well as that for the railroad between Paris and the Belgian frontier." The town of Nancy has offered 500,000 f. towards the formation of the Paris and Strasburg Railroad ; and Chalons-sur-Marne has voted 200,000 f. for the same pur pose, provided the road is carried along the Valley of the Marne. ' A Toulon letter states that the French frigate Uranie, on coming back from Bourbon, saved the crew of an English vessel, the name of which is given as the Vibelia, wrecked on the island of Magotta. The crew consisted of 20 men. An English sloop, Industry, of Barmouth, 48 tons, was found, on the 19th ult., abandoned off Torbay, by a French fishing-vessel of Fecamp, and has since been towed into Boulogne by three fishing-boats. The Levrette, Government schooner, has returned to l'Orient for repairs. Whilst on her voyage to Marti nique she was caught in a storm, and broke her main mast, and was therefore compelled to return to port, which, in her disabled state, she accomplished with great difficulty, but without losing a man of her crew. General Negrier, Governor of Constantina, has ad dressed a letter, dated 22d ult., to the Minister of War, givind an account of the manner in which the festival of El Aid Seguir, or the Lesser Festival, had been cele brated there. The General conceived it to be a good occasion for giving the Arabs an opportunity of dis playing their attachment to France, and accordingly he went in solemn procession, attended by a great number of officers and troops, and nearly the whole population, on the morning of the 15th, to the heights of Coudiat Aty, above the town. Salvos of cannon announced the march of the cortege. A tent had been raised for himself and the superior officers at a spot called Remsalla, or the Prayetirie s ; and detachments of the garrison kept a square Open sp ace of ab ou t 1,000 f e et on every side. Here the Arabs commenced their usual equestrian evolutions, and all brillia Spectators declared that the festival was more nt than in the days of the Turks. The Caid Ali, chief of the Haractas, opened the evolutions, and among Abd-el-`our, the Arab s .s oPurresetnh Telegmas, the Seraouya, and some t were the Ammers-Cheragas, the Ouled from near Phili says that PtPheeville e , all under their chiefs. The Ge neralwhite, with the Arabs of th e C ou di at Aty was qu it e After the evolutions, the on it in their burnous, Arab horse men a ll fil e d o ff be fore the Governor, ' and ?, t was evident that they took a showingal is theiropinionf understand h dand sympathise that this method of re T i h n e Gener attachment to the French cause. pleas u s howing that the French with the national sentiments of the Arabs will be pro ductive of great good. A correspondent of the Toulounais at Algiers that an English Colo nel is with Abd.e states aiding him with his advice. -Kader, an d i s We give the following extract of a letter from Bey rout, which we find in the Semaphore of Marseille testing, at the same time, against the absurdities in s the first We, who are on the spot, first paragraph : have the most convincing proofs of all the British intrig ue , ; let France be perfectly assured that it is the English who have excited the Druses to arm, and have been the cause of all the evils with which Syria has been afflicted for nearly twelve months. Encouraged by the victory of their brethren at Zahle, and indignant at the cruelties in of the Druses and the hypocrisy of the English, the habitants of Castravan, Fetou, Geobeil, Batroun, and Bacharre, have risen en masse. A corps of 16,000 men has encamped on the borders of the Dog river, ready to cross it, and at the same time a reinforcement of 10,000 men has entered Zahle. The evils already incurred are immense, but those about to be created will be still more disastrous, for this sanguinary conflict, according to those who are acquainted with the feelings of the oppo nent parties, is only at its commencement." Lord Burghersh has arrived at Berlin. La Presse publishes a notice explaining M. de Lamar tine's motives for allowing himself to be proposed as a candidate for the President's chair of the Chamber of Deputies in these words : " The following is the truth relative to the personal situation of M. de Lamartine with respect to the Presi dency of the Chamber of Deputies. AL de Lamartine did not aspire to the honours of the Chamber. The just sentiment of his inexperience, the fear of serving' as an excuse for creating the slightest dissension amongst the majority, of which he forms part, his affl3ctionate esteem for M. Sauzet, would have pre vented him from thinking of it. M. de Lamartine received, fifteen days since, letters from some of his political friends, who proposed to him to place him - self as a candidate at the opening of the Session, and who informed him of the favourable disposition of many of his colleagues towards him. He replied by return of post, that he did not wish to solicit the Presidency, which he considered an elevation, and not an ac cession of strength, that in his Parliamentary career he sought influence and not personal dignity, and, thought no more about it. A few days afterwards his political friends, without being influenced by his re serve, assembled, put his name forward, and engaged in his favour a polemic full of talent and kindness, which he would not perhaps have encouraged, but which he could not but acknowledge with thanks. Some Conservative journals declared themselves in honourable but significant terms, opposed to M. de Lamartine's ap pointment. The controversy became more animated. In this state M. de Lamartine found the question on his arrival in Paris. There were then but three courses for him to pursue. To disavow his personal arid political friends who were engaged in this matter, which they made their own. To accept the position of candidate, which they made for him, and to solicit, an office for which he had no am bition, or in fine to submit in silence to the judgment of the Chamber, and to execute its commands. To dis avow his friends who compromised themselves for him, and to deprive them of the ground on which they stood by an anticipated refusal, would be worse than cowardice —it would amount to ingratitude. He was incapable of it. To solicit the Presidency would be to repudiate his own declaration that he did not desire it, and would be, perhaps, to take upon himself the responsibility of a par tial and momentary breaking up of the majority. There only remained, therefore, a third course, and that is what M. de Lamartine has adopted. To remain silent, to wait the will of the Chamber, and to obey it." The King went to Versailles yesterday at two o'clock. The Council of Ministers sat yesterday at Marshal Soult's. We have announced that the Mayor of Pouille (in La Vendee) has been suspended from his office for having published the announcement of the marriage of a Roman Catholic priest. The fact is confirmed by the documents before us, but this priest has ceased to exercise the func tions of the priesthood ever since 1829; since 1830 he has publicly professed a form of worship in which the law fulness of a marriage by its ministers is allowed as in the Protestant churches. The Bishop of Lucon, by an act of 1832, published and posted up in all the churches of his diocese, cut himself off from the Roman Catholic com munion. It is certain that it is not, by an abuse of con fession, or of the sacerdotal functions that he has obtained the hand of the young woman whom he desires to marry; there remains, therefore, only the question of the per petuity of religious vows which the Constitutional Assem bly abolished by a law of 10th February, 1790, in the following terms.—Art. 1. " The constitutional law of the kingdom will no longer recognise solemn monastic vows of persons of either sex, in consequence of which the regular orders and congregations in which such vows are made, are and shall continue to be suppressed in France, nor shall any such be established in future."— No law has since abolished this solemn declaration ; on the contrary, the ordinance approving the statutes of religious communities, contain the following clause : " Seeing that the said statutes contain no perpetual vows, nor any clauses contrary to the laws of the kingdom, yet the Keeper of the Seal has ordered the King's At torney at Fontenay formally to oppose the intended marriage, which he did, in a letter to the Mayor, in which he says that all the precedents and the jurispru dence of the Court of Cassation lays it down that the engagements in holy orders are an obstacle to marriage, and that it is most important, for the sake of public morality, that this rule should be rigorously observed."— The Prefect on his side has been suspended from the ex ercise of his functions.—Constitutionnet BOURSE—PARIS, SAI 4 I: RDAY, DEC. 11. first Highest Lowest Last Prise ' Price. Price Price. rrench 5 per Cent 5........... lid 50 ... 116 55 ... 116 :0 116 50 4 per Cents lOO 85 ... 100 85 ... 100 85 ... 100 85 3 per Contr. ex div 7B 30 78 30 ... ;8 25 ... 78 30 Loan .......«.« 79 ... 79 ... 79 ..• 79 SAnk of France Laffitte Bank 1.0001. Shares 1040 ...1640 ...104C ...1040 5,0001. Shares 5065 ...5065 ...5063 ..,5065 Belgian Bank 1811 Belgian S per Cents., 1840 10: 3 1.; ... 103 1 4 ... 1013 ... 103% 3 per Cents .....« 7l 75 ... 71 75 ... 71 75 71 75 Sdanish Active 24% ... 24% ... 24% 24% . . Neapolitan, ex div. Rowan ..... 103 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103 Portuguese 3 per Cent& RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 750 ... 755 ... 750 ... 755 Versailles.L.B...",... ...... " 193 75 ... 197 50 ... 193 75 ... 197 50 Rouen •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 455 Orleans . ............ Montpellier to Cette.... Strasnurgtoßale.shares red 217 50 ... 217 50 ... 217 50 ... 217 50 MUNIFICENT GIFT.— We did Mr. Fisk, Bap tist minister at Norwich, injustice in attributing the liberal donation of 2001. to a clergyman of the Established Church. It certainly did not occur to us as possible that one of the Dissenting clergy, considering the small incomes they ge nerally possess, could afford to give such a sum for the relief of the poor in only one district; and we, therefore, put it down to the account of some rosy-gilled pluralist, resolved to set an example to his brethren, and give the whole of one year's income to relieve the distresses of a starving population. RENT OF ENGLAND AND WALES.—We stated in The Sun, on Monday last, that the rental of England and Wales is now estimated, by Mr. M'Culloch, at the sum of 30,000,0001., which, we added, we believed to be an under-estimate. We had neither time nor inclination to enter into an examination of Mr. M'Calloch's data, nor motives for making a long explanation on the subject. We must now, however, copy from the Man chester Guardian the following remarks : " Now, as rents have been more than doubled since they were estimated by Arthur Young at 22,000,000/. 2 and as that estimate included neither Scotland and Wales, nor the (probably) 6,000,000 acres of waste land which have been brought under cultivation since 1770, we shall not be far wrong if we estimate the present annual rental of Great Britain at 50,000,0001. to 60,000,0001., being an increase of four or five hundred per cent. within a century and a half." Supposing we deduct one-sixth of that, or, as rents are higher in Scotland than in England, one-fifth, as the amount of the rental in Scotland, from the smaller sum, we shall have at least 40,000,000/. as the present rental of England and Wales. That supposition would materially strengthen the case we brought before the reader, and make it apparent that the rental of England had in creased in a much greater ratio than the population since the beginning of the eighteenth century. We must take this opportunity of observing that neither Mr. G. King's estimate of the rent of England in 1696, nor that of Mr. M'Culloch, includes the rent of mines, collieries, quarries, &c. &c. ; and if we include the rent of them, in which, probably, a far greater increase than in the rent of arable land has taken place since the beginning of the eighteenth century, we shall at once pronounce that the rental of England has probably in creased two-fold more than the population, largely as that has increased since that period. DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELDS.The Committee for relieving the distress in the populous but poverty-stricken locality of Spitalfields, are daily receiving contributions from the charitable, and large donations from the wealthy and humane. In addition to the already highly respectable members on the Committee, we are glad to learn that Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart has cheerfully allowed his name to be added to the list, as have also those influential gentlemen Mr. Hanbury, Sir Thomas Fawell Buxton, Bart., and Mr. Jo nathan Hopkinson, the great West India mer chant. Lord Dudley Stuart, who has always proved himself the warm friend of the distressed, has written a very kind letter to the Committee, and forwarded at the same time a handsome do nation. We trust that those who can afford it will speedily follow so praiseworthy an example. The Sixth Number of the Journal of the Work ing Classes keeps up the hypocritical and lying character which the former numbers of that publication established for it. One of the par ties in the State, it says, or factions, " tell us that the sole cause of the present extra distress is the existence of a duty on foreign corn." No party in the State, we are sure—no individual, we believe—says that. A large and, we are happy to say, an increasing party, asserts that the Corn laws, as now existing, inflict great evils on the people, and that they are one of the most promi nent and most wicked specimens of that great system of class and corrupt legislation which causes all the evils of the community. He must be a madman who asserts that the Corn and Provision-laws, which are one bad cluster of laws out of a whole Statute Book of wicked laws too voluminous to be read or compre hended, are the sole cause of the extra distress now suffered by the people. A journal which states the question in this tbrm is a false journal, and its arguments are unworthy of any further notice. A CHANCE" JURY.—On Saturday, in the Palace Court, in consequence of there not being a suf ficient number of persons summoned present to form a Jury, the Judge directed the absentees to be called in the usual manner, and fined them 40s. each. He then directed the officer to go out and " find" a Jury ; and he accordingly did so—the individuals he casually met with being persons who gave their addresses from widely dif ferent parts of the town. MARTHAM IN NORFOLK.—In this parish, the population of which, in 1831, did not exceed 900 , there have died between the years 1831 and 1840, 21 persons, whose ages average 85 years each, many of whom were born in Martham, and the greater part had lived more than three-quarters of their lives in that village. There are now living in the same parish 10 persons, in good health, whose ages average more than 80 years.—Norfolk Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1841 Srig i 4 A 4di w AND Publtr Optman. " Who runs may read." roamxGrr. M. de Lamartine, the poet and deputy, has declared himself a candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies in opposition to his old friend M. Sauzet. But in politics, as in business, there is no real friendship. The National has the following remarks on the ap proaching dissolution of the French Cabinet :—"Alarmed for its existence, shaken on all sides, undermined by Count Mole, menaced by M. Thiers, kept in check by M. Passy, the Ministry, through the medium of M. Hebert, has called to its aid its last resource, fear, and its only means of governing —reaction. But everybody now knows that comedy by heart ; M. Guizot is seen through, and we doubt his being able to make any more dupes. Besides, his mission is at an end, in the eyes even of those who had judged him to be the only man capable of accepting and signing the shameful Treaty of the 15th of July. The Ministry of foreigners is now out of date, but its p assage t h roug h office will have been marked by the debasement of our nationality abroad, and the greatest possible confusion at home. In retiring, it will carry with it, on the one hand, that miserable Treaty of the 15th of July ; and, on the other, all the requisitories, all the prosecutions of the Press, now trying before the Courts of Pau, Marseilles, and Paris ; and all those innumerable prosecutions out of which the Press got off triumphantly." The creation of a batch of Peers by the present Mi nistry is the subject of much grave ridicule in the Oppo sition Journals. The National sarcastically recommends various candidates, possessing special claims on the sym pathy of the present order of things, and observes that "if Marshal Gerard becomes Duke for having bom barded and taken the citadel of that city, with the leave of an English Commissary, there was no reason why M. Hebert, the Attorney-General, should not assume, with as much right, the name and armorial bearings of " Prince of the Press," General Bugeaud those of " Baron of Transnonain," and M. Guizot of " Count of Ghent ? " The trial• of Quenisset and his accomplices occupied the Court of Peers the whole of last week. It is po sitively asserted that M. Dupoty, the editor of the Journal du Peuple, against whom a tittle of evidence has not been brought, is to be found guilty because the con spirators read his paper at their meetings ! Of all the Criminal Courts in France the Court of Peers is the least regardless of justice, and the least worthy of public respect. The Peers only think they perform their func tions when they condemn all who are brought before them, without regard either to guilt or innocence. They are right so far. The only function for which the King summons them is to send heads to the guillotine, and bodies to dungeons. In a Paris letter dated Friday, and addressed to the Times, the writer states that the following facts were officially communicated to the Regent of Spain by the English Ambassador at Madrid. " 1. That Great Britain not only would not suffer an armed intervention in Spain, but that she would not even permit any con siderable military force to be concentrated along the Pyrenean frontier. 2. That she would not oppose any arrangement for the marriage of Queen Isabella 11., pro vided her intended husband should not be a French Prince. 3. That Great Britain was determined to take no part in any European Congress convoked for the ad justment of the Spanish question, and that if such an assembly should be held without her co-operation she would oppose the enforcement of all coercive measures, and of all other resolutions of such Congress which should tend directly or indirectly to interfere with the rights and dignity of Spain as a free and independent nation." We are glad to learn that a spirit of enterprise is abroad in Spain. Undertakings of every sort are formed, forming, or about being entered into. Roads are making in every direction, bridges are being constructed, so that every inducement will be held out for people to travel about, communications will thus be rendered easy, safe, and economical. A copper mine in the neighbourhood of Colmenar Viego, eighteen miles from Madrid, is being worked by the company Constancia, recently formed here with a nominal capital of about 17,0001. sterling. Rice is being cultivated in various parts of northern Spain, amongst others in the north of Arragon ; it is likewise being done on some waste lands in the province of Oreuse, with every probability of success. M. de Salvandy, the new French Ambassador, was expected in the Spanish capital on the 11th. M. Pageot, the French Charge d'Affaires, had sent Count Daure mont, the only Attache of the Legation in Madrid, to Bayonne, to meet M. Salvandy, and conduct his Excel lency to the capital. Vienna letters of the 4th continue to afford the most satisfactory assurances of the mutual good understand ing existing between the Courts of Vienna, Paris, and London on all foreign questions, but m o re p art i c ularly in respect to the course of action to be pursued in the dispute between Turkey and Greece. Prince Metter nich, Sir Stratford Canning, and Count Flahaut, the French Ambassador, have had several conferences at Vienna, and the result of their deliberations has afforded the highest satisfaction to the French Cabinet. PIIXILIC OPIZTIOW. The Morning Advertiser, after commenting at some length on the present distressed state of the country, and showing that just in proportion to the spread of luxury among the higher classes, has been that of privation and destitution among the working classes, goes on to say that this state of things arises out of no necessity, but is " the work of man—it is the result of class legislation— of aristocratic rule—of a national debt created to arrest the march of liberty—of overwhelming taxation, imposed to support the poorer branches of the aristocracy—and of accursed Corn-laws, enacted to augment their rent rolls and to multiply their luxuri es . Wh en a country i s thus bestridden b an yoligarchy—selfish and vor ac i ous as that of Great Britain is —distress, poverty, and wretched ness, must be the inevitable result. The higher classes throw the burthen from their own shoulders, by clutching portions of the public revenu e , i n some shape or other, and by artificially raised rents. The middle classes struggle on, and are all but crushed. But it is the working classes—the lowest sac k s i n the pile —upon which the weight principally falls. How long it may still be attempted to uphold a system which produces such deplorable results, we cannot pretend to say. The aris tocracy is blinded, but the people can discern the causes which produce the poverty and su ff er i ng t h ey now endure. " —The evils to which the Advertiser here alludes, will ere long work their own remedy, and cl ass -l eg i s l at i on b e numbered among the nuisances that once were. Sir R. Peel and his aristocratic colleagues are perhaps the only thinking men in the country who cannot foresee the ine vitable results of the suicidal p o li c y t h ey are now pur suing. It is not their emigration scheme that will save them from overthrow ; they must just as soon expect to triumph over all obstacles by means of their Fine Arts Committee, and their House-of-Commons ventilation project ! The Times says:—" Amidst the proverbial mutability cf all human affair?, the present vicissitudes of Liberal ism are touching in the extreme. Within the last six months the Whig party, whose obstinate perseverance in a long course of degeneracy had brought them into a state of helpless decrepitude, may truly be said to have become defunct. Formerly their club cote r i es , notwithstanding occasional reverses, were disposed to be somewhat chatty and cheerful ; but latterly they have fallen into a moping, melancholy, and desponding turn. Indeed, by th e i r own con f ess i on, the Whigs, as a political party, are now reduced to a condition of absolute inanity—a condition from which, unless the existing Government be so infa tuated as to imitate their career and thus dispose the nation to give them another trial, nothing on earth can rescue them. A disregard of public opinion, on a few cardinal questions deeply interesting to the feelings and habitudes of Englishmen, was the chief cause of the pre sent adversity of the Whigs." —If the Whigs as a body are defunct, why is it that the Times is so incessantly wasting its powder and shot on them? Why not reserve its ammunition for enemies who exhibit a more formidable vitality? To be perpetually popping at de funct Whiggism, seems to us to be a very superfluous proceeding. But the truth is, the Whigs are not dead; they are alive and active, far too active ; hence the Times' attacks on their leaderss, Lord J. Russell and Palmerston. The Post strives hard to neutralize by shallow logic the effect produced on the public mind by the late Derby Conference. " We learn from the leading Whig- Radical journal," says our pert Contemporary, "that a considerable meeting of manufacturers (nicknamed a ' conference') took place on Thursday last in the town of Derby. We are sorry to say that these manufac turers do not appear to have come together for any use ful or rational purposes, but to add to the public excite ment on the subject of the Corn-laws by a great many violent statements regarding them, which statements were not supported by one tittle of evidence. A great deal was said to show that in one part of England the manufacture of woollen stockings and gloves had con siderably fallen off, and that what trade remained was no longer so profitable as it used to be. But the additional statement that the decline of business and of prices was altogether to be attributed to the Corn-laws was a mere assumption, apparently taken up without consideration, as it was proclaimed without caution or modesty."— Had the north -country manufacturers met at Derby for the purpose of supp ort i ng T or yi s m, instead of showing its ruinous effects alike on our home trade and on our foreign commerce, the Post would have pronounced the meeting "useful and rational" in the highest degree. Not a speech but wou ld t h en h ave been well worth reading ; not a speaker but would have manifested an exalted patriotism. As it is, the Post can see nothing but mis chief in such meetings as that at Derby ; and our Con temporary is right, for the meeting in question--and we thank God for it—will have a most mischievous effect on Toryism. It is a broadside launched against the Monopolist Government, that has given it just the sort of rude shock it deserves. The Chronicle observes, with reference to the recent Wiltshire meeting Amongst the speakers was a Mr. Clark, who described himself as a working man, and who spoke with point and spirit. He and his fellow-workme n wanted justic e , not charity. 'L e t th e aristocracy repeal, and cease from passing, those lass s that deprived them of work and of th e f u l l f ru i ts o f their honest labour, an d he would assure th em t h ere wo uld be no need of holdi ng meetings to dol e out char i t y.' Yet this man, who ut tered this manly sentiment, and who spoke, as Lord Rad nor said,with abili ty i had the greatest difficulty n obtaining leave to address the meeting. Lords Lansdowne and Rad nor had to int er f ere i n his favour ; and during his second speech, in reference to the distress in Bradford, amongst other unseemly interruptions, he was greeted with the following choice specimen of squireen brutality —' LAY A WHIP ACROSS H IS SHOULDERS !' "— Th is brutal . conduct is very characteristi c o f T ory i sm , It smaoks of the Castle reagh and Sidniouth times, when Manchester massacres were the sole answers to the people's cry for bread. "Lay a whip across his shoulders !" Aye, so the Tories would, if they dared ; for they are still the same despots that they ever were—still fond of replying to argument by the dungeon, the yeoman's sword, or the squire's whip! The. Herald is evidently endeavouring to get up a feeling of sympathy for the poverty of Mother Church', as will be seen by the following passage :—" The means of the Church, it is alleged, have increased as the people have multiplied. Again, we deny the fact ; the means of the Church have not increased. The value of livings has of course increased with the value of land, but the ost of maintenance and support has proportionably been augmented ; and the present incumbents are merely in that position relatively to landowners, that their prede cessors were in by-gone times. Nay, they are, tempo rally speaking, not in so good a position, because the in crease of population compels them to have resource to paid assistance in the performance of their sacred duties." —lf the Church really desires to make herself an efficient establishment, she has abundant means for doing so, as we have more than once observed. But she prefers, it seems, to draw money from the State and the laity, in the shape of voluntary contributions, rather than to spend her own. Verily, she is wise in her generation ! The Aberdeen Herald, in allusion to the persecutions of the Sabbath worshippers, gives the following advice : —" The prayer at the end of the Relation of the Cir cumcision of E. Curll,' might be used with reference to Sir Andrew Agnew and the rest of his Judaizing breth ren—' Keep us, we beseech thee, from the hands of such barbarous and cruel Jews.' And then, again, the prayer that concludes the Story of Peter the Savage, might be offered up in behalf of the wild party in the Church, for truly we have much need, looking to the proceed ings of the Commission and at Culsamond, to ask, with Dean Swift, that such as profess to be Christians, may lay aside their savage and rapacious nature, and return to the meekness of the Gospel."' We quote the following:from the Leeds Times :—" The aristocracy have never failed to put in a claim for com pensation when their class interests suffered. They claimed compensation for the slaves whom the British Govern ment compelled them to liberate ; and they got it. low many thousands and millions of the labour ing poor are now toiling and slaving for the benefit of the landlord-class, and though starving and pining themselves, are nevertheless taxed to their last crust, to keep up in all its pomp the gilded tyranny which rolls over them ! Why, then, hesitate for a mo ment in putting in a claim of compensation for the people ? They, the sufferers, in justice are entitled to compensation.', The Alain Evening Post contains the following re marks in an article on the state of the country " The only interest that flourishes in the Queen's Eu ropean dominions, is the Agricultural—in other words, the Landed Interest. The only people who are well off, and, as far as money can confer happiness, who are happy, are the Lords of the Soil. But, be tween these Lord-monopolists and the consumers, there has been, for some time, a fierce strife in progress. Every hour sharpens the animosity of the contending parties ; and when the parties come—as come they must —in the early part of the next Session of Parliament, to close quarters, the fundholders then, it is probable, will become alarmed, and the public securities may recede seriously in price." Speaking of Puseyism the Cambrian says :—" What ever argument Puseyism alleges against the actual Church might be urged against itself, if it had been esta blished for a hundred years. Does the man live who, at the present moment, can subscribe the confessions of Church of Englandism, Presbyterianism, Catholicism, Methodism, or any other ism, with absolute faith, with out a single reservation, as a true plan of the universe and God's law, upon which he would stake his life and death ? Subscribe them he may, but as a matter of form, which the spirit of society well understands." The Liverpool Chronicle says—" The Tories have been continually railing against the Whigs for the last two or three years for not paring down the expenses of the country so as to bring them within the operation of this salutary maxim, and, lo and behold, the very moment they themselves obtain power, they fly to their old tricks of jobbing. and spending, and wast ing, as if the Exchequer were not only full to the brim, with surplus gold, but actually overflowing. Let Sir Robert Peel remember that the people cannot do with out food, but that they could have done very well with out the job perpetrated by Master Scarlett." In an article on Military Despotism, the Somerset Gazette observes The sabre and the musket are to awe the freemen of England into the surrender of their liberties to the allied powers of Toryism and Church Popery, and the ball and the bayonet are to be the sub stitutes for bread. Sir Robert should have quitted office rather than have submitted to the dictation of the monopolists and ultra-Tories in this their design for military despotism." The Bolton Free Press thus speaks of the Government emigration scheme:—" The proposed transportation'of the poor from the soil of Britain, has been very properly de scribed as a traffic in human flesh. It is, primarily, a Minis terial manoeuvre for propping up a rotten Cabinet; and it is promoted, from motives of interest, by a host of selfish stock-jobbers. As a partial and temporary relief from the horrible pressure of; population against the limits of subsistence, its obvious tendency is to assist the bread taxers to rub on."' IVIONMY T T RAD E-C °MD! lES It CE. The shipments of sugar from Bengal, this season, have been smaller than last year, by 4,600 tons. Cheese of an extremely fine quality is manufactured from potatoes in Thuringia, and part of Saxony. The large white kind are boiled, mixed with milk and salt, kneaded, and dried in the shade for fifteen days. These cheeses keep for many years. This being the winter-fair at Bradford, there is:a great influx of people, but much change hal not yet taken place. Of the Huddersfield Market, also, the same may be said. At Leeds the cloth-halls have been dull, and the warehouses especially so, their winter-trade being now over. COMMERCIAL REFORM. A preliminary meeting of Dissenters was held at Edinburgh, to make arrangements for a great Anti- Corn-law Conference to be held there on the 11th and 12th of January, 1842. The invitations extend only to Dissenters, but laymen as well as clergymen are included. To-day the important meeting of the Trades of the West Riding takes place, in the Music-Hall, Leeds. A numerous and influential meeting of merchants, manu facturers, and tradesmen will, it is said, meet the deputa tion, and the details on the present and past condition of trade are looked forward to with great interest. ECCLESLASTICAL. The Non-Intrusion elders of Marnoch, the men who began the Strathbogie rebellion, were served last week with a legal notice to attend their duty at a Kirk Session to be held this day, on pain of being cited before the Court of Session for contempt. ELECTIONEERING. The electors of Southampton are now preparing for a contest. Mr. Hutchins has issued an Address to the electors. SCIENCE AND ART. Dr. Graafe is in great hopes of restoring the Crown Prince of Hanover to the full blessing of sight. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The Edinburgh students, it is said, are zealously pre paring a petition to the patrons of the University for the election of the celebrated Thomas Carlyle, author of the " French Revolution," " Heroes And Hero Worship," to the chair of Universal History, vacant by the resignation Mr. Skene. THEATRICAL. " When Madam Aimz," says the Boston Post, " re quested Dr. —'s opinion of the Ellsler, he replied, Madam, she exhibits the ne—plus ultra in dancing. " The forthcoming pantomime at Covent Garden is en titled Guy Earl of Warwick; or, Harlequin and the Dun Cow, and is founded upon th e rea l and burlesque exploits of the famous Earl warrior. SPORTING. Last Thusday the Quorn hounds made one of the most magnificent runs that has been seen in Leicester shire, for the last ten years. The fox was started at Great Daulby, and killed near Rolleston. The pace of the last four miles was tremendous ; every hound was in at the death, and during the whole of this splendid run the pack might have been covered with a table-cloth. No horse could keep up within a quarter of a mile of these superb dogs. The Earl of Harewood, it is said, does not intend to keep up the fine pack of hounds that afforded the late Earl so many days' sport and healthful exercise. COMET—FASHIONABLE. Lord Melbourne spends his Christmas at Castle Howard, the Earl of Carlisle's residence. Lord and Lady Carrington arrived at Whitehall, on Saturday, from Gayhurst Park. The Earl and Countess of Wilton left Grosvenor square, on Saturday, for Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. _ Lord Stanley is expected to leave Knowsley early in the present week• for town. The Duchess of Buckingham returned to Stowe last week from Wotton. Lord and Lady John Russell leave Endsleigh, the de lightful villa of the Duke of Bedford, near Tavistock, early in the present week for town, The Earl and Countess of Harrington, who are still in town, go to Elvaston Hall, Derbyshire, next week, for the Christmas holidays. Viscount Melbourne has left Melbourne Hall, Derby shire, for Castle Howard, Yorkshire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, who are entertaining a select circle. The Duke of Rutland goes to Haddon Hall, Derby shire, from Belvoir Castle. The young Earl of Durham and his sisters hare arrived at Rome, from Genoa, accompanied by Lady W. Ben thick. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset purpose passing the approaching Christmas at Stover House, near Chud leigh. The Earl and Countess of Craven are entertaining a select family circle at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. MIUSCELLAINTEOUS. A great deal of paper is at the present moment being manufactured, which is impressed with the water-mark for the ensuing year, " 1842." As legal documents, &c., executed in the latter part of the year would be invali dated by it, care should be observed against its adoption. The Yorkshireman says :--" On Thursday Viscount Melbourne was entertained at Bishopthorpe Palace, by his Grace the Archbishop of York." We take, for granted, that the Noble Viscount.inflicted " a heavy blow and a great di scouragement " on his Graces wine cellar. To-day is the anniversary of the death of Dr. John son in 1784. Criticism and philology, biography and ethics, were each indebted to his pen. His vigour of thought, and majesty of style, have gained him admirers among all. RUMOURS OP THE DAY. Mr. Lawrence Peel, it is said, has been appointed Chief Justice of Bengal. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 11.—There is no material change to notice in the Cotton Market to-day. The sales comprised 3,000 bales, all of which have been taken by the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 11.—The improve ment we noticed lately in the Grand Junction Railway Shares has given way, and they are now quoted at 107, Half ditto, 98 ; Great Western Fifths, 91 ; London and Brighton, 361; London and South Western, 57i ; Mid land Counties Quarter Shares, 20.1 ; North Midland Thirds, 14+. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 11.—There is a good demand for Manchester and Birmingham, Man chester and Leeds, and London and South Western Rail way Shares. London and South Western, 571 to 57i ; Manchester and Leeds, 66 to 68 ; Ditto Quarters, 31. 15s. 31. 16s. and 31. 16s. 6d ; Manchester and Liverpool Dis trict Bank, 10; Union Bank, 6+ to 6+. The Undaunted has arrived at Liverpool from Valpa raiso, which place she left on 'the 27th of August, but does not bring any news of importance. She has brought over on freight 75,000 dollars. On the 6th of October, lat. 41, eon. 38, experienced a gale, and lost head, cut water, bulwarks, &c. The Kinnear has arrived at Deal from Sydney, New South Wales. The papers reach to the 18th of August, but the news they contain has been anticipated by the advices received by the Overland Mail, which reached to the 24th of August. The Continental arrivals to-day consist of three Fret.ch, three Flanders, and one Hamburgh mail, leav ing one Dutch, and the Mediterranean mail clue. THE FUNDS. Consols for the Account opened this morning at 881 1; Three per Cents. Reduced are 88i ; and Exchequer Nils, 10 12 premium. Spanish Active Stock remains steady at 238 24 ; Pas sive, 5-4- k ; Deferred, 118 128 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. are 331 • ditto Threes, 19, 3 20 ; Mexican Bonds, 261. Very little business has been done up to the pre sent time. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Ditto Debentures...... ...... 8/. 6s. Bd. 101. Is. Id to Great Western Ditto New ..... 50 Ditto Fifths London and Brighton 5O ...... 36ii*... to London and Birmingham .. 9O Ditto New...... 2 ..... 251, to Midland Counties North Midland Ditto Thirds JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock ... National Provincial of England... 35 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 11. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 971, Grand Canal Stock ... Ditto Reduced ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New 1830......... 98A Ditto 4 per cent ... 3i per Cent. Debs. 1 10/1 Royal Canal Stock 28% HALF-PAST ONE. The transactions in the English Funds have been very limited ;, the market is, however, firm. Consols for the Account are 884 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 8841 ; Three-and-Half per Cents. Reduced, 98i ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 prem. In the Foreign market what little business has been done has been entirely confined to Spanish Active Stock, which are not so good as in the early part of the Morn ing ; the last price at which business was done was 234, and the highest price they have reached is 24. The Pas sive Stock is quoted 511 1 ; Deferred, 11.4- 12i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51i. In the other Securi ties we notice no variation from former quotations. But little doing in the Share Market. Great Western were last done at 84 ; Ditto New, 60 ; Ditto Fifths, 9i ; London and Brighton, 361 ; Midland, 84. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, 88k ; Mexican, 26 26/ ; Spanish, 231 24. QUARTER TO THREE. Recent advices from Batavia state that there was almost a famine in what at Molucca are termed the South West Islands. In one small locality no less than 237 persons died of want. The Governor of Molucca had sent rice shipments to the amount of 30,000 livres for their relief. It is said that the Prussian► Government has offered its mediation between France and Belgium, for the esta blishment of a commercial treaty, This is not at all likely, however, unless Prussia has interested views of its own. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 13.—Wind this day at noon S.W. DEAL, DEC. 11, Wind W. to N.W., , fresh ; 12, W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Bengal, Garden, Batavia ; Kin nair, Lidderdale, Sydney, New South Wales ; Freedom, St. John's, New Brunswick ; N o rth B r it on , M on t rea l ; Freden, Newcastle, for Odessa. Arrd. from the River, Socrates, for Van Diemen's Land ; Courier, Cape of Good Hope ; Ludlow, Antigua ; Argo, Trieste. Sailed, Quebec, New York. OFF MARGATE, DEC. 12.—Lord Stanley, Benson, St. John's, New Brunwick. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.—Wind W.N.W. 12. W., mo derate.—Arrd. Undaunted, Valparaiso, sailed August 27; Thos. Carty, Halifax; Lady Worsley, Aldebaran and Concord, Quebec, the latter with part of cargo thrown overboard; Carrib, Faulkner, Sierra Leone; Brutus, Bonny, sailed Oct. 2; Devon, Calcutta, sailed July 29, and from St. Helena. Oct. 26 ; Empress, Savanilla, sailed Oct. 20 ; Susan, Ferris, Dalhousie; Lady Flora Hastings, Quebec. It blew a heavy gale from W. to W.N.W. last night, but it is more moderate to-day at W.N.W. DOVER, DEC. 1 I.—Arrd. Prince Albert, from London for Buenos Ayres, with trifling damage ; John and He lena, Hamburgh,for Porto Rico. WIKITSTABITE . DEC. 12.—Four bales of cotton, marked F x C—D X, apparently a long time in the water, have been landed here. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind S.W., strong breezes. Arrd. Delia, Quebec. SWANSEA, I)Ec. 12.—Arrd. Hinda, Valparaiso. KINGROAD, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Briton, Quebec. PADSTOW, DEC. 10.—Arrd. the Glenliervie, from Que bec, with loss of bulwarks, &c. Some wreck, consisting of cabin work, &c., also an oar, marked " William Madron," have been picked up a few miles west of this place. SHEERNESS, DEC. 11.—The John, from St. Peters burgh to London, got on Shoeburyness last night, but was towed off, and proceeded up the river with a steam tug this morning ; she has apparently received no other damage than being somewhat strained. KIRKWALL, DEC. 4.—The St. Alixey, Winshure, from St. Petersburgh to Newry, was wrecked last night on the island of Copulshaig ; part of the cargo (tallow) is floating out; crew saved. PORT ASKAIG, SOUND OF ISLAY, DEC. 7.—The Perthshire, Risk, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Greenock, got on shore on the north side of this Island 4th inst., but was assisted otf yesterday, leaky and strained. CowEs, DEC. 11.—Arrd. Columbus, Egholm, Buenos Ayres. The Henrietta, Longford, from Liverpool to India, has been towed into Portsmouth, with loss of fore and main -masts, and bowsprit. BIDEFORD, DEC. 11.--The Agatha, fleekema, from Havannali, was brought in here to-day, with rudder damaged and loss of sails, &c. PORSTMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind W.N.W. strong.— Arrd. Henrietta, Liverpool fur Calcutta, with loss of foremast, head of, mainmast, bowsprit, &c. during a gale 3d inst., in lung._ 14. Sld. her Majesty's ship Vip e r, Ri o . FALMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Azores packet, Peters, London for St. Michael's; Royal Willi a m (steamer), London ; Manney, Stuart, Liverpool for Oporto, with loss of jibboom, bul warks, catheads, &c., having been in contact, 7th inst., with the Vigilant. from Liverpool to Ostend, which lost bowsprit. Sld. Magnet packet, Madeira. Arrd. off, the Brothers, Currie, Monte Video. CORK, DEC. 9.—Arrd. Pons Alie, St. John's, N. 8., with loss of bulwarks, &c. Arrd. off, Albion, Metcalf; Tatmagouche. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 10.—The Cato of Dundee, from Dundee, was totally wrecked a few miles to the north ward last night, crew sared. • POOLE, DEC. 12.—The William and Fanny, from Swanage to Weymouth, in running by this harbour having sprung a leak, sunk in the Hook, crew saved. Arrd. Velocity, Wells, from Newfoundland. LLANMADOK, DEC. 11.—The Lynch, Davis parted her moorings last night, and came on 4hore, crew saved. BERWICK. DEC. 10.—Ann Winter from Glasgow to Newcastle, got on Garwick Land bridge, 9th inst., but got off after throwing part of her cargo overboard, and proceeded. PORT TALBOT, DEC. 11.—Five pieccs of American timber have been picked up near the Nash. CORK, DEC. 10.—Off port, a large vessel, supposed the St. Patrick from Quebec. YARMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Mary Ferler from Boston to London, is coming into the harbour leaky, having been in contact in the roads with the Tempestuous of Sun derland. Put back, Tantivy, Collings, Venice, with damage. THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—On reading your impartial Journal of the 9th inst. I find you have made some remarks respecting the subscriptions for the poor Spitalfields weavers, and in it you have stated, in reference to a munificent subscription of a Judge of the land, that a clergyman of the establish ment liberally subscribed 2001. Judge ye what I mean when I say, that instead of being of the establishment, he is of the denomination of Baptist Dissenters. The insertion of the above remarks, if worthy of your notice, will oblige yours, A CONSTANT READER. Norwich, 11th December, 1841. [We attributed the munificent subscription to a Cler gyman, not to a Judge.]—ED. Sun. WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF NEWSPAPERS. This morning a young man was taken to Guildhall Police Court, on a charge or stealing five quires and eighteen Weeny Dispatch Newspapers from out of a cart belonging to Mr. Edmonds, a newsman. Similar robberies are not unfrequent, but they are seldom r com mitted to so large an extent at one time. In the present instance the pr i sci zr y w f a r s om see t n he by ca S r p t r w in i g th a u. C as ity m - police issing two quires officer, coming eighteen on his shoulder, which quantity from the cart; three quires more were discovered to have been left by the prisoner just previously at a coffee house in Smithfield-bars. His case was ordered to stand over until the arrival of additional evidence. The pri soner was formerly in the employ of a news firm in the E A :AiOtnnGgelesCrs Angers, says PHENOMEN ON. s t : h 3 oe ' s w eaxNtraanoit.edsinparayperg, genealogical phenomenon GENE A LOGICAL is now p h e nomenon of a child, two years old, who has got nin e ascendants all li v i n v s. iz., a father, mother, two grandfathers, two grandg ; others, h e r s The a great-grandfather. jointres t - g a r g a e n s d o fa f t h t e e h a r a e family, including sl. randm9t and two great-grandmothers. e child, amount to 530 years. EVENING SUN LAW IN TELLIGEN C.-g CHANCERY COURT. -(THIS l A A -Y) . ALLEN V. MACPHERSON AND OTHERS. His Lordship was oecupied during the morning hearing the further arguments in this appeal, wh i°ll, been already before the Court on Saturday. - - ---- ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY) ALLEN AND OTHERS V. BONE AND MIXERS. ~.0 This was a motion to di s miss the bill that had T.,, filed in this suit with costs, on the groun d tbat it !"„ been filed without the knowledge and consent of th e plaintiffs. The case was partly heard on Saturday. ~„,, The bill was filed on Feb. 23, 1841, by Messrs. }du and Andrew, in the names of the plaintiffs, to reVL l possession of certain property devised to Richa rd S mas, by the will of a gentleman named Bridge, 1 '9; 1 ,. one-fourth of the residue of his property, and consists klelen . ,': of several dilapidated cottages, situated at St. Lancashire. This share of the property had been al_ . ° l ` s, gaged by Thomas for 501., to a gentleman named Jig who died on the sth December, 1830, having by his; e d, bequeathed his property to his wife, who als° three having by her will, made in 1838, bequeathed i t to %ors. of the plaintiffs, and appointed them her tot e° bill The mortgage not having been redeemed, a ings for forelosure and sale was filed ill th e 11 4 0 ty of plaintiffs against no less than t n bet defendants. The answer had been put i ~ebi various proceedings were taken in the suit , whe 've costs had been incurred to the amount of 126/. 9s. su it, plaintiffs now denied that they had authorise d the ots, and prayed that the bill might be dismissed with is the to be paid by the plaintiffs, and for a reference the Master to tax the costs of the defendants respeet l : 0 , which had not been already taxed, and that s , as Hulme and Andrew, the solicitors, by whom the bill it be filed without the authority of the plaintiffs , tnigti Lively ordered to pay the same to the defendants resP ee- :p e ort Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Cochrane appeared in s i lo of the motion, and Mr. Kindersley and in, against it. no s The case had not been concluded when we We nt ter ....... VICE- CHANCERY.-CHANCERY.—(THIS D A Y-) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLA-24-,') FLETCHER V. NORTHCOTE. 00 111. The arguments in this case were brought to it A c to to sion this morning ; and the report was erle e r ,,, e ' s „seer referred back to the Master in the matter of -' ' ... ... tions allowed. ,tv' (Before Vice-Chancellor Wron.ael-) ,'. MEUX V. BELL. S i Ifetlrl This was a bill of interpleader filed by r ,i, bee ° Meux and his partners. The case has eke, a".csote heard before the Vice-Chancellor of England, fret Lion is a w p a p s ea t l h e e d ti t t o let Lord o a b C o o n t d t e securing nliarn . The c l ue 'Jort lØ l ditiswpuaste3lo. 0 ,00 the sum of 8,000/. before her marriage. The ti bu r w e A j of the lady, for whose benefit it was execute"'• t he -r h ° " l '' of Mr. Bell the sum of 7,0001. upon the security of on es Mr. Jordan become embarrassed in his eircumonies and absconded, and Mr. Bell sought to obta i i i n n i nha ni „ of the 7,0001. by means of the bond. Ler° `',. - ttl ill "' directed an inquiry before the Master, to ssc e i t heree a ' was entitled to the bond, and the money seen- in our on the 23d of July, 1835; and the eeol °o ' cour proe ~ t he , Master's office were read at great length t-crectioP. The cause came before the Court on further u t es s., The case was proceeding wh en we went to Pr c s A.Y.) BANKRUPTCY—(THIS I''" B lirT ils ' IN THE MATTER OF WM. HITCHCOCK, A I°S n lL i i /C l° f The adjourned examination of this bankrer,, draPe• our readers will recollect carried on business as ;oil; in „exciteßegent-seret, resumed to-day. T he . e ,ong t ' - tion appears to a great deal of i n tere . st te a nele e .: creditors, as long before the hour apr in t e%c e ',l o'clock) the Commissioner's room was crowd ed ' e l : 0 1: 03 10) 8 J c- Shortly alter eleven o'clock Mr. Commissioner took his seat, and the examination was then P r ., . 6 3 with by Mr. Ashurst, in the following ma n slings Have an other facts relatin to your ax B- 00c at:, t o you transactions sinee with your Messrs. l as t examination ? G_ltt n e e ne th 0 t I 0 :: sider of importance. bace o rl Then may the Court consider that Y ou h i ctS stated the substance—in fact, the whole of. the an d yOar conversations between th em , or e ither of thely, 0' self ?—I think not Will you state,. then, what matter of subst aece ° l/ era ° t have not yet stated 7—Th e w hole of the,een v et ,:tree ' which took place in the drawing-room in Iteg e , n gi se) ; between myself and Mr. Cook, I think has not ..in us - 0 I 1 4 ' You mean you have not given it ?—I P r . esw- svikae.. -. no right to ask fur the evidence I have g 11 ,0 0007,1 spect to the meeting, but I forget whether lf en ; if sation with respect to the goods was here gIY fte have not given it, I will give it now. Mr. ASHURST—If you well tell me w ilit ,2l °6oe ate going to state, I will tell you whether it is D e- et al le The Bankrupt—When Mr. Cook and I_, ln a boat 7 0 drawing-room we had a conversation, net °l4„, op t s goods, but also about a plan for getting tu e- g oarlv addition to the conversation about Buzzacot's told them of a plan for getting them out. b r esPe et f i rt Will you adhere to what you stated ii , t. Ito plao : o that on a former examination ?—I said that t. : l t hat ' li d getting them out was working very well, an' „ n t; i i „ -, 4 few days I hoped to have completed the aai% ro the' o . that was, Mr. Buzzacet's security and ivy "-., tl' e ' moiety of 7,000/. would make u the deficien e Y -1) , debt of 19,0001. Mr. Cook then cautioned ine.,,,iil th e Tell me what Mr. Cook said ?—Mr. Cook ,7,fidea' h , he understood sufficiently, and they had every C1 ;10 e a. in me to complete the arrangement. This is " stance of the interview. r l be °al Mr. ASHURST—The whole?—The whole, 0 • °- f 0 left me. • a jo sae Have you now stated all the converse° was t e; ot., relating to the arrangement, which you„ tier o f th 9 7 1 , with you and Cook and Gladstone, and it and °°t 0 00 I mean those two gentlemen in partienleA t bst Or other member of the firm?—l think s e ; mem b er r to me to be important. othe sr- Had you any communication w.t seh j e c_ ,, To. ; h oil t of t he of that firm except those two on the -•0 . ; y 5 a wn, , 9 Ye g' rangesoutt of which you have been sPe Anc ruSb. u. 0 1 This interview witn Mr. Cook wa s t i h il a tb y fr ,o . u C : terefl a ci e i d , Then is the Court to understand Mr. Gladstone were informed by you that an y other? I to remove and conceal your stock fra il ' ti r to th tors, that you might hand that stock e ve .-. must have a distinct answer to that bet ter qil estlu' ou ha d t o Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD—I thl aY hink ittslrt j ask what passed—get what he said. That t h e Can altogether the thing to ask a witness NO lc or to understand. Mr. ASHURST—What did you saY Jr. C c 'yoot to _ once ,' 08 Mr. Gladstone about your intention to c . , bec s o N o thinb , . 0 5, goods and hand them over to them; :: direc t te• I was desired not to do so. Nothing in 7 1 ~,510 In what way, then, did they understan`f bet ter '- Mr. Commissioner Houtovp—You had iy°' him state in direct terms what he did sat. _, din,- ic os Mr. AsnunsT—What did you indirectly, upon the subject? I sai d as t .se Ow' about 19,000/.—at all events we would agi icu ip, 0 ,4 Of c 3 113 should be the sum for the purpose 0 ~,e O3, ~ ,,,te sa y to thetveir de b t t t o that I would return to them, or send to L" / i: .b ie amounting to eight hundred pounds. ~ to a cing' them a second letter in lieu of the formeirced er s them to prove or recover against Steels alt d to 1 ; 0 13 them a bill of exchange about 2031. I ag i r t hst I ° o 4' ag, writing off the account 2,000/. to leases, en " A re co, oo l o assist them in proving under my estate, sn' the y %jot 7,070/., being a moiety of 15,1401., th at _" 0' 1 , 0 0 13 be entitled to 3,5004 from my partne,:i at f 0 500 1, they would leave a balance of 3,5704 that of ii gei get Mr. Buzzacot to be security to the e l / ive'. l o , er against loss, and with the remaining 3, 07° ' io ° them out. This is the substance of the exP ig he t of the arrangement. 0 t c ; me ° to g Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD—DO you, g ° cl was your direct communication to conceal OO .l them out of the amount 7 Witness —Yes• a to the di' Mr. AsuunsT—Was that communicate,,„dstoeo.. Witness—l never told Messrs. Cook and 11 .. ,'' 0 . 0 ea reedy, but many winks and nods passed that " l, e toe r stood between them. tr., ,, n Is that the only way you communicate d -7 wi fe tion to conceal goods ? I think not. ~ ju l i yta l Did you say anything more than that Ist' of stated to them, or rather of them ? Yes' State what ?- I don't recollect. 6 011° 6 0 °11 0 r Then, will you swear that having ne, r d gate so tir stating anything else, you, nevertheless,T . wh ich_ . 0 0. thing else ?—Yes : A great deal was salnt_ eo lleetior fled my mind then, but what it was I don't I` Af ~i „ a f te r -„ r. .13.-„' Then this statement was made by Y°"' s " ?--lkl" Is' zacot's proposed security was spoken 0 ' t o ,t an) zacot s security was proposed many 6 105 ' 71° , el as t titular time. j eter, Will you swear that you did not write $ the 20t, 11. 0 , 5i August 19th, appointing an interview tor e s i t ap'„e sh . to Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD—The is n a I . l ' will be to put the letter into his band ; l t . n „,. it hi nl ihtit ask him about any document without sh°,..wtiteiv.)---Isf, % H y r U i R t i S n T g. ? Lgili t ng is, witness the I rfect l Y rel. or to explain why 1 wrote it. am Pe letter is ° , the ~ po , yo M ur r im A nd s portance for my assignees to have. 0 it ra n i a l nd th l ink letter, art' g,,. Mr. ASHURST—I shall put in this be supposed there is any suppresSibn on WY not/ 0 , , The letter was then read, which was o il le e ' lc ' P e i° " Gentlemen, to-morrow, Friday ,at three , f .ii . hoe l„03 obedient ~19 th servant, Augus pose, if convenient to you, to meet you at )"110ngeli)',oer before, when I shall be prepared to make a tioj elh,k Gen „co for the liuidation of our debt. —I am, Y 6 i WM. lIITCs . dP r 1841." art' 11 Mr. ASHURST—Now, having, the concealment of your goods, tell me wh en d itore l o i our er e e 0 4 commenced to conceal goods from y to IDs °` as You s tat e , y ou , have not stated that, if you will refer 04 0190 or, ? nation. I have not said that I concealed g 0 - edi t 1 ' creditors. vour e o we I Have you not concealed goods from .1 se o f C . 4 , , Did you not remove goods for the purr _Anotiv.e at ment from your creditors . , do for the P l ' : A O sent out goods, as I had a right to , nes r 9 No but' in e'E 0 0 ' it , f the debt of That request was to get them out o without loss, and they left it to me. ........„ 9, r complying with Messrs. Cook nnd GlaasLe IFs Mr. AsgunsT—That is your answer ? J-` 4 011 NT that will do. d to , ,r, Anything more?--e, ut goo s i n lel Now, did not you yourself take 0 .. con ces yo o e aled it ° r e t` and were not these and ' other goods cone _ ken t he tbe i house at Weston-green for the creditors under this fiat ? They were taken le to , s -iea . the time being, without it being de de 1 dstone s. • ad should be taken to Messrs. Cook and G a coed vchoe (We shall give the conclusion in our Se .... purpose ot . 0 ..ir ,0 .he _ -------- THE PASSENGERS BY T HEJOHN 11 " . 011 nj The steam-boat, Clarion, was off New Orleoll!..01 all s 13th ult. ; having on board the unfortunate for tile steerage passengers who embarked at LiYerPT e d OOP port, in the ship John Taylor, which was Lim south side of Cuba. —Liverpool Letter..