The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-14 00:00:00

of - E 0 g h Of ..., .--v-IYPNING EDI. r .i, ON ii; - ° P i ; did not their ridiculous hostility to Eng a nd 4 ~,, ~. „t ,. l n d them. to the presence o f an eng i ne de al°ll°A as a bri the upon th e i r lib ert i es. Whil e 'li t o I foolishly fancy that they are raising obstacles liGnye, r trz in a g tid /I • English conquests, they are, In f!tters for the limbs, and making l 'gags for the n muths, of Fren c h c i t i zens. B ut 4°l is their_ that the infatuation, twitting cats save In from the r ;o4sequences of their own madness . ,j,„ 4 letter front Aix..la-ChaF.elle, received at Paris •yester ii4" announce the arrival of a body of 2,000 t.:avalry at pecite,4. Another division of the same str-,„gth is ca n!'i that .. y L F aric'' Thec"Mlainetn'tts- •--- La iP ' ; 11, tit' Italian Peninsula. The ki ng of Nar /les is ra;.aiog his 'army to 100,000 men. hik t ' u g of Strtlinia '.,as, at th ; 's moraont, a fine force of \,1,-657, Which ?anew" is to 72:000 men. tc)r alte l i l4 . ‘.e air " / 161 Y 'spoken. 'of the terrible hurricane which c antir,'%" l at Br.rcelona on the 22d of December, and p ren -...e, t w „ _,, . fz , '., u ys and ihree nights. Three ships of the . e,, Pl e a l i l n ritt.t - Navy were. in the port—the Nleleagre brig, tes om . r vi ze . ; the Surprise brig, Captain Rigault de Alp, . Y , 4 ' id the Ennacipation transport. the itiz t .' - 't f corn ti. Relveze, of the 25th of December, to 6 , r u i ls ,t, s l of Marine, gives the following details - ca ' 44 out attempt to describe the storm which lt has bett„, ,', 4 ';'a immen:e disasters. The effects trill show kin' g ., TIP n. any words of mine, the dangers which the ' e llarn B v s- I P! have so happily escaped. More than ten rner. po rt , ''' EPts sunk at different parts in the interior o t t h tne sttstaina hundred other ships at anchor in the t p e or. mo a l v e e mall cd imnii.nse da a , re : lastly, a part of h ~,(xt.l'Q establishments upon it, arc destroy.d."-.Le The / ,' P d 4 , 4 .Ir:tare, which has the mail `from Africa on board, Port p c onvalescent srAdiers, , ',Rs obliged to put into ta r ,„, intion, on the 2d of Jae nary, having suffered great th e ',el,. About fif ty o f the riasseLgers were c o n ve y e d to fli t ; aouch hospital. Thr,, Tartare, not being n in a co - tl• 411 to continue her voyage, the mint was put on board G re . ft gois steamer, her gage, had just touched at Mohan, and vairl.4ble immediatel:, to proceed to Toulon.—Le tonsil loanct 1 301TRs. ,-, 4 .--r Ants, TUESDAY, JAN. 12. 11, iri, c h tiro'. Highest Lowest last , . Per f.,,, re.ce l'rice. l'rto. I'rice 4 n.„ ,nr.s ......... ... l 2 20 1 I't '',o 'l2 .1) 11 9 , 5 per Z , '" a ' - ' ........... . 119 ••• 99 ' ••• .99 - 9 - • . . : * " ...„..... t3 -. -„ .... .1,26, 77 s - 5 ......• 77 60 ::: 77 45 .:. 6 77 60 ten' t r ox , ....lei° 3269 ..., 10:0 —.1 , 40 :105'; . ..... 32 11j5 4, 1 ,_ k . • mac 111v2 50 ...5132 40 —5132 50 ...5152 4.0 .. ~......• , N ~ er c„, % ••••••--.. 805 ... 675 ... 265 ... 875 e:11,143,"kft `end' •••••••• Wil. ... 99 ... 92 ... ! 9 ~,,,, ~,,:.;.,.., ............. 1.0 ... 69 ... rig ... 63 N rau e • ~ ............ 95% ... Dt% ••• 9S P'4 4 4 Polit, e Ive., ••••••••..... 11Y,,, ... 24% „. 24 .. ','4'" 114,,._ ......, ••••• ....... 6 ... 6 ... 6 A , ""!....... '''``•,..... ..... 101 40 ... 101 61 ... 101.41 . .. iOl 6 ) ii erp, a . ~"'" -.... 9'J% ... Dui ... 2J% ... 997 i, erski te '_:r e z . NAIL WAY SIIARKs. Or_ lea s ~,,........ . ..... 614 ... 695 ... (.05 ~ 6 , )5 , ,1 - ... .... ........ ..... 420 ... 490 ... 418 75 ... 420 L .... !t• 4 :,..... .... ..... . ..... 312 50 , ... 315 ... 312 :.0 .. 3,5 '` 41, ..._ 1140 i a l e. *:••••••••.... 487 50 . 450 ... 487 F 4) ... 4SB 7.", lei! t „ „,,. a •............. 247 :,0 ... 24i 75 ... 46 25 . 218 73 'An nn ......... 4:15 ... 425 ... 4_5 ... 425 blB A .., . jj 41 ILITIES OF THE JEWS. St $ „ THE EDITOR OF . THE SUN. Ilittei, perusal . itrs-I lle of a letter signed by H. M. Sa tesda ' eoPied from a Jamaica paper in The Sun of yes tigej'e'n which the writernaturally advocates the very Intl ) tua t he end his brethren hare to equal privileges Ate, :erY other British subject, and in which he ex theirsis4 hope that they will again possess the land c . d . tee f o e P ope " when Jerusalem, their ancient here elise' e 4 ed the tomb of the great Christian Prophet, t lee" `P '„ 4lto scued f rom t h e I nf i del, and that both Jew and ene,..e may alike undisturbed wrship od in peace Ai l -e'eter," is the inducement to my o troubliGng you with tiiii, feeling as I d o, from the perusal of your paper bes ts 'ofthat as good will towards mankind is the Your principles. It i, J ews now nearly five years since I felt it due to the the t t° address the Town Council and Burgesses of . 11 , 4 4:: 4 ° 4 t he ve . eject of their emancipation, which to mew 'I. -- In eter eteniplation. I therein endeavoured h n b til th at every 1 -e we re nation that had oppressed them (though e g r - efie b • e-enider the righteous condemnation of God) Go. Itit'sse •e `-ender destroyed in their turn ; but that e very . and Neest which had afforded them protection, Il liti 7 dt' ! t ad in return been blessed of God. That Ilk melt -greatest enemy, Moab, was called on to ethveelrLieLed sustain them. " Let mine outcasts 7 th e thee, Moab ;be thou to them a covert 4°41 /tilil,.-- 14 "ilele" was the injunction , of Holy Writ ; and %tie % ‘llliak that under the appeal to Moab, every . idelee.".4x addressed. Suppose tve take the case of . a sin be whom the dispensations of God has afflicted. Illfeltee In (or ought we not) to seek to alleviate his Chris .1 What, ihen, ought to be the feelings of nfee,-lees towards those • who have been made the liee e " ef providi ng the foundation of the Christian re,- hstl'e h ut wh o , b y the:eins of th e i r forefathers, have Ise, : t h, In out for a ame-from it s p r i v il eges ? For what 44 ; 'ea word of God: - by the Apostle Paul ? " If the Ifie;ntttway of thei . it be the reconc ili ng of the world, ese ' 1 ' 4 ,411 the receiving of them be ?" And if we, who e lletT lr 'eltes Ch r i st i ans, seek to add to or continue eolit' e .. : t % th ose w h om God has smitten, how can we , Il tern e - ,.' It 'etlieir notice that precious offer of our Ile :leo i " ' ll etne unto me all ye that labour and are lie :le rote-Ll'e and I will give ycu rest ;" or to that finish eest -ItP•tien, lie that cowed' to me I will in nowise tille ' r''' ' t .i'''' L et us. then, show ourselves to be Chris. " it.'.!!°,t-i: name only, but in principle. to e, I:z}l'oi v•ii could only be brought to believe that % u a , ' , b y. the Prophet said to Moe , as the repre en4„!,"' or all Gentile nations, " Be thou to them a 4 It„' it ed who used to show himself in human form 4 ie e -s ee nncl the Fathers, was the Lord Jesus Christ ; , we e , -4 4 s ,n we consider as God manifest in the flesh, 4 4 1 ,2 t!'e Messiah "hem they profess to look for, n Out nes e . det once acknowledge him as such ; but they I° h a i r lllus t expect that they will be permitted to return f or flatly R hi, —e land under any error respecting Him ; e 'e th - „'"," 3 the cause why God expelled them thence. net i t ," t"eY inay calculate that as they begin, and a i O h tr i t 4 kvestigate and believe the New 'Festame . nt NBail t i ir N so sooa will the time of their return begin. tOV *: °).4 gh the present generation may never expect to v tle .c l q sY ,V• they %vie, like those of old, have to view the e'''.'t t I - ; " le ugh afar ell. and rest in hope of its fulfilment.. ;,'lfy t eti 'usent God will never restore them until Lelt Ye to ey e with him, and then it will be found 11116, %tee at of God in all ages has been the s'`N 4 vej . ,: tha t the New Testament Scriptures are the ~,!tite t i - aLlons that will be made by God to man, be . 4 11/ • ''Y ter made by God himself, personally ma ej• lo U s , 0 „ h e • °der t i ' • 1, 410 1 L 'ese considerations let all British Christians " i tils 4 tge endeavour to procure for them their full IterllKeel as Ilritish subjects ;thso we lay a l'ttt 'al s e t° ` l e ter theni to ascend at to a highermay and more v seturitv. 1 am, Sir, respectfully yours, 11Y140,..L L OVER OF TRUE LIBERTY. u, %iota 1 0 1841 4 . mi OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. 1 ,3 at gtYi4 l el Meoti g of the Court of Sewers for the Ci o ty . Mtn of Wen.stminster and part of the .Countyrcc..r ' I N ' IN I lill be holden at the Sewers' Office in G heark 1j1k.,440%.1 41' teh il° ‘ 8( Ineee, on Friday next, January 15. to -''' - "nee te ear against the Presentments of the ktt.llB 4lT.h.,. t itanclijaP ghandCounters , Cre e k Districts. l i i ‘ , itt,"nnt ti t er's bills for the +tarter . ending la N i l d icl u ia p e o l n - Clsle - ', u. mounting to 6 7121. lie. e 9,. arc ° NI/. ' ' l. the Co mmiVee-room for the inspection of the .siettere.. ; ----- , 1,,,°1)k ~,:'. SHOPS IN _LONDON.— evetal cofft.e -"7llNepor gave evidence before the Committee on IT: Saehout ;111.• Humphreys, a coffee-shopkeeper, said, e "" Year (7 th 're was scarcely a house i L MIQr „ a e ° (- . a cup , or Op h h e Jou Could get any coffee under 63 I . y. 1% / a tl r ir ; there are now coffee-houses oen at from J l'g4tilt.--;_' There are many houses where the charge is Id. ttlth:i,"Zisehr.vie from 700 to 800 persons in a day.. There shops Iltellll.6l4° ra tp° II"' Who c s a day." Some of these barges lid. a cup, and he has 4 41 ; 1 1 : a ell o fi-etti four i n i e t r h s e on morning until eleven at night. 4 net •°'reeshop 43 London daily papers a. ne b ta_ke tb n e , a o n p ti . lie,„ 11444 who pays lid. for a cup of coffee ''' these 11te:1443 or 'adiosre an y - of them. In addition to i ts * "Pelle a pap are taken, 6 foreign papers, cole(enthly lee Ae-,e' a g Iles, 4 reviews, and 11 weekly periodi otetio eeter coff ee -shopkeeper stated . that, prior to the we 4of the newspaper duty, he pat 1 400/. a year for L ll ni ,P4Prti "d ma azines for binding the yea b rly nt then Mr. Humphreys remrked that, since he ad 1 Itsiness, , 6 j 1 l i Z. , _t a e t 1 . t e f _ or u lit n : t r a tn t.u a r n e . t t e tm st origstth e classes who frequent ; l ieri' l ty of the c i ot ;leca . ttn g 1 q ors are sold in the great h 1 --. 1 'le in the accommodati?n 4ej-hlheY aff rd :t c h - e s y °P ar s e ; " fa ' r i superior to the pub ' ea * At ' t. Q, Alr. Letchfore's ceffee-shop, ge l hes, which is frequented daily by from 700 to 000 in High-street, ,i i. " tory 'q't 'la g 'hen. the charge for a cup of coffee in the . 41, °III rooms, is Id., lid,, and 3d. Illi n tlittli eg ht four o'clock and has a c 4 of rn caonifc:ernae?s 1.1 i n ( 04 3 t l et of bread and butter, and for that he pees 1 -- Y I o ', 14 4' t " again at eight, for his breakfast, he has a cuje .cs i 3 1 e1 • a Penny loaf, and a pennyworth) , of better, w . b . l .c b . mt ltt3, l "Id, at dinner -time, instead of going to a . pubt2 ,,e nel - 0 one o'clock, he comes in again, and has his cell . . Oiptit,llS bread, and brings his own meat." Nine daily % 111 ll ere taken at this house. The general practice t t liit t e e tZtde, when coffee is sold for 11 , d, a cup, is to , i l 'a t ,i. " fort tea; and, at Mr. Lett:ldol - Li s the eon,rF 19e i l r s two-thirds, and of tea one-third. 'Within .41'q b een few Years, Most of the keepets of coffee .shops tie teen compelled by the general demand of the per s'iltlhp-ere,,sN.ing them,b. to _sell cooked meat. At Mrs. t:e,!eici wJetiniouse,Tabout three Societies t o .e f s haman_d rie 'cold .y beef tiltilretl,ere get Y ti i n. iit So empebranbeeibSit ofi usingt and v coffee- shops at tilhisreriee_d_ecal, rn'centinogts.e Mr. Humphreys, in this part 0 1 ) aC e ' e, said, " I have often asked myself the ques- A nle er e all the number of persons now frequenting my 'lt .frottld ' r to Possibl h got their refreshment . prie 1144N° °kneel. 3r Th a e v r e g ere taverns in the neighbour keltotljbllt no coffc e - hous:s w nor any thing that P ffor , d c d c., :i n nl \ettibedation of the nature I now give ti e n.' 04,,e leeelieterrac,lor 1841. o4;llntieretand that Lord Brabrzol H l, on o . ne of the Grintley ‘.serli I se op 4 for the county of Dublin, and the T ., .., re (.I I.;;keter,_:,O. t h e e 1.-n ' . ' 111 4 „,le of c„,..,''' w'" '"''' e ~ tee Speech from II- eero eetrnOLS to a. r iii•A J . ,:bty oil _ . 14 14 . at the opening of the ensu i ng Session of %et, THE MARKETS.-(THJS DAY). COLONIAL MARKET. There stre no puLre salts, and privat.ly littb: business was done. Holders were, however, firm, and prices un derwent little variation, The an irals were light. TEA NIARKET. There tvas little lithint:ss done, and priccs under:rem rr) rariv,ion of moment ; the nearest quotation for Corn parry`,i Congou cash was 13 6id,per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for P. Y. Candle was steady, and prices firm 2t 4;'s on the spot, and 47s 31 for delivery. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. Th....re was but a moderate supply of 11. y at market this morning, owing t i the sad state of the roads; censcquently the who' , offered nut a ready sale at stiff prices. Corer 41 to 61., Hay 31. 12s to 4/. IBs, Straw 33s to 35s per load, Li.(_) YD'S SHIPPI NG.-(THIS DAY LoNnoN, JAN. 14. —lt blew very hard in !loans from E to N. E. lasi!, night and this morning. The River is partially frozen over. Wind this day at noon moderate Easterly bre, h a thaw. DEAL : JAN. 1:3 —Wind S. E , fresh bretvt.—Arrivcd the I, , wrence, Ellwood, from Bet bice ; and India, Camp bell, Batavia. LivErtroot„ JAN. 13 —Wind S E —Arrived the Babas, from Calcutta; Tinarnara, ditto; Ann L'7Ckerby, ditto; Warlock, ditto; Bab , mian, Mead, ditto ; Wiiherforc, M,ranham ; Russell Glover, ilat“‘, Nev Or leans ; Sht f tell, Porter, ditto ; Woodside, Welsh, ditto ; Moslem, M‘Ltren, ditto; Hudson, Saye, and Medora, Harrison, Charleston ; T. P. Cope, Murckea, Philadel phia; and Elizabeth, Hamilton, MirtmiAi. Sailed the Henry Griffith, for New South Wales; Victoria, Silia, Havanna ; Shenandore, West, Poiladelphia ; .IJ seph Cunard, Burney, New Orleans ; and Majestic, Laid ley, Mobile. Off port the G•psy, from Maranhao; Broad Oak, Ba`iirt; Rapid, Demerara; and Aurora. Havanreah. HASTINGS, JAN. 13. —Arrived off, the Cat:ar, from Demerara. DARTMOCTII, JAN. 12 —A barque, laden With timber, belonging to Topsham, bound to SAlcombe, is sunk ou•side. MILFORD, J.N. 12. The John Bentley, Desborough, from Liverin,ol to Savannah, and the Pomona, Asp:ett, of Jersey, got in contact last night off the Smalls ; the latter tiled with water, crew saved, and the former has put in here le4y, with bows stove aad loss of topmaats, &r. CLYDE, JAN, 10. , —Arrived the Thalestris, Kelly, from New Orleans; Valuns, Tay, St. John's, New Brunswick. GREENOCK, JAN. 11. - -The Loyal William, from Jer sey to Glasgow, which was on shore, has been got off, and no;, n )g much water has re-shipped her cargo and pro ceeded. ConK, JAN. H.—Arrived the Garland, Lnikin, from Newfoundland. The Pinto, Wake, from Richcbueto to Exmouth, wWch struck on a reef near River lichvard'6 Island on the 24th Novemb-..r, aid filled, but got off diz masted, and had been sold, crew saved by the China, Kay. arrived here. AIR, JAN. 11.—The Annas, Jars, from NcwFert to Troon, struck on Brest ck on the 9i.h inst., end lies sunk at high water ; cargo expected to he saved. CtSTLETOWN, JAN. 10. - The Sea, Button, of Hartle pool, which sailed hence yesterday, has put hick with fore. topsail split only. HULL, JAN. 13 Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Eu retta, Tucker, from St. Andrew's, MONEY and COMMERCIAL .NEW. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNEFDAY—The sales to-day wit 12.000 - bags, of which about 6,000 have been tititenen*peeulation. Prices for American are fully main liiititiotu_d for Surat rather higher. LIEIPOOL SHARE MARKET ; JAN. 13.—EasternCounties 54: 1 3t 9d ; Grand Junction 212; Great Western, Fifths, la .4 ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarter Sharr7, 15i ; I.6ridoa and Birmingham, 32/. Shares. 491 ; Brighton United Company, 42i; South Western, ; Nlarielicstcr and Birmingham, 26. MthictiEstEs. STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 13. We have bad a quiet Market, and prices may be quoted as follows t —Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 304 ; South Western 5& to 59; Great Western, 93 to 94; South Ea:tcrn, 13 to 14 ; London and Bt ighton, 431 to 4 . 32 ; Manchester and Birmingham. 25i to 26 ; Eastern Coun ties, Si to 91. We have received the Antwerp parer of yesterday's dete HAGUE, JAN. 10.—An order of the day has been sued, addressed to the officers of the army, ordering them not to get into debt, with a menace of destitution should they do so. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JAN. 11.—Our National funds did not maintain the prices of yesterday, the Five per Cents. and the actions of the Society of Commerce, never theless, were firm. Affairs were restricted, Ardoins Spanish fell on the arrival Gf the prices from Paris, they were done at 22 1.16 th and 21 15-16ths 22 21i ; Coupons, 171 • 'No-and-a-Half per C en t s ., 50,3-; Five pe r Gents., 97:1-; sein's, 21 15-16ths. Account! front Rodin state the Russian Government has demnaled of the Court of Rome that the Archbishop of Cologne should be raised to the dignity of a Cardinal, when he is to receive from the Russian (Lvernment a pension of 20,000 thalers. The only intelligence received this morning of conse quence, is by the express from Paris stating, that the French had made their peace with Buenos Ayres, siid to be received by the telegraph from Brest ; no particulars have as yet transpired. The Philadelphia packet of the 20:h has arrived, we have no papers as yet; its news is , ono day later than the last arri val from thcre. THE FUNDS. This being settling day in the Foreign Market, the brokers and jobbers are arranging their accounts, as well as paying and receiving the various ballanccs. At pre sent we do not hear of any mischief having occurred in the settlement. To-morrow is settling day in the British Mat ket. Consuls opened this morning both for Money and Time at the leaving off prices of yesterday 89$- for the 25th February, WI buyers ; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prem. ; Kink Stock, 1641 1651; India Stock, 249 250. Iu the Forei:z . n Market Spanish Active is a shade bet ter, left off. 241 at present 241, s ; Deferred, 121 ; Passive, 6+ ; Portuguese same as they closed, 311 324 ; Three per Cents.. 191 20+ ; Brazilian, 701 71k; Co lombian, same an they left off, 23 ; Mexican, sane, 254 ; Chilian, 57 59 ; Dutch Two-and.a. Half per Cents. left off 504 4, at present 50;4 i; Five per Cents. alsr bet ter, 981 99. Up to the present time there is very little doing in either of the Markets, ovving to the settlement of the Foreign Account. SuAttEs.—Great Western, 29 30 prem. ; New, 13 14 prem. ; LondGn snd Brighton, 6 5i div. ; 13lackw•ail, 4i 3} dis. ; Birmingham, 81 83 prem. ; Southampton, 571 581- per share ; Croydon, 12i I per share ; Greer wich, 8 9 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 dis. ; South Eas.ern and Dover. .14:1 i dis. PRICES OF SHARES Tills DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western ..... Ditto New Ditto Fifths Gosport Junction London and Brighton London and Birmingham 90 — to -- Ditto New Shares Condon and Greenwich ..... ...... 20 . — ...... to Ditto Scrip South Eastern and Dover 2B ..... 131 to JOINT STOCK I:ANKS. National of Ireland I i PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 12. 3 per Cent. Coszols Three and Half Stock 974 i Grand Canal Stock ...... ... Ditto Reduced ...... ... I Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New, 1630 9 3 - Ditto 4 percept. 3. per Cent. Dabs. HALF•--Pd ST ONE. To the present time the settling of the tore'gn account is going eff well, and we do not hear of any feature in the British Market worth observation. It is expected that on to-morrow, being settling day in the above market, a good deal of stock will be taken. Money being rather easy, the merchants in the city corresponding with Bucnus Ayres arc very anxious for a confirntation of the blockade of Buenos Ayres being tsiken off by the French, as the commercial intercourse with that country will again pros per. We understand that a great number of our ship, Aden with all descriptions of manufactured goods, in an:i. cipaticu of the Treaty of Commerce with Peru being con cluded, have been fur some time past rocceding there. Consols have been during the morning, alternately buyers and sellers, 891 ; at present tray be quoted 89a 1 for the 15th in t. Reduced, 89 90 ; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 165 166, rather im proved; India Stock, 249 2481, rwth r In the Foreign Market little doing. Spsni,h Active reached 24g. at present 241 ; Deferred, 12i ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 20+; nothing done in the Five per Cents. ; Brazilian, 71i; Russian, 1131 ; Dutch Two and a-Half per Cents. 401; Five per Cents, 9809. la Shams very little hat been doing. Great Western. 954 94 ; Ditto, New, 6.l 65 64 ; II ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 441 I. There was a failure in the Shares yestce day, but not of importance. TRADESMEN'S ACCOUNTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. SlR—Through the medium of your widely circulaf rig paper, you might throw oat a few valuable hints to the nobility, gentry, and clergy, of the benefits that would result from their early settlement.of the tradesmen's y er .rly accounts, which ere often delayed from want o; thought or other causes, sometimes from servants never presenting the accounts. If one half the accounts were settled in January every year, it would give a spur to trade, and the benefit be felt by all classes of society. A SUBS J RIBER. Pontefract, July 9. LITERARY NOVELTIES.--I he new year has 4 one:tied with great promise for the .literzry world. The publishers seem to be bestirring themselves vigorously, and new productions in various elarses of literature, by distill guiAed authors, are immediately forthcoming. Mr. Col burn alone announces in his list the following works : Tile Life of Petrareh, by Thomas Campbell, Esq Dr Cliffird, a novel, by the author of " Tremaine," and "Dc Vern." The Pie-Nic 1 3 ,:pers, edited by Charles Dickens, Esq (Bez ) The Book withcut a Name, by Sir Charles and Lady. Morgan. The Life and Letters of Madame d e S ev i gr.e, by Mrs. Gore. The Moneyed Man, tn,t ProvHur;lee Srtith, in the Cu l - - Account of th e S pas of England, by mces uf Frc.t.e v , Dr.... Granville: And lastly, the Life a n d Remains of the lamented L. E. L. by her literary executor, 1 4 a man Blanchard, Esq. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DA Y.( tasted food - of any kind for nearly three days and nights, during wllich ti: m! , they had been without shelter or a resting place. Seeing that they were in a very exhausted condit!;•t, witness took them to the station.house, where they wcro supplied with a meal and lodging for the nigh'. thlenilant, Giew, said they were not begging, although st , rving-Lthey :sere too strong, willing, and able to work, to beg, Lunatic petitions and causes of no public interest ccau picd the Lord ChanceliGr all day. VICE-CHANCERY.—(TIns DAY.) ROE V. DUNKERTON AND OTHERS—THE GIiEAT CHEESE CAUSE. In this ease a motion was this rneroing made on behalf of the defendants (23 in number) ior the dissolution 01 an injunction granted by his Honour en the 7th instant, re straining them front adverti,iiig or exhibiting to the pub lie a large Somersostir e cheese, the joint property of the parties to the suit, which was made and intended for her Majesty. From the press of other matter we can only give a short statement of the facts of the case, which are these :—lt appears that one of the defendants, Mr. Norris, being ac. tuated by feelings of loyalty towards bar Majesty, in May, 1839, suggested t o several o f h i s neigh b ours res idi ng at West l'enuard, in Somcrsetshire, a very noted dairy dis trict, and near the celebrated Cheddar, that a cheese should be presented to her nijesty, as a mat k of the loyalty and attachment on the part of the in• hai , itants of that perish towards their youthful and b, loved Sovereign, and that it sheuld be formed by a contri uti"" of one or more ta, als of the milk of all the cows ke;,t, in the perish of West Penmrd. In the June following the defendants Drinkerton and Norris called upon the other farmers keeping cows in the parish, who cordially acqui t send in the suggestion. The two plaintiffs, Roe and Psge, were among that number. The cheese was formed, and is considered by these who have obtained a sight of it, to be a beautiful specimen of agricultural pro duce, and we believe has been acki.owledged by those who are experienced in such matters, to he the finest that ever came cut of Somertetshire. Its shape is ectagonid, and measures 9 feet 4 inches in circumference, 3 feet in dia meter, and 20 inches in depth, and weighs about II cwt. It is ername:ited by the Royal arms, and is beautifully stamped with various appropriate devices. We should state that this enormous cheese was prepared from the meals milk of 737 cows—a meal being the quantity of milk obtained from a cow at one miikirtg. The curiosity of every person in that part of the country being excited, and marl person s wishing to see the " Rpy'al cheese," it was agreed by the Committee' that it should be exhibited, and that a box should be placed in the room, for the collection of subscriptions ; the balance of which, after defraying the expenses of making the cheese, was to b•e dictributel artioi:g the poor of the parish. Wearing apparel, bed linen, and clothing, to the amount of 27/., was ace..irdingly hestowed upon the poor; but the sum collected (although many farmers and gentlemen in the neighbourhood made contributions):nut having been a lequateto the sum r xpend ed in the manufacture of this cheese and the purchasing of utensils, and so en; and as the cheese would not be ripe and in a fit state to present to her Maj , sty until June, 1841, it was agreed at a public meeting of the parties interested, ,that it should be brought to London, and ex hibited in the Egyptian Hall, PrecaUly, provided the err/tient of her 1 1 11;tjez.ty foe that purpose eon! be obtained ; but rothing was to be done to endanger the acceptance of it by her Majesty, which was always the main and paramount object in view. On the 29th Decembei procession Wits formed, and the cheese conveyed in a waggon from the rillege, the dairy women who had been employed in its creation joining in the procession. - Beer and Mier was distributed among the vil lagers, and the health cf her Abjesty, Prince Allier', and the little Princess, were toasted amidst the veclarna lions of those assembled. The cheese arrived in London by the Great Western Railway on the 31st of December, and on the last of January was placed in the Egyptien Halle The two plaintiffs, who may be considered as par ties in the concern, not coinciding in the view that had been taken by the other parties, applied to the Vice-Chancellor for an injunction to restrain a public ex hibition, sihich his Honour then granted. Mr. G. RICHARDS (with whom was Mr. Anderdon) this morning moved to dissolve the injunction, Mr. Knight Deuce anti M. Wright opposed the motion. The VICE-Cnatickt.enn, without hearing: the reply of Mr. Richards, dissolved the injunction, with costs. It iurthei eppeared that he was from Yorkshire, and his companion froei Cheshire, and both had been at work en the Raiiroath till the severe weather commenced. Mr. LONG said the Police Constable had acted ex inely 1 , 011 in taking them into custody. Persons must not be , Ilowed to perish i n t h e street. r He then relieved tin m from out of hit private purse, and directed the Police C,n;stahle to proceed with them to tho Mendicity Society, ; , :th his reque;t that their case might receive immediate attention. PROFITS ON THE SALE OF SOUP: WINE. &c. &c. L f .CKETT V. Trill BANK OF ENGLAND. On Tucielay thi s cafe e me be fire the. Recorder and a Jary in tie Lord M.iver's Court. The plainiill el 'need errepensetien for good- will end interest in the we , -kliown Cock Tavern, facing the late north gate of the Rayed Exel ange, required for improvement about to be ; efi eted by the Bark of E ng land. The claim was 18,69 4 / the 13ank, it was understood, had mode no off er . Sir \V. Foiaeere f: r the claimant, stated that, under a - e! use is the Act of Parliament which gave the Cerpora tion of the City of London the means to effect the exten sive ireprovem , nts which were now taking piece in the City, the Bank was also empowered to reqoire premises to be gives up for the same purpose. In this cave the great Corporation of the Bank of England desired the premises of Mr. Lockett, which, as the Jury must know, had been a tavern of the first resort in the City from time imme morial, and was fiequented by its first merchants. Be tween the years 1827 and 1839 Mr. Lockett had expended upon the premises no less a sum than 9,135/, and why should he not be ab!e to toile , this to those who woulc. follow him, in the same manner that he could if he had tbe rre•ncy in his pocket ? did not want` to pact with a Louse which he and his f,tl.cr had conducted with profit for ,baif a century; he desired to remain the possessor of it. , One of the most important items of the chin would be the profit mule by Mr. Lockett as a tavern-keeper, and he st2uuld only be able to give general evidence of its amount. There would be something ludicroui in showing how beef and calves' heads would cut up into soup, but was the only means he had of proving it. Fur instance, he should call witnesses to prove that to nuke , ten gallons , of soup it required six calves' heads, Albs. of butter, one' Gibs of flour. 'I be ItEcoarau— What nrmo do you givo it ? Sir W. FOLLETT --Mock turtle.—(A laugh ) fit should take three year: upon which to form an average— the )cars of 1837, 1838, and 1839 In that period h*e been bought 6 236 calks' heads—:( Loud laughter)—that would give 10 390 galloes; and there were 16 half p;nt basins to the gallon ; that would be 166,240 basins of soup, et lld a basin, which was 7,6191 61—(11mars of 1-,egliter ) There was also another way of making mock ttn Vv. that was with scalps, and two scalps acre equal to a head. lirconnEtt—Tyro se& ps make s_head.—( Laughter.) Sir W. FOLLETT—I, seems so, my Lord.--( A laugh.) There were 296 supplied and that would produce 245 gril le us, or 3,920 basins.—(A laugh.) This was really ex posing the seer. is of the trade, but he could not help it— ( Laughter.) Giblet soup would be the next head.—( A 1,110.) Thirty sets of giblets would make 10 gallons of s ,, up ; 6,159 sets had been purchased; that would give 2 050 gallons, 32,848 basins, at lid, 1,505/ 104 Bd. (A laugh.) The RECORDER—Did you put nothing but giblets it , your zeup, Sir William ?—(A laugh. ) Sir W. Fou.ETr—Yes, my Lord, but that's anothti bead. lie would now come to ox-tail.—( Rears (f laughter.) Thirty-six tails made ten gallons ; 13,359 tails had been consumed in the three years —(A laugh ) Tha• would give 3,710 gallons, or 59,360 basins, at • Ild. 2.720/ 13s 4d. Soup bovilli was next —(Renewed laughter.) Fifty lbs of brisket of beef made ten gallons. Mr. Lockett had had 9,7141 b of brisket ; that would mak, 194 gallons, or 11,107 basins, 1,4241 2s Bd. Gravy soup fullowed.—(A laugh.) 84,128 basins had been sold.— ( Laughter.) That would produce at 8.1 each, 2,804/ 5s 4.1. The total for soup was 16,2 i,?/ lis 4d.--( Row r of laughter.) He would now ceme to the din: ors. These iv, re charged Is 10 i each, and the amount was 4,66619.. There were other dinners where poultry were supplied. which were charged 2s 10.1 ; a fowl, or Luoh, was con sidered sufficient for two persons ; a goose for four.— (A lau , Th.) Thescorturrt—lt used to be said a goose was te:o much for one, and not enough for two.—( A laugh.) Sir W. F.A.LETT—The supply of fOWlS:tlad been 1,753 g C3O 188—(A laugh)—azd at 2s 10d a meal, would come to 603/ Pigeon pies, a small item, 4515.3.—( A laugh.) For fish, 3251 13s 9d bad been paid, and he was told 10e per cent. was the usual pro*. The RECORDIER—One istindred por cent. !—(A laugh.) Sir W. FoLuirr-,-1 - le had fotzettcn to mention the grime for firs muck turtle.--( A laugh.) Two bottles were pot in 10 gallons, and 177 tit zoo had born thus consumed, —(A laugh.) The Learned Counsel, havint' stated some other items, said, the gross profits would be found to amount to 4,703117 s ltd. Thompson, the cook, explained hoar-soups were made, and of what, QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco). WATERS, EXECUTOR, V. TIIE EARL 'DI , TIIANET. The Al TORNEY- GENE RAI. moved in this case a rule to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiff should not be. set aside, and a nonsuit entered. It was an action upon two bills of exchange, brought by the endorsee agaimt the drawer and endorser. The bills were for the sums of 465/ 13; and 658/, and were dated so far tack as the 9th of August, 1802. The bills were drawn by the defendant, upon the Hon. Henry Tulten, in favour of R. Wilson, and were made payable six months after date. The first and second counts were in the usual form, and ti e third was upon an agreement, signed by the defendant, to the effect that in consideration of Mr. R. Wilson having agreed not to sue him upon the two bills of exchange, then overdue, the defendant debarred himself from pleading the Statute of Limitations, in the event of his being sued for the saute ; and be also agreed to pay the amount with le gal interest, whenever his circumstances admitted, and he was called upon. At the time the bills were drawn the de. feneant had two elder brothers, Sackvilla, then Earl of Thanet, and Charles, and the defendant had only an al lowance of 5001. per annum. When Sackville died, in February, 1825, some estates camo into the eb.fondant'.,; possession, which . he said to Charles for 11,0001., and 1,6001. per annum. He might then have been considered of ability to pay, but all doubts were removed in April, 1832, when Charles died, and the defendant came into ros3ession of the large estates as Earl of Thanet. The action was rot commenced for more than six years after that date—namely, Nov. 1838, and the question for the Court was, whether the cause of action did accrue within six years of the defendant being of ability to pay—whe ther a demand on the part rf the plaintiff was necessary within the six years, and before the statute began to run. After citing some - authorities on-the subject, The COURT took time to consider its decision. HOLLAND V. CURZON. In answer to questions put by the Recorder, he said that in busy times they sold 500 basins of soup a day— upon ethers from 350 to 400. If be had a bit of barn t, spare le would throw it into the reit soup —( Laughter ) Benjamin Ming, one of the head waiters, stated that the ruccipts up to six o'clock were 201. to 251. a day ; aftri that the " supers" attended to the coffee-room. The Court edjlurned till the following day, when Mr. Adams, a licensed victualler and gnarl-, residing at Lam beth, was called to prove the extent of the trade in w:ne asd spirits, which he stated he had obtained from the Ex cise return. Mr. ERLE moved in this case for a rule to show came why the verdict fur the plaintiff should not be set aside, and a new trial had. It was an action upon a promirsory note for 1,000/. made to Reynolds, who had endorsed it to Muliar, by whom wt had been indorsed to the plaintiff The defendant pleaded that the note had been given for money lost in a gambling transaction with Reynolds, who bad endorsed the tit to to Muliar, by whom it had been passed to the plaintiff without consideration, and alter notice. He held is his hands affidavits, which dis closed a collusion on the part of the witnesses and the plaintiff—the former had been sutpmaacd, hut had not ap peared, and it turned out that Wynolds was the step-son of Mullar—that Birkenshaw, another wAness, was the nephew of Mullar—that 11,11 and ;had lately ttlen the be. ink of the Act, when Muller acted as assignee, and that they wi:re colluding together to keep out of the way. Under these circunast?tnces, he trusted' that the Court would give the defendant an opportunity of bringing the case again. Mr. Adams stated that the gross eontureption fur the fire and thrce-quarter years was—brdndy, 2,928 bottts ; rum, 144 ; hollauda, - 162; French and Germ :In wines, 195 ; port, 10,472 ; strum, 14,659 ; but from this R as to be de darted the amount of stock on the 4tb Of December 1810, sad the averege annual cust appeared to be 7201. Th, porter and ale supplied to the house was 73 a day, or 1091 4; a year. on S t i . e \ , ` „ ,r ;rie F ? ct,LETT—A n d what d o you estimate the profit Witness—On the 3.78214; expended fur wine, I cal mate the prcfit at 3,9591 173. The RECOEDRR-3.959/, 17s. I That is a little more than WO/. per cent. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Adams—lt is, my Lord. The profit . on the por ter is 71 per cent. • Crots-extanined—A pipe of wine would cost; with the duty, 141. lle supposed it to be kept in Louie three years. The interest of the outlay, corks, &e. would make the cost 108/. 7s. Lod DENNIAN futid the statement made at the trial was certainly , very suspicious, but be could not have put it off wiihout convicting the parties of a gross misdemeanour, but the defendant was entitled to the rule.—liule granted. Sir NV. FOLLETT—IIow many gltoses arc sold from a bottle at the bar? Mr. Adams—Fourteen, at 6d a glass, producing is. (A lavgh.) The RECORDER—The bottles must be very large, or the glasses very small.—( Loud laughter.) Mr. Atlantis continued—The profit on wine sold by the glia9.9 was 121 per cent, by b . ,ttte 42 per cent. Mr. KELLY —Du the proprietors of gin-palaces make so much profit Mr. Adams—No; nor one haV. The REccknEa—tlow do you came to that conclusion? Mr. Adams—l have kept one fur eleven years.--( A laugh ) The RECORDER—They say that the profits of a gin-pa lace arc immense. MOFFEIT V. SYDENHAM. Mr. KELLY moved is this case, which had been before Lord Denman at the last Guildhall sittings, and a verdict bad for the plaintiff, for a rule to set aside the verdict and enter a nonsuit. The action was brought to recover da. magcs against the defendant for not accepting a very large quantity of tea. In February, 1840, the defendant con tracted for the purchase of between 700 and 800 chests of tea from the plaintiff, and the sale had been made through the medium of a broker. The question which the Court had to decide was, whether parole evidence could be ru eci-ied, not to explain . a variance which existed between bought and sold rotes, but whether evidence of that rig. tore could be received to supersdd what he considered an entirely new term to the contract. After entering at sonic length into the point of difference between the notes, whi b consisted in nut specifying the number of the break, and the time of payment for one portion of the teas sold. The COURT gran'cd the rule. EttOOKES V. 'VvIIITTY. Mr. Adams—E is a mistake, my Lord.—( A laugh.) The RECORDER— \VIII', I have heard the profits are so nearly calculated that what a man may leave, after toss ing th e glass off, is of some amount. Mr. Fureell, an eminent accountant, was next exam. fined, and said ho had examined all the tradesmen's books. Ele lound in the three years, that 4,6551 33 4d was paid to the butchers; poultry, 7811 23 2 , 1 ; the fishmonger, 325/ 138 9d ; bakes, 72717 s 3d; hales, 116115 s; sauces, ~, , td 5 3 ; butter and cheese, 347153 ; green-grocery, 50-11; o-la- water, 30/ ; stout, 591; and 172 dozen of nine for he mock-hurtle soup, 3011 3s 81, making a total of 7,8711. Ile found 4,419 calves' heads had been sup p led, which would make 166,240 basins of soup, sod, .t lld each, would, produce 7,6191; from scalps, 296, 1791 13s 4d. Of gisietA, 6,1.59 pair had been supplied. and would make 32,848 basins, 1,505/ 103 88 ; ox-tails, 13 359, 2 7201 13s 48 ; brisket, 9,7141b5, for soup bouilii, 1,024/ 2s 8d ; soup meat, 26,2961* 2,804153 4d ; and the total amount for soup woold be 14,221/ 1735 d; 48,3661bs of nteat had been supplied ; 2,127 hams - ; 50,907 lbs of other meat, tongues, and sausages; and a i n n d th a ,e ll t o h n r i e n e g ye o a n r e s pound for each person's dinner, at Is 10d., would g i ve 4,66619 x, Of poultry, a fowl or duck would dine two, a goose nti n f n u t u d r. There re fn h u a l d a bacnedn ducks,auppi 186 geese, and 439 pigeons ; and a pigeon pie would dint four. 1 The poultry would thus produce 60514 8 ; bu t a s steaks were put in th e pigeon pies, they were only calculated to serve throe. The profit on the fish, at 100 per cent,. would be 6511 7s 61. and, after The soda-water was charged 6d, but eon 2,id. The profit basins of soup have been made on quart bottles of stout was 100 per cent, and 71 on pints. deductions,l'ewlie money would leavertcei received a 2 a l :12_1°Sm5:180:edik,1t.h2t il ia ' rBtld;balance three years. The net profit per annum would be 4,005/ 17a ltd. Mr. Burr-110w many in the three . years ? 3, 920 ; giblet, 32,848, • ox-tail, 59,360 ; bouilli, 31,072; and gravy, 84,128 basins; and one-eighth and W f i r t u n n e t as s — ca 3 lp 7 s 7 ; s6B. • was allowed for waste, leaving net 3 30,372 basins.-- (A laugh.) The RECCADER—That will snake 1 10,000 a year, 350 a day.--(Laughter.) namely After some other evidence, Mr. K ELLY addressed the , jury in reduction of the damag es. 'The Jury then retired for upwards of ass hour and at half-past eight returned into Court, and assessed the da magc as follows :—Lease, 1,5001; fixtures, loss by r,rne val, good-will, and all other dam, , lige, 5,000/—T o t a l 6,500/, being 12,000/ less th an the etatm. Sir F POLL' CK moved, in this case, for a rule to show c !use why the verdict of 2001. and edd, for the plaintiff should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered. was an action brought by Brookes and Co, linen drapers, in the Bcrough, to recover the value of a quan tity of long cloths and calico told to the defendant who had sent them to a packet's, by whom they were rejected on the ground that they were rot equal to the sample pieces. The question for the Court was, whether upon the evidence given at the trial there had been such a bar. gain and sale, and such an acceptance by the defendant, as precluded him afterwards from repudiating the goods. After hearing the arguments of Counsel which were of great length, the Court was of opinion that the Jury had properly found that an absolute bargain and sale had taken piece. With respect to the evidence given by the packer, as to the discrepancy between the goods and the sample, the Court would look further into the evidence before pro nouncing, its opinion. BAIL COIJItT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMs•) THE QUEEN AT THE I'RCSECVTION OF THE SKINNERS' CON.. PANT V. TILE PARISI' OF ST, PANCRAS. Mr. HENDERSON applied, on behalf of the Skinners' Company of the City of London, for a rule calling en the Churchwardens, Overseers, and Vestry of the parish of St. Pancras, to show cause why a mandamus should not , ssue, crdering them to pay 17/. 53., atrears of rent due for a portion of the New-road. It appeared that when the Nee - -road was first made, under the provisions of Act29th Ge .rgc II , it was agreed that a rent of 5/ 5s should be 29th a•d to the Skinners' Company, by the trustees of the road , for that portion of the road ta hich ran throng h their estates. By the Act 10th George IV., the roads north of the me tropolis, including the New-road, were declared to be public highways, to be kept in repair by the respective Parishes through winch they passed ; and it was ei acted ;net the rent and charges payable on such roads, thould also be defrayed by the rcspective parishes. The parish )f St. Pancras lind continued to pay this rent up to 1838, Alien they refused, on the ground that there was no written agreement for the paymc,t of it. He contended that there was no necessity for any such agreement, and therefore hoped the Court would grant the application. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—Take your rule. one." Active excrtions are making by the Directors to i The great Tidal Deck, ceelerate the completion o f the Doc ks now co ns tr uc ti ng 'itt Southampton. embracing an area of 16 aelcs, is progressing rapidly, fr om 400 t o 700 men being employed on it, according to the weather, in addition to a large force of steam and nor Ee :.- power, at work day and night. lt is expected to be ready for the recep tion and despatch of eight steam-ships belonging to the Transmarine Mail Steam Packet Comp an i es. COURT-MA RTIAL.—A court-martial was assetn bled on board her Majesty's ship Powerful, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, in Marm or ic” Bay, to try Lieut. G . W. Winlo, , - JI Lcr i ', 11,34,ty ' -• ship bri , lacable , 6 1) 0 +! a,cliarg pre !erred against him by Captain Harvey, of trim ship, for Lavipg, on Dec. 22, 1840, s ppeared on the quarter-deck in a state of drunkenness. The Court fully acquitted him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (Tills DAY.) George Gkw and George Wickfichl, two fresh com plexioned, tall, powerful, and remarkably fine_•;rown young men, evidently from the country, were placed at the bar before Mr. LONG . Police-constable, No. 54, of tho A division, stated that between six and seven o'clock last evening, while on duty Hminnim.oo.-row, Sr. be observed the de nr.o C. , 2 conskie,able time, and on tpt..:stioinag them as to v.h. t t purpose they were waiting about for, they both declared that they were in a state of utter destitution, and had not rim LONPON Y, JANUARY li, IF4I. LITER AT U RE. LETTERS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE REIGN OF WILLIAM 114. 3 VoLs. Ge/burp, Loudon, 1841. Mr. Vernon, to whom we owe these Letters, was Secretary of State during the latter portion of the reign of William the Third—a stirring and a troublons period, when the partizans of the exiled Stuarts were intriguing both in England and on the Continent for the re-establishment of their au thority, and winning over to their schemes some of the most eminent statesmen of the day. Even Marlborough himself was not free from the charge of maintaining a treasonable correspondence with the Court of St. Germains ; but among the most active of the Jacobite aeents was Sir John Fen wick, who was the life and soul of an extensive conspiracy having for its primary object the assassi nation o f King William. Before, however, the ::onsinrators had time to mature their plans, they azre discovered, and Sir John, after evading the pursuit of justice for some months, was arrested, brought to trial before the [louse of Lords, found anti beheaded on Tower-hill. Previously to his trial he basely offered to disclose the whole plans of the party to which he was attached, on condition that his life was spared ; and being pressed to afford distinct information, he formally charged the Duke of Shrewsbury—at that time one of King William's principal Ministers—and ,teveral other men of note and influence, with hav ing for years acted under the influence of the ex iled House of Stuart, while holding office under the rival one of Nassau. The Duke of Shrews holy, though his innocence was soon made appa rent, and William never once withdrew his confi dence from him, was greatly pained and shocked by this charge, and retired into the country in order to recruit his health and spirits, leaving his Private Secretary, Mr. Vernon, to conduct the principal in•iness of his office. It is with the Letters writ ten by Vernon to his Grace at this time, that th e cor respondence contained in these volumes commences. rile letters are penned, as Mr. James, the editor, rightly remarks, " by a man evidently of a cold and cautious temper ;" and though they allude to the parsing on dils and political disputes of the day. and detail the progress of Sir John Fenwick's trial, he scene of his execution on Tower-hill, and se veral other interesting matters ; yet such is their Irv, cold, official style, and so ultra-discreet is the ;pipit that pervades them, that it is scarcely pos 3ible to extract the slightest amusement .from the a. Ilad we been his Grace of Shrewsbury, we should certainly have grudged the postage of such jejune whose sole redeeming merit is, that here hid there they give us a sort of faint insight into characters who have long ranked high in the wozld's steem—such, for instance, as Lord Montneuth, alio cuts a very sorry figure, and is repr e s en t e d as acting in the most treacherous and unprincipled , nanner, with a view to make it appear that Sir John Fenwick's charge against the Duke was really '1 true one. Yet this is the man, afterwards so well known as the Earl of Peterborough, whom his ontemporaries praised as the soul of chivalry and honour, and whom Pope and Swift eulogised in the :nost extravagant terms I He was, unquestionably, a very superior character, sagacious, brave even to temerity, generous to profusion, of refined literary rases, a dashing soldier, and who understood war as a science, and so astonishingly , alert in all his move ments, as to justify Swift's triplet in his spirited sketch of his Lordship's character, that— So wonderful his expedition, When you have not the least suspicion, He's with you, like an apparition ! In Mr. Vernon's brief notices, however, this cele brated Nobleman exhibits none of these showy, ad cap!andunt qualities, but appears in no brighter !ight than that of an artful trickster, who does not hesitate to tamper with witnesses and pervert the truth—in short, to exert his utmost powers to bring about the ruin of the Duke of Shtcwsbury, of shout he entertained a jealous, deep-rooted hatred. Of the celebrated Wharton, immortalized by Pope, under the name of Clodio, and whose incurable passion for intrigue and dissipation neutralized the influence which otherwise his great political talents could not fail to have obtained him—to this bril !iant meteor there are several passing allusions in th e present volume ; but they tell us nothing new respecting him ; nor, thot gh Prior's name is also frequently mentioned, do we gather one single fact of moment respecting this sprightly poet and dex terous politician. We subjoin an extract, from a note attached to one of the volumes, giving an 3ecount of a curious proposal for establishing a Land Bank:-- " The enorm7us expenses of the war, the tempo rary shock given to public credit by the revolution, and the long tolerated nuisance of clipping and otherwise , lebasing the coin, had combined with other causes, to , educe the revenue of the State, and diminish the cir:7;:- , t ti)n in a degree almost inconceivable, and the wisely desired measure of recoining the silver money, and is auing is of just weight, white severe puLishments were ernplrmed to check fat ore debasement of the coin, was so unwisely executed, that time evil was doubled by time immense mass of silver taken out of the circulation at once. Under these circumstances, a person of time name of Chamberlain drew up the, projrct of an esta blishment to be called the Land Bank. Time proposal was se:zed by the Tory party, and time House of Com mons resolved on this subject, that a fund, redeemable 'my Parliament, should be raised by subscriptions to amount in all to two millions four hundred and sixty-four thousand pounds ; that this bank should be restrained r - ern lending money except upon landed security, or to the G ivernment in the Exchequer ; that no person con cerned in the Bank of England could be a subscrib,r to the Land Bank, and vice VOW. 'rite interest was to be provided for by the settlement of certain taxes, and the subscription was to be complete before the Ist of August, 1696, or else the whole to determine and be void. Great expectations were raised, but the Bank of England of course opposed the measure ; the subscrip tions were not paid, and the Land Bank proved a signal failure, adding to the ?rcvious embarrassments of the country." MEMOIRS OF WARREN HASTINGS, 2 Vom. Bentley, London, 1840. Mr. Gleig, the editor of these volumes, states modestly in his preface that he izt, conscious of having, done hut imperfect justice to his task, chiefly in consequence of the scantiness of his materials, which often failed him, at times when it was most neces sary that he should have full and authentic data to go upon. Considering that his means of obtain ing information were ti►us meagre, we think that the Rev. Editor has acquitted himself with great judgment and adroitness, and furnished us with a work which may, on the who!e, be pronounced sa tisfactory, inasmuch as it gives a distinct, spirited outline of the public and private character of Warren. Hastings ; and more than this we scarcely desire to have, for though he was an able, enter prisina, experienced statesman, thoroughly fami liar with the wily Oriental tactics, and in conse quence, remarkably successful in his policy, yet Hastings was by no means one of those command ing spirits whose names are destined to be handed down with undiminished honour to posterity. He was a man writ suited to his time, and the circum stances of the distant realms over which he long held arbitrary swa`• ; and will always occupy a ths tinguiched place in the history of British India, second., however, to that occupied by the Marquis of Wellesley, whose system of policy, to equal sa gacity and comprehensiveness,added far more strai_2, ht forwardness and beneficence. In Europe, Hastings is principally known by the celebrated trial to which he was subjected before the Lords, and all the assembled dignitaries of the kingdom, in West minster Hall, when articles of impeachment were preferred against him, by Burke, Sheridan, Fox, and several others of high political influence, with reference to his Indian administration, which trial, after having been protracted for nearly ten years, terminated in his acquittal. Of this singular event in his life, however, Mr. Gleig takes no notice, observing, in justification of his silence, that '' as the issues of the trial were, as far as character was affected by them, altogether satisfactory, I cannot conceive that to follow the course of its progress, could excite the interest or gratify the tastes of any Warren Hastings was, it seems, born in the ear 1732 ; his family was of old English extrac tion—so old, that his randfathcr—" an antiquary of no mean reputation,' observes the Editor—stated that he could trace hack his pedigree to Hastings the Dane.. In the great oivil war, one of his an cestors, " expended the value of four large manors in the service of Charles the First ;" and owing to this and other pecuniary misfortunes, the family was reduced gradually to such distress, that at the period of the birth of Warren Hastings, his parents could with difficulty find the means of daily subsis tance. At an early age young Hastings was sent to a charity school in the village of Churchill, where he distinguished himself by his love of study, and exhibited " such an ardent desire to excel, that to this day the old people relate of him that. Warren aye took his learning kindly.' In pro cess of time he was dispatched tei Westminster school, where he continued his studies vial equal assiduity, so much so, that " the greatest expec ts ;tions were f orme d of his success at the University, but before he could realize those expectations, he was sent off by his guardian " in the capacity of a writer to Bengal," where, after the lapse of a few year, he entered upon that Creat public career which is familiar to all readers of modern Indian history. From the letters of Warren Hastings con tained in these Memoirs, we should infer that he was a man of singular clearness and vigortr of in tellect, and 'perfectly amiable in all the social rela tions of life. PEPYS'S LIFE, JOURNALS. and CO.RIM SPONDENCE. 2 Vols. Bentiv, London, IS-11. These pleasant volumes are introduced with a short biographical sketch of Pepys, from which we learn that in his boyhood he was " a great Round head," and witnessed with avowed satisfaction the execution of Charles I.—a circumstance that occa sioned him touch uneashiess at a more discreet and worldly period of his life, and for which he hastened Lo make all the reparation possible, by attending the cxt cution of Harrison, the Regicide. A man en dowed with accommodating principles like these, and whose conscience is so quiet and well-behaved as never to occasion him uneasiness, is sure to get on in life ; and ac cordingly we find Pepys at the outset of his career clinging fast to the skirts of an influential relative, Sir Edward Montague, afterwards Earl of Sand wich, who, like himself, had turned from repub lican to " monarchical notions, and to whose good offices was owing his success in life, and ultimately his appointment to the office of Secretary to the Admiralty, which he held in the reigns of Charles the Second and James the Second. During a great portion of his life Pepys kept a Journal of'his proceedings from day to day, which was pub lished by Lord Braybroeke in the year 1826 ; but sii.ce that period other curious INIS. Diaries have been discovered, and are here, for the first time, given to the world. These Diaries will be specially interesting to those who desire to become acquainted with the domestic history of the period of which they treat, and those also will be entertained by them alto are fond of watching unconscious revelations of character. We should deduce from them that Pepys, to much practical shrewdness, added much simplicity and bonhommie of nature ; that he was a quiet observer of other men's peculiarities, and was something precise in his own private habits. The most amusing portion of his Journal is that where he gives a narrative of his voyage to Tangier, which in places is marked by the most uncommon minuteness of detail. Some of its touches of character, too, are exquisite of their sort, especially where the Journalist speaks of himself as playing the part of Job's comforter to Lord D irtmouth. His Lordship being out of spirits, and anxious, as one would suppose, to rouse himself by the cheerful conversation of his friends, Pcpys says :—" My Lord sent for me to supper, and very melancholy I made hint with my discourse. Talking of Dr. Trumbull and Mr. Sheres, and remarking that I had observed him to be himself sometimes melancholy, he answered, how could he be without thoughts, to find himself sent with such promises of every sort of supplies, and he in this condition. Which I magnin.ed, by telling him his dreadful prospect of the condition of the fleet in a few days !" This is a delicious trait of character. A nervous and dispirited noble man invites his friend to supper, in order that he may be cheered by his sprightly conversation ; but instead of this, his friend adopts the most dismal tone possible, and succeeds in rendering his host twice as miserable as he was before he sent for him ! How Fielding—the immortal creator of Parson Adams—would have chuckled at an anecdote like this ! As a specimen of Pepys's mode of journaliz ing, we quote his references to. Colot.el Kirke, who, if we mistake not, was the same individual who made himself so notorious by his treachery and cruelty in the \Vest of England, during the pe riod of Monmouth's ill-starred insutrection : " This morning, Da Lawrence told ale his own case with the Governor; which shows Kerke a very brute. Shores, also, to-day called me aside on the Mole, to tell me that. Kirke owes 1,500/. among the inhabitaws of the to-An, who can get no money front him, but curses, and, Why do you trust me ?' Nor dare they com plain, for fear of his employing some one or other to do them mischief, as, Shares says, he bath done to two men that have been killed,as r,entotally believed, by his order. Ile caused a sergeant to be tied to a post, then beaten by himself as long as he could do it ; then Ly another ; and all for bidding a servant of his go to his mistress, Mrs. Collier. " To show Low little he rrisks of drunkenness (thonoh he will beat a fellow for having a dirty face or band), I have seen, as he has been walking with me in the street, a soldier reel on him as drunk as a dog, at this busy time too, when everybody not on guard is at work. He listh only looked at him, and cried, The fellow path got a good morning's draught already and so let him go without one word of reprehension. My Lard does also tell me of nine hundred fdse muster!, (that, I think, was the number,) in two thousand seven hundred men. Tois I will inquire after most certainly. " At supper, Dr. Ken told my Lord and the cimpany (Mr. Hughes, minister of the parish, bcing by) how Kirke bath put one Roberts on the parish, to be reader, who will swear, drink, &c., as freely as any man in the town ; end now would put him on Shovel to be his chaplain, in the James galley. But Dr. Ken proposes, and desires my Lord to put in one Mercer, schoolmaster of the town, for several reasons ; among the rest, keeping out Roberts. The reason of Kirke's thus appearing for him is, because ho is brother to Mrs. Collier, his mistress. " To show, after all, bow good a soldier he is, and how good discipline he keeps here, my Lord Dartmouth going the round, and I with him, to the Mole, this Oc tober 23d at night, may Lord found one officer of the guard drunk, below the church, and another asleep on his bed, below that, at the head of the Mole ; and all of them, to give both words, the in and the outward, contrary to all order, and the reason of the thing, as my Lord made me understand, the words being, Edin burgh and Dublin." TIIE REAL AND THE IDEAL. 2 PoLs, Saunders and Utley, London, 1340. There is too much of the rhapsodical in these volumes, which, when Italy is the theme, is very apt to weary one ; for so many works, both in prose and verse, have been written of late years about this country, and so much panegyric lavished upon it, that the very mention of the subject induces in difference, which is pretty sure to end in disgust, unless it be treated in the most masterly manna. Now, unfortunately, this cannot be said of the " Real and the Ideal," which is written in a sort of poetic prose, as far removed front true feeling and simplicity as can well be ; and discourses about Italy, its landscapes, ruins, pictures, sculptures, &c., in a fashion which ;we cannot fitter describe than by saying that it is exaggerated common-place. The only chapter in the volumes which we have read with any thing like interest, is the one headed " Hootings in the Colisccum"—which, by the bye, the author calls " Colosseum," evidently thinking cf the huge building in the Regent's Park—wherein a train of reflection, suggested by the brutal gladia torial fights of which the ancient R.mmans were so fond, is pursued, creditable to the author's sense of hu inanity. PA RDON OF FROST.—If there is any truth at all in the statement of the Standard's Liverpool penny-a lfter, as we hope there may be, Sir John Franklin has, " in the exercise of that heavenly prerogative, mercy," extended to Frost the indulgence of being employed in kreVng books, instead of working in a chain-gang ; and then the whole pack of Tory newspapers on this side the water set up a fearful howl, charging the Government with encouraging treason, and declaring that Frost ought to have been subjected to the most irksome and degrading la bour. Truly there is no satisfying these people.—Man chester Guardian • POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS —lt is not generally known that the Pest-office will pay money or ders through a banker. %Ye hear that the increase of money orders since the reduction of the fees in November last, in London, is about threefold. On Monday last a convict, who was engaged outside the Justitia convict-ship at Woolwich in painting thu vessel, was carried away with the boat he was iti by a field of ice, and was unable to extricate himself. in formation was sent to the police, giving a description of hi 3 person, and stating that he had escaped and taken the boat with him. It appeared, however, that such was not the case ; it was the ice that took him InvaY le ; y a an nd d t a ak fe en he had been carried sev eral miles u p and down the riv t er r , he was picked up by the harbour-mast er's galley back to the Justitia. s astonishing, T E N Tit ous A ND PLEDGES.---j t i m a en p t aw u n p lzk rt e is r is Ina rot more astonishing than true, th at Barnsley has at present in his establish g w r n e number,atisnot mere th consi deringa n ° B o a r r t , o s 1 , i y 4 i) O e ci o a . — p ro L fe e s c s d i s r. g W p h e i r g . 10,000 distinct pledges. Thi s i s a ' that the population of the to Fn from I r o .: 11 k e r i 3 o i f ° Tory, to get rid of his pledges he has nothing to do but s t. ni for the borough atthe next election. EVI4NING EuITION. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNRSDAY...—HiS Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, went to Swinley this morning on a shoot ing excursion, attended by Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. G. E. Anson. Sir James Clark left the Castle this morning. Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent have not left the Castle to-day, but are both in perfect health, as is the Princess Royal. His Highness Prince Este -hazy, and Viscount Dun cannon, are expected to arrive at the Castle this even lag, on a v . sit to the Queen. Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson will have the honour of dining with the Royal party at the Castle this evening. The Duke of Cambridge went yesterday 1:. 0 Kensing ton Palace to visit the Duke of Sussex. iiis Royal Highness also visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Pluucester House. Prince W. Quantamissah and Prince J. Ansab, ac concwimied by the Rev. T. Pync, had an interview with Lord Abu Russell yesterday at the Colonial-office. The A/ i ,„. - quis of ute and the Earl of Galloway had interviews vri,th the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-offie.'• Bishop Griffiths' bad an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell at the Colonial-e. Tee. Captain Robert K. litwson, Royal En,,:ineers. Archcleac.-in Hale, Cap tain Woollcombe, R.A., t,..nd M r . C ucar d, bad also in terviews with his Lordship at the Cofontßl-office yes terday. Lord and Lady Henry Kerr, Lord and L•idy M. Hill, Lady and the I\lisses Fitzwygram, have orrived at Torquay from the Hill, the seat of Mr. and' .Lady FranceB Ley. Sir Lawrence, Lady, and Miss ..‘ l calk, have arrived at Torquay from Haldon House. SUPPLY OF WATER.-LONDON AND WESTMINSTER WATER COMPANY. TO THE _EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sin—So long as the projectors of the scheme of sup plying the metropolis with water from wells near Watford, and the supporters of that rei,las, ure, limited think observe tions to matter of general import, the IPrectors of the West Middlesex Water Company ri.d not thi.ak it incum bent on them to notice their proceedia - ,gs, they .•elied with perfect confidence on the refutation se.hieh the various charges made against the Companies, have rece ' , red in the Committees of both Houses of Parlikenent„ those charges have been fully investigated. Adverting, however, to the unfounded and 4elus:vc s'atements revived and put forth in the new prospective of the proposed Company, and to the published speeches, resolutions, and petitions of the different parties who sup port the scheme, the Directors, so far as these statcmoies apply to the West Middlesex Company, now feel them selves callei upon to contradict tl.ern in the most unquali tied terms ; and they also feel assured, float if the evidence: contained in the Parliamentary documems' ssferred to had been fully and fairly quoted, or was more „etserally known by the public, the projectors of new Coate, onies would find few supporters in the district of the West Miltd?ti:ex Company. After the evidence given by Mr. Phillips* to the \'';'orn rnittee of the House of Lords appointed last Sessicer of Parliament to inquire into this matter, no doubt can clist as to the purity and salubrity of the water at present still plied. lie fully corrobprated the evidence and confirmed) the analysis made by Dr. Bostock in 1828, and again inn 1831, at the instance of the late Mr. T. I crd, by showing that the water obverted from the Colne and the springs near Bushey was less pu - e than the water now supplied by the Company ; and as regards the quantity, it his been so often made apparent, that the present supply is most abundant, and that the Company has ample power to increase the quantity to any extent that can possibly be required for many years to come, no question was raised on that subject. The other points, namely, monopoly and price, were, minutely investigated nearly twenty years ago by a Select Committee of the House of Commons, since whicir very great improvements in the works hare bean lit order to render the water bright and pure et all seasoas, which desirable object the Company have completely ac cntnptr ; and although these improvements have been attended with very a large outlay of capital, yet rig in crease whatever in the rates ha=_ be-en made. By order of the Board of Direeteri, M. K. KNIGHT, Secretwry: 011ico of West Middlesex Water Works, Jan. 8 1811. * Vide Minutes of Evidence and Report of the Lord6' Com mittee an " the Supply of Water to the Aletro , oli,."—;iestove, 1640. MK RICH4RD PHILLIPS, pp. 91,92,93 :- Faline Conte:vs. Analysis of Thames water Quantity. taken at Barnes, West, 1 G a ll on , Middlesex Works weight 101bs. 13 600 grains. Water at 13u5hey same. 21 8-10 galas- UNITED STATES PIIII,ADEITITIA, Dt 19.—The political ball has at length been opened in Congress by the introduction of re solutions adverse to the sub -treasury scheme, and a pow. er:ul speech in fav,.tu- of a repeal of that law by Mr. Web ster, in tee course of which that state, m:,n condemned the policy of the administration of Mr. Van Burcn in mak ing a rational debt (now about $4 500,000 a governing prin ciple • and closed with remarking that the •' new adminia tam ion wou!d have to manage the affairs of the Government, without means, while the Present Administration bad ex pen (led 500.000 bejoecf the receipts of the Governmea)t." Ttiis speech is copied far and wide. It may be named in connection svi•li this gentleman, that it is confidently affirmed that be has been tendered the post of Secretary a State, or Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky, it is said, will be the new Attorney General. The affairs of China will probably occupy the attention of Congress at an early day, as M. ex President Adams has submitted a resolution fur all the information on the sub ject to be laid before the House. The Report of the Secretary of the Navy has been read, but it contains nothing of interest to European readers, except that the experimerys with Paixhan guns, on oard the stem frigate Felten, arc favourably mentioned, and the two new steam-frigates are to be completed by the enauing sunur. er. Si:me exci'eTent has been created by a statement to effect that a British regiment had been ordered into tb , .. disputed territory, and had arrived at Madawaska. Our most authentic accounts affirm that these troops were sent thither by the Governor-General of the British pro vinces, Lord Svdenhant, without the knowledge of Sir John ILivey, who immediately apprised Governor Fair field, of Maine, of that fact, in consequance of the " ar rangement of non-occupation" between him and General Scott, Despatches were also sent to W4shington and Mown at. Thus the matter remains for the present The report of the Treasury, which was forwarded to you by the last packet, doubtless furnished the extraor dikary fact that the exports of the United States, for the year ending September 30, 1840, exceeded the imports by $26.716,059. I call this an extraordinary fact, beeaue it is the first commercial phenomenon of the kind that has ecurred since 1825, when the imports were $96,340,075, ar.d the exports $99,525,388. Oneof the main causes of increase has been the great export of wheat to Liverpool; another, the unusually abundant crop of cotton in the liar vert of 1839-40. By way of enabling- you to judge by comparison, I subjoin the commerce of five years:— Imports. Exports. 1816 5189.985,742 $127,663 040 1837 1838 1839 1840 According to the Postmarer's roper', the l'oat-office ',- port for the year ending June 30, 1311, the vccipts were $3,539,266; expenditure, $4.759 111; leaving a de& c ei;cy of $219,845. Auvices from Texas confirm the account given in my last, cf the escape of 125 Texans from the Mexicans, who intended to murder them. Only eight Tt xans are re ported as killed, but great numbers of the Mexicans. it appears that the Texan Government think of triaki:4; a road to Ssnta Fe, in New Mexico, to secure a shoe ut the trade and dollars of that region. The projee is urget by the Texan Secretary of War to his Congress, aid the length of new road required from Austin, Texas, would be GOO miles. I mentioned in my last the disappearance of a Mr. Suy dam, President of a bank in New Jersey ; and the doubts created thereby as to the causes of the mystery and sta- Hit) , of the institution. The integrity of Mr. £uyham and the correctness of tic bank are fully established ; but, alas lat the expense of his life. He was foully murdered, as is believed, by a carpenter named Robinson, against whom he held d mortgage of only $6Ol He was evi lently robbed of a gold watch and money. His body was found on Tuesday, buried in the cellar of a new house- belonging to Robinson. The supposed murderer is in custody. Th u , of Salem, by the British has society been deprived of an ornament, and a larg o i s .. on the ground o f roily of a tender and exemplary father. More troops have beet' sent to Floc ikla, but there is no T go ig n r l i e s, favourable proTeet as yet from the scat of Indi trt war feeliuF in s t ' l l tis country. bein g a slaver, because she had on board a black boy, said by the ad," to have been " shipped at St. Thomas's free ownersl has Tg The : :w e e i a d z r u m ; Water a c o t h f e r t t a l ‘'leVki brigt and I l i t d , The vessel is daily expected at New 1 ork, with an Eng lish prizemaster on board. tier ivory, and she was seized cargo was coffee and off the African coast. The extensive drug startsof N _ i lesst s. Tripp': were burnt, at New York, but insured. on Tuesday. Damage $15,000, A large artificial lake has been formed near Cleveland, Ohio, as a reservoir for the canal. It is described as the most extensive artificial piece of water in the world, as it covers 13,000 acres. Suicides have been mournfully frequent. On Monday W.ll. Jeffercl, E q., a respectable merchant of . New York, destroyed himself ; Mr. Underhill, postruasur at Amherst, on the same day : Mr. E. Davey. of Greene, on the previous Saturday; Mr. G. W. Warner, a printer, of Providence, on Tuesday ; and Mr. Boelim, a German, at Alba, New York. . _ _ Air. S. Maynard, a marriel Man, was mulcted to the tune of $4,000, in a court at Worcester, on Monday, for basely F educing a young lady. "•Served him'right." DISTRESS IN 111 ARYLEBON E.—Yesterday, at one o'clock, pursuant to public advertiscmcnt, a public nicotine-of the p3rishioners of the extensive and opulent p iish of St. Marylebonc, took place in the spacious board room for th e purpose o f ta ki ng b ito air part o f distress and destitution producedos d o c f r thet onn Courthouse,o , the ethe large poorer classes by the present incle ment weather, and the best mo d e t o b e a d o p te d f or (Arm. tua lly relieving it, in the parish of 'St. Marylebone, The r e st it Was the cellectioa of about 3001. , _ cs- was it~'rs (! ~— - 35 1 E',s ' or t i• C it, ,Ire• at • tin; ;on" [an' orn - the arid vzr6t ,on' ;ally Ilan, 1 to Is a th6r mire Bill nea• ) fie. , wed oiw lave the Jae pre s of h a d the '9 if )014k tan' uro otl lo o f hie eat' hot 5 s (