The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-23 00:00:00

MORNING SUN din 4 .esine the gra v e, sh e insis t s m ost devoutly on her Lo , Iler principle of action is, give nothing for ea cTlie following. is from an article on the subject of edu g°ll in the Cambridge Advertiser :—" The important of In of tho,education of the poor must not be lost sight d is in the last "forty years the population of the rural ki t : j ets in this kingdom has increased at the rate of th,, -e than forty per cent., while in the large town and the m anufacturing districts the increase has been much 6:`,,ter, varying from ei g hty to nearly one hundred and Per cent. In that period no material improvement, th e ' e g a i:Mental and moral culture, has taken place in 2,agreirittural population." tr ad he rine Mercury observes in an article on free t The sliding scale will not do—emigration will "')---taxation will not do—nothing will do, you will s ,Peedily discover, but throwing your ports wide c k .C ' `o every commercial power, and giving and Fe -I,:ing the advantages of the mutual and augmented in hIOATEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. e 4 st T he claim s on Messrs. Ridge and Rowland 's Utn banie'`r bank amount to 150,000/., and the effects of the rt 'Pts will afford about 6s. Bd. in the pound. STATISTICS; th orter, in an analysis of the Census, read before otatistical Society on Monday, stated that all iq eat Britain there are 13,600 idiots, lunatics, &c., and t em ?gland alone lin 500. In 1831, there were 800,000 k a le servants in Great Britain, while in the city of I);satlniatiinosnte. r alone they formed one-tenth part of the j t • NAVAL AND MILITARY. 4 4 ,._ stated that the Warspite, 50; the Dido, 20, and ' 4 ra,ls, are fitting out for immediate service for China. t LAW AND POLICE. h„ he action of Pisani, chief dragoman or interpreter the British Embassy at Constantinople, against Law- Printer and publisher of the Times, for alleged libels 4,e red in the articles of that journal, the jury returned for the defendant. Ti t „ Marlborough-street Police-court yesterday, t .aaS Garnir, a young man of respectable appearance, „Ler in the house of Mr. Vandergaucht, silk mercer, bias mw remanded till Friday, on a charge of rob ° "Ls master to a considerable amount. 'rh e THEATRICAL. tl„ English Neapolitan papers are loud in their praise of a is cantatrice, who made her first appearance ofet f 4l Sonn am b u l a , a t th e T ea t ro del Fondo, on the 3d raontli. The debutante, Miss Emma Bingley, who 'Y in her 19th year, is a pupil of Curioni. COURT—FASHIONABLE. C o 6 Earl of M uns t er l e ft t o wn l as t wee k t o me et hi s -111 1 1 t ess and f am ily a t P ar is. to ll ,. a Marquis of Kild are , who, has been on a Continental arrived i n t own l as t wee k, an d h as since gone to i ° Rouse, the seat of the Duke of Leinster, in Ireland. 11 4 iseount Grimston arrived at Gorhambury on Satur ortkst from Coombe Abbey, near Coventry, the seat arl of Craven. W e b r4 W. Russell left Mivart's hotel on Tuesday for tourn Abbey. f ord:L l Ward, accompanied by the Marquis of Bland ,tkrt", rd Seaham, and Lord Henry Lennox, left Mi wobi"Lord'sqre seat in Staffordshire. ors e regret to hear of the indisposition of the Duchess 6 4P l erset, who h as for the last three weeks been con 1b her c h am b er. 13 4 e I ks'al Highness, the Duke of Sussex, and the , ; 8 ! ef Inverness, are expected to arrive to-day Th . sit at Woburn Abbey, from News tead Abbey. 4 1 0 „ Earl of Surrey arrived in Hyde Park-place on Sir' a l last to44-anaes Graham leaves town on Friday to visit his It !tilents at Dorchester. a apti now defi n iti ve ly arrange d th a t th e l o ng-e x pe c t e d „ i lde st , is of his Highness P r i nc e Nicholas Esterhazy, 'or /1t B ° l l ©f his Excellency Prince Esterhazy, Ambassa ked the Briti s h Court from the Emperor of Austria, l att e Lady Sarah Villiers, the lovely and accomplished bi "'" of the Earl and Countess of Jersey, are to be Q nized on Saturday week, January 1. 11 , 1 11 MISCELLANEOUS. . '"e i nr c ustom of Christmas boxes arose with sailors. In th; all ,er of navigation, they nailed a box to the mast weer, d on going . to sea, and at times of storm or b e ' 4 .roPped a piece of money in the box, for prayers ,k,fe, tb s alcl fur them, which collections, if they returned `Qe t r e Y Presented to the Church. These gifts, received at g ad e i et ile , of the Nativity at the entrance of the chapels , taedrais, were called Christmas boxes. ,ltroi te e , sale of Dr. Johnson's "Rambler," was greatly 4 ti e b 4 4 at first. The first paper which sold well was , A n , r(lB °n's, No. 97. ting of the inhabitants of the county of Sussex ttie b?' 4 at Lewes on Tucslay, to address the Queen on : i r s th of a Prince of Wales. Among others present k;lip tn: " It of Chichester, Earl Delawarr, Lord March, Pechell and a few country gentlemen connected k ttl he East Division of the county. After the address It4t 44 7 4 Moved an d secon d e d, M r . W oo d war d pro p ose d de a dment in favo ur o f th e People's Charter, and for tl 'end' v al of the sentence on Frost, and all political Nen ` Ze• Only t wen ty h an d s were h e ld u p f or the 4tlh,"eLl Tent, and the several addresses afterwards were 1111e,s without opposition. 14 °1 d aY a gentleman named Luke, residing in Ken- O-s t a rclen 'Pare while skating on a pond in Kensington I ' ne arly lost his life. The ice gave way in nine t i: l ellitr , and, after he had sunk twice, he was happily - }1 41 1141 one of the icemen. The ice in all the Parks b„ e re, et :',Rerous, and paricularly so in Re gent's Park, "tali fo 'hist te n peroms. t were immersed in deep water, I ' l nnately saved. trittous ‘ l t) , merstlit.and that ra the Editor 11•11 of a fashionable Sun : tlilPer h as engaged the boy Jones to give full pant 'll,4nf the RoyaCChristening. Metropolis is expected to be more full about the the next month than it has been for some years pa s t ; kpenal eess in Parliament will attract numbers to town, PrOany foreigners of distinction are expected to be o'nt at the Royal Christening. 'ev t , rl Wednesday afternoon, in St. Jude's Church, Li of five persons, all of mature years, in the presence of ti l er owded congregation, publicly abjured the errors ta red Church of Rome, in which they had been nur kee;'.. Three other Roman Catholics will, to the . great . re`'fit ation of Dr. Pusey, make, a .similar abjuration in days. 111 ( and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Is• T oth • CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. dvY rti n g of importance has occurred to - day in am i l` the Markets, either for Stocks or Shares. Securities were steady, but only a moderate ; 5r1 1t 4 . -sci°i " - Consols for the opening realised 88i to vd I,, , , n T l eelThree-and-a-Half per Cents., 98,1 to ; p a 's:'"equer Bills 10s. to 12s. premium. I. l sSaita sh iloods, just before the termination of business, _ hive from 23a to 23 4 a to 24k ; Portuguese, New 11 4 , bPer Cents. were 31, and Colombian Bonds, 201 ; FlrTwo- and-a-Half - per Cents. brought 51 1 1, and the e Ttiithinr Cents., 991. Shares of the principal lines of Railway were Th e Z.shade of yesterday's range. l shon mail is still over-due. 1-11,, (From The Sun of Last Night.) ~.1 41 a 1,7 P 00L COTTON MARKET, DEC. 21.—We have Kl% IC:jerate demand for Cotton to-day, but the 3,000 4. "*.en wholly to the trade, and consisting of • 44;%p hick 1,200 were Surat, at 3+l to 4d. per lb. h it , t ioti:, °o L SHARE MARKET, DEC. 21.—The trans '4e, 4 ..e 3t p orted at the Stock Exchange this day com iPtSd e ro Counties, 84; do. Debentures, 10/. lls. Bd.; -4 It o un etior, 196 ; Great Western, Fifths, 9,i; Paris 10-1. ;1', 4 Ls:P. Bl ' 4 STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 21.—We 14n ci el leue ; steady . market, and prices . continue firm. star and Birmingham, 28 , Manchester and \\t ort: ,4" and B i rmingham, 165.; Manchester and Salford Water ; Midland Counties, 84k 85. p Th e ~ THE FUNDS. ltP"ned En Stock Market continues flat. Consols 'clue4": B- i- 89 for the Account ; Three per—Cents. SPa ti- ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 premium. evts " Active Sto c k 2311-4- ; Portuguese Five per 32kThe blarke 33; Ditto Fives, 193- 20. oPerations in both the English and Foreign l o t t. Co h ave be en u p on a v ery limited scale this morn -I,'eatß '',"sols for the opening are 88i 89 ; Three per ttedueed 89 89* ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. fl oe s e ", 984 7 % Exchequer Bills, 10 1 2 ; Spa nish Ac- In. 23i j. • ' Deferred, 114 12 ; Passive 51 f a. %v S hares there is also but little doing. Great West ern 1 404 ( C h ares are quoted 59+ ; London add Brighton, 3 7i; • 1,- 4 and Birmingham, 165 ; London and Greenwich, Vdland Counties, 86 ; South Eastern and Dover, :°l lt and North Midland, 89. Account, 84 89 ; Mexican, 26k ; or , se for a , 32i 33 ; Spanish, -3 4 8* I°l. el -V gli erl a t , hi i n g is dull in the City, and we are without vals. - CLOSING PRICES. 11, 3 4) k Sto c k . BRITISH FUNDS. I , e 3 4 tv,tr r t ae czti o t t teoer.ds •••• l India Bonds ..... ......... — 1 pm 89/ Ditto . iv ,r, 4 9 - 8 i Di (Ditto ue Old N ewAn Annuities...nu I Annuities vet, 5-b.... per Cent .' °i)g Ar'r Cent Ditto 11 pm J kti Ilintiities to expire 54:1 4 . 1 .... ..... 12 pro n et 1 „,,. 60 . .. .12 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct... _ Ja " 1,1 9 ...... .. ;India Stock for Acct.... 4. i,,. • ........ 89 Consols for Acct u v" ......... S l tri,„ FOREIGN FUNDS. ..e giva T. 5 per cent.... ‘---. Portuguese, 5 per cent. . L }3 rk z i l , 6,per cent Ditto, New Ditto I tlea,.. al ' A - uends. Prussian, 5 per cent. es' ll ilia.;`'Y t es,6 p . e . r .. Ce . ; . Russian, 5 per cent ,`' 0 10,„ --- ,' 6 per cent... Ditto, Metallic uitt o 7, l an • 6 per cent.... Spanish, 5 per cent 24/ 1)41i5i:824. ...... ... ..... 20k Ditto, Deferred .. 114 re t i, ',a Per cent — Frenc h, 5 per cent. —f. —c. u leki ' ` B6, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c. bi t c an, 5 French , 3 percent —f. —c h to , g per cent.... 'eru vi " Per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2/ per cent 5l/ 44 ' 1825 , 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. , - rroingham and Gloucester Raibir ay (100 p) 60 11ri 'tel and Exeter (60 paid) ... ..... . ... .. 28 t astern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... . 8/ Greeat North of England Railway (90 paid) 67/ at 84 eat Western Railway( 65 paid) Ditto'New Shares (50 paid) L Ditto Fifth (4 paid) L °11,16 11. and Brighton (50 paid) 37/ ~ endon and Birmingham ( 90 ) 4 'l °l4lo n and Greenwich Railway (`)..0 pd) 6/ ....0,4 ' ' 58 -k.eri and South Western i Ditto New Shares ( paid) moindon and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2 ...odland Counties Railway (100 paid) Avorthern.and Eastern (35 paid) ...... .... 25 rth Midland Railway (100) Ty 70 8 Ditto Thirds (15 paid) °, .s ut h Eastern and Dover (43 paid).- ..... • in v.,,,Jitto New Shares ( 5 paid) rk and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 89 Ditto New Shares (15 paid. 3l Are.--___ jry of 've day s ago, a b o il er at t h e Government manufac tariouZetli-engines, at Indret, near Nantes, burst, and Wottlided four men. b 0 )114; , fl oiJe 9 Or . „T the, t is, r; jut and ssis of ,ter t he will rain L ble to in ,7 7 J inn the 01 tho -s0 vho 11 . tO ? is 11 ..e, , 'j It ?-1 ;.,i . . . 1.0 1i ."4 9 11 '19! 11(1 reti4 9/' rilsA ll 697-ji il la COURT CIRCULAR. --- - - WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. —The Queen and Prince Albert walked to the ice in the Home l'ark this morn ing. Her Majesty was upon upon it in the chair after the German method. His Royal Highness skated, as did some of the Gentlemen of the Suite. _ Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Sand wich, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Caven dish'; and with his Royal Highness were the Duke of Buckingham, Sir Edward Bowater, the Earl of Liver pool, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Dr. Prmtorius. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, took walking exercise this morning. The Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Rosslyn, and the Right Hon. Sir James raham, arrived this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. Mr. Harcourt, St. Leonard's, will have the honour of joining the Royal Dinner Circle this afternoon. Mr. W. C. Ross, A.R.A., had the honour of attending to-day on her Majesty with the miniatures of the King and Queen of the French, which he had painted in Paris by her Majesty's command. Congratulatory addresses were this morning presented to her Majesty. by the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and the Mayor and Town Council of the Borough. Her Majesty, who received the parties in ...the most gracious manner, was attended by Viscount Sydney, Sir Robert Otway, Colonel Arbuthnot, Captain Francis Seymour, and Sir Edward Bowater, the Countess of Sandwich, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Cavendish. Her Majesty received the addresses in the Red Draw ing-ro om. The following is a copy of the Address from the Dean and Canons : " TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. " May it please your Majesty " We, the Dean and Canons of the Queen's Free Chapel of St. George, within her Castle of Windsor, humbly beg leave to approach your Majesty with-our respectful and sincere congratulations on an event which has dif fused a feeling of heartfelt joy throughout your Ma jesty's dominions. That Almighty Power which has more than once preserved your Majesty's sacred life in the hour of peril, has vouchsafed to answer a nation's pray ers on the birth of an Heir to the Throne of, these realms. We fervently pray that the same Almighty protection may -ever be extended over the Prince of Wales, and that your Majesty and your Royal Consort may witness the development of every quality that can pro mote your own domestic happiness, and fulfil the fondest hopes of a loyal ancLaffectionate people." Her Majcsty returned the following most gracious an swer : "I accept, with particular pleasure, this Address; which conveys the expression of your gratitude to Al mighty God, for the birth of the Prince, my son. Be assured that it is my intention to educate him in the principles of Christian piety and of moral virtue, and to inculcate on his mind the sacred duty of transmitting to posterity the religious institutions of these realms." An Address of Congratulation from the Dean and Canons was also presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The following is a copy : " TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. " May it please your Royal Highness, " We, the Dean and Canons of the Queen's Free Chapel of St. George, within her Majesty's Castle of Windsor, with the strongest feelings of respect and at tachment, beg leave to offer to your Royal Highness our sincere congratulations on the birth of the Prince of Wales. " Your Royal Highness has b een pl ace d by the Provi dence of God in a situation which must materially in fluence the welfare of this kingdom, and the nation hails with delight and confidence the pledge which your Royal Highness has, already afforded, that the infant Prince will derive, no less from yourself than from his August Mother, the advantage of all that is wise in precept and pure in example. We pray that the blessing of God may attend your united efforts, that when your Illustrious Offspring shall be called to fulfil his high destiny he may be enabled to preserve the people committed to his charge in wealth, peace, and godliness, and to maintain throughout the world the lustre of the British Crown." To which Prince Albert made the following gracious reply : " I thank you most sincerely for the Address which has just been presented to me by the Dean and Canons of Windsor upon the birth of the Prince of Wales. I cordially join in the fervent prayer that the blessing of God may attend our arduous and responsible duty in fitting our beloved child for his future destiny, it is most gratifying to receive this first Address at the place en deared to us by so many ties." An Address of Congratulation was also presented to the Duchess of Kent, of which the following is a copy:— " TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. " May it please your Royal Highness, " We, the Dean and Canons of her Majesty's Free Chapel of St. George, within her Castle of Windsor, heartily desire to approach your Royal Highness with our respectful congratulations on the Birth of a Prince of Wales; an event which has awakened a feeling of heartfelt joy through all classes of her Majesty's subjects. " We are very sensible how much this important event must have affected your Royal Highness's feelings, and we are aware that we cannot better testify our own on this occasion than by heartily praying to Almighty God, that, for a long succession of years, the Throne of Eng land may afford, in your Royal Highness's descendants, an example of all that is great and good, that you may long witness in the persons of your Royal Daughter and her august Consort the model of conjugal and parental happiness." Her Majesty's Royal Bounty was distributed on Mon day and Tuesday last to 900 poor and aged persons, who received five shillings each. The recipients are recotn mended by persons of known respectability. The Royal Gate Alms was also distributed to 168 persons, who received each thirteen shillings. This ancient charity was formerly distributed to the poor at the gate•ot the Royal Palace to the above number of per sons, who each received sixpence per week ; but the bounty has,"Within the last century, been consolidated into two payments of thirteen shillings each, at Christmas and Easter. The distributions were made by Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonry, under the im mediate orders of the Lord Archbishop of York, the Lord High Almoner to her Majesty. Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday afternoon for his seat Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Right Hon. Baronet travelled by the London and Birmingham Rail way, and left the terminus in Euston- square by the two o'clock train. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir James Graham left town yesterday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. POWER OF REVOKING THE. LI CENSES OF HACKNEY-COACH PROPRIETORS. The following circular, in which the public are in some degree interested, has been sent round to the several Magistrates of Police " Stamps and Taxes, London, Dec. 18, 1841. " Gentlemen—lt having been represented to the Com missioners of this revenue that great inconvenience has been occasioned to the officers of the Metropolitan Police, in consequence of hackney-carriage proprietors being frequently not to be found at the places registered at this office as their residences, I am desired to acquaint the Magistrates that the Board have the power of revoking the licenses, and recalling the plates, of hackney-carriage proprietors under such circumstances. If. therefore, the Magistrates will direct that a communication be made to this office of any cases of this kind that may in future occur, the Board will institute the proper inquiries whe ther the party is carrying on the business under a false name or address, and will revoke the license if it shall he found that such is the case ; so as that persons may not continue proprietors . of hackney-carriages who cannot be reached in the event of their committing any infrac tion of the law. "I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, yonr most obe dient servant, "CHARLES PRESSLY." ALMANACS FOR 1842 THE BREWERS' ANNUAL ALMANAC, 1842. By George Amsinck, Long-acre. This Annual will be found useful to publicans and brewers, as it furnishes numerous statistical tables respecting brewing, distilling, and the quantity of malt wetted by the brewers of Lon don and its neighbourhood, for the foul-years ending October 10, 1841, with a full account of the number of brewers, victuallers, and beer sellers in the United Kingdom, stating the num ber of each class who brew their own beer, and the quantity of malt consumed by them during the year 1840. The compiler, naturally indig nant at a paragraph which appeared in the pa pers, headed « Great Decrease in the Consump tion of London Porter," satisfactorily explains, the matter. It appears that the superior quality of the malt last year accounts for the deficit in the quantity wetted, that the houses that brew porter only are scarcely down at all, and that as the new malt is sadly deficient in quality, the London journals will have an opportunity of stat ing in large characters next year, " Great In crease in the Consumption of London Porter." He does not, however, attempt to deny that there has been a considerable falling off in the use of ale in London, as well as the quantity ex ported. This circumstance can excite no sur prise, as generally speaking the London-made ale is the worst in the kingdom. THE POOR MAN'S COMPANION, 6.c. flobson, Leeds; and Cleave, London. This is a Political Almanack for 1842, showing the amount and application of the taxes raised from the industry of the working classes, and containing much information for them, and some also that may be useful to those born only to consume their productions. Among other statis tical tables, it gives a summary of the resources of Great Britain. A comparison between the produc tive and unproductive:claFses, and long and instruc tive answers to the question, " How are the taxes applied ?" " The Cost of the Church," and the " Black List," may also be perused with advan tage. "The English Church," says the com piler, "is very dear, much more so than any other. It is computed that the sums paid to the clergy of all other Christian Churches for ministering to 203,723,000 persons, amount only to 9,849,000/. while the clergy of England and Ireland pocket 10,886,1521." A Correspondent of the Debats, at Cairo, s t a tes that the Turkish Governor of Alepp o h as b een d r i ven out of that town by the inhabitants, on his attempting to levy a tribute. ELECTION &F COMMON COUN CILMEN. _CORDWAINEfiIiewmp. A CLERGYMAN - A' COITSCILMAN. Mr. LEGGE proposed Mr. Thomas George. Williams to succeed him, a gentleman who, had formerly repre sented the ward several years. Mr. LucK seconded the nothination. Mr. HENMAN stated that Mr. Williams, being a Rev. Divine and the pastor of a chapel, he,,thought it rather inconsistent that the Rev. Gentleman should seek a secu lar office of this description, unless to become the chap lain and instructor of his colleagues in religious matters. Besides, he doubted the legal qualification of the Rev. Candidate to represent them. Mr. WILLIAMS stated that he had been 18 years in the ward, and there was nothing against his moral character. He was out of business, had erected at-his own expense schools for infant children, and devoted his time and money to them.—(Hear.) Mr. LEGGE—The question is, has Mr. Williams a suf ficient residence in the ward? This question being replied to in the affirmative, Mr. Williams was declared duly elected, as were the five old members—Mr. Deputy Muddell, Mr. Croucher, Mr. Lott, Mr. Joyce, and Mr. Jolliffe. A long discussion then arose about the salary of the ward beadle, which had been considerably reduced by City reforms. Mr. Beton, an old and respected inha- bitant of the ward, had quitted his trade to become the beadle, and it appeared to the wardmote hard, that, in his declining years, his salary should be so reduced as to afford him a bare subsistence. A gratuity of 301. was ultimately awarded to him. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAA ; v 4 - Llit.%U 7s( 43Eß 23, 1841. THE DELAY IN MAKING NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS Mr. LOTT brought under the notice of the wardmote the state of Watling-street, a great portion of which was situated in their locality. This great and import ant thoroughfare, amidst all the improvements of the City of London, had been wholly neglected. He stated to the meeting, that, notwithstanding the want of uni formity and regularity of design in the original building of the metropolis, and in the reconstruction, after the Fire, of that part of it more immediately within the City walls, yet two streets appeared always to have in tersected it, like main arteries, from east to 'west `(with some deviations) in parallel lines. The more northern of those intersections enters the metropolis from the Oxford-road, at Tyburn—pursuing its way through Oxford-street, which it was intended to continue by a new line into Holborn, instead of by the present devia tion of Broad-street. The proposed viaduct or terrace on the left of Holborn-hill, which would form a great im provement there, destroying Saffron-hill, Field-lane, and other objectionable neighbourhoods—would continue the line to Newgate• street. A considerable portion of that was already widened ; and when the whole improvement here was complete, it would be a spacious street. This intersection was then continued through Cheapside, Cornhill, Aldgate, and Whitechapel, finally quitting the metropolis at Mile-end, the high-road to Chelmsford, Colchester, Norwich, &c. When all the projected improvements here were complete, this inter section would be a perfect and noble line of communica tion. The more southern of these intersections enters the metropolis at Hyde Park-corner, and, wending its way through the noble street Piccadilly, in a direct and unbroken course, was checked by the narrow avenues into Leicester-square, from whence a line might easily bo formed into the Strand, but to which the spacious thoroughfare of the Haymarket already forms an excel- s lent communication. The judicious improvements in the Strand, by the removal of Exeter 'Change and other obstructions, and in Fleet-street, by the setting back St. Dunstan's Church, renders this, with the wide street of Ludgate, a spacious and convenient thoroughfare round St. Paul's Churchyard, until you arrive at Wat ling-street, where the hand of improvement has suddenly stopped in its career. Although this important southern intersection continued its course through Watling-street, Cannon-street, Eastcheap, and Tower street, as a transit to these important pub-, lie commercial buildings, the Tower, the Docks, the Trinity-house, the Mint, &c. &c., the transit was so narrow that this important thoroughfare was choaked up with vehicles of all descriptions; inconvenience, delay, and constant accident to life and limb, were the inevita ble consequence of a roadway of insufficient width for the immense traffic upon it. The attention of the Corpora tion had, however, been directed, under the advice of Mr. Jones, the indefatigable Chairman of the London-bridge Committee, to widening a few of the back streets be tween the Bank and the Post-office, viz. , Cateaton street, Lad-lane. &c. Mr. LOTT stated the unimportance of such alterations, in comparison with the great improvement he had pointed out, must be apparent to all. Those streets led to no place of importance, while the other was a main line of communication from one end of the metropolis to the other. Mr. Jones having got a deputation appointei to obtain an interview with the Government as to further alterations in Queen-street and other places, and not having named Watling-street, it became necessary now to draw attention to these matters, or the improvement would never be accomplished. Mr. JACKSON bore testimony to the great necessity which existed for the improvement suggested, and moved the following resolution:—" That this wardmote is of opinion that Watling-street:is one of the most important thoroughfares for traffic within this City, and requires to be widened, not only to prevent the dangerous accidents to life and limb, which are of constant occurrence, but to afford a proper and adequate thoroughfare for such traffic. That this ward Mote regrets this obvious improve. ment has beenhitherto neglected by the Corporation, while others of minor importance have been, at a great outlay, accomplished. This wardmote, therefore, instructs its representatiVes to Make strenuous efforts to accomplish this great improvement. - -r s Mr. BUTLER. seconded it, and stated that having been happily instrumental in saving the life of a gentleman in Watling-street a few days since, he bore ample :estimony to the necessity for an alteration. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. TAmon - hoped their Members would attend to sup , port the measure in the Court. - A vote of thanks was carried to the Alderman (Thos. Wood), which he acknowledged as being peculiarly grateful to his feelings, in consequence of some false and slanderous hand-bills, reflecting on his character having been sent round the ward the day before. The Wardmote was then dissolved. ALDGATE WARD. _ The Wardmote, held on Tuesday, for the election of Common Councilmen, and adjourned, was resumed at twelve o'clock yesterday, when polling again commenced At half-past one-o'clock, Mr. E. Robinson, one of the new candidates, being the lowest on the list, resigned the contest. The following gentlemen were then declared elected : Mr. W. Green (Deputy). Mr. W. Simpson. M. J. Lake. Mr. R. B. Whiteside. Mr. E. Fisher. Mr. T. F. Salter. Mr. B. Massey. Mr. J. Jerram, new member The several other officers of the Ward having been elected, and the Inquest men sworn in, thanks were voted to the Chairman (Mr. Alderman Humphery) and the Wardmote was dissolved. BREAD-STREET—CLOSE OF THE POLL. Bridge (Deputy). Maughan 45 *Poland Davison Kepling * These last three are new candidates. The Ward returns eight members. A deputation from the London Mercantile Committee on Postage waited, in the course of last week, on the Postmaster-General, with the view to urge upon his attention the great benefit that would accrue, not only to the public but also to the revenue, from the perfecting of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of penny postage. The chief points brought before Lord Lowther's no tice were the necessity of increased facilities for posting and delivering letters in the metropolis and the suburbs, and the carrying out of like measures in the chief provincial towns, besides an extension of Post-office conveniences to coun try districts at present destitute of them. The representations the deputation made were re ceived with all due courtesy, and were prpunised full consideration by his Lordship, who assured them that he was as willing as his predecessor to carry out Mr. Hill's plan. THE NON-] N TRUSION QUESTION. The following statement appears in the Glasgow Argus. We are not inclined to give much credit to it, as we can not imagine Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen would sacrifice the religious and civil liberty of the people of Scotland, to the selfish claims of the Non-In trusionist-clergy ! Better proof must be afforded before we can believe them so pusillanimous as to desert their own friends and the friends also of law and order, and transfer the whole power of the Kirk into the hands of 'men whose unprincipled conduct for the last six years has brought her to the brink of ruin:—" If we are not misinformed, we shall soon be enabled to lay before our readers, in such a shape as to merit their attention, some account of the results in which the negotiations between the Non-Intrusion Committee of the General Assembly and the Members of her Majesty's Go vernment' have terminated. We speak, at this moment, on rumours that have just reached- ourselves, and have come to us through channels on which we know that we can place very great reliance. We confess that we are astonished beyond measure at the information which has been conveyed to us, and which 'amounts to this, that a Bill is to be brought into Parliament by her Majesty's Government giving to the Church Courts in Scotland the full measure of lithe Oeriarn arbitrium—in other words, placing the settlement of ministers in vacant parishes in the hands of the Church, non *tante the patron or t h e people Under this Bill, the patron 'may contend that his presentee is qualified,' and the people may say he is acceptable ;' but if the Church Courts determine, without reason asked or given, that he is 'unsuitable' for the'cure, the pre sentation, ,and what would .begenonsimated , the (2:111,' are alike to beset aside r Such ; is th,e . only meaning w hi c h this proposed draft 'of virluch Nve have s een __ a p_ pears to us capable,;•of , bearin*. 'lt purpor ts to be a modification of LorVVberdeen'S, and is, in fact, an edi tion of the Duke - Of Argyll's, giving more decidedly the whole power in settling ministers to the Church Courts." • THE LOVE or MONEY. - -.That odious Mam mon-worship, whieh i$ one of the most distinguishing features of our day, has at last attracted the attention and engaged the pen of one of the most brilliant satirists of the present tithe—Mrs. Gore ; and her new work, " The Man of Fortune," is intended to strike at the root of that besetting sin of the English character. Nothing can offer a finer or a more varied scope for the talents of this accomplished writer. The' love of money has ever been a recognised passion of the human heart among civilized nations, but it was never until now of so ab sorbing a nature as (like Aaron's rod? .to..e*allow 411 he rest. LITgRATURE. 7'?7,11, THE HISTORY OF: THE RElViajfe l q,o TEXAS. By N. DORAN • MAILLARD; Eisfir London, ~S. i nith, oEfldeTer, Texas. a n s d . o lo t ., i 1 1 : i :1 4 1 ~ ' c0 :::;: l This volume hp.s no. pretensicgi . ,,,s .0, OP 44 11 i -- fled title of a histbry na tion of the prodathations,.decrees, ''acts of Con gress, conventions, and treaties entered into and promulgated by Texas during the struggle of her independence with Mexico, the bulk , of,which have already appeared in Mr. Ketinally7,S ox,e44r lent work on the condition and prospect i sAt bt . youthful republic. But th oug h igt . MikiTl ar is, indebted for all the valuable nititbAtilY iir its T book to Mr. Kennedy, he acquiigsfqt le,lttini to originality by differing upon every point with that gentleman. Mr. Kennedy exults. in the. independence cf Texas; Mr. Maillard. deplores that event, and deseribes them in the fburth page of his preface as in, rebellion against their " lawful Sovereign,. - Mexico," and talks of their " base treason." .. , So, earnest is :Air.' Maillard upon 'this point, that in the sixteenth page of his preface lie suggests that we should grant a subsidy to , Mexico, such - " as we used to grant to other nations in the war with • Napoleon," to enable her to re-conquer Texas! Mr. Kennedy praises Texas and the Texans; Mr. Maillard abuses both in terms which a nine months' residence in that country was very far from warranting, especially as he tells us in his preface that during a considerable portion of that time he had to discharge the duties of editor of the Richmond Telescope, a newspaper published in Texas. That the public may judge of the de gree of importance to be attached to Mr. Mail lard's statements, we shall rest satisfied. With the .following extracts from his crude,. ill-arranged volume, to which the columns of the iucO'htr Zipclo.riibute, and ,nearly daily newspapers are M a de ' : hearly as much as th e archives •iifiThe'Tekan , `llepublic:— . - CHARACTER OF THE TE:O,• "Texas,' a country filled with h a bi tu al liars, drunk ards; blasphemers, and slanderer s ; sangiiinary game sters and cold-blooded assassins, with idleness and sluggish indolence, with pride engendered by igno rance, and supported by fraud." " The loafers are by far the most numerous class, and go about from one drain-shop for the purpose of gaming and sponging on their friends, and not unfrequently on strangers ;, but this latter practice is by far too common in Texas - to be confined or strictly applied to any one branch of the community. • • * The Texans, either separately, or en masse exhibit all the features of a ruthanized Euro pean mob, to whom, however, they are greatly inferior in social refinement, and much less formidable in a mili tary point of view." This character of the Texans, of course, is meant to apply in the Liggregate to both sexes. But Mr. Maillard, whiige notions of gallantry are somewhat peculiar, proceeds to specify the graces of the softer sex in Texas,. --The picture as paint ed by. him is so little fiattering, that we shall not expose ourselves to the odium of being re garded as libellers by describing it. Here is the original, as touched off by his own coarse pencil : TEXAN LADIES. The Texan ladies seldom show themselves to stran gers, and, like those of the United States, they use either the pipe or the swab. The swab is a piece of soft wood, about three inches long, which they chew at one end un til it forms a brush, then dipping it into a small bottle of brown rappee snuff, which they carry about for the purpose of cleaning their teeth ; this operation being performed, the swab is placed in one side of the mouth, while the pipe sometimes takes the other. They have little neatness or cleanliness of person to attract the eye. Their figures are scarcely to be described : coarse from neglect, or emaciated by self-indulgence, their skins have borrowed from the sun the exact hue of the lemon ; and if the countenance be an index to the mind, I doubt not that their dispositions have somewhat of the peculiar flavour of that sour bullet-of the tropics; but yet to those who admire silence above every thing else in woman, permit me to introduce the ladies of Texas par excellence as mutes. According to Mr. Maillard the climate of _Texas is not a jot more inviting than its inhabi tants. The prairies he describes as swamps covered with water for several months in the year, and hardly habitable from the bites of in sects during the dry season. The City of Sabine he says, is" very unhealthy," the City of Gal veston, " extremely unhealthy and insalubrious," the town of Valasco, "very unhealthy," and the City. of Matagorda, " most unhealthy." • • Even religious toleration, Mr. Maillard con tends,, does not exist in Texas--a matter which he leaves us to infer would give him no trouble were the country again delivered up to Mexico. Though professing Protestantism, he enters into a disquisition to prove that the religion of Rome is a religion of civil democracy, and therefore well suited to Republican States. This is a fal lacy which it is not Worth while contradicting. He tells us that " the first Anglo-American co lonists who entered Texas with General Austin, not only reported themselves as, but they so lemnly..swOre-Jhat they were, Roinan Catholics, "Which the fundamental laws of Mexico Pe remptorily required," and yet in advocating the subjugation of Texas by Mexico, he carefully abstains from recommending any change in these fu►idau;ental laws! But as the opinion prevailS' in this country that religious toleration doeS exist in Texas, we shall again have recourse to the pages-of: our autho r : RELIGION OP AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN TEXAS. Hearing one day that the R ev . W. Taylor, a Protes tant clergyman; from the United States, who was gene rally spoke i of' as an' able and orthodox preacher, was going to preach, I went to hear him. On entering a room set aside as a place of worship, I found the ladies seated on ot:e side, busily engaged with their fans, while the gentlemen were as industriously employed chewing tobacco on the other Pray ers commence d, and I soon detected that the general c on f ess i on, the Litany, and its substitute, together (With th e Commun i on service , were totally omitted. ' Whisri prayers were over the Rev. Divine above nain'CillN6 a whole chapter from the Romans as his text, and pr oc e eded w i t h hi s di scourse , a portion of which I Willere give :—" What," said he, " is all this bustle and" ftfgAin„ir' w e h ear i n th e world-about the salvation of man's air? Why, it is the simplest alive—the simpleqt.ihing' in the world. It is a simple matter of fact; `and I'll tell you how it is to be done—l'll tell you how. Why, go home and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ—that's all—that's all you have to do. I have always preached this doctrine, and, to illus trate the comfort it has given to the afflicted, I'll mention a case. A poor Dutchman, who had lost two children, came running--[Mark ! the Dutchman ran ! !]—in great trouble. I asked him what was the matter ? when he exclaimed, Oh, Sir ! ' Mine two babes, Sir, so dead as knits, Whom Got did take avay vid fits ; Dem vas too good to live vid me, So Got did take dem home to live vid he.' "Well, well," I said, "you must go home too." The man stared at me ; but I said to him again, ' You must go home '—he looked down—' and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ 1' He did not wait to make any answer, but ran away, and in a few days he came to me again, and said, Oh, Sir,' If Got did kill mine babes so dead as knits, You did take avay mine. fits."' This discourse was delivered--; with great energy, and at the conclusion of it the congregation sung aliymia to theand retired. They 8 1 n et e l:disti, Independents, and a r of have ‘ ‘ A in u ld T L e a x n a g s, long string of other dissenters from their Protestant Church, but whether these constitute the schisms which the Texan author alludes to, I am not prepared to say, though I soon discovered the existence of both " the petty schisms parties," and the " impalpability" of the " powder" to which Protestantism is reduced among the Texan community, who have been lauded by many tra vellers as the warmest advocates of religious tolera tion! But to bring this subject to the test, we will sup pose the man Who "ran" to Mr. Taylor, in such sad dudgeon, to be a black man,—a negro, and Mr. Taylor seeing the trouble of the'father for the oss of his chil dren, would he dare say to the poor negrO, " Go home, and believe 'in the Lord JesuS Christ ?" Not he : for if he were to approach the negro, even in the capacity of a clergyman, or if a Roman Catholic priest were to venture to•put the sign of the cross on a black man in Texas, what would be the consequence ? lie would be either shot on the spot, or he would be taken, tarred, feathered, whipped, and started on a log into the nearest river, to find his way to the bottom, or to some more hospitable locality. Such is the true spirit of re ligious toleration in Texas. And this is to write history ! We shall not trouble ourselves further with Mr. Mail lard's volume. From the extracts we have made the public will know what to think of it. The independence of Texas being solemnly recognised by the Governments of the United States, England, •France, Belgium, and Holland, may be safely regarded as-placed beyond the chances of a successful Mexican • invasion. Moreover, 'there is much more grounds for ap prehending-that Mexico will 'become a province of Texas, thtit Iltadthe latter republic will ever' again submit her Saxon neck to the iron yoke of Mexico. ,; r 'Pi: A h THE —ITY E DERSHIP,-- t is beli eved that there will be two City Pleaderships vacant, the most able and influential members of. the Corporation being of opinion that it will be necessary to raise Mr. Bullock and Mr. Ryland, the senior City Pleaders, to the offices of Judges of the Sheriffs' Courts, and to require their assistance in the Central Crinliii:4 Court, on ac count of the immense increase of busines; in all these Courts. Amongst the ccandidates, when it is . lawful for A•entlemen to declare themselves candid a t es , w ill I :lupear Mr. John Locke, a gentleman of high professional 1-:' e 7 quirements ; Mr. Laurie, the nephew of Sir P. Laurie] , Sir Walter Riddell, Bart.; Mr. lorry; and, we b e lieve, several others. Laurie and-Locke are the favourites of the constituency. Mr. D'Alton,, the celebrated antiquarian, whose Histories of the MotroPolitan County and See of Dublin and Glendalough have met with such a favourable re ception from the public, is now engaged in:writing a History of the Town of Drogheda.--Dubli n Eveniny Ara LONDON ELECTRICAL - SOCIETY. :ItrEsnAv u Ditc. 2l.—The papers read at this riseeting were, lst, " Description of an Hydros rflatibilvanometer," by R. J. Irernonger, E sq . / r 6f Milan, member. The introduction of this in strument opens a new field for British ingenuity in the construction of galvanometers. It is well known that a De' la Rive's' floating ring will run Off a magnet inserted in it, and vice versa a magnet, if light enough, would run out ,pc the On thiS principle the new galvanotneter is constructed.. magnet is, by proper adjust - went, poisedl perpendicularly either in water or mercury, and is surrounded by a De la Rive's ring. The effect of a current passing through the latter' is sink the magnet to a greater or less depth, according to circumstances. And as the pressure of liquids is simply as their height, the depth to which the magnet sinks is in direct _proportion to the acting power. Without a plate 1,0 cannot give a more minute description; but have said enough to show that this instrument promises to be a valuable addition to science. 2d; " General Explanation of the noise of Thunder," by M. Tessan. This communication contained a most rational account of the atten dant phenomena of thunder-claps. It is com monly observed that they are followed by de luging showers. That this may reasonably occur the author shows from the well known laws of electric action. A cloud becomes electrified; the electricity arranges itself on its surface; the in sulating character of the atmosphere prevents its escape, and its pressure outwards counterpoises and relieves the cloud from the pressure inwards of the air; the cloud therefore expands till the two contrary pressures are in equilibrio. If any Circumstance cause the escape of electricity, the cloud contracts, the air rushes to the partial vacuum with a hissing or roaring noise, and at the same time, the suspended vapour being con gregated into drops, falls in rain. 3d. " Notice of a new Galvanic Battery," by M. Van Melson, with a no`e by the Secretary. This is a modifi cation of Wollaston's arrangement; the im provements consist in doing away with the need ofparfitions'in the trough, and in placing the elethents very near together, viz., 1-13th inch. The power of 13 pairs, 41 inches by 3 inches, oc cupying a surface of only 5I square inches, is surprisingly great;' and as the metals can be instantly . Withdrawn from the solution, the imtrnment Will be very serviceable for general loorpOties. Mr. Walker's note re commends the recent English improvement to be added. 'to these. 4th. " Note upon a Modification in the, Construction of Galvanic Piles," by M. J. G. Crahay. This is a modi fication of the former instrument, and was effected by soldering the plates back to back as in the ordinary Volta's pile. sth. " Account of an Electro-Magnetic Steel-Yard," by Professor Jacobi. This was an instrument to measure the lifting, power of electro-magnets on the general principle of the steel-yard, differing, however, in having the power applied between the weight and the fulcrum. It is a very ingenious piece of apparatus, and works well; but without a draw ing we should fail in attempting to be minute in description. Gth. "On a new Electrometer," by J. C. Oersted.) Here again, in default of a drawing, we shall find difficulty in describing. A fine copper needle is suspended by a film of silk ; the silk is attached to the needle by means of a slightly magnetized steel stirrup. The ends of the needle rest against the two fork-like branches of an insulated wire, through which the electricity is conveyed. The deflections are re gistered on the base of the instrument. 7th. The Secretary then laid before the Society the Monthly Register for November of the Elec trical, &c. Condition of the Atmosphere, by W. H. Weekes, Esq. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. The Berlin papers mention a curious discovery of a robbery and murder, committed 22 years ago. Two fa milies, Petersen and Titschowski by name, had long lived in great harmony at Potsdam, but towards the end of last month a violent quarrel arose in the street between the two wives, and the woman Titschowski reproached the other with being the wife of a man condemned to the gibbet for murder. This coming to the ears of the magistracy, an inquiry was entered upon, and the houses of the two disputants searched, from which it was proved that Petersen was a name assumed by a man called Gas telberg, who was condemned to death by default in 1819, for several robberies and murders, and that Titschowski being one of the guards over him when in prison, had suffered him to escape, in consideration of which service Gastelberg had of late paid him a monthly stipend of 8 thalers (28f. 80c.) out of the salary of a place on the Berlin and Potsdam railroad, which he had obtained. Gastelberg fled, but has been taken at Magdeburg, and will be again sent before the criminal tribunal of Bres lau, as his former sentence takes him out of the pro scription, which will act in - favour of Titschowski, who cannot at this distant date be tried for his offence in letting the other escape. Extract of a letter from Oran, 7th inst., in the Con stitutionnel :—" A few days after the return of our grand expeditift (that of the 53 days) some of the regular cavalry of Abd-el-Kader, who had been furnished by the great tribe of Angaed, passed through the tribe of Sidi Gazer, where several chiefs of the Tafna were assembled, and gave them an account of the battles which had taken place with the Christians. When they had confessed that the regular corps to which they belonged had been routed, and that the Emir had no more troops upon whom he could rely, the chiefs concerted together and fixed upon a rendezvous to concert the means of defec tion. The opportunity was favourable, for Abd-el-Kader was occupied in the East, near Blidah, where General Changarnier held him in check. The day fixed was the great market-day of the Tafna, which is always held at the mouth of that river, on the ground occu pied by our troops in 1836 and 1837. Never was market more numerously attended, and it was there resolved unanimously to abandon the cause of the Emir. Some of the chiefs offered opposition, for the question was a sudden determination to throw themselves into the hands of the French, or to act against Abd-el- Kader by a diversion in favour of some influential name. Too weak to act by themselves against the organised force of the Emir, the Shieks resolved on applying to Mus tapha and the Governor-General of Oran. Some agents were therefore despatched during the night to Oran. The tribes who have abandoned the cause of the Emir are eight in number, and, as is always the case, their neigh bours are only waiting to see what becomes of them, to join their standards to those of the Donairs and Smelts. All the horsemen of these tribes have elected as their chief old Ali-Yamani, who was the compet itorof Abd-el- Kader on his accession to power. Bon-Hamedi, the Kalifa of Tlemcen, having become acquainted with the project of our new allies, attacked them at the ravines of the Sasef, about six leagues from Tlemcen. After a long combat Bon-Hamedi was put to flight by Ali-Yamani, and pursued so vigorously that he was not able to take refuge in the town, and the inhabitants of Tlemcen, un doubtedly worn out by the exactions of the officers of the Emir, took advantage of this opportuuity to job the victorious party. We learn that all our new allies are encamped at Oued Sinam, where they have joined Gene ral Mustapha, who has now more than 3,000 cavalry un der his com m and." The Journal du Nievre gives the following account of a ferocious contest between two brothers, forest-keepers, on the 2d inst., near Corvol PArgueilleux, where they had been celebrating the feast of St. Eloi, at the house of a miller, who had given them too much liquor. Re turning home they quarrelled, and, after fighting some time with their hands, fell together, and continued the struggle on the ground for three hours, when one be came exhausted, and the other was probably unable to continue the fight ; at the end of which he, who may be considered the conquerer, had had torn from him by the teeth of his brother, the whole of his under lip, down to the point of the chin, while the other lost half of one of his ears in the same manner. They each had a gun, but neither thought of using it, and the stronger carried both away with him arriving at his home about midnight. Having called up one of his neighbours, he sent him first for a surgeon to dress his own wounds, and then go for the body of his brother, which would, he said, be found dead in the wood. Lie, however, was not dead, and both are recovering, though frightfully mutilated for life. The Belgian Papers state that the English residents at Ostend have had a grand dinner, to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Wales, Mr. Curry, the Consul, taking the chair. After toasts to the Queen, the Infant Prince, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family of Eng land, and also the healths of the King and Queen of the Belgians, were drunk, with every mark of respect and feeling, the President proposed one in honour of one of the guests, M. Frederic Saint Amour, who three days before had plunged from the deck of the steamer Menai into the harbour, with all his clothes on, and, at the risk of his own life, saved that of an old man, who had fallen in, and must otherwise have been drowned. It was drunk with loud acclamations. The National de r Ouest states that, a short time since, a young man was admitted into the hospital at Bourbon- Vendee with a swelling of the thigh, which required the limb to be amputated. The surgeons of the establish ment had strictly enjoined that the patient should be kept as free as possible from all excitement, bnt, shortly after this operation was performed, they found' him in a strong state of mental agitation, which endangered his life. It appeared that the patient, who was a Protes tant, had been worked on by the chaplain and Sceurs de Charite of the establishment, who had endeavoured to convert him to the Catholic faith, and had even induced him to'reeeive the communion, aecording to the Roman ritual, only a few minutes. after the surgeons had left him. The medical men of the establishment have drawn up a remonstrance, this Journal states, and transmitted it to the Prefect of the Department. letter from Dusscldorff mentions the arrest of two post-office clerks at that place, on an accusation of hav ing abstracted 40,000 thalers in Treasury bonds, sent by the Royal Administra tion of the town to the Treasury of Berlin. They would have got off to America 'had a t h ey no t been denounced by an accomplice. I n t h e d es k of one of them was found the packet of b on d s , w hi c h h_ - not been broken open. This has caused the greater sensat, it rre, at Dusseldorff, as the d e li nquents h ave h i t h erto borne reachable charact ers , an d are b oth men o f in dependent moans.letter from ans. Metz states th a t M. Appert has organ ised a colony a t R e A. ,elfing, for the reception and employ merit of liberated conC:icts, with the benevolent view of proventing their . being coi;1. pelled, by the impossibility of 'finding honest employment, to resume their evil courses. A society, which already includes the names of some of the first persons in France, has been formed in aid of this important experiment, and several of the criminals confined in the central prisons have requested to be allowed to subscribe a portion of their savings towards the establishment. There are already fourteen liberated convicts at Remelfing, and four others are to join in a few days. Eighteen liberated convicts from the Bagnes are to be selected for the colony by the Naval Commis sioners. AN HOSPITABLE COUNTRY.--" Yesterday," says the Brussels Independent of the 18th inst., " took place the expulsion of H. Hagenberg, a Prussian by origin, who was conducted to the French frontier. On the same day was effected the extradition of C. Buisson, who had been claimed by the Procureur-General of the Seine." The same Journal says that the number of foreigners who have been either sent out of Belgium, or refused leave to enter it, during the first eleven months of the current year, is 1,359. The Journal de la Vendee says—" In the night of the 26th ult., at La Cocuere, in the commune of Caille sons les Ormeaux, near Bourbon Vendee, a fountain on the slope of a hill suddenly dried up, and to the extent of several hundred yards the soil in which it was placed sunk down to the bare rock. A short distance thence, in a swampy meadow, the same phenomenon occurred at the same time. The soil was entirely stripped from it, and the trees growing upon it were transported to a distance of one hundred yards. The day was rainy, but without any wind. Last year, at the same period, a similar oc currence took place at La Proutiere, in the commune of St. Florent des Bois." An old farmer, named Tarroux, died lately at Cro silles, in the Aveyron, aged 107. He was in the enjoy ment of his faculties to the last, and the week before his death dug in his garden, and sowed a considerable quan tity of rye. In some excavations recently made near the Porte de Bievre, on the Fontainebleau road, at Melun, several Roman baths have been discovered in good preservation. The public library, at St. Chamond, in the Loire, has lately suffered from fire. A case, containing a valuable collection of 150 rare works, was destroyed, but the rest of the valuable contents were saved. NIGER EXPEDITION. From the intelligence received from this Expedition, extending in part to the 10th of October, the following statement a :acts may be gathered, and, us it is derived from various sources of the highest character, may be relied_ on as the most accurate that has as yet appeared. The Albert, Wilberforce, and Soudan, with the liar riot transport, and Amelia tender, after a favourable though somewhat tedious voyage, arrived off the Nun on the 9th and 10th of August. In unloading the transport they were detained a considerable time, owing to the heavy rolling of the vessels in the swell outside the bar A further detention arose when they had crossed the bar from the necessity of refitting the tails of the rud ders, which had been carried away on the passage from ' Cape Coast, and without which the vessels were almost unmanageable. These repairs the badness of the wea ther and strength of the tide did not permit of being com pleted till the 20th. This necessary delay does not, however, appear to have positively injured the health of the crews, as they enjoyed a wholesome sea-breeze, and every precaution was taken to preserve them from illness. Up to this period there had been seven deaths—four from casualties, one of apoplexy, and two of fever, no t Af r i can , but typhus. Of these last one only was an European. Under these favourable auspices they commenced their ascent of the river on the 20th of August (not the 13th, as has been erroneously stated). Their progress was necessarily slow, as they do not ordinarily make more than six miles an hour, and the current runs at the rate of three. They were delayed still further by looking for the Wilberforce, which had gone up a different channel. Thus the 22d (Sunday) was spent, and at last it was found that she had gone ahead. They rejoined at Eboe on the 26th. This deviation was, however, the means of discovering a new branch of the river, with numerous villages, and a larger population than had yet been seen. Six days after they arrived at Iddah, when the fever broke out, and continued to the Confluence (272 miles up) with increased violence. The following is a list of the number of persons on board the expedition, from Sept. 3-17, with other par ticulars, according to returns sent home :—Victualled in the three vessels and Amelia, total number of persons, including officers and crew, 302. Placed, on fever list since Sept. 3, 70 ; died, 8 ; discharged to duty, 2 ; con valescent, 11. In consequence of this alarming sickness, and their in ability to examine the higher grounds for a healthy sta tion, it was deemed advisable to send the sick to the sea side. Forty-three of the forty-nine' remaining cases were accordigly embarked in the Soudan on the 19th, and reached the mouth early on the 22d. On their way they lost two hopeless cases, Mr. W. B. Marshall, sur geon of the Soudan, and one of her men. They were fortunate enough to fall in at once with her Majesty's ship Dolphin, Commander Littlehales, by whom they were taken on board, except two, and carried to Ascen sion. On their way eight more died, but the rest reco vered in a most sudden and striking manner. Assistant-surgeon Stirling, who came home in charge of the invalids, has since returned to the Niger, and several medical men have volunteered to supply the place of the two that were lost, and the number of whites who have died of African fever. • The following returns show the entire mortality from the first setting out, and the number of whites who have died of African fever :-3 officers, 14 white seamen, 3 marines—total 20 ; and the number of deaths from all causes was as follows :-3 officers, 19 seamen, 3 marines, and 2 coloured men. It appears, then, that of the entire number of whites, one-eighth have perished by this dreadful disease ; of the officers, one-seventeenth ; and of the men about one sixth. The scientific men attached to the expedition have suffered very slightly, and the Rev. Messrs. Muller and Schon not at all. This loss is certainly much less than that of former expeditions. Park's whole retinue was annihilated. Captain Tuckey, in 1816, died with nearly one-half of his officers and crew, and all the scientific men, with a single exception. Captain Owen lost nearly two-thirds, and Laird, by the time he had arrived at the Confluence, had buried half his white crew, and more than half his officers. This latter gentleman, in a letter to the Spectator (December 18), gives it as his decided opinion that the fever was less malignant in this case than in his own, that they have " passed through their greatest danger with much less loss than any reasonable man an ticipated," and that those who have escaped are not likely to be attacked again, unless by returning to the swamps. This opinion, given with a frankness which does himj honour, combined with the confirmation which they give of the healthiness of the coun try above the Delta, goes far to remove the natural fears for their future safety. The expedition, far from being given up, is going steadily on. Treaties have been concluded with Obi of Eboe, and Attah of Egarrah, for the entire abolition of the slave trade and of human sacrifices. Of the conduct and deportment of both these Princes the Commissioners speak very highly. A tract of ground, 16 miles in length, and 6 in width, dry and elevated, and including a mountain of 1,200 feet in height, has been purchased, and the Model Farm put in active operation. The country is represented as fully open for missionary or other enterprise, and the natives perfectly peaceable and friendly. One of the steamers may de scend for the winter, for the purpose of surveying the various outlets, but all are expected to join in pursuing their mission up the river next spring. As the Albert was on the point of ascending the Niger, and the Wilber force the Chadda, when the last accounts left, we may perhaps shortly hear of various important interesting discoveries up these rivers. NEW MUSKET FOR THE SERVICE. The musket that Colonel Hawker has suggested to the Ordnance (subjected to a severe trial, which has been begun, and will continue through the winter months) is the most simple and the most waterproof that has yet been in use. He has availed himself of that clever in vention, called the patent spring-musket (without a lock) of Wilkinson, and shortened the communication, by doing away with the chimney, and cutting deeper the concave under the stock ; so that the. stud of the nipple now screws directly into the under part, of the barrel ; and, by taking Westley Ricliards:sherinetically sealed primer, he gets rid also of the dtstance which is taken up in firing down: 'the - orifice of a copper cap nipple. The great advantages orfhese - combinationS are, that the detonating flame fires direddy into the body of ',the charge, so that the soldier may use (and even without biting off the end of his cartridge) the*eoarsest cannon-powder, which stands all weathers, and which, Colonel Hawker has proved, shoots much. stronger, and • keeps its strength much longer than, fine powder, and he gets rid altogether of the copper-caps, which,.lik e th e fine powder required for them, he never, he .says, could depend on in sea-coast shooting and all other continual damp, although they answer extremely well for the "flood' and field " sportsman, and may even weather an occa sional wet day. With regard to the stocks, he s ays, in page 323 of his Bth edition O n G uns and Shooting, --- If strength and con sequent cheapness require them to be so straight that I d efy a man to shoot with them—put some elevation (similar to that on a rifle), instead of obliging th e die head over, beyond th e true line soolfari tn t ., o , in The liiinee hiCo lonel has added to the stock of the musket, now on trial, a little knob of wood, mer e ly screw, and similar t o a put on with one grip, which gives pistol- great steadiness in firing, and a firm hold for the soldier if an enemy were attempting to disarm him. Should this musket be adopted the motion of " support arms" would require to be superseded by that of s lope a rms," there being no co c k or hammer to it. But this would be an advantage rather than an objection, a s one motion less would be call e d f or, thus saving the jackets of the men from being soiled by damp hands, or whitened by new p patent ip- clayed gloves. Westley Richards has also t a will beat all musket coming out, which he anticipates ‘ e vho is to receive others ; and, if so, Colonel Haw u e. ' hesitate to give it a one for trial, will not, we are s eit r ber, beyond his desire preference, having no interest in ; United Service Gazette. to benefit her Majesty's serv ic e.— United MURDER 1N SHROPSHIRE. On Thursday even ing, about seven o'clock, the body of Emma Evans, an old maiden shopkeeper, was found lying dead upon the middle of her kitchen floor, in a stream of blood, with her pocket turned inside out, her house door wide open, her shop robbed of various arti cles, h er parlour cupboard robbed of all her silver spoons, and her bedroom chest of drawers broken open, and the contents lying in confusion on the floor. The poor woman lived at a retired spot called Brook side, about a mile and a half from the village of Chirk, and five miles from Oswestry, in Shropshire, and had li v ed for years in the same house, without any other inmate, carrying on the business of a small grocer and draper, and general provision dealer. She was supposed to have saved considerable Willey; which she - kept in her house, and no doubt the murderers expected to meet ORNING SUN with a prize, of great value. Her house is surrounded hj• numerous cottages at short distances, but is not within 100 yards of any other dwelling. On the same evening three men were seen walking quickly along the road from her house towards Chirk Castle Park which is not half a mile off; at five o ' c l oc k, three men were met in the park walking towards the road leading to her house. The description of the men agrees. About nine o'clock two men walked into the King's Head public-house at the Cefn, in Rhuabon parish, and took some refreshment. While the men were in the house the landlady discovered a large bundle in the back kitchen, which one of the men claimed on being asked whether it belonged to either of them. The son of the landlady, William Bradley, knew the two men by name and character. On leaving the public-house, at ten o'clock, the two men set out on the road to Wrexham. Bradley obtained the assistance of his wife's brother, who is a powerful young man, and in five minutes after their de parture set out in pursuit, with the intention of taking pos session of the bundle. They overtook the men about IV mile and a half from Rhuabon, and on claiming the bundle, both men ran away with all possible speed, the bundle being instantly dropped on the ground. Bradley re turned home with the bundle, and on the following morning the contents were clearly identified as being the property of the murdered woman. The names of the two men are John Williams and Joseph Slawson, the one a horse-breaker, and the other a tailor. The police have been unremitting in their exertions, but up to Sunday evening they had not been apprehended. The body still hes in the position in which it was found, the Magistrates not allowing it to be touched before the inquest, which cannot be held before Monday morning. THE PARISH OF BARRY AGAIN.—Mr. Maitland Makgill Crichton having succeeded, in the name of religion, in creating the indecent disturbance which lately took place in Arbroath, apparently highly gratified with his success, resolved tb play over again the same game at the village of Barry, and Mr. Lumsden, nothing loath, agreed to lend him the kirk for his per formance. But it appears this gentleman not only over rates his own powers, but he seems not to understand very clearly the rights of others. The kirk is at Mr. Lumsden's command whenever the services of religion require ii„ and only in these cases. But he has no more right to give the use of it to any itinerant lecturer, than he has to make it during the week, his dining-room, kitchen, or stable. The kirk belongs to the heritors, who are bound to uphold it for sacred purposes only— certainly not for the accommodation of any hot-headed agitator and his unruly mob. The heritors, there fore, applied to the Sheriff to interdict the intended per formance ; and the whole performers, from the Rev. Jas. Lumsden, minister, to James Buick, session-officer, have been interdicted from using the kirk for such a purpose. The heritors who petitioned were—William Bruce Gardyne, Esq„ of Middleton ; William Henderson, Esq., of Grange of Barry ; James Miln, Esq., of Woodhill ; Misses Cecilia Kinloch and Ann Oliphant Kinloch, residing in Carnoustie House ; and Miss Helen Kinloch Guthrie, residing in Edinburgh, proprietresses of Car noustie—with the special advice and consent of Charles Guthrie, Esq., of Tay bank, father and legal curator of the said Helen Kinloch Guthrie. There was no time to communicate with Lord Panmure before presenting the application for interdict ; but his Lordship has since in timated that he will, with pleasure, go along with the other heritors in putting a stop to those itinerant agitators who are disturbing the peace of the country.—Dundie Advertiser THE SITE OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.— At the meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, held last Thursday evening, a paper of considerable interest was read by Mr. C. R- Smith. on the recent discovery of Roman antiquities in London, particularly with reference to the foundations of the new Royal Exchange. The completion of the foundation was much retarded by the excavators finding an extensive gravel pit, which it re quired many loads of concrete to fill, on the part oppo site to the entrance of the Bank of England. It after wards appears to have been employed to receive the rub bi:,ll and refuse from the shops and houses of the City, and amongst the debris removed were large quantities of bones and other remains of animal and vegetable matters, with abundance of articles of domestic life, as shoes and sandals ; knives and cutting instruments, on some of which were engraven the names of the makers ; and some weaving instruments, in which part of the wool remained entwined, and which seemed to show the anti quity of this staple branch of British manufacture. There were also found coins of Vespasian, Domitian, and Severus ; but in the rubbish at top were coins of much later dates, showing this part of the city to be of comparatively recent formation. From the discovery within the last few years of tesselte in the Bank of Eng land, Cornhill, and the site of the French church in Threadneedle-street, where Roman villas doubtless stood the results of the present inquiry seemed to show that Roman London was continually entrenching on the fields which surrounded it, and that the excavation alluded to was situated in fields. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE BANK.—Tues day night a considerable number of shareholders assembled at the Boar and Castle, Oxford-street, for the purpose of adopting measures for the protection of the shareholders from the threatened consequences of litigation. The chair was taken by Mr. Parnell, who explained the ob jects of the.meeting ; and was followed at considerable length by Mr. Abrahams, a shareholder, who took a re trospective view of the management of the Directory, which he characterised as being grossly, at variance with the interests of the proprietary. ,The respective financial statements were described by Mr. Abrahams ; one being from the bank, and another front Mr. Quilter, an account ant, their variation bei:.g described by the speaker as evincing a desire to conceal. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect—" That this meeting do form a defence society, and fund, to be applied in liquidation of public creditors, and in defence of actions which might be brought against individual proprietors," &c. A meet ing of the Directors having been appointed for Thurs day next to arrange about calling a general meeting of the proprietors, but not till after the Directors had been much pressed to do so by Mr. Bebb, solicitor to the pro prietors, as they had omitted to furnish a list of creditors, and other information, the above meeting had been called. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned to Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1842. MARRIAGE OF PRINCE NICHOLAS ESTER". HAZY AND LADY SARAH VILLIERS.—It iS now defini tively arranged' that the long-expected nuptials of his Highness Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, eldest son of his Excellency Prince Esterhazy, Ambassador at the British Court from the Emperor of Austria, and the Lady Sarah Villiers, the lovely and accomplished daughter of the Earl and Countess of Jersey, are to be solemnised on Saturday week, the Ist of January. The marriage is to be as private as possible, in consequence of the recent demise of the venerable Earl of Westmoreland, the maternal grandfather of the fair betrothed. His Excel lency Prince Esterhazy is, notwithstanding reports to the contrary, likely to be present at the ceremony, for his Highness was to leave Vienna for this country at the close of the past week, and it is expected will arrive at Chandos House, the Austrian Embassy, by Monday or Tuesday next. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has presented to the fair bride a very valuable armlet, set with brilliants of the finest water, with the princely ciphers in the centre, of the same precious stones. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has also presented her Ladyship with a diamond aigrette. In the Court of Queens Bench, Guildhall, yes terday, a great disappointment took place, owing to the case of Hopkins v. Hardwicke being settled without hear ing the evidence. It was an action for a br eac h o f pro mise of marriage, brought by a lady of about 30 years of age, against the defendant, who is upwards of three score. On the case being called, and the Jury being sworn, a consultation took place between Counsel, when Mr. Erle stated that the case was settled, the defendant paying 500 L A verdict was then returned for the plain tiff for the above sum, and thus the affair terminated. SUDDEN Tuesday night, shortly before nine o'eleck, as a-decently dressed man, about 55 years of age, was drawing a truck over Waterloo bridge, from the Middle Sex to the Surreyside , and when within twenty yards of the toll-house s he suddenly fell down. He appeared t o b e labouring under the e ff ects of a fit, and by the advi ce of Tilt, the toll collector, he was con veyed to the shop of Mr. Hundey, a surgeon, at the corner of Stamford -street, when that gentleman and his attendant paid instant attention to the case, but in a few minutes after his arrival at the shop life was quite extinct. ROMANCE FROM A MERICA.--A young female, whose name appeared on the charge-sheet as Elletl_Rosa- Possessed of grunt beauty, and most elegantly attired, street o ffi ce, Dublin, by Rosa lind Holmes, was brought before Mr. D le u l ff , y, C at twi statednry Police-constable onduty that at a late hour the in Elephant-lane previous night . - he , was in Saekville-street, and hearing a n e o s i a s w e four or five girls he went to ascertain the cause ; h the prisoner ; they were along with, or rather encircling n dcauing a great disturbance ; abusing each other, when they saw but the prisoner re tion of the prisoner, l him c a o ra m n ing aw t a h y ej; all, with the excep as a lady, though he was to believe the statement in conse quencehardly inclined conduct; so•-tilAnrt and long of the mat ter of her took her the station-house, and that he ter was, d mghim she w her with being disorderly in the street. T he charged fused to go, telling to Mr. Duffs-, stated that she was prisoner, in reply I;friends, who she said a native of New York, where tier were highly connected, reside, and that about two years ago a titled English gentleman (she refused t o tell his name ) was ; introduced inte her family he paid her great attention for some time, and wanted h er to marry him privately ; but this she at first refused to do, telling him her father could give her a p r i nce ly dowry, and that she was willing to b ecome his wife with the consent of her parents. He refused his, and continued to prosecute his addresses with uch zeal, that she, in a moment of weakness, Was in duced to elope with him ; and, in order to prevent a dis covery, she put on male attire, and passed as his Lord ship's page. He brought her to Europe, and visited tho " Eternal City" (Rome), where they passed some months, and thence they travelled through German Spain, and all the continental countries ; at last theyy, came to the great English " Babylon" (London) where she doffed her page's apparel; and was first introduced into the first circles of society, where she passed as the bride of her destroyer ; they came to Dublin a short time since, when shortly c thterwards ho departed, she km,w .not whither, leaving her in a very distressed state, so far as her mind was concerned, but with a tolerably large purse to support her. The-occa sion of her being out so late was, that she had heard his Lordship was stopping at Kingstown, whither she went in search of him, but without success, and, on her return, she was attacked by a number of girls, from whom she was obliged to defend herself in the best manner she could ; she was willing to pay any penalty that might be I imposed on her for the improper manner in which it was stated she had conducted herself. Mr. Duffy said her story, if true, ,was very strange, and ordered her to enter into her own security to keep the peace, which being done, the fair but unfortunate daughter of the " laud of ' liberty" was at owe discharged.