The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-06 00:00:00

The PUbliation of the Evening Edition of Tam Sum cora, raeaced at 20 (I kutes after Three. EVENING EDITION TO CORRESPONDENTS. Owing to the copious news from India and China, we have not been able to find room for the letters of several correspondents " THE CHINA SUN," Which was UE-PUBLISHED on the oth INSTANT, with the LATEST NEWS from CHINA, IS NOW . ON SALE. Price i SIXPENCE. I Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand. ALCOCK FOR EAST SURREY Four days only hare elapsed since at one of the largest meetings ever held in this county, THOMAS ALCOCK, Esq., was rominated with acclamation to be the champion of the Liberal interest. A personal canvass at this late period is obviously impossible, but he has already visited many districts, and will attend meetings in other parts of the county, so as to afford the fullest opportunity of ascertaining his sentiments. We are delighted to state that we have found the independent Electors true to the great cause of civil and religious freedom. The returns now sent in prove that, by a continuance of the noble determination and exertions already displayed, success must, and will be the result. COMMITTEES for promoting the Election of Mr. AL COCK SIT DAILY at the following places :-- Central Committee . The Bridge House Hotel, Borough. Bermondsey Simon the Tanner, Long-lane. Rotherhithe ' The Victoria. Old Kent-road Lambeth The White Hart, Kennington-cross. Christchurch St. George, St. Sa- }The Central Committee Room. viour's, St. Olave Camberwell Wandsworth Streatham Kingston Richmond ..... The Talbot legate Cro"idon... The Crown. It is particularly requested that all communications which may lead to secure his election may be made at any of the above-mentioned places. SAMUEL PALMER, Chairman. GEORGE G. DE H. LARPENT, Vice-Chairman. Central Committee-room, 30th January, 1841. T AYLOR'S PATENT WOOD CUTTING COMPANY. Capital 50,0001. in 1 ; 000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 1/. per Share. WORKS—Square Tower, East of Waterloo Br'dge. DIRECTORS. Henry Philip Hope, Esq. J. P. Macdougall, Esq. Geo. Mackintosh, Esq., Up per Seymour-street. P. Morrison, Esq. Prince's street. C. Norris, Esq., Abrey Lodge, Regent's Park. W. Shaw, Esq , 9, Finsbury Chambers. SOLICITOR. Edward M. Elderton, Esq., 40, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. TEMPORARY MANAGER ♦ND PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. W. S. Northhonse, Esq., 4, Parliament-street. PROVISIONAL SECRETARY. Lieutenant Buckle, I. N. The object of this Company is to carry into profitable em ployzent the patent which Mr. Taylor has obtained for Eng land, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies, for cutting wood by machinery after it has been steamed. For a quarter share of the profits arising from the manu factories, and one-halt from the licenses, the Patentee has con sented to vest the whole patent right in a Company, providing adequate capital to carryout the great basiness likely to arise from it. That business nay be measured by the fact that it is calculated to supersede all the cooperage in the kingdom in the making of casks, inasmuch as, if the materials mild be had for nothing, under the present system, the expense of labour alone would be greater than the entire cost of both materials and labour under this latent. The machinery with but two-horse steam power, performs 120 evolutions, andwith two cutters cuts 240 staves per minute, making no sawdust, and occasioning no further waste of mate rial than the inequalities of the surface of the blocks. The machinery cnn be applied to all other wood cutting, as we'l as the making of casks, and the patent granting the exclu sive privilege of cutting wood softened by steam, cannot be au per±eded or rivalled by any other mode of cutting, of which the steaming of wood is a necessary element. A very large manufactory would be required in London for the business to be carried on in the metropolis alone—other ma nufactories might be established in the large maritime towns of the United Kingdom, or licensee might be granted to residents in such town, upon terms to be settled by the Company. At present the square tower and adjoining premises east of Wa terloo-bridge, on the Surrey side, are used for the purpose. In dividuals desirous of embarking in the Company may see the machinery at work daily, and satisfy themselves of the immense capabilities and great probable profits of the undertaking. The capital may be expanded or contracted as may be expedi ent, and no public Company, whether large or small, can fail in profitably employing its money. The business may be carried on with 5,0001. saecessfully, though ten or twenty times -that. amount would create a much mere than proportionate return. Sixteen patents have been granted by foreign Powers, but it is not proposed to include them i■ this Company. The Standing Orders of Parliament have been complied with, and a Bill in the present Session may be expected to be passed, authorising the transfer of the patent to more than twelve per sons, and empowering the Company by Actef Parliament. Should all the Shares not be taken before the passing of the Act, the Company will go on with such capital as shall have been subscribed ; but no further Shares be issued after the passing of the Act save at a premium, for the benefit of the original Shareholders, who shall have the pre-emption of claim ing them at such premium. Application for Shares may be made to Edward M. Elder ton, Esq., Solicitor, 40, Queen-square, Bloomsbury ; W. S. Northhonse, Esq., Parliamentary Agent ; J. H. Buckle, Se cretary ; or W. H. Taylor, Esq., the Patentee, at the Manu factory. Major Adair. H.M.S. F. incubilltac nder, Esq. C. F. Alexander D. =mond, Esq. A. Earle, Esq., Royal Ar t llery. Alexr.nder Galloway, Esq., C E. John Hamilton, Esq., 111ark lint% THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTALS THIS EVENING. FEB. 6. Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Ilarley ; Flute, Slr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Aleadows ; Snug, Mr. P. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairs!, Miss Raiuferth. To conclude with The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be repeated, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO ; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrotker. On Monday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with The New Pantomime. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Prise, gs. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. b. ; Gallery, Is. Private B•I b • to be had se'el♦ if Mr. Andi sws, bookseller 167, New Blond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEITRE. Continual overflows, signal sillCCOli of the Cask Vaulter, and increasing desire of the Public to witness Ainsworth's Tower of London, and the best Pantomime of the Season. THIS EVENING, FEB. 6,_ _ _ Will be at6esl a Grand Historical lkoinanoe, founded on and entitled TIM TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaax 'livens, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Cruikshanks. After which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND TUE SPELL. BOUND GOSLINGS. hi which the astonishing and incredible violations of the Cask Vaulter will be given, as well as &tinning's Grand Dioraraio Synopsis of Syria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri valled Bolen. Family; Mr. Sontliby, the Original Clown; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astonishing Gynmastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Franeeni's, at Paris. NEW STRAND THEATRE. On MONDAY EVENING NEXT, And Every Evening daring the Week, Mr. JACOBS, the Royal Ventriloquist, Modern Magician, and English Improvisatore, whose wonderful and extraordinary performances last season attracted many thousands of surprised . and delighted spectators , h as t a k en th e a b ove Th e atre for a short season ; the Entertainments are entirely new from these of last year, the Tricks, Transformations, and Illusions per formed with a splendid and gorgeous set of apparatus made ex pressly for the occasion, and the Ventriloquism greatly im proved by the introduction of a NEW PIECE, entitled THE LANDLORD AT HOME; or, Gout versus Family Griev ances, in which Mr. Jacobs gives hie astonishing imitations of twelve imaginary persons. Boxes, 2s. 6d. • Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Second price: Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. To commence precisely at Half-past Seven o'Clock. Half price at a Quarter to Nine o'Clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO—MORROW. yie rnirig 4 , minutes after 2. Evening ...... 3 Taiautes after 3. ..-., litt -,t--, ,At LONDON: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1141. Our readers will find in another part of The Sun, interesting and important news from Chusan, of the 24th of October; Canton, of the 3d of November; Macao, same date ; Singapore, of the S th ; Calcutt 1., Dec. 22; Bombay, Jan. 1 : Lahore, Nov. 2; the Persian Gulf; Jan. 10; Alexandria, Jan. 23, and Malta, Jan. 28, brought by, and with the overland mail, which arrived at Marseilles, on Tuesday last, and was thence conveyed to London by express. The intelli gence from China is by no means so satisfactory as we had been led to expect from the last despatches. Except the d:ssrace of Commis_ !goner L/N, and the arrival at Canton of KESIIIN, rthe mandarin, appointed to nege ,_ tiate with Admiral ELLIOT the settlement o British claims, nothing had been done of a ny moment. Both in China and in India the conduct of the ADMIRAL has created a strong feeling of disappointment in which it is impossible for the British public not to partici pate.ranstead of p us hi ng on boldly to Pekin, and dictating such terms to the EMPEROR as would have uupired the Chluese with a proper respect for the power of Great Britain, and in sured good treatment for all Europeans now trad ing, or who hereafter may trade, with China, the ADMIRAL allowed himself to be drawn into the meshes of negotiation, in which he is sure to be beaten by the craft and the procrastinating habits of the Chinese. In the mean time, his forces are rapidly diminishing by disease, the discipline of the remainder, from the necessities of - the circumstances under which they are placed, becomes relaxed; and should a necessity for fighting arrive, he will find himself obliged to call upon the Government to fit out a fresh expedition. From the mo ment we learned that Admiral ELLIOT had returned from the mouth of the Peiho, on receiving a verbal and indefinite pro mise of a pacific arrangement of claims from an emissary of the EMPEROR, we began to entertain a suspicion that the gallant Admiral was not the man to impress the Chinese with any high re spect for our national character. The Admiral appears to have put himself entirely into the hands of Captain ELLIOT, to whose luckless blundering there is no end. We readily grant that there are instances in which it is the duty of a Government to allow to a brave officer an op portunity of retrieving errors committed from an excess of zeal for the public service; but the contest which has arisen out of the opium question is not one of them. Captain ELLIOT, by a long series of overt acts, had satisfied every person of his utter incapacity to discharge with dignity and be nefit to his countrymen, the important functions with which the Government had vested him. He ought therefore to have been recalled on the arrival of the expedition at the mouth of the Canton river. It is a deplorable affair, that with nineteen ships of war, and four steamers in the Chinese seas, we should be compelled to record our belief, that unless the command is given to more able officers we shall be in no better con- , dition as to trade or compensation a year I hence than we were a 'year ago. Notwith standing the pressing demands of the Ad miral, not a single prisoner taken by the Chinese had been released, and it was understood that no hostile steps were to be taken to effect their libe ration. What stronger proof is wanting of the Admiral's incapacity to conduct negotiations with Asiatics? Would that Sir CHARLES NAPIER, ill the Powerful, was off Chusan or Canton ! The British prisoners would not long languish in cap tivity! The news from Iniia is more satisfactory. Lieutenant-Colonel MARSHALL with only 900 infantry and a few horse attacked NUSSEER KHAN at the head of 4,000 Belouchees, and de feated him with the loss of 500 Belouchees, in cluding several principal Chiefs, and the Khan's stores and baggage. The British suffered little, and had only one officer killed. This brilliant action took place on the Ist of December among the hills near Katra, and was expected to pro duce important results. There is likely to be some ticklish business in Lahore. The widow of NAO NEHAL SING, who has mounted the musnud, has, it appears, in con junction with the Prime Minister, been guilty of the murder of her husband, and KURRUK SING, in order to clear the way for her own assumption of Royal power. The proofs of her guilt are said to be in the hands of Lord AUCKLAND. The news from the Persian Gulf is very satis factory. No further attack had been made upon Aden, and the British troops there were in ex cellent health. From Alexandria the news is highly important and satisfactory. On the 21st the whole of the Turkish fleet, under the command of Admiral WALKER, sailed for Marmorice, and IBRAHIM PACHA having been previously ordered to eva cuate Syria, the Pacha has fulfilled all the con ditions of his submission with perfect good faith. Commodore NAPIER was still at Alexandria, where it was most probable he would remain till the arrival of the Imperial firman conferring on the Pacha the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt. The Earl of RIPON'S motion concerning Persia, which stood in the Lords for Monday, was post poned, in consequence of the death of a relative of that Noble Lord. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition for an equalization of the duties on FAA and West India produce, the prayer of which he sup ported. The Noble Lord also presented a peti tion from the Finsbury Working Men's Asso ciation, for the Charter, and in favour of FROST. Another Report on the mode of proceeding in the case of the Earl of CARDIGAN was presented. It was confined to the persons who may occupy the space about the Throne. The Duke of WELLINGTON, it will be seen by our report, was obliged to leave the House of Peers on account of illness, but subsequent in quiries at his residence were answered by the assurance that his Grace was a great deal better. The Peers adjourned to Monday. In the Commons a considerable number of pe titions were presented against the Poor-law; for the Copyright Bill; for more Churches; for the Charter, &c. A new writ was issued for King's County in :he room of Mr. FITZSIMON, who, has accepted he Chiltern Hundreds. Lord STANLEY gave notice that he will, on Monday, put a question to Ministers on the ap prehension of Mr. MACLEOD, a British subject, by the authorities of New York. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD having given way with his motion on the Copyright Bill, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the thanks of the House to Sir ROBERT STOPFORD and the officers and men employed in the Syrian expedition. The motion was gracefully re commended by the Noble Lord, and warmly supported by Lord STANLEY, Lord F. EGERTON, and Sir H. HARDINGE, who, referring to Acre and Sir SYDNEY SMITH, recommended that a monument should be built to the memory of that Gallant Officer in St. Paul's. The vote, after several Members had spoken, was unanimously agreed to. - Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved the second reading of the Copyright Bill, and explained that he had been misunderstood as stickling for the period of sixty years ; he was not wedded to that period, and would be ready to adopt thirty years, according to the Bill introduced into the Chamber of Deputies. Mr. MACAULAY opposed the motion in a long and able speech, full of anecdotes and facts bear ing on the question. He moved that the Bill be read a second time in six months. Sir R. INGLis supported Mr. Sergeant TAL- Pouttp's motion, and. the Learned Gentleman having replied, the House divided, and the amendment was carried by 45 to 38, consequently the Bill was lost. Mr. HAWES obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relative to the Medical Pro fession, after a few remarks from Mr. WAKLEY and Mr. WARBURTON, recommending a reform in the College of Physicians, the College of Sur geons, and the Company of Apothecaries. The Bill was immediately brought in, and read a first time. Lord MORPETH'S Irish Registration Bill was brought in, and read a first time. The House adjourned till Monday, at a Quarter before Eight. It was of course to be expected, after Lord STANLEY'S remarks on Lord MORPETII'S Bill, that all the Tory press would join in a furious attack on it. We are not disappointed ; they have done so ; though none can surpass the Standard in shameless misrepresentation. Lord MORPETH quoted in his speech, from the Report of two gen tlemen who had been instructed to inquire into the practice of rating to the poor in the Unions already established in Ireland, the following sen tences. We quote from the report of the Morn ing Chronicle which the Standard admits it has seen:— By the operation of the 74th section of the Act, the lower the test of value adopted in the union, the less proportion of the rate which is to be paid by the tenantry, and the greater that of th e l an dl ords. But, probably from the causes already referred to, the inhabitants generally wish the valuators to adopt a long scale of value. In this desire the majority of the Board of Guardians in every union we have visited concurred. The impulse towards a low valuation is nearly universal. We made minute in. quirks in each union with a view to ascertain what test of value had in fact been adopted. The test of value en joined by the Poor Relief Act is the rent at which, ot year with another, the tenement in its actual state migh p t actua l tith e be reasonably expected to l o e f t t f h r o oni re y p e s a i r rs t? i y n e s a u r r , ar t i te e pro. end bable annual average c a n r t g a ien it in s itsexcept state, and all rates, taxes, and pu blic othes expenses, if any, necessary to mcahl by the valuators in their the forms of language adopted being paid by the tenant. In all the unions, however various the rent at which in fact adopted in valuing a tenement was evidence, we found that the test of value take': had been a good landlord ought, in their opinion, to t it. And in dueed their valuations below the rents even of the applying this test the valuators have almost I e universally re st . most indulgent landlords in Ireland. In nine out of the eleven rural divisions of the union, the actual rents exceeded the valuation in proportions varying from 5 to 30 per cent. So throughout the Report it is stated that the valuation for rating to the poor was always taken below the actual rents, and even below the rents of the most indulgent landlords. A similar prac tice prevails in England, and notwithstanding the recent Act of Parliament to assess property to its full value, it is very generally, we believe, assessed below that value. At any rate, to the time when the Parochial Assessment Act was passed, it was the general practice to rate pro perty to the poor at one-third or one-hatf of its actual value. The Editor of the Standard would not have dared to accuse the inhabitants of pious Islington, or liberal Clerkenwell, of perjury, for swearing that their property, measured by the rent, was as 601. when measured by the valuation for rates it was only as 40/. Yet the Standard boldly accuses the Irish of perjury on account of a similar discrepancy. Lord MORPETH gave a list of the electors in different places, who, judg ing by their rents, had been placed on the re gistry, and who, judging by the valuation, would have been rated below 10/., in order to show that, by adopting the criterion of rating, and preserving the 10/. franchise, the number of electors would be decreased. On this difference between the rent paid, or the actual value of the property, and the value put on it by assessors, in order to rate it to the poor, the Standard makes out the following case : Registered electors, all of whom have SWO 7 / 1 up to a 101. qualification 200 Number of those whose tenure was really worth less than 101., but more than 51 -.. 50 Number of those whose tenure was worth LESS THAN ?WE POUNDS I 1 l7 Leaving of unperjured electors, but 133 out of 200, or about forty per cent. of perjurers. Such are the gross and shameless misrepresen tations by which the cause of the Church and of the Tories is supported. These men are no more perjurers than the Editor of the Standard would be a perjurer if he should swear that a certain house in Clerkenwell is worth 701. a year, when it is or was rated to the poor only at 501. But piety and Protestantism .are of themselves such estimable qualities, that no vice seems too gross in the professors of them to secure their predo minance. Having thus exposed the calumnious misrepre sentation of our Contemporary, we shall proceed to notice the not less mischievous conduct of his leader. Lord STANLEY has introduced into the House of Commons a Bill to establish a vexa tious system of registration in Ireland, allowing of objection after objection, and appeal after ap peal ; and to make this more vexatious and more objectionable, he has left undefined the thing to be objected to. What would our readers think of the Legislature establishing Courts to try bur glary or forgery, and l e a v in g th e p e opl e ignorant of what is meant by forgery or burglary? What would be said of it if it multiplied excisemen, and created Excise Courts in every village, to put down contraband trading, and omitted - to state what is contraband trade ? But this is tantamount to Lord STANLEY'S conduct. He makes a whole heap of regulations about the exercise of a pri vilege, and leaves that privilege so vague and un defined, that neither Judges, barristers, nor states men are agreed as to what it is. If the Noble Lord had deliberately concerted a scheme to pro mote vexatious litigation, and to disfranchise the people, he could not have acted in a manner more appropriate to attain his object; Lord MORPETH has gone to work in a different manner. He, too, has proposed a Bill to amend the registration of Ireland, but he has accom panied the regulations with a clear and precise franchise. Whatever opinion may be formed of the sum at which he fixes it, no person can for a moment deny that it is wise, philosophical, and just to define the franchise before making reg.u lationg for its exercise—to settle what the privi lege is before appointing Judges Ito decide whe ther it be possessed or not. On all the principles of common, sense, the course pursued by Lord MORPETH is superior to that of Lord STANLEY, who would punish a man for not performing a duty without telling him what his duty is, and without enabling him by any possibility to find it out. But while Lord STANLEY pursues this unjust course, let the reader mark the excessively arro gant tone with which he speaks of those who have a dwelling of the net annual value of 51. He sneers at such persons as constituting a body of free and independent voters. They are not born to riot in the spoils of others; they arc not rich landowners ; they do not swell their rent-roll by taxing other persons' bread; they are honest hard-working men, whose industry scarcely suf fices to supply their wants, because rapacious law makers plunder and degrade them. He may dis pise them ; but it is surely a more praiseworthy occupation to cultivate the land than to make bad laws. It may be agreeable to some man's tem per to make rabid speeches night after night against masses of his fellow-creatures, and kindle into active strife all the latent prejudices of people having a different origin, and professing a different religion; but such oratory is as injurious to the community as the labours of the humble husbandman which feed it are beneficial. Better is it to harrow the ground than insult the feelings of a sensitive people. Better is it to break clods and cut turf than to send artillery galloping through the land to extort wealth from a population of Ca tholics, for an idle, worthless, Protestant priest hood. By such conduct has Lord STANLEY dis tinguished himself, and has been as great a curse to the country as the honest cultivator of the ground is a blessing to it. He may be proud of his oratory, but it is one of the most mischievous gifts that ever made a man an object of national hatred. He may despise the dwellers in houses rated to the value of 51.; but when they come to know themselves, and appreciate properly his and their relative worth—his title will no longer command respect, and he will be deprived of the power of injuring, and of the privilege of insulting his humble fellow-countrymen. We were amused yesterday to find two Jour nals which have taken directly opposite views on the subject of railway superintendence, which in fact for some time maintained a controversy on the subject, both g lorifying themselves on Mr. LABOUCHERE'S Bill. Here is what the Times said : It is with feelings of peculiar gratification that we wit ness the successful result of our labours for the public good upon the subject of railway accidents, in the Report of the officers of the railway department of the Board of Trade, from which we yesterday published copious ex tracts, and in the Government measure founded on that Report. Up to the time when we first directed attention to this subject, the railway proprietors had every thing their own way ; the public mind seemed lost in a kind of bewildering astonishment at the results produced by the application of steam-power to inland travelling, and the tew who considered that it was necessary to watch with jealousy the progress of an important social revolution (for it was nothing less), were in danger of being decried as illiberal opponents of all scientific improvement. The Chronicle was not less pleased : We perceive, with much satisfaction (it said) that in the Rtport of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, and in Mr. Labouchere's Bill, founded thereon, similar views are taken of the subject to those which we repeatedly advocated during the recent discussions: We paid some attention to the subject at the time of these discussions, and of the accidents which called them forth ; and we, too, had then the satisfaction of seeing our remarks quoted and praised by some of our • Contemporaries, and borrowed by others, but we cannot boast that our " labours for the public good" have found any countenance either in the Report of the Commissioners or Mr. LABOUCIIERE'S Bill. In truth, we are rather astounded, and so are, apparently, the Commissioners themselves, as well as the BOARD Of TRADE and PLANTATIONS, at the vast power they recommend to be confer red on that hitherto unimportant and little known and little exercised branch of our Government. If we recollect right, Mr. HUME once recom mended that the Board should be abolished; we are not quite sure, if this -Bill be carried, that it may not, bye and bye, like AARON'S rod, swal low up all the other branches. Mr. LABOUCIIERE, in proposing the Bill, said " Hon. Gentlemen might be alarmed at seeing in the Bill very large powers ;" but those powers seem to have had no alarm for the Times, which has been for years such an opponent of the lesser power conferred on the Poor-law Commissioners, in relation, not to the whole community, not to what will probably soon be .the sole means of in ternal communication, but to the poor and the paupers. That the Chronicle should not be alarined does not at all astonish us, because our Contemporary has long been a zealous advocate for increasing the power and extending the operations of Government. In what shape the recommmendations of the Commissioners, and to what extent, may be embodied in Mr. LABOUCHERE'S Bill, we know not, but when we remember the vast extent of railway property, and the certainty that, till some swifter and safer means of communication be invented, railways will monopolize all travelling, we look with some suspicion on recommendations of the following e enf M orci r n e ://p m o n n c desc r ription. be given to the Board of Tr ade ' of issuing regulations for r n a d i , ho th e er s efo in re that a general power should _ a ppear ne:e general, or upon any railway nagaer7cfnotrs thean p o reca o utiois as from in particular, such arrangements are aware that such an indefinite power pnii is saf e e p t t y. to We be looked upon with jealousy, but we see no alternative be and fettering the a c ti on o f a supervis ite7eanuatshsourmitying it' so as to render it practically of little use. Th e principle of Government t supervision necessarily im. those to whom discretionary pub y powers to isintrusted. n c eiv ab : pliesf the Legislatureconfidence i is afraid in tointrust tic and responsible officers who have r. etion no r live, or abusing them, this is an argument not e p n o f o r r o ty f in d g oi up their hands so as to deprive them of th e we good, but for dispensing with supervision altogether. doing the present case, also, it must be remembered that an ef fective supervision for the prevention of accidents is u ben°. ficial for the railway companies themselves as for the public, and that it is especially fcr the interest of the best conducted railways to have the precautions which they themselves adopt huin What Pio have ,een intercours , t witS the direqtavi n:JitAg_ of the principal railways in the ki ng - I ing officers of many don,. we nee nnl i v i n ced that a liveryision exercised on Os principles, and confined to ti e objects above stated, would be regarded with anything bur apprehension or distrust, and that we should find the Railway Companies generally wiling and anxious to co-operate with us in the common object of insuring the greatest amount of safety to the public. Should the Legislature think proper to grant to the Board of Trade this power, it is evident that it ought not to be fettered by a proviso similar to that inserted in the 3d section of the 3d and 4th Victoria, c. 97, compelling it to issue the same regulations in like manner and at the same time to all 'Railway Companies. As a general rule, the regulations should of course be as far as possible uni. form; but there; are many cases. in which regulations proper on one railway would be improper on another, and there arc also particular cases (as for Instance those of railways having a common terminus, and using a portion of the same line In common) in which it might be neces sary to make regulations more in detail than would be necessary on other lines. The best check upon any aLuse of these discretionary powers would be a proviso that no order or regulation should be issued by the Board without a minute stating the reasons for its adoption, the pro duction of which might be at any time called for by Parliament. " Public safety," "precautions which appear necessary," may be largely interpreted; and it is something new in theory, though not in prac tice, that those who administer the Government in every branch are to be implicitly confided in, and all other classes of men are to be objects of suspicion end mistrust. We will not now enter further on this subject, but we shall watch the progress of the Bill, stating at once that the late conduct of Ole Legislature—conferring immense monopolieS without knowing it—refusing or ne glecting to establish railways on any general and public principle has given us no confidence whatever in its present legislation. What is the Board of Trade and Plantations, that it should at once be endowed with a power hitherto denied to any branch of the Government ? The country will joyfully concur in the vote of thanks by which the two Houses of Parliament , have testified their admiration of the chivalrous exploits of the British and Austrian seamen and marines on the coast of Syria. The history of naval warfare supplies no example.of the achieve ment of su many successes in so short a period ; : arid when' it is considered that the peace of the world depended upon the celerity of Commodore NA PIER'S movements, his brilliant victories ac : quire an importance which it is impossible to , over-rate. Nobly - leave our gallant tars and their brethren of the marines, wiped 'away the stain of degeneracy which was sought to be fixed on the wooden walls of Old England. Triumphantly have they vindicated the immaculate honour of that flag, which, borne on the wings of conquest, " braved a thousand years, 'the battle, and the breeze ;" and which we trust is destined to brave them a thousand years more with out quailing before an enemy. At the expiration of services,, the principle of which was disap proved of by a large party in this country, it must be truly gratifying to such brave men as Admiral STOPFORD, Commodore NAPIER, Ad miral BANDEIRA, the Archduke FERDINAND, Admiral WAIRER, Major-General Sir CHARLES SMITH, and the whole of the officers, sea men, and marines, who took part in them, to find the British Parliament unanimously con curring to lay at their feet that tribute of admiration and gratitude which is never obtained but by the most heroic achievements. Other, and in a mercantile sense more substantial, rewards, we doubt not, await them. In earning such praise they have earned solid pudding. But in the estimation of brave men, the unanimously and deliberately expressed thanks of the Houses of Lords and Commons is not a barren recom pense of glorious deeds. The objects of such thanks are self-exalted and ennobled by them. To merit the thanks of a nation is a noble object of generous ambition;- to obtain them is often a reward for the most distinguished service, which the brave recipients would not exchange for all the hidden wealth of Peru and Mexico. When our readers consider that the failure of the Syrian expedition would have plunged this country into a hostile % conflict with France, they will not require to be told that no honours await the principal officer in achieving the success of that expedition, and his brave companions in arms, to which they are not fully. entitled. Commodore NAPIER at once performed the part of a gallant tar, and a consummate diplo matist. He displayed not more courage and self-possession on the quarter-deck of the Powerful before Acre, than he did saga city and persuasiveness in the VICEROY'S divan at Alexandria. The services which he thus rendered to , his country and to Europe are not 'to be estimated by the ordinary standard of naval success in war. The same remark, in a restricted sense, applies to the conduct of his colleagues in arms, included in the Lords' and Commons' vote of thanks—a vote which, we are confident, the country will ratify by unanimous acclamation. We beg leave to direct public attention to a letter from a Correspondent at Walsall, which appears h 1 another place. It gives us pleasure to be the means of publishing anything which tends to redeem the character of that borough. The influence anee intimidation used ought not to have been borne, and we blame the electors that they were not all like the one honest and honourable man mentioned by our Correspondent. Walsall has much to perform to recover its character, but we will hope with our Correspondent, that, in spite of Mr. FOSTFR and the landlords, it will do right at the next opportunity. The French Journals of Thursday had not ar rived up to the hour of our going to press. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the Poles and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) ramAy, FEB. 5. COPYRIGHT BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave o u t th e wor d " now ," an d at Vie end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question."—The House divided:— Arbuthnot, Hon. H Baring, F. T. Bentinck, Lord G. Blair, James Briscoe, J. I. Brownrigg, J. S. Buller, C. Buller, Sir J. Y. Bulwcr, Sir E. L. Burr, Higford Dahneny, Lord !)'lsraeli, Benjamin Douglas, Sir C. French, F. NORITY-AYES, 38. Gaskell, Junes Al flees Parker, Montague Gladstone, W E , Pigot, D. R. Glynne, Sir S. R. Polhill, Frederick Goulhurn, Henry Pringle, A. Gr2ene, T. Russell, Lout John Halford, H. Sheil, R. L. Hawes, B. Stewart, James Hope, Hon. C. Strickland, Sir G. Howard, C. W. G. I Teignineuth„ Lord Litton, Eeward Williams, Robert Mackenzie, Thomas Morpeth, Viscount Morris, David Pakington, J. S. TELLERS. Talfourd, T. Noon Inglis, Sir R. H. Adam, Sir Charles Aglionby, H. A. Barnard, E. G. B , lves, T. Blake, W. J. Bodkin, John James Broadley, H. Brotherton, J. Bruges, W. H. L. Buller, E. Chichester, J. P. B. Clements, Lord Duncombe, T. S. Dundas, David Easthope, John Ewart, W. ,JORITY-NOES, &lector, C. J. Kemble, Henry Langdale, Hon. C. Leader, J. T. Macauley, T. B. Marshall, W. Maul; Hon. Fox 41elgu.d, Lord Mild Tray, P. St. John Morrison, James Munts, U. F. • O'Brien, Cornelius O'Brien, W. Smith Ossulston, Loid Philips, M, Pryme, G. 41. Rawdon.``./. D. Richards, R. Salwey, Colonel Stanley, E. .1. Stansfield, W. R. C. Strutt, Edward Villiers, Charles P. Wakley, Thomas Wall, C. E. Wallace, IL White, Samuel Williams, W. Wood, B. TELLERS. Hume, J. Warburton, H. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. SUNrOFFICK, THREE O'CLOCK. The country will be rejoiced to learn that the Duke of Wellington was a good deal better at the above hour this afternoon. The following are some further particulars of the sud den indisposition of the Illustrious Duke, in addition to those which we gave last evening in the second edition of The Sun:— His Grace was, as usual, occupying his seat prior to puLlic business being commenced. Notwithstanding the intense cold of the day he went there in en open carriage, ' which he has been accustomed to use for some time past. While Lord Brougham was addressing the House, about half-past five o'clock, the Duke suddenly left his seat, as if with the intention of quitting the House by the door near the throne. This circumstance, of course, did not attract any pe culiar attention ; but he had not proceeded far before his Grace dropped his liat,which he kicked before him, appearing desirous to g, t it out of the way, so that he might pick it up at the further end of the House, and thus escape ob svrvation. As the hat did not go far, he kicked it a second time, whets it rolled tear Lord Redesdale, who was sitting on the seats occupied by the Judges when they attend the Parliament. His Lordship rose to assist the Duke in getting the hat, but as his Grace was by this time staggering, and not stooping for the hat, Lord Brougham called across the table to support him, lest be should fall, and added with considerable feeling, " Send for a surgeon, send for a surgeon." In a moment the Duke was surrounded by se veral Noble Lords, and left the House supported princi pally by the Earl of Aberdeen. The Duke was able to walk, but with difficulty, and it was found that he was suffering from an attack of swimming in the head, but his Grace maintained complete self-possession, and conversed with those around. He was offered the carriage nearest the House; but he said his own was in attendance, and he should prefers that. It was not, howcv,tr, immediately forthcoming. and he ultimatel) proceeded in Lord Brougham's close-bodied carriage towards his own residence, attended by the Earl cf Aberdeen, &c. Even when in the carriage, the extraor dinary action of the bead continued; and it was imagined by those acquainted with the Duke's mode of life, that the attack resulted from his remarkable abstemiousness in re gard to food, and whi c h too frequently characterises his mode of living. It is needless to state that his ill nessoff to obtain m edic h l aid; and, immed iatel y after th e created great agitation. Lord Elle n b orou g h drov e D-ke's arrival at Apsley House. Dr. Curne and Dr. Chambers were in attendance. The irquities at Apsley House were most numerous. Her Majesty, P.iace Atbert, tlit; Duke cf Csinbridge, and the D uc hess of Gloucester, ail sent tuessciig e :a tit A t -, aftt.i.tite:.N9We _health.j He L a d b ee n o u t in toe cuutse: the'day, and 11 / 4 " MIMI Visits, apparently in his usual o', - ;', ,, • .- .- '''-'- 4 ,1• ' it', ft , ... , . , , , ~21 ` ) , . c ol. ' ••• 4( Vi / tA , ,-;,C4r. -1 ~ 10 , ', . ' . .', :f 41.'4,1 ':'4l.; AC : • 0,4% • ,:.-• W ' _2.4,-. i•-• • -.:,...:',:--.: '46.,...VNy-kiiik i ff-:00i:..7 3 7-'_ . ~ . • --4?-1 " ;6 ' ,.-- :Lis - 7 , - . Ft' . ..'.. < ,...., - ~,, ,‘ .‘',,' - • T# - !E SUN. LONDON', SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1 , i 1. CHANCERY COURT—(TI4Is D V) CALD?COTT V. CALDICOTT. —J ODDMENT. The LORD CHANCE( Lon gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before his Lordship yesterday upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice Chancellor. The only question in the case was whether the gift of the residue of the personal estate under the will of the testator in the cause NS as void for uncertainty. The Vice Chancellor decide 4 that it was, and from that. decision the present appeal was brought. The Lord Chancellor was clearly of opinion that there was no ambiguity in the test a t or ' s will, and ordered the Vice Chan cellor's decision to be reversed, the costs to be costs in the cause. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. THE STEWARD OF THE MANOR OF RICHMOND. The Court gave judgment in this case, which was a mandamus directed to John Ahen Powell, steward of the Royal manor of Richmond, and commanding him to hold a Court and admit Eliza beth Shelford as tenant to certain customary er copyhold estates. It had been contended for the defendant that the writ was insuffi cient and must be quashed, and the objection being founded upon matters of substance, namely, that the L , ,rd of the Manor heel not been included with the steward in the order, was one which the Court was bound to entertain. It had been lately determined by the Court that writs must be directed to the Lord of the Manor and the steward jointly, on the ground that the interests of the Lord might suffer if he was not included. On the other hand it had been argued that this being a Royal manor, and the Queen the Lady of the Manor, both parties could not be included, as the Sovereign could not command herself to do any act. But the interests of the Sovereign, the manor being the prtsperty of the Queen, might be affected if the mandamus were directed to the steward only, and although the prosecutor could not have a man damus, he was not without protection, as, wherever there was matter of complaint by the subject against the sovereign, the pro ceeding might by Bill of Eight, and the Court was no more author rised to lay aside that and similar pioceedings, than to adopt the novel one of a mandamus against the Crown. It was further urged that the Qdecn was not now lady of the manor, as, by the statute 10 Geo. IV.. a new arrangement of the property of the Crown had taken place, and was vested in the Commissioners of Woods and Forests ; but. that Act gave no right to proceed against these Com missioners in matters affecting the interests of the Crown, and the Queen was still virtually the lady of the manor, and must be treated as such. On the whole, therefore, they were of opinion that the writ of mandamus was not well founded in law, and must be quashed. No trial of any importance had taken place this day at the Cen• tral Criminal Court up:to the time of going to press. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL. There was but a small supply, the demand rather brisk, and Wednesday's prices were fully supported. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Alutton, 3s. to 4s. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 6d. per stone of Blbs. Game and Poultry were rather dull, the supply being large ; prices unaltered. WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. The supply large and the demand dull, and prices declined a little. TEA MARKET. The accounts received from China caused holders to require higher rates, but the trade were not inclined to operate, and little business was done; the last price for Company's Congou was Is. 7id. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices were firm, and there was fair business dome on the spot at 465. 9d. per cwt. For delivery many sales were made at 475. per cwt. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning a shade lower, in conse quence of the information by the Overland Express from India, with the intelli genee from China, whi c h is not looked upon in a favourable view. Consels left off at 88,7f 3 89 for the Account, at present may be quoted at 88-7 4 ; Money, 85%, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock, 164 165; India Stock, 246 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active also a shade lower, left off at 244, at present 234 24 ; Deferred, 124,4 ; Passive, 64 ; Portuguese left off at 314 1 7 ,, at present 314 32; Three per Cents. 197 204 ; Colombian 224 23 ; Mexican, 274 28 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 49i. 50; Five per Cents. 9Z.. 4 4- 99. -SHAKES.—Great Western, 254 prem. ; New, 11 12 prem. ; London and Brighton, 7i 7 dis. ; Blackwell, 4* 34 dis. ; Birmingham, 84 86 pretn. ; Southampton, 57 58 per share; Croydon, 12i per share ; Greenwich, 84 4 per share. LIVERPOOL COTTON MA nEET, FRIDAY.—EarIy in the week we had a very fair demand, and the market appeared dis posed to improvement both in steadiness and prius, with firmness of holders; but since the report of the Manchei ter market of Tuesday (which was by no means favourable) has been received, there has I , een a relaxation of firmness on the part of sellers, and prices are quite as low as on Friday last, the quotations of that day being with difficulty obtained for Americans ; Surats selling at 1 1 ' 3 decline,. and other kinds without alteration. Speculator s have taken (chiefly during the first three days) 6,000 bales of American, and exporters 200 bales. The sales to-day are 4,000 bales otall kinds. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEE. I.—A fair in quiry for shares at slightly reduced rates. Lancaster and Preston (new) 19k ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25k ; Manchester and Birmingham Extension, 21 18s., 21. 18s. 9d., and 21. 18s. ; London and South Western, 58 ; Eastern Counties Deben tures, 4 to 4g; South Eastern and Dover, 13 to 13; ; Man chester and Leeds, 72 72 ; ditto halves, 31 32; Manchester Assurance, 9. The tollowing letter received at the North and South Ame rican Coffee-house : " Commercial Advertiser Office, New York. " You will find in the :Morning papers the account of the packet Garrick being ashore. We are now able to g.ve a few additional particulars. One of the Lands of the vessel arrived here this morning, via New Brunswick ; he states that the vessel was lying to yesterday morning in a dense fog, when the vessel was struck in a part where the shore was very bold ; she went a half sideways, and stuck fast. There is but little pro bability, he thinks, Una the vessel will be got ofl. The pas sengers, and all on beard, will be saved. The owners hare sent the American steam-vessel Eagle there. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western - Ditto Fifths South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland 25 43i to COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam C F. 12 5 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight Rotterdam " U l2 5i Genoa 2S 85 Antwerp l2 5 Milan Hamburgh.......M.B. 13 10 Venice 47 _ .. Altoaa l3 10i Naples 394 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 Ilya ermo, per oz 120 Ditto, *months 25 65 Lisbon .. 51i Marseilles..... . . 25 70 Oporto . . 52i Bourdeaux... ...... . .... 25 70 Rio Janeiro 2B Frankfort on Maine.... 149 Bahia... 27 Petersburgh, 3 U 5..... 37 Buenos Ayres — Berlin... Vienna, effec. 11. 8 M lO 2 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Billooa Barcelona 3 .54 Seville 35 ?RICE OP BULLInti, rER OZ. Portugal Gold Coin£3 17 6 Foreign Gold, bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Now Dollars. 0 4 10i Silver in Bars 0 5 0i HALF-PAST WVE. orning the British Market has Is may be quoted at 881 89 for :chequer Bills also better, 3 6 thing done in India Stock or Since the early part of the me a firmer appearance, and Consol the Account ; Money 8'44 ; Er pre:n. ; Bank Stock 164. Net Bonds. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 24 , Deferred 12;3; Portuguese nothing done ; Buenos Ayres 22 ; Mexican 27i. In Dutch Securities also nothing doing. This is a very blank morning for speculating in the various funds It is the same in the Share Market—not asingle quota tion worth noticit. The French mail is still due, owing to the boisterous weather. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREET. NoeN. FRB. 6. Barometer 29 68 In. Thermometer Highest 28.5 LOAM WindE.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. There has been a strong cast wind, approaching to a gale, all last night, with heavy squalls, and this morning '.vith hazy weather. Though the thermometer is not so low as it has been this season, the cold is very intense, and the river is again covered with large masses of floating ice. The eclipse of the moon, owing to the state of the weather, was only occasionally seen. WINDSOR, FEB. s.—At midnight, on Wednesday, such was the intensity of the frost that a private of the 60th Rifles, on sentry at the north-cast terrace, close to the Brunswick Tower, was nearly frozen to death. On the picket, going their rounds at the Castle, shortly after twelve o'clock, they discovered the poor fellow lying on the ground in a state of insensibility. No time was lost in conveying him to the hospital, where, after the usual means had been resorted to for his restoration, he became sensible, after the expiration of about three quar ters of an hour. He has now nearly recovered. WOOD•CUTTING MACHINERY.—A plan for cutting wood, when steamed, for ersks, &e.., for which a patent has been obtained, and the wonderful effects of the machinery for which have surprised:all who have Ven it, is about to be brought before Parham nt in a Bill for Cob_ veying the patent to a joint.vock company. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—A H account of the net public income and expenditure for the \ear ending the 5!.h day of January. 1841, has just been aid before the House of Commons, from which it appears hat the total revenue amounts to 47,567,5651. 12s. lid., and the expenditure to 49,161 53€1. Bs. lid., leaving a deficiency of 1,593,9701. 15.. TRIAL OF LORD CARDIGAN. --The Lords' Committee have made a third Report on this affair, from which it appears that 640 seats will be provided, viz., 300 in the body of the House, 36 bel ,w the bar, and the. re mainder in the galleries. Only one tblet is to be delivered t each Lord, and that or personal application for the seats reserved for Peeresses , Piers' daughters, s t rangers, &e. The Committee has also recommended that " none be covered at the raid trial but the Lords." T HE ROYAL CHRISTENING. --The Christ enlng of the Pr'ncess Royal is postponed from Wetines• d y next until Tuesday, the 16th instant. His Majesty the King of the Belgians is no t expected to arrive from Ostend until Wtd,mi.day next, and will probably stay fortnight in t} i co . .:trry. It is on recount of the tifiav d. able absence of hi s M a j esty t h at has caused the postpone ment of the Royal christening. The Queen has a grand dinner at Bu c ki ng h am P a l ace on Wednesday, the party being expressly invited to 'sleet his Mejesty. —Morning Post. ARRIVALS Prince Soltikoff, from Bond-street. for Egypt; Lord and Lady Carington, from Whitehall, for Gayhurst, Bucks; Lady Eleanor Lowther, from Bruton -street, for Cot'esmere, r n a visit to 019 Earl of Lonstilale; the Mar chioness of Clanricarde, from St. James's-square, on a visit to the Earl and Countess De Grey, at Wrest Park, Beds ; his Excellency M. Dedel, for Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rutland. REWARD OF £lOO FOR THE AP PREHENSION OF HOUSTON WALLACE. DESTRUCTION OF THE LUCY —A reward of 1001. h been offered to any one who shall lodge in gaol the body of Houston Wallace, who is charged with having effected the destruction of the ship called the Lucy, insured on a voyage from Bristol and Lianelly to Valparaiso, in South America, for the purpose of defrauding the General Ma rine Insurance Company. Roe, the officer who appre hended Houston Wallace's brothers, who are now in New gate, was sent by Mr. Phillips, one of the solicitors em ployed in the prosecution, to Bristol, as soon as the letter of the agent of Lloyd's announcing the loss of the ship was exhibited. The vessel in which Houston Wallace ar rived, as the officer soon learned in that place, is called the Margaret, Captain England, from whom he learned that. Captain Houston Wall ce had left the vessel in a skiff in the King Road. He traced Houston Wallace, who no doubt learned, on reaching the town, quite enough to ;a. duce him to act cautiously, to Queei , -square, Bristol, to the house of Mrs. Longford, where he had applied to be accommodated with a lodging, at 12 o'clock on Saturday night, and had been advised, as there was no room, to go to the Bush Inn, in which he pccured a bed. The officer then traced him to the train for London, into which he went at eight o'clock on Sunday evening, so that in all probability he is now in the metropolis. Roe leained on board the Margaret that Houston Wallace went on board to see Captain England at nine o'clock on Monday morning ; but, having heard there were two gentlemen below with him, retired quickly, stating that he would call again, but never repeated the visit: that Captain England said the unfortunate man ap peared to be much discomposed, and had apparently lost everything by the shipwreck of the Lucy, except an old family watch. Even a favourite dog, which he had on board the Lucy, was said to have been drowned. Mr. Phillips, the solicitor, ordered hand bills and placards, of fering the reward for the apprehension of Houston Wallace, to be sent all over the metropolis, and to all the seaport towns, and the insurance companies are determined to spare no pains or expense in the search after him. Toe accus, d is represented in the placards as a thin spare man, about 25 years of age, with white teeth and a Scotch accent, and cvidcntly a seafaring person. EFFECTS OF THE COLD WEATHER. The present extreme severity of the weather has greatly affected the police, both in the City and Metropolitan districts. Since Monday there are no less than fifty of the men belonging to the six City divisions who have been entirely disabled from doing duty in consequence of the extreme cold. In the Metropolitan force the number is between four and five hundred. At Hampstead, High gate, Hackney, Brixton, Woolwich, Greenwich, Nor wood, Putney, and those districts exposed to bleakness, the sickness is three to one of that of the metropolis. The sensation felt by the men is giddinness and inclination to sleep, with great difficulty of respiration. The military doing duty at the Tower, Woolwich, Chatham, Dover, and Windsor, have also suffered greatly from the effects of the weather, so much so, that instead of being on sentry two hours (the usual period), they have at times been obliged to be relieved every hour, especially during the night. At the Horse Guards the two mounted sentinels are relieved every hour. SIR A. LEITH HAY AND THE ELGIN BuKous.—The melancholy death of Mr. Grant, of Car nousi, has left the field open to Sir Andrew Leith Hay, with respect to the Liberal constituency of the Elgin burghs. Sir Andrew has been recently canvassing the electors and his success, w e un d ers t an d, h as b een de cided. In an address Sir Andrew contradicts a report that he is hostile to the present Government. His liberal opi nions are well known, and when formerly is Parliament Sir Andrew was one of the most useful and active of all our Scottish representatives. The Earl of Erroll has been severely indisposed for some days past, which has prevented his attending on her Majesty. DEATH OF THE HON. LADY STUART.—We regret to have to record the demise of the Hon. Lady Stuart, who died on Friday morning, at ten minutes be fore nine o'clock, at her residence at Whitehall, in her eighty- fifth year. GOVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert last evening paid a visit to Coven , - Garden Theatre to witness the performance of The MN summer Night's Dream. The Royal party arrived at seven o'clock to the minute. Her Majesty took h, r seat behind the curtain 'on the right of the box, and re mained concealed from the audience during her stay. The Prince sat next to her Majes y, in full front. Her Majesty remained at the theatre till after eleven o'clock, and witnessed the pantomime up to the termination of toe introductory romance. Both the Queen and his Royal Highness were looking remarkablj' well. A discuss;on on thu merits of the American colony for free men of colour on the shores of Africa has been proceeding during three evenings of the last week between Mr. Scoble, the advocate of the anti-Slavery Soc ety and the Rev. Mr. Gurley of Washington, United States, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. The animation of the deb,te, and the remarkable oratorical powers of the combatants has been such as to chain to their seats a nu- THE R UDE mer ous audience during three or four hours each evening. LIGHT.--The brilliant effect of The adjournment is t o to-morrow evening eight o'clock. this most powerful light may now be witnessed at tl e The admission is gratis. Royal Polytechnic Institution, in the great ball and gal- THE WEATHER IN PARIS—TUESDAY.—... kry of which establishment it has recently been intro- During the last few days the weather has become gradu_ duced, fur the purpos e of illuminating those portions of ally colder, and yesterday morning the frost was very the building curing th e ex hibi t i ons which take place in ti a severe. At four o'clock the thermometer wa s down at evening. 6 2- lOtb r below zero of the Centigrade scale, or 21 a 4 ovo We regret to hear that y zo: , ) ; nil, it AILS 00 I . lloiCr than .5 C s C l iullYlOriOdley, of Kin'a Wive, has heed k:lkd, whilst ' 2;.$ F. ; and at did pot gtt !?eyozl , l C„ excuisit:i, SLidulk, by the accid en t a l Tue atmosphere iu the day sho we d a tendeacy so now, and charge of the gun of one of the party. during the evening a fall came down, but not very heavily. The Earl of Mouoteashel, from Moare Park, Cork ; the Earl and Countess of Beverley and the Ladies Percy, in Portman-square; the Duke of D.Nonshire, at Devon shire House, from a visit to the Hon. C. and Lady Ca therine Cavendish, at Lainners, Bucks ; the Dowager Countess N., lson, in Great Cunib• rland street, from Tra falgar Park, near Salisbury ; the Bishop of Salisbury, from the Palace, Salisbury ; ord and Lady C-)lchester, in Cumberlund place, from their scat in Sussex ; the Hon. Captain DuAcy Pelham, in Arlington•street, from Brocklrby, Lincolnshire ; Sir Robert Gordon, Bart., in Bond -street, from Scotland; Mr. Hutt, M.P., in Con duit-street, from Gibbeside, Northumberland ; the Earl and Countess of Essex, from Cashiobury Park; the Mar quis of Ormonde, from his seat in Ireland ; the Hon. J. C. Duridas, in Arlington-street, from Yorkshire; the Dowa ger Duchess of Beaufort ; Lord John Fitzroy, from Eu. 4. n H.ll, the seat of the Duke of Grafton, near Thetford; Mr. Algernon Greville, in Grosvenor-place ; the fLn. Win. B. and Lady Harriet 13aring, in Great Stanhope street; Lord and Lady Ernest Brucc,in Curzon street, :rom Kent ; Lord Decies, in Curzon -street, from Cheltenham; the Right Hon. Henry Ellie, from Paris ; Col. Crawford, from Canada; Viscount Cantilupe, in Upper Grosvenor_ street, from a visit to S r Frederick and Lady Louisa Johnstone, at Ditehley Park, Oxon; Viscount Villiers, M P., in Berkeley-square, from a tour of ; the Dowager Countess of Scarbor oug h, i n P ortman - square; Sir J. H. Seale, Bart., M. P., in Albemarle. street, fr m Monet B ,one, Devon ; the R7v. J. Peel, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook -street, from Waresley, Stourport ; Captain Steventon, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Marquis of Tavi. stock, in B..lgrave square ; the Hon. H. T. Corry, M. P i . Grosvenor street ; the lion. Captain Corry, fiom South ampton ; the fl .n. C. A. Ponsonby; the Hon. Wm. and Lady Caroline Lascelles, in Hanover-square, from Hare wood House, Yorkshire; Lord Bexley, in Great George• street, Westminster. from Footscray-place, Kent ; Mr. Spencer and Lady Louisa Do Horsay, in Upper Gros venor-street ; Mr. Knight and Countess Nelson. in Great Cumberland. street, from Godmersham Park, Kent ; Sir Edward L. Bulwer, in Saville-row, from Knebworth Park. DEPARTURES. E V id; N I ',V E couitT CIRCULAR. CHINA, INDIA. ANV The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock yes terday afterooon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, Th e Lord P, ivy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State fur the I - Vme, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, th- Coaticellor of the Exchequer, the first Lord of the A , 'miralty, the President of the Lidia 13i,ard, the Chief Co:nmisioner of the Woods and Forests, the President of the Board of Trade, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Secretary at War, and the Mater of the Horse. At the Council, it was ordered that tho name of his fllghness the Prince Albert should be inserted in the Liturgy. Her Al ,jesty pricked the List of Sheriffs for the Coun ties of England and Wales during the present year. Mr. C. C. Greville was the Clerk a the Council in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Marquis of Lane do.a cc, Earl of Clarz,ndol and Viscount Melbourne. The Court was attended by the Treasurer of the House hold, the. Ccmptrollcr of the Househo:d, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, and Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting. The Earl of Ab Inc and Mr. Rich were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Covent-gar den Theatre with their presence last evening,. The Royal Suite included the Countess of Mount. Edgecurnbe, the Earl of Aboyne, Coloncl Wemyss, nod Colonel Wylde. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace, on Thursday evening, included her Royal Highness the Du chess of Kent, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount :i;el. bourne, Lady Fanny Howard, Lord Robert Grosvenor. Rigl,t Hon. George Stevens Bylig, and Mr. George Ed ward Anson. The Band of the Scots Fusi!icr Guards attended at the Payee (luring dinr,er. The Duke — of Cambridge visited his R Highness Prince Albert yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took a car. riage drive yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. A Deputation of Jamaica Proprietors, consisting of Sir A. Grant, the Agent for Jamaica, and Mr. Debany, bad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at thk- Colonial.office. The Bishop of London had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterdiy, in Downing -street. FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGEN Y 1 ,-„:------ - t 0,. ,, By an ext raor di nar y express we are enabled t°':, I n dia ticipate th, IP ° intelli g en c e from China and brour: by the o v er l an d ma il, as well as that lona the and from Malta, which reached Nl drsc illes by tbeiBl4 : conveyance. Our despatches, which arrived at 0;0111°11, port only on Tuesday last, are dated from C at)t° ol , Nov. 3 ; f rom C a l cu tt a , Dec. Q-2, 1840 ; from 13/ 0 bay, Jan. 1 ; from n Alexandria, jar). '23 ; "'A fr°, ,,, Mesta, Jan. '2B. The latest intelligence froth Ma'ta, Jan. '2B. The latsst d f to; island (1f Ch usan i s dated October 24, and rio i‘ lacao November 3. By these it appears 0. 0 posture of• affairs in China remains Ur chair 1 1 ' , t ore ic o, our list advices, and the most gloomy' lions as to the final result of the Pr°V. sed ao t i Fo ilaions were entertained. Both in Ch t°3 , t eil in India the conduct of the Admiral is cowl ° i be upon in most severe terms, and it seemS to b ; 10 universal ',pinion t bat in consenting to wit hdr !: ha ,) forces from the immediate neighbourhood of r",'''' o b d as committed a gross error, and allowed himscl' t : • duped by the Chinese Commissioners. 'D e nn—gc : i t a i tions would probably beprotracted indefinitely bY e c ,, artifice common in Chinese r lomacy and a fre' be r i. peditian, after all, would be r t. : l q P uired to' *fiat tbe4-: ginal objects of the present. The Admirdl was ‘ l l hi , C o husex, which had been found extremely , bo re Out fur duty, 3,650 men landed there, only 2,0 36 "i'i r cia I duty, chiefly owing to bad diet and want of 0 ,, meat. The Admiral was expected to leaver o r ... 'i cd rl "o about rr the middle of November. Letters , c el d ' i ipil d ingline front the prisoners at Niogpoo stat' hp r ( t . t i ley were treated well, but coffered for w ant of P r e o clothing. Mr. S;antor. still continued a Pr.ll°,,ner 'I Canton. The British naval farce consisted of 0 51 ' j of pennants, exclusive of steamers. he hr Lin had been deprived of all authority, but t„rnl r;l e ;a tt e i i e h n ig ed his th g e on E d u iTt7n e t r iot a is nd ou u t P a P d e m 'i i etdtintg°bib:sl, lie declares that he is unjustly accused of ro bbl°. ''',llr English, : ta cei t s il tisi t E, ts Ihl that opium, t o t t h t , f e ' t s bs.u, petition ee entreating it e i' as himiu t his o reo:esie:e sl i°:t, ? e r . e will and counsels the Emperor toorntak bynte co'ncession,2s„,l _t i . e ngl e isli would thereupon increase .e their demands; ;rji i blocka x r "es the external v‘ i ;' , :b i e tY t ireefd the u British iisehlelivnswaan:i sbitteku.t°lo At present stand. on rn i illliauoisn trade hr t ae h d a ie t o sootiudriut ylinterfere r : o c t 3 : ts i ot a Pa in T ( h F er r e om ha t s h b e c ß en oi n n o ba c y h CHIN - I.) • pos tUre China since the despatch of the lag' , re e ., 3l Ch l. Oe il latest intelligence, received via Calcutta, i s Pt" eel to the 24th of October, and :Macao to th e fot ot tp lel nlan o c v ,,n e ,b ai bn b un e tt r itthwe ' a F s tie Admit was still at th e ir CO' of the Melville cellency's flag • Nip again be hoics°terndPin that ve.' 6el ,: ae ee l the e lf sari is extremely unhealthy, and it does note PP cos oi middleh(i expected b Overland i a o e n n f tglla N ti onh l e r e r 1 1 e'a d b ° n e refs, l its occupation will be at ad conducive to th su e at e. the expedition. Sickness has prevailed to such at a l l tent amongst the troops that there are onlY fit tor duty out of 3,650 w h o were landed 00 the b3d d" at e This is in a great measure to be attributed , tee men seldom getting any fresh meat, ra tebere all the proper eans been taken for suppleiag eavc the best description of salt provisions. D ac e &W i ly , been despatched from Eneland, and arc al lie t ;le be ' 4 o ' rated during the six months' voyage. I t vi° Irc i cidedly much more advantageous to see;l e s u u s r fe l ie Prti India, as they would frequently reach u" yes ie days. Letters had been received at Tingbae (real, y nant Douglas, R.N., Captain Anstruther, MsAlrog ti e l I l e n r ye Her,d A a ini n an d jee t ns l t i 3 e i, ,ns o c t sn h hn e .:p r , e pnsireiasninocnaner Semarang gn a N t g:::: t t e t cap e r they i were well treated by the Chinese, but rot lam s f s r u o p m pli S es ou o t f h elo A ti m lin e g rica, and were plete the naval force to -421 sail of perine a "' e eceie ri i of steamers. Mr. Stanton still continues A " W e° ot eeorel f e ye Canton. Lin has been deprived of a ll the seals of the province are in the custadYceurei;: Lieutenant-Governor. The Ex -Viceroy ° ai r tu ra / to the capital when he received order!! to tr • e Canton and await the arrival of Keshin. ~er The advices f om China by the Red ' l.° la the 3d of November, and reached s ce : Calcutta on the 28th ult. It will betsee° .eccoi, troops continue very sickly, and that nothini has yet been done. All trade was at a 5001'1,4. and ec e end Nankin siik rigidly interdicted. Th e C- t in e fess to believe that a very early settlemen- °' place, but all the foreigners resident in Chl aa „:eal different opinion, as it is so contrary to the h " - ceirl ei- f hey of Asiatic monarchies to suppose tha t t ' e a s would accede to our demands torthe we° dated; them. We subjoin a letter from elaea°' 2d of November, which is of considerable ioleireo:los;° " Lin, late Curernis.sioner and Governors nwre'are,,ll,, advised you, left Canton for Pekin has bee s 7w It' Vet his Imperial master to return, and , he is noerer awaiting the arrival of Keshin. Tang' esei; vernor of Kumertung, and recently of Fokic,T.olol said, been order( dto Canton to explain to 01 0 0 clear himself if he cin of the charges ght hen of participation in the opium trade. A le - l e nt , P re , " Aevices from Ct,usan to the 24th tilt' m to ake that Aemir .1 Elliot may not be here quietbefelel'.l°t6 or 15th instant ; meanwhile, w ,mmin , et' without change in husk L . regar d" css or prospects dement. t Cl' us i , 3 o l " The English Commissioners are A 6l ' 3 Vie (/() but may be expected here very shortly. ewe , be te 0 know that they have accomplished artythiagh°,:, h as b e ;o - 0 arrival in China but the disgrace of Lio , deprived of his rank and office. Theleerfrien",:°' by Tiensing is said, however, to have beep Ol tit- e. and they have been invited to return ti 3 and state their grievances to the Irneeri3e, sinner, who is to inquire into the ten creak found to be true, ample redress bas bee p e t eri e s The Chinese Government is certainly for"of war, and very many persons, both native t°,tieeo residents, are confid, nt that an early a d i u s e sre bri ng difficulties will take place ; others, of wh. 113 , 1 „ t e o part, anticipate that it will be found imposw"-tee P i ; e 'to these people to terms without fi g hting,u ples lieo t 7,o . potentiaries are content to receive such ea, vil et 13ri t ;he re the honour and permanent advantage of 'ere d an ,bile In any event negotiations must be protracte,e (rid 0 is a strong probability that teas and :ilk wi" way out pending these ; through Mece°,hrlieese, ' l o r smuggling trade will be organized by the eoe` t ' s e will bring export cargoes to any part of Lu e d e ioSee rather river, where they can get dollars tor oi At present, the regular traders in Cantea,°.,4 of sell nor buy, in anticipation of an eddy 0 ° 1 " A blockade and . reparation of trade." 3, !S iv e, MACAO, No /. :o te °) 11 0 We have but little of interest to comm u Lees our last circular of the 12th of October. Au' ar ioa . 1v Chusan extend to the 24th ultimo, at wh iei t i e r e elt o : o :l regret the unhealthiness of the troops (a1a1 ° , 5 %, - eott - 00 among the ranks) continued without dital tl "„ed ' e- a f It is said to have been in contempla tio n fo r eg e I of the climate. worstlt hadcases to be en Manilla determined or Singapore i 5 % 1 :s e e 11 `' military posts round the island ; to await t he Jer r tion of which Admiral Elliott had deferred III ! Or, tore, but is expected here in three or four dlee ' te e tain Anstruther and the captured crew of t he e CLi nt b ° : r still imprisoned at Ningpo, as is Mr. Staa t , ° ? Oc i e ° , . o o The following is a letter from Macao, 0 1 we P 24, which contains in substance n early 11. Sib iol learned me the present occasion " Our dates from Chusan come down to th ,„ e so d !!. stant ; matters there are certainly not itoprolspee,l9 the letters we have seen are written in the m es t ing tone—they were daily making attereptioceGeccle:pte the stragglers, and had, we regret to say , 5 Die eiming off an artilleryman and a s e p eY• dition had returned from Ningpo witbout ` • the cceded in releasing a single individual °I pear :et' crw or Captin Anstruther. It woul t° d 'P ti . e nt the e re is no inte a ntion of having recourse :bite ' ,o p sores to liberate these team tuna tes ; an d, a s ioll l3l. e ft' ton will most probably be passed over in a ro y . b e ( 3 11 time most gloomy forebodings of their fe te ce ote' te fece tertained should the ill-omened attempt to 1 , ) a r i I ,oc l tu the groend. In the meantime the AclOriowsly, rated all the junks that had been takeo Pr e ' ut porl s b er has suspended the blockade of the ditr" re d ju t° t o o the coast. The military were being recei ve Ao d it ere winter quarters in the town of Tingilee' se eich ° ,,, hoped that, with the aid of fresh provisio a os,, op ro" becoming more plentiful, their health o" It was rumoured that military statioua placed all over the a nd also that t e°* iiie te would leave about the 20th inst. for tbetePrert et t . ies ; two line of battle ships and the gre a— pe W l ' a ' fleet. The Admiral, however, prs erre l . lO silence with regard to Ilia future intentioo S to re F twin Eliot says ho is not is the secret. ,cd• the extent of 5,000 tons have been discbare, o f the ',/he Our fleet has been improved by the arrivnlicries; mar: ng, 28, from the W es t Coast of A Herald and Orestes are expected iinineeiateo va Tt Times, Dec. 16. r the frtohme adepwriv:)dteas l o cra v t e tae r ti n e w- 1 4 1 00 3° f i o s il a o s w ce in r g tai w n e ed clu t o li t a c t British Commissioners on the Chinese the 9, not include any request for the repayment ; 1 , t ? ite chests of opium delivered over to Captain :sole r , e s A letter of the 12th of October sa)s :-- 1 , 1 ,e , , le cum:qui-wog, ,tha sonic coevereeteetie o e ye Chusanecoe me his V;t;W3 e f the near Canton aro not for Insist svtticuscot, to endeavour to get out, on amicable tar" th e se , tear F I