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THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, NOV. 29, Will be repeated the New Comedy, entitled COUR"AND ClTY.—Captain D,ngerfield, Mr. W. Lacy ; Sir Paladin Scruple, Mr. W. Farrell ; Sir Harry Whiffle, Mr. C. Ma thews Sir Hector Rumbush, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Winning ton, M. Cooper ; Humphrey Rumbush, Mr. Harley ; Lady Whiffle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Charrnington, Mrs. Nisbett; Lady Dangerfield, Mrs. W. West ; Barbara Bearbinder, Mrs. W. Lacy. After which the Farce of FREE AND EASY.—Sir John Freeman, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Charles Courtley, Mr. Bartley ; Michael, Mr. Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Orger. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to eommence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circlas, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 2s. • Gallery. Is. 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Bvo., FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS TIMES, Comprising Original Letters of that Monarch, Now First published ; with an Introduction By THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq., Author of " The Pleasures of Hope." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo. , TIIHE QUEEN-MOTHER. A ROMANCE of the DAYS of HENRY IV. Being a NEW EDITION of the QUEEN'S POISONER. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " A Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *To be had of all Booksellers. This clay is published, price 6d. -- PACTS AND FIGURES, No. 111. Contents :—I. A summary of the population of Great Britain in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, together with the increase per cent. of the population at each of these periods compared with the preceding one. 1L A summary of houses in Great Britain at the same periods. 111. The population in each county in 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, showing the in crease or decrease in each ; with the number of males and fe males in 1841. IV. The nnmber of houses inhabited, unin habited, and building in 1831 and in 1841, in each county. V. The houses and population in each registration district in the county of Middlesex in 1841. VI. The same as respects the West Ridinr , of Yorkshire. VII. The same as respects the county of Surrey. VIII. The same as respects the county of Lancaster. Other articles on the Mortality of London and Great Britain, &c. &c. H. Hooper, 13, Pall-mall East. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29 1841. LONDON: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1841. Amongst the advocates of emigration there is some little disingenuousness, with a great deal of cant. They argue the question as if it were one of emigration, or no emigration, while the real question is, whether the Government shall interfere to promote emigration at this time, as a means of removing or lessening the na tional distress. 'We object, on principle, to the Government interfering at all with the subject at any time, because Government is constituted to protect the people in the free use of their capital and industry, not to di rect or influence them in employing either. We object particularly to the Government inter fering- to promote emigration at this time as a means of relieving distress, because that falsely implies that the distress is caused by a surplus population, and would be lessened by removing a portion of the people. There is no ground whatever for such an opinion, and those who en tertain it have never duly studied the question of population. The presumed surplus of population is in rela tion to capital and the means of employment. But capital is abundant, and those who awn it ask the Legislature to allow them to give em ployment to the people at home, and the Legis lature refuses. A great prejudice apparently exists on the subject, derived from old times, when few other arts than agriculture were known as a means of employment and of obtaining food. It is still supposed that, for people to be employed and fed, a great quantity of land is necessary, and as that cannot be obtained here, the people must be sent to other lands in order to live. After it has been demonstrated over and over again, scores of times since ADAM SMITH wrote, that la bour is the single source of wealth ; that th e land naturally produces only rank grass, brambles, and trees, which must be removed b e f o re labour can be profitabl y emp l oyed on it, the patrons of emigration still insist that land is the gre at necessity; that man i s a superfluity w h ere land is not abundant; that l a b our is not the sole source of wealth; and that our indus trious, skilful, and intelligent people, cannot b- () tain abunda nce of food, beca use we have not abundance of land. with some o f t h e best-know here a great Such a n opi nion ph n facts of history , nion is at varian ce a nd the most mornena of the pre sent day in our cou ntry Venice, Genoa,e and Holland, are all ex.. having amples of great nat i on s grown up to almost imperial dominion with very ci reru n . scribed territories. They, particularly Holland, gathered bread from the salt wave. But if mere land gave wealth, t New Holland, whywas no wh'y was not the immense continent of America, peopled with numerous and wealthy nations in stead of a few wandering savages? To make those lands productive of subsistence required the industry, arts, and skill of Europe ; and those arts, skill, arid industry, are capable as England herself proves, of gaining and creating subsis tence for those who exercise them. Mr. MALTHUS, in speaking of the checks to population in England, observes, that it had doubled itself in about 83.1 years prior to the be ginning of this century, and he adds that this appears a fair rate of increase in an old peopled country; but he goes on to express his astonish ment that in the first ten years of this century the people in this old country had increased at a much more rapid rate. Such an observation did not open his eyes, blinded by a theory; nor has it or a thousand kindred phenomena opened the the eyes of his followers to the very important I fact that the subsistence of man depends far less on the extent of soil that he can command. than on his skill, industry, and ingenuity, and he and they are all smitten to the heart with despair for the fortunes of mankind, and of England in par ticular, because the soil immediately at com mand is not im measurable, like the heavens. They take up the landlords' prejudice, that the soil is all in all ; and, instead of demanding free dom for industry, freedom for enterprize and skill, they are Willing to waft away our skilful men--who form, how ever, only parts of our great system of division of labour, and are put out of joint if they are removed—to the other side of the globe because there land is abundant. What is the lesson England herself teaches? Since the beginning of this century, though the ex tent of surface has not been increased, the popula tion has very nearly doubled. Means have been found to feed in England alone very nearly 15,000,000 persons whereas, in 1801, only 8,330,000 were fed. What has fed these people ? The soil ? No. Their own skill and industry. The cultivators of the soil have not increased during the last ten years to the same degree as the, inhabitants of Monmouth shire, Durham, Staffordshire, Lancashire, &c., the great seat of mines and coals, and the sites of our cotton and woollen• manufactures. The great majority of the additional 7,000,000 people are mechanics and artizans, who have fed themselves and fed others by their own industry. They have received nothing from the soil, or from those who cultivate it, without giving for it a large equivalent. By improvements in art and skill, by a better appli cation of industry, by superior knowledge, this vast increase of our people has been fed, and while the boundaries of our island have not been enlarged, seven millions of souls have within the present century been added to our population. Is the reader aware that the addition almost equals the whole increase of the population from the very beginning of history—during at least :20 centuries, to the close of the last century ? From these facts we assert that a great ex tent of soil is of much less consequence than free dom of industry, in order to supply the people with food, and that the surplus of population complained of does not exist in relation to capi tal, or in relation to the surface of the country, but in relation to those restrictions which igno rant and selfish legislators have laid on in dustry and enterprize. Those who would les sen the surplus by removing the people, instead of removing the restrictions, apply a wrong cure. The disease is entirely different from the one they suppose, and their bold empiricism would only aggravate the symptoms. One of those bold empirics admitted on Satur day that the removal of the people by emigra tion would speedily have the effect of adding to the number of those who remain. How are these additional persons to be employed and fed ? It is well known that the principal increase of the popu' latipn has been in the manufacturing towns and districts. It is equally well known that the increase of the people in the strictly agricultural counties has been very little, and perhaps not more than equal to the increase of their town population. Agricultural improve ments, unlike invention of machinery, dimin ish the quantity of employment; and it is there fore doubtful whether the actual tillers of the soil, the number of farm-labourers, has increased at all. Those who would promote emigration, before the landlords' monopoly is extinguished, would give, as they say, a stimulus to popula tion, which population cannot be absorbed in agriculture. At the same time the landlords declare, by their Corn-law, that the town popu tion shall not increase any more. Indeed, it may be doubted whether it has increased much since 1837, and whether almost all the increase which the Census shows did not take place be fore that year. There will be no means, therefore, of employing and feeding the increas ing population which sending away some of the population is to cause. To call on the Govern ment to promote emigration, instead of demand ing the repeal of the Corn-law, is to forget all prin ciples in the pain of a temporary annoyance, and from a momentary hope of relief. It would be act ing like the savage whose unreflecting conduct we condemn, who sells in the morning the hammock he no longer needs for the moment, and at night would sell himself to get it back. The great cause of distress and discontent is the terrible in road still made by legislation on freedom of trade, after it has been beaten from most of its encroach ments on freedom of conscience and personal liberty ; and he who now asks for emigration instead of freedom barters the birth-right of the human species for the privilege of being trans ported. At former periods of distress the Government was wont to come to the relief of the people by loans—by advances ofExchequer Bills—by open ing, if it could, new channels of trade—and by in creasing the employment and resources of the people. That system was knocked on the head by the Earl of LIVERPOOL in 1826, and since then, only two years before the present Corn law was passed, the Government has continually declared itself impotent to relieve any great calamity which may fall on trade. The doctrine it has professed is, that trade must help itself, that it will find its own level, and that the Legis lature, which we know can do so much to ruin, can do nothing to retrieve it. Sir ROBERT PEEL seems fully impressed with this doctrine, and resolves to adhere to this practice. Three months has he been in office ; the manufacturing part of the community is plunged in deep distress ; and not one thought has he breathed, not one step has he taken, to amend its condition. By what do we know of his existence as Prime Minister? He has issued a commission to inquire into collecting the revenue, with a view, it is said, to farm it out to the Bank of England. He has issued commis sions to inquire into Chancery practices, and into the means of improving the Fine Arts. We ri diculed the idea of relieving the public distress by constructing public buildings when it was put forth by the Quarterly Review, but the Prime Minister goes even further than Mr. CROK ER, and seems to suppose that our social evils can be allayed by a few fresco paintings. It is said his greatest, his most important, proceeding, is the large promotion he has made of officers in the Army and Navy. Supposing that promotion to be due to the two services, and on that we give no opinion, it indicates a much more acute sensibility to the claims of the military than to the wants of the people. The spirit of an old soldier, rather than the care of a manufacturer's son, and the wisdom of a commercial Minister ()fa manufacturing people, is visible in the proceeding. The Government feels the necessity of being in favour with the military, since it is resolved not to redress the wrongs of the people. They are obviously the persons whom it must lead by their opinions, whomever else it may mean to coerce. We are afraid, therefore, however acceptable this promotion may be to the individuals benefited, and to the admirers of our gallant Army and Navy, that in the manufacturing districts it will be thought to add insult to injury, mockery to oppression, and increase those feuds and that strife amongst the different classes which a wise Minister would I make it his chief business to heal. A _ case was tried in the Court of Exchequer on Saturday which shows the use of Juries, and the tyranny which some Judges would exercise, un less restrained by the practical knowledge and co mmon-sense of the p ersons selected to decide o n cases in which the lower cl asses are interested. A servant girl brought an action against her mas ter for arresting and imprisoning her for a night on a paltry charge of stealing an old box. The case was heard before a police magistrat e , w h o immediately dismissed the charge. Lord AniN. GER, who tried the cause, summed up strongly in favour of the master, telling the Jury that it was clearly a case of felony; but the Jury were clearly of opinion that there was no felony at all ; that it was the result of a paltry quarrel between a master and a servant; that the plaintiff had been ino4t unjustly imprisoned, and in order to testify their reprobation of the conduct of the defendant and the Judge, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 201. damages. Upon this Lord ABINGER said, "Gentlemen, this is your verdict, not mine." What right has a Judge to make such a remark ? Who ever heard of a Judge returning a verdict, and for what purpose could the obse rva ti on h ave b een ma d e ? Pos sibly the solicit or o f th e d e fe n d ant may pro fit by it, and put the plaintiff to the expense of a new trial. Aged Judges are generally bad enough, but an old man, who happens to be a new Judge and a political renegade, is beyond endurance. The news brought by the Levant mail from the Turkish capital is highly important, and de mands the utmost degree of vigilance on the part of the British Government. It is clear that King OTHO, secretly instigated by France and by the agents of Russia, has manifested such a determination to seize Thessaly that the Porte has considered it necessary to order a large military force to the frontier, and to direct a fleet of five sail of the line to pass the Straits of the Dardanelles. Diplomatic notes have been ad dressed by the Divan to the Great Powers, co:n plaining of the bad faith of the Greek Go vernment, and representing the necessity the Porte is.under of declaring war against Greece, unless she adopt a more honest policy. Lord ABERDEEN has admitted the justice of thescomplaint of the Turkish Cabinet, which may perhaps have the effect of checking the warlike impetuosity of that reigning parody upon royalty, King OTHO. The objects of France in stirring up a quarrel between Greece and Turkey are, firstly, to destroy British in fluence at Constantinople; and, secondly, to find some pretext for adding Tunis to her conquests on the coast of Africa. We repeat, then, that the utmost vigilance of our Govern ment will be required to prevent a war most disastrous to the inhabitants of Turkey and Greece. The Paris Journals devote their leading columns to comments upon the trial of M. LEDRU RoLLIN, the Deputy, for a libel upon the Government, an interesting report of which will be found in another part of The Sun. The libel was contained in a speech made at a meeting of his constituents. The Jury acquitted him of the delivery of the speech, but found him guilty of authorising its publication, for which Very questionable offence the Court sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 francs. (1201.), and the publisher of the speech to two months' imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 francs (80/.) The Liberal press is indig nant with the Government for proscuting a De puty for faithfully discharging his duty towards his constituents. Yesterday, Messrs. Guizot, Duchatel, and Martin du Nord, remained in conference at the Tuileries in the King's cabinet from twelve to two o'clock. At two o'clock M. Mole succeeded the two Ministers. At three o'clock the conference was not over. Yesterday was the thirty-second anniversary of the marriage of King Louis Philippe at Palermo, to Queen Amelia. Workmen began yesterday to get ready the jail of the Luxemburg, where Quenisset and the other prisoners are to'be confined. A journal says, that a great number of workmen in metal have left their work, and that the police yesterday arrested several who excited their comrades to join in a combination. Messrs. Arne, Gase, and Roaldes, left Toulon on the 21st for Pau, where they are to appear before the Cor rectional Tribunal. They were accompanied by their counsel, M. Joly, Member of the Chamber of Deputies. It is affirmed that the • Prefect of the Loiret gave a grand dinner on Sunday last to O'Donnell and the other Christian Generals who are now at Orleans.—[Will the Government dismiss this meddling sympathiser ?—ED. Sun.] _ _ The Diario de Roma of the 16th of NoVember an nounces the arrival of Prince Ypsilanti and his family at Rome:— Constitutionnel. A letter from Toulon of the 20th November says : " We have now to antiounee that there is no intention whatever of diminishing the effective force of our army in Africa. The troops that are going to return to France will be fully replaced by others, for orders have just been received at Toulon to make every necessary preparation for the conveyance of about 20,000 men, before the month of March." We mention after the Gazette des Tribitnaux the seizure of two small cannon, said to have been discovered on Monday last, on the landing of the goods from the Industriel steamer. It seems that this discovery was made as far back as the lath of this month, and that there was nothing mysterious in the matter, the cannon being directed to one of our great manufacturers, whom nobody certainly will take for the head of an emeute. However, the inspector thought it his duty to have them deposited in his warehouse. He made a report to the Prefect of Police, and on Monday the cannon were taken to the Prefecture by order of M. Delessert, who will probably have them delivered to their owner. This plain statement will put an end to all the conjectures formed on the first discovery of these harmless arms.— Commerce. The trial of M. Delaroche, the responsible editor of the National, on a charge of having, on the 18th of Sep tember last, inserted an article tending to excite hatred and contempt of the Government, took place yesterday before the Court of Assize. The Procureur-General, M. Hebert, addressed the Court at some length, and read the incriminated article, observing, that to call the Go vernment a faction, and say it was placed between shame and anarchy, and was only a body in a state of dissolu tion and ought to be rejected with contempt, as the No tional had done, was an attack calculated to bring it into discredit, and an aggression not less dangerous than armed violence. M. Jules Fevre, the counsel for the National, denied that his client had offended against the law, and disclaimed in his name all participatiim in the doctrines which had excited the late emeutes. He in formed the Jury that if the National were on this occa sion to be condemned it would be liable, having already been once condemned, to be suspended by a decree of the Court. The Procureur-General having made a sign in the negative, M. Favre thanked him in the name of the press, and his own dignity for declining to avail him self of such a power, which M. Favre said was contrary to the spirit of the age. He then complained that the National had been taken by surprise, and was unprepared for its defence ; but he was here called to order by the President, who said the fact was not true. 'The Procu reur-General having replied, the Jury retired, anti, after a deliberation of twenty minutes, returned with a ver dict of acquittal. The Tribunal de Premiere Instance was again en gaged yesterday with the affair of the property of the late Baroness de Feucheres. Mr. James Dawes,' and Miss Mary Ann Dawes, brother and sister of the Ba roness, have commenced a suit against the Baron de Feucheres, to annul the grant of the sum of 214,000 f., secured to the Baron after the death of the Baroness, in case he should survive her, by their marriage contract, which grant the Baron assigned to the Hospices of Paris and Nismes, and the sufferers from the inundations in the Garde and Ardeche, of which departments he had the military command. The demand of nullity is founded on the ingratitude of the Baron, in haring procured the judgment of divorce from bed and board in 1824. Before pleading to the declaration, the Baron moved that Mr. and Miss Dawes, being foreigners, should lodge a suffi cient sum as caution money, to answer any costs they might be adjudged to pay on failure of their suit. The Court granted the Baron's motion, and ordered Mr. and Miss Dawes to make a deposit of 10,000 f. Upon an application from M. Hebert, the Procureur- General, the Tribunal of Commerce at Versailles has issued a rule of Court, declaring that in future every person who becomes a bankrupt shall be committed pro visionally to the town prison. This severe measure has been induced by the alarming increase in the number of failures, which for many years did not exceed three or four per annum, but which within the present year has amounted to fifty. This new rule has been already acted upon in one instance. The grand concert given by the Duke and Duchess of Orleans yesterday evening was very brilliant. The King and Queen dined with their Royal Highnesses, and en tered the saloons with them. Selections from operas of Gluck, Lully, and Rameau were performed, and the cho ruses were selected from the singers of the French and Italian operas. Among the numerous and distinguished guests, French and Foreign, were Queen Christina, his Excellency the British Ambassador and Lady Cowley, the Neapolitan Ambassador and his Lady, the Papal In ternuncio„' Marshal: Soult, and!the Duchess de Dalmatie, the Ministers, Marshals Molitor and Sebastiani, Count and Countess Montalivet, Duke and Duchess Decazes, Count and Countess Toreno, Duke and Duchess de Massa, Marquis and Marquise de Gabriac, and Count and Countess Darriule. It was the anniversary 'of the mar riage 'of the King and Queen, which was solemnised at Palermo thirty-two years ago, and was chosen by the Prince and Princess for their first grand entertainment of the season. Marshal Soult, yesterday, visited the baking-establish ment for the army, on the Quai de Billy, which lie in spected in all its details. 40,000 rations of bread are there made every day, and the magazines contain three months ' provisions for a force of 40,000 men. A mill worked by steam-power is constantly at work, which is capable ye a r o . f r u o r du i ng c i ng O, his l 4 visit,ooo metrical Marshal Soult or ordered s fl e o v u r pere ral important ameliorations to be made in the establish ment. The Bordeaux papers state that the crowd at the en trance of the Theatre des Varietes in that city was so dense, a few nights since, when the Grace de Dieu was to be performed, that a young man was suffocated in the throng. There was so heavy a fall of snow, a few days ago, at Belfort, that the Municipality was compelled to invite the inhabitants to co-operate in placing it in heaps in the streets, in order that it might be carted away. A letter from Troyes, of the 22d inst., states that a man named Pottejoie was to have been executed there that day, and an immense crowd had assembled to wit ness the execution, but, it being discovered that the guillotine was out of order, this melancholy ceremony was postponed, and the crowd, after waiting several hours dispersed, says the letter, uttering expressions of dis content. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, NOY. 25. t irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prict Price. trench 5 per Cents lld 30 116 40 ... 116 30 116 311 Lattitte,Bant. Lonof. SLarei 10511 I per Cents l O-) ... 1 , 2 102 ••• " 2 Kelglan Np5Al site:rvvD:ce s te..e , 8 0 3 per Cents Spanish Loan 2 " 81 10 ... 81 10 81 10 ... 81 10 Bank of France Belgian 5 per Cents 0 5 ; 506 3 1,1 90 ; 2: 0 , >4, 506 34 1710.202:5 1 450 71 0uI. Shares °4 l (9 ::: 78 ) : 15 :4 4; 11:1% 3° 1 1015 i 101 3 4 Portuguese 3 per Cents. 27 "7• 2614 26% Neapolitan ..... Rowan, ex. ..... ie2l4 102 1002 RAILWAY SHARE'S.2dO 20 202 50 R. 320 • 318 75 .. 318 75 Rouen ..»w.».».».«.»»»»» 450 45" 50 •:450 452 50 Orleans .. Strasburg toßale„shares red 23 230 r4ryyt• J THEATRICAL. The Duke of Rutland, Sir Robert and, Lady Peel, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Countess of Jersey, and the Ladit s VillierF;occupied the Queen Dowager's box, on Friday night, at Covent-garden Theatre, _ _ COURT--FASHIONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have been enter taining a select circle at Badminton, Gloucestershire. The Marquis of Downshire has returned to Hills borough Castle, from Dublin. The Earl of Surrey arrived in Hyde Park-place on Thursday last, from Arundel Castle. The Lord Chancellor, Lady Lyndhurst, and Miss Copley, left town on Saturday, on a visit for a few days. We understand that the marriage of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy to Lady Sarah Villiers is fixed for the 10th of December. The whole of the interior of Strathfieldsaye is about to be re-furnished in a splendid style, in consequence of an expectation of a visit from her Majesty and Prince Albert early in the ensuing year. Viscount Templetown has left Berkeley-square, on a visit to his estates in Ireland. At a meeting held at Birmingham on Friday, addresses to the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, on the birth of the Prince of Wales, were carried by acclamation. s m riv OF MEWS AND putiatt ptilton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Levant Mail has brought the important intelli gence that the Port e h as officially addressed the Govern. ments of England, France, and Russia, on the subject of the machinations of Greece. The Divan is eager for a war with King Otho. The Maronites and Druses are cutting each other's throats in Syria. We fear it will be very long before order can be established in that distracted country. The inundations of the Nile have done a great deal of damage in Egypt. The European Consuls are still at Cairo. Alexandria is very unhealthy, and reports were afloat that the plague had re-appeared in Egypt and Syria. The Paris Journals are exclusively occupied with the trial of M. Ledru Rollin, Deputy for the department ot Le Mans, and M. Haureau, editor of the (,ourrier de la Surthe, for a seditious libel, consisting, however, merely of the language held by M. Ledru Rollin at the lute elec tion for the department he represents. M. Ledru Rollin was acquitted by the jury of having uttered the words which constituted the libel, but convicted of publishing them, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment, and a fine of 3,000 f. (1201.) M. Haureau was also convicted, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 f. (80/.) The whole of the Liberal Press denounce the prosecution as tyrannical and the verdict as infamous, which it is. The defence was conducted by the most eminent men in France, viz., MiM. Berryer, Odillon Barrot, Arago, and Marie. The Frankfort Journal of the 23d speaks of the re ports current as to the formation of a European Con gress for the settlement of Spanish affairs, and mentions Vienna, Frankfort, Paris, and London as the probable places of me e ti ng ,.b u t agrees as to t h e great c h an ce of Frankfort being selected. Count de Flahaut and M. de Fontonay are parties designated as the representatives of France; Lord Granville, Sir David Montague, and Lord Erskine, for England; Counts Fiquelmont and de Bombelles, for Austria; Baron de Bulow and Count de Buster, for Prussia; and for Russia, Baron de Brunow and Count Paul de Medon. 'We are somewhat of opi nion that there will be no Congress upon the affairs of Spain. The great Powers will think better of it, and leave Spain to manage her own affairs. A Correspondent from Hanover writes to the Consti tutionnel that the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge have sent in a protest against the measure taken in organizing a Council of Signature for the Crown Prince of Hanover, as having been entered into without the consent of the agnates of that Royal house. The protest has been for warded to the Germanic Diet, and communicated to the Courts of Berlin and of Brunswick. The number of students entered in the faculty of law in Paris for the lectures of the academical year is 2,872, viz.:—Candidates for certificates for capacity 120, stu dents of the first year 880, of the second year 961, of the third year 785, of the fourth 12G. Out of the 2,892 candidates for the baccalaureate in letters examined in August last throughout France, 1,471, or 54 per cent., obtained their diplomas. The examinations in composi tion ended in the rejection of 657, or 23 percent., and in the oral examinations 764, or 34 per cent., were turned back. PUBLIC OPINION. In a leading article on the subject of naval and mili tary promotions, the Morning Post makes the following remarks :—" England is superior to any other country in the world in the commercial marine, which is the only , natural, and always indispensable, source of an efficient naval force. It is to this, we imagine, com bined with the vigour and steadiness of the national character, which British sailers and soldiers share alike, rather than to any superiority in the system of one ser vice over that of the other in respect to the promotion of officers, that the more prompt and constant supe riority of our naval force over every antagonist is to be ascribed. As to the system of promotion in the two services respectively, if we may judge from the number of complaints arising in each, we should certainly be led to conclude that the system of the army is infinitely the better of the two. Nor is this conclusion in the smallest degree invalidated by the fact that our military force being less intimately connected with the peculiar character, habits, and resources of the nation, and con- stantly opposed to the formidable military arm of other countries, has not been as invariably triumphant over every the as our naval force." The Times, referring to Sir Robert Peel's Irish policy, observes as follows:—" It will henceforth be clear to the whole of Ireland upon what principles Earl de Grey means to govern. To consolidate, and not to divide, to pacify and not to exasperate, to fuse together all parties, and not to favour one—this will be his policy, this his august function. The curse of Ireland does not lie either in the numerical preponderance of her Roman Catholic population, or in the superior endowments of the Church recognised in the State, but in the deadly distractions, feuds, and animosities which struggles for an exclusive pre-eminence have created. Let the Irish Protestants, on the one hand, welcome the majority of their coun trymen to their full share of influence and civil privi leges, to which nature, reason, and the law of the land proclaim their right—let the Irish Roman Catholics, on the other, respect the conscientious ebli g ations of the Imperial Legislature, and the established settlement of property, and a new era of peace and prosperity will dawn upon their common country."—lt is not from Earl De Grey's policy—at least if it is to continue as it has be gun—that these desirable results can be anticipated. his Lordship, it is true, hoists the flag of impartiality, but he is not true to his colours, and acts under the banner of party. What else, however, was to be expected from a member of a temporising expediency Government ? The Herald thus pathetically bewails the present sec tarian disturbances in the University of Oxford:—" The present aspect of the University of Oxford exhibits a most' deplorable picture of theological strife and debate. The University which has heretofore been considered the rock and fortress of our Protestant Church is now, alas ! split into conflicting sects and factions—some call ing out for the admission of Dissenters, and others for the union with Papists. The quiet haunts of academi cal study are now beset with the struggles of Puseyites and Liberals. Even the vacant chair of Poetry is en compassed with the demons of discord, and Dr. Pusey scares away the Muses with the trumpet of a polemic. The prototypes of all this double double, toil and trou ble,' are to be found in the concoctors of that logic which glories in the name of Dr. Whately, but which was equally the child of Newman."—lt is a curious complaint of our Contemporary that Puseyism and Liberalism are the results of logic—that is to say, of the reasoning fa culties. Had he complained that they resulted from the non-exercise of reasoning, there would have been some thing in his complaint. The Chronicle says:—" Lord Nugent is a Corn-law Repealer, and advocates free-trade pHnciples, but dis - approves of some of the Anti-Corn-law League, to which body his Lordship was sent as a delegate by the Mary lebone Vestry. He therefore tendered his resignation; but, at the desire of those whom he represented, agreed to continue to act on their behalf. His Lordship's dis satisfaction, not with the objects of the League, but with some of its means, might Be well or ill founded ; but, passing that question, his course, first in resigning and then in resuming his appointment, appears to us straightforward, honest, and patriotic. The Times, however, characterizes it as one of ' frailty," im becility," stultification,' and, by implication, as not honourable.' His Lordship will probably not be greatly moved by this soft impeachment,' even though he be the Duke of Buckingham's uncle,' and continues to act as • the representative of Marylebone in the Anti-Corn-law Parliament.' But there is more in the censure cast at him than a personal reflection. It assumes, and is directed to enforce, a principle of politi cal conduct which we know very well that the Times re pudiates for itself, but which it would gladly see applied by the public to the Corn-law question ' • or, indeed, to any other question by which its party is likely to be em barrassed. The principle amounts to this: that we ought not to co-operate for the attainment of a just and pa triotic object, unless we approve of the mode in which others are actively labouring for the attainment of that same object. A very comfortable doctrine would this be for the possessors and abusers of power, and a most con venient shelter for the most iniquitous oppressions." MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. A public meeting of deputies from the clothing dis trict of the West Riding of Yorkshire will be held on the Bth or 14th of December, to take into consideration the distress which prevails from the operation of the Corn-laws. The cotton district will meet at Manchester on .the 16th of the same month fur the same purpose, and all the great manufacturing districts in Lancashire are to adopt the same plan. On Wednesday a meeting was held at Liverpool of the Lancashire Shareholders in the Paris and Rouen 'Rail way, when a imost satisfactory report of the state of affairs was made by the Deputation which had visited France, every assurance given of the correctness of the estimates, and the certainty of an opening in 1843. The Manchester and Birmingham Railway will open to Crewe, that is, the remaining distance throughout, in March next. At the quarterly meeting of the iron-masters of York shire and Derbyshire, held in Sheffield, on Wednesday, the following prices were fixed for pigs :—No. 1, 41. 12s. 6d. ; No. 2,4/. 7s. 6d. ; and No. 3, 41. 2s. 6d. It was represented that the market was firmer in Staf fordshire. _ _ ECCLESIASTICAL. On Wednesday thirty persons were summoned before the Magistrates at Bradford for refusing to pay Church rates. After a lengthened discussion between the Ma gistrates and the non-ratepayers, the Bench decided that the whole of the cases should be adjourned, without pre judice, till an eminent counsel's opinion should be ob tained for their guidance. NAVAL AND MILITARY. Patrick Rogers, an old soldier, died at Lisburn, Ireland, some days ago, aged 101. He had been an out pensioner of Chelsea Hospital upwards of 71 years. On Friday the workmen employed at the Tower in clearing the ruins reached that part of the Armoury where the train of artillery was situate, and found that nearly the whole of the'old guns, some of them cast so far back as the year 1548, were completely destroyed. LAW AND POLICE. In the Rolls' Court on Friday, a motion was made to restrain Richard Kelly from negotiating two Bills of Exchange for 2,3921. 3s. each, accepted by Lord Coch rane, eldest son of the Earl of D undonald. Acc ording to the statement of Counsel, the interest charged was from 60 to 70 per cent., amounting altogether to 6231. 14s. 6d., and the young Lord swore that for the two bills amounting to 4,784/. 65., he had not received more than 6001. He, therefore, demurred to the judgment. His father had offered to pay the defendant the full amount of his advances, with 10 per cent. interest ; but the defendant had refused to accede to these terms, and had commenced an action in the Queen's Rench.—The motion was granted. MISCELLANEOUS. On Tuesday evening last, a meeting of the working classes was held at Truro, for the purpose of forming a Company to supply the industrious classes with the necessaries of Jife, especially flour. About 500 persons were present; of that number 250 working men enrolled themselves as members of the newly-formed Company. Sir Charles Wolseley having invited all his tenantry, and the farm labourers, with their families, of the town ships of .Wolseley, Bishton, and Colwich, to commemo rate the birth of the Prince of Wales, upwards of 350 persons assembled on Tuesday at the hospitable mansion ' of the Baronet, where they were abundantly regaled. Fireworks, ringing of bells, &c., closed the festive day. A Morning Paper states that the Duke of Wellington, since his arrival in town, has been constantly occupied with business ; and then, as a proof of his Grace's sedu lous attention to business, mentioned that he went with Lady Rurghersh and a party to Covent Garden Theatre on Friday night ! Her Majesty the Queen has presented to the Numis ' matic Society an extensive variety cf specimens of the Anglo-Saxon and Continental coins discovered last year on the banks of the Ribble and Cuerdale, in Lancashire. They are chiefly of the Mint of Bury St. Edmund's, Archbishop Plegmund, Alfred the Great, and of contem porary Continental Princes and towns, and are in many instances of the utmost rarity. Few persons are aware of the circumstance that the Royal Infant, in addition to his other titles, is also born " Viscount Launceston." The Reading Magistrates, in the excess of their legis lative wisdom, have committed Bernard Cavanagh to the tread-mill for refusing to starve himself to death; just as, years ago, some equally sapient Magistrates im prisoned M. Chabert—the Salamander, as he called himself—for refusing to bake himself to death in an oven! The Thames Tunnel and an eminent M.P. (late of the Surrey Theatre) are alike remarkable as being the two greatest bores in Christendom. On Saturday, in 1703, Bishop Kidder was killed at his Palace in Wells, in consequence of the fall of a stack of chimneys, :occasioned by a great storm, which was felt all over the kingdom, when the Bishop and his lady were unhappily killed in bed. They were privately buried in the Cathedral of Wells. RUMOURS Or THE DAY. A Canada paper states that a Colonel Wood, of Natchez, is said to have sailed for England with docu ments in his possession which, he believes, will prove that he is the rightful heir of the late James Wood, of Gloucester. The authorities of the Tower intend to have a bazaar in the White Tower next week for the sale of relics, at fixed prices. It is to be hoped the relic• worshippers will be made to pay well for " their whistle." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS• (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 26.—There has been au improved demand for American and East India Cotton this week, but without any alteration in prices of either descriptions, and we therefore adopt our last quo tations. For Brazil and Egyptian there is only a mode rate demand, and they are heavy at last week's prices. There have been taken on speculation 2,900 American, and for exportation 300 American and 700 Surat. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, Nov. 26.—A limited business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange this day. The business reported is in Grand Junctions, 190; Half Shares 95 ; Great Western Half Shares, 562; Lon don and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 218 ; Midland Counties Quarter Shares, 204 ; Paris and Rouen, 104 ; South Eastern and Dover, l9. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 26.—There is a little activity in the Market, and prices are pretty firm:—London and South Western, 57 ; North Midland and Halves, 32 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 212 ; Man chester and Leeds Quarters, 22 ; London and Birming ham Quaaters, 21-1. Both the English and Foreign Markets opened at the closing quotations of last evening., with nothing doing. Consols, for Money, are 894 4 , and for the Account 894 a ; Bank Stock, 164 165 ; Three per Cents. Re duced, 84 ' • New Three-and. a-Half per Cents., 99Z- ; Exchequer Bills 8 10 prem. Spanish Active Stock, 234 a ; Passive, 54 h ; De ferred, 112 12 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 321 33 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 19/ 20 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half, 51i 524, and the Five per Cents., 994 100. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 24. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 974 'Grand Canal Stock ... Ditto Reduced Ditto New 1830... 974 Ditto 4 per cent ... 34 per Cent. Debs. 904 Royal Canal Stock There has been but little business doing in the Stock Exchange, both markets have gone rather flat since the opening. Consols are now 89 for Money, and 892 for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 888 ; Three-and-Half per Cents. Reduced, 974 ; India Bonds, 2 premium, 1 dis. Exchequer Bills g 10 prem.; Spanish Active Stock 232 8 ; Passive 54 ; Deferred, 112; Portuguese Five per Cents., 324 1 1; Columbian Bonds, 194 204; Dutch Five per Cents., 994. Very little business has been done in the Share Market. London and Brighton are 363- 8 ; Great Western, 574 ; London and Birmingham, 1564 157 ; ditto Quarter Shares, 22 ; London and South Western, 552 ; North Midland, 652. The state of the commercial markets this week does not call for much remark. As Christmas approaches, business in produce is narrowed. The heaviest sales have been those of Tea, and we are promised more in a few days. Although the holders; therefore, make a show of firmness, they cannot abstain from realizing. Coffee participates in the heaviness of Tea, but Sugars keep up their price. Abroad mercantile mat ters, as the reported failures prove, are not in a very satisfactory state, but the accounts to-day from Hungary are cheering. The union of Austria with the German Customs' League, is seriously adverted to in the accounts from Hamburgh to-day. Consols, Money, 894 ; Ditto, Account, 8942 ; Mexican, 2548 ; Spanish, 2344. CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 'lndia Stock. 3 per Cent Red. BB4 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons 894 Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent Red 974 Ditto New Annuities... New 34 per Cent 994 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 10 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 8 pre Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small. . Bpm Jan 1860 ... 12 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct... Oct_ 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. Consols for Acct 894 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... 'Portuguese ' 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 32i Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cea Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent,. Spanish, 5 per cent 24 Ditto, 1824. 2O Ditto, Deferred ... 124 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent.llsf. 75c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 252 French, 3 per cent Bo- 59c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2/ per cent 524 Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES Birmingham and Gloucester Railwav (100 p) Ditto New Shares (74 paid) Eastern Counties Railway (23 pal) Great Western Railway( 65 paid) ...... 80 Ditto New Shares (50 paid 574 London and Brighton (50 paid) 36i London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... Ditto New Shares ( paid) 5l 4s 2d London and Birmingham (90) ......... 157 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) 22 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) .. London and South Western North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares (40 paid) Ditto Thirds (15 paid) HER MAJESTY.—We are rejoiced to state that the Queen is in so satisfactory a state of convalesence that her Majesty has signified her intention of quitting Buckingham Palace, for Windsor Castle, on Wednesday, the 15th of December ; and orders have been given to the Household to make all necessary preparations, and be in readiness for the removal of the Court on that day, or as near the same as shall be the wish of her Majesty. The Prince anti Princess continue in excellent health. The christening of the Duke of Cornwall will take place shortly after the arrival of the Court at Windsor. DERBYSHIRE DIAMONDS.—Perhaps it may not be generally known that the Peak of Derbyshire produces what are t erme d D er b ys hi re di amon d s . Th ey are small detached and perfect crystals of colourless quartz, of an hexagonical prism terminated by pyramids, and others of a lighter colour. They are often found at Bakewell, Brassington-common, Buxton, Castleton, and Darley-dale. They are greatly inquired after, and much used by the lapidaries of Birmingham, Derby, &c.—Derby Chronicle. THE LINES ON THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN MOORS.—A fragment of a letter addressed to Mr. Tay ' lor, bearing the post Mark of ISeprember 6, 1816, and written by the late Rev. Charles Wolfe, has been found, containing a complete copy of the lines on the death of Sir John Moore, and a sentence stating that his (Mr. Taylor's) praise of the stanzas first written had led him to complete the poem. This document will henceforth remove all doubt on the subject of the authorship of these beautiful lines. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—We are informed that an accident occurred on Friday to the up mail train, by which one of the carriages was overturned, and the line stopped for seve ral hours. We have not received any particulars of the accident, but we understand no lives were lost. The Bath and Bristol letters and papers were not delivered , in consequence till some hours after the usual time. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, visited the Queen on Saturday afternoon at Buck ingham Palace. The Lord Mayor, accompanied by the City Remembrancer, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday, at Buck ingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent vi sited her Majesty on Saturday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Riding School at Pimlico on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. J. Lucas with a sitting on Saturday, at Buck ingham Palace, for a full-length portrait. Saturday was the birthday of her Royal High ness the Princess Mary of Cambridge. The Duchess of Gloucester gave a juvenile fete in honour of the day, at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta So merset, arrived from their residence at Kew, at three o'clock. The Princess Mary, after paying , a visit to her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, re turned to Gloucester House. Soon after their Royal Highnesses' arrival, the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, attended by the Baron de Spesshardt and Prince George of Cambridge, joined the Royal party. At four o'clock a select party of the Nobility and Gentry, with the juveniles of their respec tive families, arrived at Gloucester House, and were received in the lower suite of rooms, where the Duchess of Gloucester and her Illustrious Visitors were assembled. The Infant Sappho had the honour of singing before the Royal party. Mr. Weippert was in attendance, and qua drilles were next danced by the youthful guests, a new set, composed in honour of his Royal Highness the Infant Prince, and called " The Royal Cornwall Set," being introduced. The Infant Harpist bad the honour of perform ing before the distinguished company. The Duchess of Gloucester, with her Royal and Noble Visitors, afterwards went to the upper suite of state rooms, where a dejeune was served. Among the company present were Prince Nicholas Esterhazy ; Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister; the Countess Jersey, Lady Sarah Villiers, Mr. Frederick Villiers, Vis countess Hawarden, Lady Burghersh, Lady E. Lowther, Lady Charles Somerset, Lady Napier, Lady Stratheden, Lady Theresa Lister, Lady Augusta Gordon, Lady Peel, Miss Peel, Sir George Clerk, Miss Clerk, Lady Currey, Sir Samuel G. Higgins, Sir H. and Lady Campbell, Sir Charles Thornton, Baron Knesebeck, Hon. Mrs. Villiers, Rev. E. Nepean, Colonel Keate, Colonel and Mrs. Montagu, Colonel and Mrs. B. Knox, Captain and Mrs. Moorson, Colonel Jones, Mrs. Hicks, Mdlle D'Este, Miss Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended. Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel at Kensington Palace. Lady Char lotte Dundas was in waiting on her Royal Highness. • His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal visited the Duchess of Kent yester day at Clarence House, St. James's. Le Commandeur Marquis Lisboa, the Brazi lian Minister, left town yesterday, for Brussells. Despatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off from the Colonial-office on Satur day evening. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Mein ingen, attended by Sir Andrew Barnard, Clerk Marshal to the Queen Dowager, left Marlbo rough House, on a visit to his August Relative, at half-past ten o'clock on Saturday morning. His Serene Highness travelled by the London and Birmingham Railway. The official account of her Majesty's health, received at Marlborough House on Saturday, was as follows : " The Queen Dowager sat up again yesterday for some hours, and her Majesty feels herself re freshed this morning, from having had a com fortable night's rest. " D. DAVIES, M.D. " Sudbury Hall, Nov. 26, 1841." " No further bulletin will be issued till Mon day next. " D. DAVIES." FIRES AT MANCHESTER• It is our painful duty to record the occurrence of three serious fires during the week, involving the de struction of considerable property. The first was on Wednesday afternoon, when about four o'clock, the oil cloth manufactory of Messrs. Hampson and Knight, Pickford street, Alum-street, Great Ancoats, was dis covered to be on lire. The fire originated in some oil cloths hung out of one of the windows igniting from the heat of a fire in the yard, into which some oil had been spilt from the boiler. The damage done was abOut"3oo/. worth, but is covered by an insurance in the West of England Fire-office. About hal:-past four o'clock on Thursday morning information was given of a fire at Messrs. Peter and Thomas Wood's timber-yard, Oxford-street, opposite the bottom of James's-street. The fire origina , r-d in an open shed, in which was a saw-mill, and communicated with a building of two stories over it, used .as a workshop for joiners. The roof and property in the upper storey were destroyed, and the property in the shed, but there was some salvage in the story, immediately over the shed, and in the engine house to the amount of about 3001. The total loss is about 1,0001. or 1,2001, including building, stock, and machinery. The whole property is insured in the West of England. The fire is supposed to have originated from the over-heating of the saws, by fric tion, which having communicated with the saw-dust, it was supposed to have smouldered all night and broke out in the morning. The third fire broke out early yesterday morning, in the warehose of Mr. E. Bancroft, straw-bonnet manufac turer, which is situate on the north side of St. Anne's street, at the corner of Back-square. The building, which is four stories high, with a frontage of about twenty yards to St. Anne's-street, has recently been partially rebuilt. The ground story was occupied as shops, four in number, and the other three stories formed the warehouse of Mr. Bancroft, to which access was given by a door at the corner of Back-square. The shops were in the several occupations of Messrs. G. Scott and Co., seedsmen, Mr. Brindley, fishmonger, Mr. Harrison, hat manufacturer, and Messrs. Dixon and Bell, cigar and tobacco dealers. Owing to the exceedingly light combustible nature of Mr. Bancroft's stock the building was gutted and unroofed in a very short space of time. Had there been a proper supply of water from t.he first, there is no doubt that most of the property would have been saved.—Manchester Times of Saturday. LYNN.—At a meeting of the Court of Guar dians, held at the Town-hall of Lynn, on Thursday, the unusually high rate of ls. 9d. in the pound was made for the support of the poor for the coming quarter. FATAL ACCIDENT.--On Saturday, about half-past eleven o'clock, the following fatal accident hap pened to a youth about seventeen years of age, of the name of Edwin Thomas Ashton, who resided with his parents in Great Peter-street, Westminster. It appears that his father, a market gardener, had been to Putney, to purchase some cabbage plants, which he was 'bringing home in a boat, accompanied by his son. They had proceeded onward for about a mile, the youth standing up all the way, when, by some accident, his father, who was rowing the boat, ran it with great force against a coal barge which was lying in the river, the sudden concussion of which threw the youth from off' his feet, and he fell headforemost into the water, and was instantly carried down by the stream, which was running very strong at the time. The father, half frantic, let the oars fall out of' the rowlocks into the water, and stood speechless, seeing his son floating down with the tide, but unable to render the least assistance. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, about two o'clock, a young man, named William Lindley, be longing to the Weekly Chronicle office, through some carelessness on his part, got his hand entangled in the cog-wheel of the machine whilst at work. Ilis cries alarmed the rest of the work-people, who quickly re leased him, when it was found that his hand was severed just above the wrist, and his arm broken and severely lacerated. He was carried to Charing-Cross hospital. LEEDS.—A meeting was held in this town on Wednesday, in the St. Ann's school-room, Park-lane, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petition ing the Queen in Council on the subject of the condition of the Irish poor, residents in this town. Resolutions for carrying out this laudable object were agreed to. An address was also adopted, praying that her Majesty would take the case into consideration. and issue such orders as . would prevent the poverty of the Irish being treated as a crime. SUDDEN DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. --On the morning of Tuesday last, Stephen Darby, Esq., who lately retired from an extensive brewery establish ment. and who resided at Cookham, in Berkshire, left the Paddington station by the eleven o'clock train to proceed by one of the first-class carriages, in which he was by himself, to Maidenhead. When the train stopped at Slough, a gentleman got into the same carriage, and at this time Mr. Darby appeared to be dozing. The train, however, had scarcely start ed from Slo ugh when the gentleman discovered that his travelling companion ap peared to be in his last sleep. All attempts to make the guards or conductors hear his shouts for the train to be stopped and assistance afforded to the deceased in the event of his having been in a fit, were totally fruitless, from the noise occasioned by the engine and the wheels of the carriages. Upon its arrival at the Maidenhead station, medical aid was immediately obtained, but it was too late, life being entirely extinct. The deceased had been for some time previously labouring under a disease of the heart, and to this cause his medical attendant at tributed his death. Mr. Darby was possessed of very considerable property. The C'onstitutionnel publishes the following from Hanover, 19th inst.:—" An important incident has just occurred in the affair of the Council of Signature, orga nised by the King for the Prince, but without the con- MORNING SUN bm test sent of the agnates of. the . House. of,thteover• Dukes of Cambridge and. Sussex have sent a Pr_vfor, here from London against the measure, and hay.!into warded it to the Germanic Diet, which will take 1/1 of consideration at their next session. The Courr.ca, Berlin and Brunswick have also received COmmtll:,onj tions of this protest. The election intrigues old"' there is general dissatisfaction in the country., _llsl The Managing Committee of the .1 -; eu d i o . Reform Society ' have resolved on having ner, to be continued yearly, on an early day in Ja_ u vi ii Mr. Wakley, M.P., one of the Vice-Presidents, Ifor invited to take the chair. They have a treatY, a pd public Conference with the Chartists on the tap's , _ O , propose to have a general public meeting of all theool4 of Poll " hers a few days previous to the meeting —Brirsh Queen. e sioo The Lord Chamberlain has granted an este of license for two months to the Haymarket Ilea Edu l " The Government belie appointed Sir a publicoi, Walker Head, Bart., one of the Assistant et?„0-40 sioners, to be the New Poor-law Commissioner, 1fr,„.... the actual Sign manual is not yet obtained by a. - Sunday Tinter. • tea l ist REFORM CLUB.—By the recently port b ii it appears that there are at present 1,54 5 in embersot, Club, of whom 41 are Peers of Parliament, and wards of 200 have seats in the House of Cornia° °s "l , st The Rev. R. W. Sibthorp is, we understen%o "Co ll eg e di the the Roman Catholic College, Oscott, and re-ordained. His fellowship at Magdalen e diog i not yet, we believe, been declared void; and P re f .- e erie° in the matter are looked to with much interest," and knotty questions will arise.—Leeds NerettrY• RESTITUTION,—The executors of a r, draper, in Truro, have received an anonymous letteveo closing sixty postage stamps, and stating that sem e ;olo ago, a person having the care of a drapers sil o llic ti the writer a present of a black silk handkereine write r he fears was not paid for. A sermon heard led to this act of restitution.—Plymouti Algoishecl This town, Sidmouth, has recently ftir ..scrir another victim to that most abominable and ant l d 11 tural impost, called Church-rates, on the personas bee' William Barrett, of the Bedford Hotel, who us dic ee rudely torn from his affectionate family and lie r ioo to become the cheerless inmate of a gl° °°l lo;a l ' d ', Exeter, for non-payment of 9L church-rate' which tbenai, of him by the Churchwardens of thisp arish' a he hI be due on some uninhabited houses Of W hi . fl ieN t ch charge, but is not owner. The houses being tan o° he refused to pay, consequ,ntly law proc eedilg tbe taken against him for the original sum, wil ich ,, i ' w.l ais te h l now amounts to 49/., for which sera a " minis angel" of the law arrived here last week t ° ,, t '" but not being sufficiently acquainted with tP e i ti ce, he applied to a brother catchpole of this P ci for v•, volunteered to perform the disgraceful job , purpose dressed himself in his best clothes, seerviogs, duced himself into •r. Barrett's hou4e ~3 „ 5 31 ipt, friendly manner, and thus effected his CaPll4'. for was removed in custody to where, unforts ll9 '„ v i erci es do he will have time to ponder on the " tender: fl oor, 01- what, in soleken mockery, is called the tg ii -‘l. Church."— Western Times, „ ri ceo l d og It will be seen from several atillu% e tsPr e , this paper that distress and poverty 1 10 1' v : wil l the land, and that the demons of mononthe feel the screw. The slate trade, which, th e n the sence of our local prosperity, is fast s inhilrb i ettl o else ral ruin which Tory monopolists are 1 10 , ;11 ,'0 0 country. At Bangor quay, the property Pennant, M.P., trade is actually at a s ir - ( 14 1 ri ,: t 00 0 whole amount of orders for one whole Wl e , - ,boa"Thel 4 ceed ten tons. Thirty labourers wero -o ', - 1, 0 1; - . e ar the quay, and four from the slate frarniag' D erSCLIf l are in Braich y Cafn Quarry nearly 2,3 ',„ a '011°, 1 " ployed, many of whom, unless the curse el - 1 - eg speedily removed, must of necessity ere h °- 01 *Je v4 charged.—Carnarvon Herald. b e 0 1 The The funeral of Mrs. Blakesley , t o , ,toc‘i*,rl: her murderer, took place yesterday, at _ S" r Hill, was interred in the burying-groan" - pow g at-Hill, and was attended to the grave by t he i ota r :ro l the deceased, the widow Burdon, and 0 th ei the tives. There were but few spectators, as // ias not expected to take place so early. r , 04 14 ,, h ,rr WATERMEN'S STEAM-PACKET u Ci f t.. - he , " .1 4 On Wednesday the first annual M eet' ° pe l3l 14 in " Core , t'e holders of the Watermen's Steam-packet to Jb held at the London Coffee-house, LudgateL b • i c i i the Report of the Directors, to declare a d"p e o ter,lo l ; decide upon increasing the resources-of the ' be t C' o o o the building of additional boats.' - 3 - fr• 11° otas' e was voted to the chair. The Directors re h c ,ith Y o e that a dividend of eleven per cent. be fer fr d ' o n,,,i ti 11 1,500/. be kept as a reserved fund, and that o' ror ir f ig fifty guineas be presented to the ahnshousee Ith; j decayed watermen and lightermen at Peug e. di , l ° . o ll" been industriously circulated that waterniell j ficeir long to the Company, the Directors, in e",n, t „ r ve' s , R, th e this assertion, stated that 250 watermenhaar,'- urt,'iveo and that the Trustees were members of the r€'` Watermen's Company. It was unanimous Y re d il that the Report be received, adopted, and enteditiJot minutes. It was then agreed upon thnt,,!,os r A eleven rer cent. be paid. A vote of than on'ottu; to the Managing Director for his able servf;se? hld to the auditors and chairman, and the tneett%vid tied A lady, Whose fondness for generons "coolioi given her a flushed face and carbuncled Doctor Cheyne. Upon surveying herself t er' she exclaimed, " Where in the nam e o f woll y 2c s ' ‘ did I get such a nose as this ?" " Out oft,„` r t et Madam out of the decanter." replied the D7,„ . 1 The elephant of the 78th, which,laa'„',oCll ll ' port with, the gallant Celtic warriors, direct ' ' ',,tti" j `Lie r their last station of foreign service, has acc () ",l. - '" 78th to Dublin, and marched in with the L l3° Of 4 fl rich Chronicle. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.---A fine y - 0 s wor Mr. Anthony Cliffe, cf Bellevue, had his arl s t t by a bone-grinding machine a few daYs i r r e tana i t i e ,to tation has become necessary. The # l4 O l , clo' c ii i tang i ie d, gentleman unguardedly approache d , ;j o g qld e pea° e h " i machinery, whilst in full play, and fern i n of :j therein the terrible result ensued.- - 'Z o cher s e 11 ; MIDDLE TEMPLE.—The Honourable Society of' the Middle Tell'!' he ' foll°" t t, the degree of Barrister-at-Law upon a pon3-,,,,1i0- i „ tlemen :—William Hussey, Esq., A, lfr n e in Joseph Arnould, Esq., John Bridge -t )-s ttil a llia ll 10 1 .'ot land William Davies Collett, Esq. , ' Ge org e 000 t, Esq., John 'William Williamson, Lever ee rie ;5 % Huxley, Esq., Thomas Sony Esq., if,„°:', l - i gt e 0 1. e,; Di tol / Ward, Esq., Roger Wafters, ' Esq., 11.1 0 pr Oe l* : kinson, Esq., Francis Scully, Esq.. Pe t i well, Esq., David Edmund Babbingt Francis Lucas, Esq., Peter Cotters Esq• e ror RUSSIAN AC ADEMY.—The Eor t he 3 ', , 5 addressed on the 27th October a rescriet tlt4itieit)c of Public Instruction, announcing Il ls Aeadtelett, termination that the Imperial Russ ia-ll % `so - i i a be incorporated with the Russian Acauellif3.l; die , 0 1 t . , of which it shall form a distinct section, °ctior,'„,otr; language and literature. The two other seoltheV Academy of Science are-1. Physics au c l, Pe te f , 2. nistory and Philos ophy. sophy.--Journalde Sf° l i• Nov. 13. TO ot er t( i FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S VIS I ; fr O'.: 1 11/5 PORT.—THE HOUSE IN AN UPEOAS.---,'-' wit" , 0 k tea o t l to sited this town on Thursday, and too ; „t fu, of his friends and admirers at the S° c o - 5 he' d f ?et) , Hill ate i after which a public meeting w lbe r cof 11 ,0 ; same place, at which a considerable auliarieo"litip assembled, although twopence each wn' e ooa t of mission. No demonstration took place. t he ' 0 0 5 0 ; nine, while Mr. O'Connor was address the sCr e 0,4 a loud crash was heard, accompanied bY Li t ' r wsk t ion iel the females, and a general cry that the ,'",r 10 1 1 1 0 in. A rush was made to the door, aou an ante-room was pushed down in the e- 'h e sia'„,la out. After the confusion had somewhat s li de r, P" ii ascertained that a beam had snapped Mun e el iOse the floor on that side of the room had giv e o te f o g P o , tion of it having sunk about a foot. F orttl ot b of ° el rious accident occurred. The audience uo.coe° posed to remain after the alarm, Mr' seu je flounced that he would finish his address on tit le' evening, —Manchester Times. , GO' )t I2 A letter from Montpellier, in t" 0 1 Tribunaux, gives an account of the a d r i r o v e ly ° l) f o irb t js Lafarge in that central prison. Nu" ' lie fece /le o ( ' ing, she was compelled to take leave 13 4 0 . , 0 ft, 1 0 attendant, Clementine Servat, by which at e 1,/,' deeply effected. After being received A rs ot hit it, / she was delivered over to the S . A, ', lv Joseph, who superintend the house. P; 0 011 c° oo been treated as an invalid, being lby he r t # to a cough and is put into a small 1/ 0 1 taining only an iron bedstead, a small SW:, hd r o J chairs. She has not left her bed sinc e ' blac'. 4 s pi e d black velvet toque or beret, and h. r I t ilt 1- c o dressed with taste on her forehead. Pe r l i es • over her bed. One of the Sisters visitorole,, constantly with her, but all other, re. s reit / ,1 strictly excluded, except that a filed, A0"..40 yetin t k h n e ow t n ow w n he h th a e s r, o N n v c h e en been her adi u 1 ~tot it she will be clothed in the prison-drheseaitilarieesillgtiebleitoilf'.; in the ordinary employments of the pris l I ts da l supposed that she will. The costume c°' the hea`o•ol4o blue gown, and a cap fitting close to isist 0 1 ' 1 4 1 works are all parried on in silence, and coot ill of handkerchiefs, stockings, and glov es ' of /11 cotton and silk. On her journey to the _P,,, e poa s followed in a second post-chaise by e tw°ll_,.., family, one of whom was the Count d LLANGOLLEN.—lntelligenee n jtl4, ep f o recti with poachers in Wynnstay Park has,,, l ' n ee F,A.t. o rPe,;jr through the medium of John by n t ' i r ed i t o it, ; c o tendent of police. From what has transPafr. 11 , e th v a a t t informationikshead game-keeper , am had e. c b e e e e p n e r t:o t r i ‘ l v a a t poachers were carousing; " at a publivc_l siting or ; 11t, ra de g d ani l og o uos ' l f : on Tuesday evening, and purposed „., fivetv, p ie ig e f oh ri his earlypreserves m en were en t that v t night.end nthees d NvalyttAccordingmorning, ri,n ip: iNt the t boy foremost keeper, and wounded him 4: Oa r ec°s ovu ull'( which felled him to the groun rid sev eel ' ° ic or.; the preserves, whereupon one el I P. c i ° : : : : :: rh e seeer fo s°f-st t,: s r ng i sir levelled his piece at the depredator, a • tin all dire ik d to u' r e''' tared, and the police are out sueP° se r 0 thhiempionacthheersab, d b o e m si e ti n e . s tlJeis one of the other fugitives. They are all ~ Herald. • TIN A ) I . lr THE FOUR SEASONS IN ft t h e itt• e•• T it - sons from the neighbourhood of WreNtiau N i v s o u d n e d P e a d i c , r , c h o iiu ls tk ro before last the ceekep heard 1 ", has j e t 1 „1 of Hadstock by a Correspondent, wa,°,„ y y r e name, In the same day there was "" i sa tne.r y ~ ve lightning at Bruton ; snoW fell here. t tacrr, l s e i re%ll s on that day also strawberries and r . y', wi ll t gathered in this immediate n lu the apple-trees in several gardens aro u lossom.—Bath Paper. eighbouitto();_, see