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

EVENING EDITION. IMPERI. AMENT, 110U5E OF LORDS, Fee. 1 PERSIA. The Earl of RIPON gave notice that on Monday next he would call the attentio❑ of the House to the relations of this country with Persia. He could not at present say whether he should do so in the form of a relation or by question. MEDICAL REFORM. The Marquis of NORMA NBY presented a peti tion from Devonport in favour of Medical Reform. CASE OF THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY brought up the Re port of the Committee appointed to inspect the jour nals of the House on the forms of the trial of Peers, and also to consider the proper mode of proceed ing, in order to bring James Thomas Earl of Cardigan to a speedy trial. The Report was not a final ono, and he therefore begged leave that the Com mittee should be allowed to report from time to time. The Committee had considered the matter referred to them, and had come to the following resolutions : First, that, as already a considerable delay had occured since the bill of indictment against the said Earl had been found, and as it appeared most desirable for the ends of public justice that the trial of the said Earl should take place with all convenient speed, and whereas, in consequence of the destruction of the Houses of Parliament, the access, it appears, from that House to Westminster Hall could not conveniently be made, it was the opinion of the Committee that the trial of the said Earl be had at the bar of the House ; secondly, that Tuesday the IGth of the present month be fixed for the trial, and that all the Judges be ordered to at tend ; and, thirdly, that the Lord Chancellor should write letters to all the Peers to acquaint them that he expected their attendance on that day at three o'clock ; and that in the letters written to the members of the Royal Family their attendance L 3 desired, and not ordered, by the House. The Report was then received. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY then moved that an Lutrible address be presented to her Majesty, praying *bat her Majesty would be pleased to give orders for iha necessary fittings-up of the House for the:said trial ; and likewise that she would be graciously pleased flo appoint a Lord High Steward to preside at the said q . ial.—Agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 1. There being only thirty-four Members present a lour o'clock, the House adjourned till to-morrow. POST-OFFICE. HAMIWROTT, JAN. 18.—The nego:iationa with England ;or the reduction of the postage proceeds slowly. It dc panda chiefly on the Hanoverian Government how this will terminate. The English Government naturally requires reciprocity ; but we cannot reduce our rates while we hi,vo to pay a large sum to Hauover for the pAssage of the mails from Cuxhaven to this city. Before the establish 'slant of steamers the packet-boats brought the bags to Cuxhaven, when they w ere f orwarded by land through the Hanoverian territory. Now this is done only when the steam-boats are prevented by the ice from coming up the river; cequently in mild winters for a short time or not all, and in evere winters for a few months only, and yet we have to pay to Hanover the sa me sum as before, be sides the large sum paid to the General Steam Navigation our postage has b een reduced by the Company., though o Convention of Altona 33 per cent, Colonel Bruin is now one of the sitting Mem bers for Carlow County. A tremendous price has been paid for the honour, and enjoy it he may as long as the present Parliament continues—but not ore single instant longer. We have already noticed the Reform movement ih operation in Carlow for the effective registration of the Liberal interest, and the decided success which has at tended it, even in the very ouset. —Dublin Evening Post. About four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, as a van belonging to Mr. Bates, of Ludgate hill, organ. builder, was proceeding along Moor -street, Seven-dials, containing a valuable organ, it suddenly broke completely soros% just behind the fore-wheels. A man who was sit ting upon the organ was with it thrown violently to the ground, and had both his legs broken. Ile was imme diately taken to Charing.eross Hospital. The organ was oohed to pieces, and one of the horses injured. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the WOO] sack at Five o'Clock. EAST INDIAN PRODUCE. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition from the East India and China Association, praying for relief from those grievances which formed the subject of their petition. It had been laid down as a general prin ciple, that the commercial regulations affecting the inter course between the United Kingdom and the colonial dependencies, and the mutual intercourse of these depen dencies with each other should be based on perfect equa lity, subject to certain exceptions where the permanent interest of all the members of the trade might render such exceptions necessary. 'I here was to be no advan tage given to one party over another either in the colo nial ports or in any of the ports of the United Kingdom. Parliament was not to secure to any persons or compa nies trading to these ports any partial advantages what even. He would now state to their Lordships that British manufactured goods were imported into Australia free of duty, while a duty of 5 per cent. was imposed upon the manufacture of India. Nov, it so happen that the main part of the In dian produce imported into Australia was grain, and that was only imported in times of distress and privation, and yet that duty of five per cent. was levied upon all the grain imported. When he had the honour of preparing the Report for the Committee, 'Pe had suggested to them the propriety of reducing the duty upon East India rum within the next two or three years. The Committee, however, did not feel themselves justified in assimilating the duty upon all articles of %Vest India produce, not deeming it expedient in the present state of the West India colonies to include rum. He trusted, how ever, that the House would see the justice and propriety of making a gradual reducti on upon a ll t h e artic'es of East India produce. If East India rum was admitted on equal duty a great quantity of East India sugar would be imported ; and looking at the present high price of sugar in Great Britain, and the privations to which the public were subjected, he trusted there would not be a second opiiion upon the subject. He had mentioned the subject with the view of calling attention to it, and of inquiring of the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) what part of the report it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to act upon. _ - The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was glad of the opportunity of stating that, having presented himself a petition last year upon the subject, at the suggestion of the Noble Baron, his entire concurrence in the subject having been referred to a Committee of their Lordship s House, ho had thought that course necessary from the great importance of the trade with India, and from the still greater importance of the claims of the people of India themselves to the fullest measure of the justice of the Mouse in all that regarded their interest— he still retained the same opinion, and was glad to find that his anxiety was participated in by the Noble Baron, of extending to them without unnecessary delay those advantages to which he believed them justly entitled.—( Hear, hear.) Having said so much he would state his entire concurrence with the views the Noble Baron had expressed last year, that the report which the Committee had sanctioned and adopted ought to be the foundation of all future legislation. But it must be manifest to all who considered the mag nitude of the interests at stake, and how many those interests were, that it would be impossible at once to effect that change which, in point of justice, it might be desirable to effect. It was admitted that if any change took place, it might be a change favourable to the interest of the pro ducer and trader in India, and in that view, he explained, that on the fullest consideration of the state of the supply of rum from the %Vest Indies and from her Majesty's East Indian dominions, her Majesty's Government were prepared to propose to Parliament to do that which, when the Bill came to be introduced, it would be easy to prove was not only re concilable with justice, but with the interests of our West Indian colonies themselves, namely, the equaliza tion of all duties on rum, whether produced in her Majesty's dominions in the East Indies, or her Majesty's colonies in the West Indies, leaving, of course, to the West Indies the advantages which they derive from their geographical position. If the removal of those restrictions upon the commerce al India had not already been effected, it was not be- Qause there was any doubt as to the propriety and 'Antics of the proceeding ; and he had no doubt that at the very earliest moment an extension of Indian commerce would take place. Many of -those matters to which the Noble Lord had alluded, particulat cotton, were so connect e d w i t h quest i ons of revenue t hat k was impossible not to see it would be necessary well to consider the subject before alterations note made. Not only was it necessary to pause in forming any opinion on the subject, but even when that opinion was formed it would be inexpedient, in re gard to taxation and revenue, to state that opinion before the Government was prepared to act upon it. He certainly was not aware at present that it would be possible to extend that relief to the growers of cot ton, but he considered it to be a most important ques tion, and one that ought always to be present to the minds both of the Government and Parliament. COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Lord BROUGHAM stated that he should to-mor row move the second reading of the Copyhold Enfran chisement Bill, and afterwards move that it be referred to a Select Committee. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY I' IPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Post, as protector of its noble patrons, is ex ceedingly wroth at the historical reminiscences of the house of Strangford, which have been revived by the clumsy attempts to aid the electio❑ of the Hon. Mr. Smythe. Allusions to the " virtues of his ances tors," and to the " eminent public services of his father," the present Viscount Strangford, did not originate with his political opponents. Had the Tory Press been content to rest the Honourable Mr. Smythe's claims on his own personal qualifications —his superior wisdom—deep experience—commanding eloquence—inflexible integrity—or any and every virtue with which they might have thought fit to invest him, as likely to reader him acceptable to the Canterbury Tories, we should have looked no further than the subject of their praise, and should not havo imported his progeni tors into the controversy, nor regarded them as parties in the cause. The Tory Press, however, was not content to rest the Hon. Mr. Smythe's cause on the basis of his own character. The claims of " hereditary virtues" were set forth by his Canterbury supporters ; and the Times paraded " the public services of the father " as an ar gument to enforce the pretensions of the son. What ever there was of argument in such claims—if those who urged them really supposed they could impart either strength or ornament to his cause —surely such have no right to complain if their argument is overturned by the evidence of in dubitable records of recent date, and thus demon strated to be utterly destitute of truth. If we have plucked the laurels of " immaculate ancestry" from the brow of Mr. Smythe, it was because he had no right to wear them. The journals of the Irish Parlia ment (1784), and the records of the Court of King's Bench in England of 1828, are open to all ; and these public documents attest that we have not shown up the " blushing honours" of the Strangfords on idle rumour, or without enabling all to investigate the validity of the proofs we adduced in justification of our state ments. Whatever annoyance or injury these state ments have occasioned to Mr. Smythe, is chargeable, not on us, but on his supporters. Had they never ven tured on advancing such claims in his behalf, their futility would never have been demonstrated by such evidence. (From the Standard) A Correspondent of the Times states that " Mr. Coppock has been sent down to Canterbury, and sits down as the presiding deity in Mr. Henniker Wilson's Committees." We have no desire what- ever for a melee with that truth-suppressing law which is known by the name of the law of libel, and we shall therefore at once refer to the Report of the Ludlow Committee, and to certain late law proceedings arising out of the Ludlow election, for information as to the character and profession of Mr. Coppock, if any one should happen to stand in need of informa tion on these points. \Ve may, however, we hope, say with safety, even though we have a Liberal to deal with—Liberals being always the great movers of the law of libel—that Mr. Coppock is a broker in a particular lint ; that his profes sional practice at Ludlow was very bold, and pur sued by him to a very great extent—how boldly and how extensively may be seen in the report, and in the legal proceedings referred to. Now, a broker it is known is a dealer between two parties, and they who employ a broker, as well as the others who favourably entertain a broker's propositions, give the plainest proof that they are not unfriendly to that peculiar department of trade in which be prosecutes his industry ; nay, give the plainest proof that they are desirous of doing business in that way. 'Well, the Ministers have, it appears, sent Mr. Coppock to Canterbury, from which it is evident that they are anxious to do business in the Coppock line of brokerage. The Ministerial party at Canterbury have accepted the Govern ment agent as the presiding person in their com mittees—proof that they are not averse to Coppock bro kerage. So far the commercial negotiation has advanced ; but it remains to be seen to what extent will the electors of Canterbury admit the traffic. It must be quite clear that every elector who receives the broker's overtures, even for a moment, shows his willingness to deal, though he may haggle a little about the price. Indeed, if there should be anything illegal or criminal in the matter of the brokerage—the man who does not turn with indignation and resentment from the first advance of the broker—the population which does not repel him with scorn, acknowledges that he or it has but a slight or qualified objection to crime, and to the violation of the laws. (From the Courier.) The four election contests now in progress constitute the special feature of the day's interest. So far as Reigate and East Surrey, we are entitled to assume that the contests are more in name than in reality, for we hold it an in - possibility that the respectable constituency of East Surrey should accept upon any terms the re jected of Ludlow, with the disgraceful certificate of character endorsed by a Parliamentary Committee upon the election petition, with his name and that of the notorious Mr. Coppock his agent. And as the return of that amiable and accomplished gentleman, Mr. Edmund Antrobus, who brings an honourable and unimpeached name as the guarantee for his pretensions and professions, is secure, as is universally believed, we may also assume that Lord Eastnor is not lass safe for Reigate, since we have it under the hand of Mr. D'Arcy his opponent, strange to say, a fellow Con servative, that his cause is hopeless, and that he goes to the poll only to redeem a pledge inconsiderately given. It is no small honour as well as advantage for the interests of a thriving community like Reigate to be placed in the keeping of a young nobleman spring ing from the lineage, and emulous of the merits and virtues, of the illustrious Somers. It is only, therefore, in Canterbury and Walsall that the electioneering conflicts may be said to hang in suspense, and that the W hips or Radicals themselves claim to have any prospect of success, whatever that prospect may amount to. Their hopes are, indeed, founded in both cases upon the prac tice of the most unblushing bribery, and recourse to the most ferocious intimidation against those conscien tious electors who are known and have intimated their resolution to abide by Conservative principles as nobly represented by Conservative candidates. THE ASHTON MURDER. COMMITTAL OF " CAST-METAL JACK" FOR MURDER. ASHTON, FRIDAY EVENING.—The adjourned examina tion of John broke, alias " Cast-metal Jack," charged with aiding and assisting in the murder of Banjamin Cooper, one of Mr. Whitfield's sawyers, on the 11th of December last, came on for hearing yesterday at the Commercial Hotel, the Town Hall being occupied by an. other Court. The Magistrates in attendance were James Jowe't, John Cheetham, and James Lord, Esqrs., and Sir Charles Shaw, K. T. S. It will be remembered that the adjournment took place at the request of llolme, who wished to bring witnesses to prove an alibi. lie accordingly called witnesses to prove that it was utterly impossible that he could have been pre. sent at the murder, or at either of the two prior attempts, but he failed in proving the alibi. Except the approver ( Davies), the most important witnesses were Benjamin Revill, late a constable of Dunkcnfield, and a man named Benjamin Booth, one of whom believed, and the other die- tinctly sworo, that they saw liolme tripping rather hastily along the street, about 300 yards from the scene of the murder, in less than ten minutes after the murder hed been committed. Edward Davies, the approver, was called, amended his former statement, and made some explanations. kfulme contented himself with stating that he had no hand in the murder, and that he was at work at Mr. Derwart's at the time. The Courtr, after a short consideration, determined, notwithstandin g the discrepancies in Davies's testimony, to commit Holme, not only for the two attempts at murder, but also for the murder itself. Davies and the two Hardwicks were also committed as accessories before - the murder; but it is understood that all three will be produced as witnesses on the trial. William Shaw was also brought up on the charge of having been an accessory to one of the attempts at mur der, and also with conspiracy. The principal witness against :him was Davies, to prove that just after one of the attempts to fire the cannon, Shaw came up, and at the desire of Williams, went to Henry Hardwick for four shil lings, Williams saying they were not going to do such jobs as that for nothing. It was also stated that Shaw had been regularly in company with the turnout sawyers dur_ ing the time of the turn out. He was also committed upon both charges. ANOTHER ACCIDENT AT CLAY TON TUNNEL ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY. BRIGHTON, JAN. 31.—Another melancholy accident oc curred yesterday morning at Clayton Tunnel, which i s i n th e line of the London and Brighton Railroad, and about six miles distant from the latter place, on the road leading to Cnckfield. The accident happened at the shaft No. 6, which was the scene of the dreadful and fatal accident that took place about ten days since, by the falling of sumo of the earth in the tunnel. The nature of the present accident was, if possible, of a m u c h more d angerous ki n d, an d it may well be deemed providential that the lives of many had not been lost in consequence of it.. It appears that the unfortunate subject of the present notice, a boy, named Marshall, was following his work of driving the horses employed to wind up the excavated earth and stone to the mouth of the shaft. At the time of th e acc id en t t wo " s kid s, " or large boxes, in which the earth is raised, or materials lowered, were at work, one ascending with several tons of stoix, &c., the other descending with sand, when, either from the bad state of the rope, or from some disarrangement of it on the drum, or large cylinder round which it passes, it suddedly snapped, and the two "skids " fell into the shaft, which is nearly 2.50 feetu. deep, th e ro p e at t h e same i nstant recoiling. The drum, ems. thus unrestrained, revolved round in the contrary di rection, which almost instantly threw it out of its proper position, and it fell on the poor boy, who was crushed in a most dreadful manner. He was imm e di a t e l y t a k en i n a cart to the Sussex County Hospital at Brighton, where it was ascertained that the bone of one of his thighs was severely fractured, and his face and body much lacerated; the injuries were of such a nature that his case was deemed hopeless. In consequence of this being the fourth accident at the same shaft, the greatest consternation prevailed amongst the men below, who very narrowly escaped, the blocks of atone bound ing several feet, PROPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHING A BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD VANCEMENT OF THE FINE ARTS. A knowledge and consequent due appreciation of the fine arts,—the arts which purify and ennoble, —are now observable amongst much larger masses of persons in the metropolitan cities of the United King dom, than was the case 20 years ago ; and mnst ine vitably go on to augment in a greatly multiplied ratio as every step gained becomes the means of further ad vances. In the provinces, too, where there are fewer " appliances and means to boot," the attention of the people to the importance of the fine arts as civilizing agents, and as tending to promote the general good, and therdore the general happiness, has v isibly in creased, and has manifested itself in more than one good result. Still there is a wide field here open for exertion ; and so undeniably important is the object to be attained, so vast is the good that would result from spreading a taste for the fine arts throughout the coun try, and inculcating a love of the beautiful, that no ef forts could be too great, no scheme of operations could be too extensive, which should propose to effect it. Experience shows the advantages which have re sulted from the establishment of the " British Associa tion for the Promotion of Science," not chiefly to science per cc, although these have been great and manifold, but to the people generally : attention has been awakened in the minds of thousands to subjects be fore unthought of : a spirit of inquiry has been induced ; and whole towns inoculated with an admiration of knowledge, and a determination to pursue it, to the exclusion of demoralizing sources of excitement, until then indulged in. Why, then, might there not be formed an association for the encouragement of art, which, like this, should meet annually at a different town in England, Ireland, or Scotland, and at which meeting painting, poetry, sculpture, architecture, &c., &c., in all their varieties, and with all their ramifica tions, should form the subjects for the consideration of the different sections ? A large and important exhibition of works of art might be collected, and an Art-Union ar ranged so as to secure the sale of a certain number of them, and thus to ensure the assistance of the most eminent artists, by rendering the society directly, as well as indirectly, advantageous to them. A small subscription (say one pound) would constitute a mem ber of the Association for the year, the aggregate of which, after deducting the expenses necessarily incurred, would probably enable the Committee (which should be partly local, partly general) to offer priz , s for compe tition in the higher branches of the various arts, and vote sums for the encouragement of any desirable ob ject in connexion therewith ; such, for example, as for the prosecution of experiments in the preparation of colours, the manufacture of stained glass, or for th e purchase of particular pictures, worthy of national re gard. During the meeting the various local collections would be thrown open to inspection ; conver sazioni would be held ; and other means adopted to bring men into contact with each other, on one common ground. One of the first points to be achieved by the united sections would be, to obtain an able and correct report of the pro gress of Art in England, Ireland, and Scotland, for the last fifty years—a task to be fulfilled satis factorily only by the joint co-operation of men in all parts of the country. This report would afterwards be continued from year to year, under its various heads, and could not fail to prove a work of the highest interest and value. It is not here attempted, however, to point out what could be done by a Society organized on the footing suggested : its power of effecting much good must be apparent to all, and needs hardly to be insisted on. The writer is contented simply, but with great earnestness and but one object— namely, strong desire to serve the cause of art (the cause of morality and public good), to state the proposi tion, in the hope that others of more ability, influence, and leisure, may view it as it has appeared to him ; and be induced to carry it into execution, efficiently, and forthwith. GEORGE GODWIN, Jun Pelham Crescent, Brompton, Jan. 1841. THE ELECTRO-TYPE. Little is known by the public generally of the newly discovered and highly useful art of electro-metallurgy to which the present and future generations will doubt less owe some of the greatest improvements in arts and manufactures which have rendered any age remarkable in the annals of civilization. The process by which the electro-type or volta-type is formed is extremely easy, and does not require any complicated machinery. A simple voltaic battery is set in motion, and the copper plate or other subject of which it is required to take a copy is made the negative pole of the battery, the conse quence of which is, that the sulphate of copper in solu tion is precipitated upon it. This goes on in a very gra dual manner, and the plate is left suspended in the trough until the copper deposited is of a sufficient thickness to allow of its removal from the original plate. The crust thus formed will, however, of course, present the subject in relief, and reversed ; and in order to form a fac-simile of the plate, this copy is again placed in the trough, when the same process is repeated upon this first copy or " matrix," and a perfect plate is the production ready from which to throw off copies. At first it was supposed that the process could not be attended with successful results in the case of non metallic bodies ; but the knowledge of the chemist soon suggested means of applying the electro-type to non-metallic as well as metallic substances. The most simple as well as efficient of these means is found to be the simple operation of rubbing a common domestic black-lead brush over the face of the seal, cast, wood cut, or other material of which it is by this process de sired to take a fac-simile. The black-lead forms a very fine metallic surface upon the non-metallic sub stance, and the process goes on as well as if it were solid metal. The accuracy of the copies of engravings taken from electro-type plates is such that artists have found it in many cases impossible to say which was taken from the original plate and which from the fac-simile ; and in other cases, where a distinction has been discover able, it has been in favour of the electro-type, the lines of which were softer than those of the graver. The process in all its varieties was exhibited by Mr. Brande on Friday evening, in illustration of his lecture on the subject, at the Royal Institution. Another important discovery in connexion with this art has been made, which is of importance to the engraver—namely, that by the means already described, plates of copper, of a purity which can be ensured in no other way, are to bo obtained. Two such plates, one of very large dime n sions, were exhibited by Mr. Brande. It will be seen, that from the case with which dupli cate plates can be produced, there will be, in the case of costly engravings, no necessity of us i ng th e or i g i na l plate at all, and thus the necessity of " retouching," which in many instances amounts to half the original cost of engraving, may bo entirely superseded by mul tiplying, through the all-powerful agency of the elec. tro-type, the number of the copies. Copies of fruit, leaves, and a variety of other substances, are taken with a perfection, beauty, and (necessary) truth to the ori ginal, which belongs to no other art. The discovery is likely to work a great reform in the patterns and devices of pottery, which, instead of rudely designed and ill-executed ornaments, may, in a short time, be expected to present the most beautifully engraved sub jects which the art of the engraver can furnish.— Evening Paper. SALTING AND CURING ANIMAL Tp.E SUN, LONDON, TUESDATY, FEBRUARY 2, 1841 SUBSTANCES. Our attention has been invited to a new process, protected by letters patent, for the above purpose. The advantages enumerated in the circular are : " 1. The whole process of curing effectually the animal substance does not occupy more than one quar ter of an hour, economising thereby labour and time to a very great extent. " 2- At any season of the year, and in any tem perature, even under the influence of a tropical sun, the process is effective, and may be used with perfect safety. ‘. 3. The matcrials employed are the same as hitherto used, but less than one-third of the usual quan tity is consumed. " 4. Any desired flavour, and any degree of saltness, may be communicated, the process being thus equally applicable to hams, tongues, and other preparations as to plain salting. Fish, poultry, &c., may be treated rvith equal advantage. " 5. By this process the nutritious elements of the animal substance arc all preserved in it, which, by the old mode of curing, are necessarily much deteriorated. " 6. By this process hides can be prepared for pack ing with great advantage, occupying much less space, thoroughly preserved, and rendered fitter for the tan ning process." The meat to be cured is placed in an iron vessel of ' considerable strength, connected by a pipe and stop-cock ' with the brine tube, also with an exhausting pump. The cover having been screwed down on the vessel, the air is extracted and a vacuum established, whereupon, the stop-cock being properly turned, the brine rushos in and takes the place of the air, filling the pores of the meat, and penetrating thoroughly the animal substance. Lest, however, some parts of the meat might not have been impregnated with the pickle by this reaction and the common atmospheric pressure, more of the liquid from the tub, prepared to taste with salt alone, or with saltpetre, or sugar, or spice, or alum in the case of hides, is pumped in by a small condensing engine (connected, of course, also with the iron vessel) until a pressure of from 150 lbs. to 200 lbs. on the square inch be attained. Now, the animal substance is allowed to remain under pressure for about ten minutes, and the process is com plete. The meat when taken out is thorougly saturated with the brine, the full flavour of which is imparted to it, and well cured. Lord John Russell has accepted an invitation to dine with the New Zealand Company. The dinner is to take place in the City on Saturday, the 13th of February, on the occasion of a Royal charter being granted to the Company. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT OF SWINDLING IN PARIS. BEER-DRINKING IN GERMANY The particular habits connected with beer-drinking n Germany, as it is carried on, will strike a stranger at first sight as being characteristic bow far habit goes in giving us prejudices and predilections. In England we drink our malt liquor out of pots, glasses, tumblers, &c. ; but in this portion of the world such is not the case. A German is never seen to drink white beer out of a glass similar to that from which he drinks Bava rian ; nor Bavarian out of that from which he drinks common ; and moreover, he will not drink one, two, or three out of glasses or pots having a similar shape or configuration. Thus every kind of beer is served in its particular glass ; in such a manner that it is easy to be informed, from one end of the coffee-house to the other, even by a glance of the eye, with what sort of liquor the various guests are regaling themselves. The white beer is decanted, the whole bottle at a time, into a drinking-glass about eighteen inches high, of small dia meter, and that the same throughout, with a bore of similar dimensions as the mouth. When full it contains about two English pints ; and moreover, when placed on the table, is provided with a moveable cover, I pre sume, intended to prevent as much of the carbonic acid gas from making its escape as possible. One may cer tainly drink out of any sort of vessel—that is, a vessel of any shape—when thirsty ; but on raising such a one as this to our lips for the first time, it seemed very like as if we were drinking malt liquor from the barrel of a blunderbuss. It requires much steadiness of hand, and the practice of a few weeks, in order to quench thirst from such a bicker, without, on getting towards the bot tom, pouring some part of the contents down the breast. The Bavarian beer, as we have said, has got also its own pot, arrd in configuration it is the very reverse of the former. It is formed of flint glass, and is some five or six inches high, containing a pint, and becoming gra dually narrower from the bore to the top, the latter of which is covered with a metallic lid, in a manner re. sembling a gill-stoup ; the lid, moving by a pivot on the handle, of course is raised every time the pot is raised to the mouth ; and, owing to the small dimen sions of the upper part of the pot, whilst the lip of the same is in our mouths, the lid sticks, with little con venience, into our right eye. So much for articles which seem so very inapplicable to the purposes to which they are applied, yet no German would ever think of pouring his beer into a glass, and drinking it in that more convenient way. The common beer is drunk out of a glass differing from either of these, it being neither so long as the one, nor so short as the other, but somewhere half and half between the two. So much for the manner of beer-drinking in Germany ; and we shall also add, that the Germans are for.d of their beer, and drink it in large quantities—they like it because it is their own.--Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser. Bells Life in London of Sunday Next, Feb. 7, will, as usual, give the best account of the Pugilistic Contests between Caunt and Ward, Lane and Sullivan. The price of Bell's Life is Five-pence, regularly pub lished in time to send by the Saturday afternoon Rail ways. Bell's Life of January 31 contained, in addition to its usual weekly miscellany, iscluding the Queen's Speech, &c., the Sawbridgeworth First and Second Steeple Chases, the Leamington, Aberystwitb, Andoversferd, an d Chignal ; the Fleetwood's, Hampton, and Spelthorne Coursing Meetings ; several original runs with stag and fox.hounds; Chess j Tournament at Leeds; ninety Hunt ing Appointments; three folio columns of the Great Fight between Broome and Hannan at Bicestcr ; the Tables of Matches to come ' viz., Coursing, Rac es, Stee p le Chases, the Ring, and Pedestrianism ; Betting at Tattersall's, Manchester, and Newmarket; with a variety of other sporting matters. THE HUNDRED WEIGIIT.—It is not long ago since the Americans reduced the hundred weight from 112 to 100 pounds. The odd twelve bothered them in their calculations, and was observed not to be of the smallest use in any respect ; so having resolved us cut down the hundred weight to what it ought to be, namely one hundred pounds, they immediately, and without any fuss, executed their resolution. This is a small matter, but it is characteristic of the country in which it took place. We question if the British could manage to take the odd twelve pounds from the hundred weight without a twer.ly years' talk. It does not signify, that nobody can „piftin how td. . when the odd twelve origi must not be Hated; " Th ere i t i s—that i s lulu ,— your pre meddled with —w ou ld you ru i n t h e country ' -tone; tended imp rovements? L et the h un d re d we i ght ; we have become a great people with it as it is, and with that let us be content,"—Chambers. SINGULAR CAPRlCE.—Alderinan Copeland, an ro M. P., duri ng a v i s i t to Stoke-upon-Trent, a f ew d ays ago, placed thed churchwardens,unl f 7O.a i tth o e r disposal spo n sa o l ur o i f sh t r.n he eri v t a o ri f ou t s he m d in is i. sters tressed poor of that borough ; whilst at a, visit to St, Stephen's, Westminster, but a few months ago, he voted many hundred times that sum at the disposal of the bread taxing landlords from the nourishment of the distressed poor of that borough,— Slautbrdsliire Examiner. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux. ) A rich merchant of Martinique, named G—, recently arrived at Havre, and having divers im portant business to transact in Paris, as well as being desirous of seeing all the lions of the day, hastened off to the capital without delay, taking with him a considerable quantity of valuable lug gage. M. G— had always been rather a gay man, and notwithstanding the fact of forty-five winters having passed over his head, leaving a little of their snows behind, he was not entirely in different to the pleasures of the world. He arrived in Paris on Sunday morning. He took his walk, he called upon his friends and corrdspondcnts, and was kept to dinner by one of them. In returning in the evening to his hotel he passed the Salle Ventadour. Th e d ance was proceed ing with all the gaiety of a Parisian ball, and the merchant was invited to take a billet d'enlree. He at first refused, but on being further pressed, he thought he might as well have a peep at one of these halls, of which he had so often heard and read. He accordingly entered, danced a qua drille or two, and was much pleased with the daz zling appearance of the place. But he was soon overcome with ennui, and was preparing to take his departure, when he was accosted by a pretty little domino of blue satin, who took him familiarly by the arm, called him by his name, and asked him what news from Havre. M. G— was agreea bly surprised, and at once entered into a very ani mated conversation with the fair unknown. Who could she be who appeared to know him so well ? In vain he attempted to discover; she would not gratify his curiosity, although she made herself the most fascinating creature in the world. At length he proposed that she should sup with him, for, let her be who she might, there could be no great impropriety in this, thought the honest merchant. The lady would consent on one condition only, and that was, that they should both go to sup at her house. Monsieur would call a coach. She had her own there already. How extraordinary I thought the merchant. She must be a person of some consequence. He ventured to ask her once more, but he was told that " that he could never know I" Off they drove, and on their arrival at her residence she, for the first time, removed the mask, and discovered the prettiest pair of eyes in the world, but her name she still persisted in not disclosing. It is unnecessary to go into the details of the supper. Suffice it to say, that it went off with much eclat, and Monsieur was too much fatigued with hi s j ourne y an d a ll t h e p l easures of the day not to sleep soundly on retiring to bed. To say the truth, he did not wake until twelve o'clock next day, when finding himself alone, he rang the bell for the servant. The domestic appeared. " Have the goodness to tell me," said M. G--, " where lam I" " Where you are, Monsieur ?" re-echoed the attendant, " the house has not changed its name since yesterday—you are still in the Hotel de France."—" Oh, I am at an hotel am I ? and who is the lady who occupies this apartment ?" " The lady ? why, your wife, Monsieur, I suppose; she rose early to take the bath." " You suppose wrong," said the merchant in an angry tone, " I have no wife. lam a bachelor. However, give me my clothes, and let me have my H ere are your clothes, Sir, but the bill was paid last night by the lady, when she ordered the supper. Mys tery on mystery. However, he would go to his own hotel. On arriving there he found that the same mysterious agency which had paid the bill at the Hotel de France, had paid it at his own hotel. He was told that he had paid it himself, and that he had taken all his things away ; that he had put the bill in his pocket-book, with two letters which had arrived for him in the course of the previous evening. Was he asleep or awake ? Was he in his right mind, or was he no longer master of his reason ? He looked at his pocket-book, and then, as if to confirm the astounding intelligence which he heard, there he beheld the paid hotel bill, and the two letters referred to. There was no longer a doubt. He had been the dupe of a swindler. His luggage had been carried off ; his pockets had been ransacked ; his letters of credit had been received, and not a trace was left of property to the amount of nearly 10,000 francs. The manner in which the merchaat's identity was so successfully counter feited is not the least extraordinary, for even when the hotel-keeper saw the real " Simon Pure," he persisted in declaring that it was he who had taken away the things ; in short, that everything had been done by his orders. NAVIGATION BET WEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE -17)-R7,IFIZ. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN PEACOCK, OF TILE PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAM-VESSEL PERI/. VALPARAIS), OCT. 17, 1840.-1 left Rio do Janeiro, with the Chili in company, on the 30th of August, and arrived off Cape Possession on the morning of the 14th of September. We proceeded through the Straits of Ma gellan, and the same afternoon anchored off Port Famine, where we remained cutting wood and completing water until the morning of the 19th. The day previous being the anniversary of the Chilian ndependence, I erected a beacon 25 feet high on the height of Santa Anna, depositing underneath it a manu script parchment roll, descriptive of the particulars of each vessel, length of passage, consumption of fuel, &c., toge ther with several British coins of the present year. We then hoisted the Chilian ensign, and saluted it with three cheers ; at sunset we lowered it, gave thre.2 cheers for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, and returned on board, leaving the beacon a conspicuous seamark for the harbour, and a firmly fixed monument, commemorative of the triumph of steam in this part of the world. The following morning, at daylight, we proceeded in company through the remaining part of the Straits, the waters of which were like a mirror, the sky without a cloud, until we reached Cape Pillar, when, on entering the Pacific, we experienced a heavy cross sea, and very shortly afterwards a gale of wind from the N. N. W. That night the Chili parted company ; the gale did not continue more than 20 hours; the Peru proved herself an excellent scaboat, and carried nothing away, although I was appre hensive of losing the platforms of the paddle-box houses. After three or four heavy northerly breezes, during one of which I took shelter under the island of Santa Maria, in the Bay of Arauco, we arrived at Talcahuano on the 29th, but the Chili did not make her appearance for a week afterwards, which caused mo the utmost anxiety and uneasiness. Captain Glover having steered a different course, fell in with very severe weather, which obliged him to heave to under close-reefed maintopsails ; however, I am happy to state that the Chili received no damage, and in the course of a few days it afforded me the greatest gra tification to see both the steamers looking as smart, and in every way as effective, as the day they left the river Thames. After the engines were painted and were dry, I got the steam up with the coal of the country, in order to try it. The small quantity which we procured was got from the foot of a precipice. It was inferior to Welch coal, but we had no difficulty in keeping up the steam as long as it lasted. I was informed that good coal might be procured at a place named Colcura, on the coast, about twelve leagues south of Conception; and I intended to have visited it with the Polish geo'ogist, M. Lololscky, in the service of the Chilian Government, but, having met with an accident, I sent Dr. Wclbourne, who, in company with M. Lololscky and Mr. Cunning ham, the British Vice-Consul, proceeded to Colcura, Laraquete, and Arauco for the purpose of examining the coal formations in those vicinities ; and I am happy to state that their report establishes the fact of the existence of coal suitablo in every respect for steam navigation. We left Talcahuano, in company, on the afternoon of Wednesday the 14th, and in 25 hours (24ti miles) arrived off the port of Valparaiso, where we were met at the point by a boat, with Mr. Scott on board, deputed by the Go vernor to convey a plan of the bay and shipping, and pro gramme of our proceedings, and a letter from Messrs. Naylor, Boardman, and Co., of which the following is a copy : " Valparaiso, October, 1840. " Sir,—We beg leave to inform you, that his Excellency the Governor of Valparaiso, being desirous that your en trance into this port should be as conspicuous as possible, has commissioned the bearer of this, Mr. E. S. Scott, to wait upon you, and to request that you will be off and on until a signal be hoisted at the lighthouse on the paint ; whereupon a procession of two lines of boats, decked with flags, will leave the harbour to receive and welcome you, between which you may enter; referring to Mr. Scott for further particulars, " We arc, Sir, your obedient servants, " NAYLOR, BOARDMAN, and Co. " Mr. George Peacock, Commander of the steamer Peru." After waiting some time for the signal, during which I hoisted the Chilian ensign, and saluted it with twenty-one guns, and performed various evolutions with both vessels, Colonel Wood came on board, and we proceeded towards the mole, the Chili close in our wake, passing between the British flagship President and Chilian flagship Chili, the rigging of both ships being manned by their respective crews, giving us three cheers and a royal salute from the latter and the smaller ships of war, which was followed by another royal salute from the batteries and guns sine numero of all the merchant-vessels who had the honour of sporting powder. We then swept round within a few fathoms of the mole-end, and passed between a line of boats, with bands of music and decked with flags, lying off the beach of the Almendral ; thence threaded our way in and out of the different merchant vessels, which were orna mented with flags, receiving their cheers, and around the sterns of the men-of-war ; back again by another open ing, and anchoring off the mole-end, the shores and every house and eminence from the point to the end of the Almendral being lined with spectators, who kept up a continual cheering and waving of handkerchiefs; is short, this reception far exceeded our west distant or sanguine expectations, and I only regret that the worthy projector of the enterprise, Mr. Wheelwright, was not present to witness this gratifying display of enthusiasm ; all the public offices were closed, shops shut, and business suspended. On Sunday his Excellency the Governor, Admiral Ross, and other public functionaries, with their families, honour us with a visit. I intend getting up the steam, and giving them a turn round the bay, and, as we have not had a salute from champagne for a long time, Ido not think we can have a better opportunity of so doing. We brought up from Talcahuano five cabin passengers at $.20 a-head; one servant at $lO ; and a woman deck passenger at ,00, with two children at $5 each. The engines of both vessels arc in excellent order, and the vessels themselves require only to be caulked to fit them for immediate service, and this only partially, as the cargo has turned out in good order and condition. CURIOUS BEQUEST. a the will of Sir Gilbert East, Bart., of Fitfield, Berks, proved in Doctors' Commons under 300,0001., is the following curious bequest. Certain clauses in the will are marked 1,2, &c.—" I leave to Eleanor Mary East every dog belonging to me at my dec ease , b e i t where it may—sh a ll be kept, in every respect, as well as during my life, be fed with milk, burley, or oatmeal, or sea biscuit and tripe, &c., and I leave to be paid to the person possessing the property set down in No. 1, for his life, 7s. a week for each dog ; and, at the de cease of Mary Eleanor East, who shall first keep them, the person in actual possession of the property be queathed in No. 1, be be who he may, shall continue well and punctually to pay the weekly allowance for each dog, as before directed ; and, moreover, to find out and employ a trusty honest person to look after them and attend them, which, together with any kennel furniture, when wanting, shall be an extra payment, over and above the weekly allowance, as shall also medicine. Ido not allow of any one dog to be killed because old or in firm, under a false notion of charity. And, further, any horse or mare belonging to me at my decease shall have each a run for life, with every possible care and attention paid to them ; but most particularly in winter, when I will that chaff, bran, and hay, be daily and plentifully given to them, and warm sheds to shelter themselves in be provided ; and that they be allowed to run in my meadows, at Fifield particularly. And I hereby order that Eleanor Mary East, during her life, do amply provide for the horses, &e., aforesaid, and at her decease I leave and bequeath eight shillings per week, to be defrayed by the person being in actual posses sion of my property set forth in No. 1, for the maintenance of each horse, mare, or gelding ; and whom I hereby re quire to hire a trusty and honest person to attend them, and administer to their wants, who shall he paid extra, and not from the Bs. per week. Further, any parrot that may to me belong, at my decease, shall, at the decease of Eleanor Mary East, if she outlives me, be made over to Martha Hack, who, I trust, will in every respect take the greatest care of them, on the same plan of keeping and feeding as practised while I was living ; and to enable Martha Hack to perform this, I hereby order the person in the actual possession of the property set down and be. qneathed in No. 1, to pay unto Martha Hack, or any other person afterwards whom it may be ne cessary to appoint, in case of any unforeseen cireurn stance, or the death of Martha Hack occurring, and which substitute to Martha Hack ought to be very trustworthy, the quarterly sum of 151., making 601. per year. And the person in the actual possession of the property bequeathed in No. 1, shall appoint such successor when necessary ; and at the death of the said parrot only 201. a year for life shall be paid unto Martha Hack, or the successor actually appointed. A cage similar (being iron) to the present one shall be Provided at the expiration of every two years for the parrot aforesaid ; to be purchased new by the person in actual possession of the property set down in No. 1, at his own expense." A letter was received in town this morning from the manufacturer of the engines of the Ilalifax':and Boston steam-vessel Columbia, and we find, from its con tents, that the remarks made by us in Thursday's paper, as to the probable nature of the damage said to have been sustained by her machinery, were per fectly warranted. It is thought quite impossible that the commander of the Columbia should havo gone out of his way to provision a distressed vessel being himself in distress, without writing to give the ne cessary information to his employers. Mr. Napier intends, we hear, to put himself in communication with the master of the Rapid, which vessel has proceeded to Antwerp to discharge her cargo, in order that the truth may be elicited. The great success of Mr. Cunard's line of steamers has apparently excited a very unworthy feeling of jealousy on the part of other shipowners in the American trade, and hence the reports injurious to his vessels that arc pro pagated from time to time. A gross misstatement ema nating trom the same source (Cork), was set on foot on a previous occas i on , concern i ng t h e A ca di a , an d i t is greatly doubted if the machinery of the Columbia has suffered at all. —Poi.. A MOVEMENT „._ CLASSE,;.-We understand that a targ. _ _ head, Berm on d sey , i s to b e opene d on Sunday 7th of February, for the purpose of communicating moral and religious instruction to the working classes. It is in tended also to open schools, in connection with the chapel, for the education of their children, and thus, according to the principle recommended by Sir R. Peel, taking their affairs into their own hands, ' krONGST TIIE WORKING -- chapel at Dock. -* the The East India Association of Glasgow have lately presented a memorial to Lord PaLnerston respecting the encroachments of the Dutch in the Indian Archipelago. The memorialists begin by referring to the papers recently laid before Parliament (a description of which has already been published), as proofs of the unsuccessful attempt of the British Government to obtain a recognition of the just in terpretation of the treaty of 1824, while they state that the claims for compensation to merchants for duties unjustly levied must be consifered as departed from, chiefly because the customs' regulations of the Bengal Government are inconsistent with the treaty of 1824, and are so far opposed to the rights of British trade with Java. But, besides expressing their regret at the decline of the trade with Java a nd the other Dutch dependencies, they particu larly call attention to the continued encroachments of the Dutch in extending their influence over the independent native States, reminding the Minister that the commerce in the Straits of Malacca mainly depends on the intercourse with the native traders from Sumatra, Celebes, Borneo, and other islands. The Dutch, they say, since the cession to them of Fort Marlborough and the other British possessions in Sumatra, pursuant to the treaty of 1824, have omitted no opportunity of diverting the native trade from Penang and Singapore, their aggressions increasing in spite of serious complaints. That they have taken possession of the Rajah of Sinkers territory on the west coast of Sumatra, and also of Barus, thus effecting a monopoly of the trade of these districts, is already shown by the Parliamentary papers ; and it appears by accounts received by the lust over land mail, th a t t h ey h ave f urt h er ta k en posses sion of the p or t o f T ourouman , w hil e f ears are en tertained l es t th ey s h ou ld lik ew i se occupy a ll the ports between Sinkel and Acheea, from whence the Straits settlements have large supplies of pepper, &c. The memorialists add, that the Dutch have extended a set tlement to the north-east coast, threatening Lancat, ' ' l, O kingdom of Sine ; so that there is every Delli, aut. ---- subjugation of Sum a t ra , an d reason to expect the cub,— except on such the destruction of all trade with terms as the Dutch shall be pleased to dictate. They then refer to Lord Yalmerbtou a delatch to .y„ L_ EVENING EDITION• THE MARKETS. PIE F EAD. f o r I , " The highest rice of it ß re.i C il i, the R ill..trovilis is 9,1. Loaf. Good Bread may be had at 71. PRICES OF SEEDS. IIV Per Cwt. I P er Quarter .....6 565 New English Red Clover...sos 84s St. Fein .... .. ....... s IS' Old Ditto Ditto New Foreign Ditto —s —8 —s Rye o:as . ........................ „ ....0 - ,:;, —s 55s 7s Pacey Grass ................ 501 14 Old Ditto Ditto — s --s —s Linseed, for fec . ding ..• , 66' ',is New White Clover 45 s 50 s 60s Ditto far sowing •••.••••-, 468 40 Old Ditto Ditto —s —s Stew —slDitto, , for crushibg .... 36! 9 0t Trelbil —s 28s 40s H emp ......................••. t to, Old Ditto —s '2os 30s Canary„ .................. . c, X Tr..folitn -s 48s 70s' Per B- s, 'e" o d to ',6 English Carraway — s 50 s 5 1 s ' White Musta rd... ll 'm to l fr od Foreign Ditto — s 46 s 5 0 s Brown Ditto. ........ 141 , ^ 0 - 1 , lOf Coriander —s I4s 18s,T ares PRICE OF OIL .i 43 0 Rape Oil, brown, per t on 46 I' ) Ditto, refined o 7 10 Linseed Oil 13 10 Linseed Oil Cake a t th e Mill (per 1000) Itape take, pe r ton o PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121/).. t•I 1 9 0 ..' 4 Town Tallow - £2 0 6 Melting Stuff ............. I 0 Yellow Russia 2 8 6 Ditto Rough ........... 5 0 White I/ 0 C (braves ......................... 0 Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs .................. PRICE OF RAW FAT , per stone of 81130. "..4. o,l' Price of Tallo w ( as stated by the Tallow Metter's) ............... COAL MARKET. tl• Ships arrived since l as t mar k e t d a y,:llo' s• 0 d. .. 1 0 Adair's Bell, Hobson & Co. Hartley IS 0 Walls End Haswel • .......... F! 0 Carr's Hartley Derwent Main l7 0 Walls End Lambton ...... g 2. 0 Garestleld ails . WallsWWaaWalls End End EEdd RSPtuccsnbablrertrlts°ll:c ED; 95 9;1 Walls End Whitwch ........ 44 3 Walls End Hartlepoo l. ' '''.. NValls End Adel , ide ....... 0.2 Walls End ............ jl Walls End Evenwood •.... t . Walls End South Durh aah ' Wal s End Tees ................ 0 Cowpen ......................... Walls End ............. Llol y well Main 3O 6 Leaze's Main Ord's Itedhugh Orig;nal 'Windsor's Pontop 19 0 Pontop Windsor Tan field Moor.. 22 ( Tanfied Moor Butes l7 I. Walls Et,d Betvicke and Co 22 6 Walls End Brown's 2O 0 Walls Fnd licaton Walls End Killingworth ... r 1 9 ' Walls End Newmarch ....... 21 0 ~ W. E. Braddyll'alettoci... 23 SI le COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST g COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURIN G LAST or P. 1 - _-- e ": Whe,:t. f Barley. O ats , B eans. re 4l > ---- 1---.__--- , o , Per Quarter S. to s. 3. to s. S. to s . S. to & A'A . ' ..° Carlisle Ilexham 5O 02 32 3l 21 23 —AI I ' tA go Morpeth 52 62 24 28 20 44 -- . 4 .• Benrith 65 32 23 03 .... ~ ...- 5, Sheffield — 64 33 23 4 ,,_ 35 ,d. Winehest-r :,9 61 29 31 26 29 42 4 5 3 d „ - J1 ', l l O Per Bushel. s. d. 8.0. s. d. s. d. 8. 0. s. d. S. Si: 8 ;"„ - 6 0 ~- 0 Carmarthen 60 7 1 00 50 00 2. 56 0 ,, " il ll ii 0 Cowbridge „1.0 0 —0 50 56 30 40 50 a ; 5 6 ' Swansea 74 80 40 44 26 28 56 6 v 0 ~ 6 li • Per 8011. Barnardeastl,l6 0 IS 0 8 0 9 3 7 4 8611 0 1 2 ~ :0 - 0 , 1 ,!,1 Durham 1 13 6166 8 0 90 7 9 89:0 0 13 a r " - O 0 'i Richmond ll 6 18 0 7 0 9( 5 6 8 0 9 0 1 1 " a 0 0 8 6 - Stockton l3 0 16 0 9 0 9 0 7 0 8 0 7 6 THE BRITISH SILK MANUFACTURE g „,IIk' The deputation of silk manufacturers and journeYnT o riil o weavers, which waited a few days ago upon the ea of Normabby, through whose hands some ar, cial ,, e a f or British manufactured silks were conveyed to the w u , - , r ia' her Majesty's approval, were informed that it was 4 ; t, the tention to patronise a fancy dress ball in May n e ; o rlac' object of which was to give encouragement to the P. ore tion of British manufactured silks. Some pattarl boa placed in th e h an d s o f t h e deputation wh i c h ha " selected by th e Q ueen f or t h e occasion. ; p ied The Duke of W e lli ngton h as recently aPrfseetif Mr. Thistl e t on Dy er , a county Magistrate, to t he 0 Ro ll Coroner of the Tower Liberty and her Majestf il d beel Palace of the Tower of London. The situation b a c ho` long performed by a deputy, who for some time P B- Nigh devolved the duty upon his clerk. His Grace, l ' s d de; Constable of th e T ower , h ear d of this delegation, B.oiato' termined on correcting the evil ; he therefore arl j ,dill Mr. Thistl e t on D yer to t h e office upon an under:l and that in future th e C oroner should personally e ffi e r t e ,:er ° ' not send a dep u ty t o ta k e i nqu i s i t i ons in t h e London and Liberty adjoining. U hi It is expected that Lord Aberdeen and the a fil l of Richmo n d w ill, ear l y i n the Session, introdneer,areli into the House of Lords for settling the Scotch question. —Morning Paper, 1 the The spirit of emigration seems to be uP c '„ i t a nd increase, owing, no doubt, to the want of emplel" )e ,'",enti low rata of wages. On Thursday, as many a il families left Nottingham as emigrants Notts Review. Y' MAJOR-GENERAL S H W° llsl ' IR ENRY ' i n ce ' G. to Austr" C. 8., (whose decease we mentioned a f e w day ° s. cy embarked for India in 1760 ; obtained a n Ens i g li an . d is 1781 ; was employed in the Mysore war in 179 0, : p ate° the operations at Scringapatam ; in 1803 he Pa rt : h ci 'esr in the brilliant achievements of General Lake , c 1.4 95 ' ture of Alligurh, and the battles of Delhi andmijarr, warree ; in 1804, having attained the rank o f, 18 05 he commanded a detachment against Holkar ; I° A , the was appointe.d Adjutant-General to the Army un" 0 ". at° rt , " Presidency of Bengal ; in 1813 become Principal JO; Secretary to Lord Moira, Governor-General of , I , o ln aat and in 1818 was appointed Secretary to the Gove r f" r re , in the military departmen% an office he shortly fid e Sir, signed on account of the bad state of his health . op et Henry was born the 20th Jan., 1768, the second i s le of the Rev. Francis Worsley, Rector of Chale, in the ! c iel' i Wight, the descendant of a younger branch of the ape family of Worsley, of Apuldereombe. Churton's aye of Great Britain and Ireland. STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with Bronzed 1 ; og' 15s. per S e t, B ronze d F enders, As. A variety °.OOllO terns and pri ces , f rom t h e above to 30s. at which Prloireb fenders a re p ar ti cu l arly handsome, with splendid scroll c' M gr richly int erm i xe d w i th steel, the ends are steel, and the ,,iron" porters f or the fire-irons bronz e d. P o li s h e d s t e el r` from 4s. per set. e Catalog ues . gra ti s, conta i ning the prices of every art'Furnishing Ironmongery. t' ItIPPON and BURTON, W e ll s - street, O x f or d -stre e t Established 1820. BIRTHS. po ol At Alloombe, Somerset, the lady of W. Donaldso n Esq., late of the Queen's Bays, of a daughter. . P t° , On the 29th ult. :in Hyd3-park- s t ree t, th e lady of naghten, Esq., of a daughter. , a Nesbi tt ' On the 30th ult., in Bedford-raw, the wife of "• ----- Esq., of a daughter. lED MARR. obos, l , l'' On the sth of December last, at Oporto, E. -• t° Esq., her Britannic M a j es t y ' s C onsu l for that c i ty , eldest daughter of E. liumsey, Esq., of Oporto. Arthur On the 13th ult., at the British Embassy, Douglass, of Ifoare-town. park, New South Wales, to nett' Faris, A rthur eldest daughter of Rear-Admiral Sir Salisbury .. D i, are K. C. 8., of I3ramhall, Chester, Weeden Lodge, " ge ' s ,t e s , On the 30th ult., at St. James's Church, Bernon",„ - ;.' 0 1." F. Shoebridge, surgeon, to Emily Sarah, second datig u ' o ' s d, Butler, Esq., of Glongall-place, both of the Old Ket_2"....:/. DIED. On the 21 s t u lt., a t K en il wort h , Mr. R. D raper , age d part , On the 215th ult., in Crawford -strut, Frederick C. AO, eldest son of the late Rev. C. H. Burt, Vicar of Canni n g Somersetshire, and Chap vi;lain to th e D u k e o f Sussex. betl l, On the 27th u lt., at Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, ' —za the wife of Edward Robinson, E de o, On the 30th of December, 1840, in the Island of 16 „ a a kegy Charles Montague, second son of Lieutenant-Colon el Dercham, Norfolk. 01 60 ; On the 22d ult., in S a vill e - row , J. It ows hip, Esq.,. 9 g of tb- On the 27th ult., at G o d a l m i ng, Eli za b e th, the widovf 0 late R. Moline, aged 80. On the 28th ult., J. Booth, Esq., Shooter's-hill.r oad• On the 29th ult., at C o l c h es t er, T . F. Balderston, P" late Captain in the Hon. East India Company's serv ice ' - On the 28th ult., at Camden-road Villas, Camden-town'' Ireland, Esq., aged 82. imrtmintr2.rrrr3F_ __.•"1" - tme c espe o pein7 London : Printed and Publi s h e d b y MURDO YOu ;: " n d rd, 01 No. 112, Strand, at The S un Office, No. 1 12, Sirs county of Niddleseate—Tuoday, robtuary 2,11141. Sir E. C. Disbrow : , of the 29th August, 183.1°. his repli es t o Mr. Colephoun's inquiries during to last Session, as showing that the interpretation Pe t utit the sixth clause of th e t rea ty o f 1824 (declaritl i t 'd t no new settlement s s h a ll b e f orm ed on the isal % without previ ous au th or ity f rom the contra ctl; Governments) is such as to justify the Dutch a ir e d sions, because their owl/ Government has anal°, them. Such a construction, the memorialists 81; mit, would justify any future occupation b y ' 6 , Dutch, while the British. ere precluded from ine rea r ing their territory in the Eastern seas ; and they heat pr.( ss as their own interpretation of the treatY'ftroel it binds the contracting parties to abstain 0 impeding each other's trade in the Indian Ar t ,c bi l„ r , lago without the concurrent sanction of both. i` f ' 11 ; 6 ring to the Dutch Minister's note to Sir E. 1 ‘ 43- , dated August 18, 1839, they quote the followieg bl pressions :—" If the high contracting Parties have , to Articles 9 and 10 respectively, renounced the rig ht O f conclude any treaty with the States in the l ola°a e a Sumatra and the Peninsula of Malacca, they - to still more interdicted from sending a ssistanc e 6 0 these States." Here the memorialists observe, lace Dutch authoriti es c l ear l y cons id er t h e r i g ht t° >n for treaties as renoun ce d, an d t h ere f ore it is abs ti c , r- tc li them to w a r i n th e i s l an d . H owever , the m u d Sinkel ot. Minister justifies the occupation of the ter Barus by alleging that it formed part of tory acquired by the Dutch East India Ce rn / a :he in 1666 by means of a treaty with the natives 01 West Coast. Here the memorialists urge, that S c. hich DP w cording to the thi r d ar ti c l e o f t h e trea ty, - sumes that each of the contracting parties to given to th e ot h er not i ce of all ex i st i n g tre a ia with the natives, and binds each of t th r e : o se . , like manner t o g i ve not i ce o f ever y fu• this agreement of 1666 oug h t to h ave b e en ee rllcati : l s; cated, remarking th a t i t i s strange t h a t the big hts, civil authoriti es o f t h e p l ace, t h e B r i t i s h i n the S tr G o . the Government of India, and lastly, the Bri tis , h t er• vernment, should all h ave agree d i n cons idering tu e i e r e recommendra i o t t o u r a i el actually ao communicated an independent.uniino inquiryat ed i n whether IhB2'rh4e since, memorialists such i fa g it er e symt t eb the` pas t3e pot,iodo.as they hope th a t a cess i on of the' territories vii i " mantled. ston. Celebes s a iasndnot Borneothe o a n p ly pe i a sl r and to memorialists would call the attention of Lou - 10 to be viA t ickabel ry p ict r elb e f : ' subject to the same system of encroachm en ", 3 of tensions being there likewise enforced, on the P: e t he ancient treaties, so that it is highly expedien" bat memorialists observe, to ascertain at any ratl: the exact pretensions are, and if, unfortunatclY , t b — et t e e b, ritc ;es should turn out to belong to the h . (lb' to ascertain on wh a t t erms access to them 0 1, tamed. After i ns t anc i ng some cases o f t h e dil" c a do that have b een ra i se d i n t h e shape of dut i es to ju l e r ie o , British imports into Dutch Indian ports, til t i :cor rialists observe, that if such system is allowod tinue, and th e t rea t y so i nterpreted as to j us tify ov ide system, that tt ea t y , t h e o bj ect of which was te,Prfyc tbs for freedom o f t ra d e, w ill produce an e ffect pree lse p; e reverse, and strik e a severe 'blow at British ccnel— 'll, e , ! r joini lotewift errs j, Loni N fit ,: t `'% Pur c h uer - , tii "th d r ttei, to - ' 4l th e be 11141, iq rell ‘Old Are '' ~, - grai 114,, at re denr,ktel 7,1 t' , l , a ° o v„WI,I, to U :rh„‘ t : . tic,„ rf 1, :4 ait , lt4r ) Pt tele!. V'„°f th,, 11,1 - t i‘. Indi c ( . 9u . le 141%441 LAW INTELLIGENCE 111 r. Justice WILLIAMS did not consider this to be a case for a mandamus ; the auditor had the remedy in his own hands by refusing to pass any items for which vouchers were not produced.—Application refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, F.eß. 1: (Sittings in Banco.) HARRISON V. WARNEFORD., This was an action brought against the defendant as the Managing Director of the %Vest Cork Mining Company, which was tried so long ago as November 1839, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. In the present term a rule nisi to set aside the ver dict on the ground of collusion w-as obtained, and on a former day Mr. Kelly and. Mr. Hum frey were heard against the rule, and Sir F. Pol lock in its support. To-day, Mr. Henderson was fur ther heard in support of the rule, and argued that the delay which had taken place did not put the defendant out of Court, as they had been seeking redress in another way, they havitv , applied to a Court of Equity—so th a t i n fact they had been only guilty of an error. He would not detain the Court on the ques tion of collusion, if they were against him .on the point of time. The COURT said the application came, too late, and the rule must therefore be discharged. Rule discharged with costs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WDVD. Mr. JOHN Jitavis appeared on the part of the Crown to show cause why a Commission should not issue to examine witnesses abroad in this case. He, in the first place, would wish his Learned Friend, kir. Wight man, to produce any authority, showing t.h at the re venue side of the Court had any jurisdiction in such a case to grant the application. He had made diligent search, and could not find any. It would be a most dangerous precedent, for, if once al lowed, there would never be an Excise or Customs cause in which there would not he some material wit ness abroad. Mr. WIGIMIAN relied upon the Ist of William IV., chap. 22; but The COURT said they clearly got no jurisdiction from that Act : they could not grant the app lice tion, but they had the power of putting off the trial upon q proper application.—Rule refused. FISHER. V. PRYME AND OTHERS. Mr. KELLY appeared to show cause against a rule obtained by Sir F. Pollock, for the purpose of having the Master's taxation reviewed. The Learned Gentle man said this was an action for libel in which the plaintiff, a most respectable banker in Cambridge, had had perjury imputed to him—it was altogether a gross case, and the plaintiff would undoubtedly have ob tained large damages. But upon the cause being called on, the Learned Judge, Mr. Baron Alder son, suggested a compromise, and it coming from such a quarter was acted upon, upon an understanding that the plaintiff was to be paid his full costs. That understanding was now denied"; but could any of their Lordships doubt, for one moment, that a plaintiff stand ing in such an advantageous position would have consented to withdraw his case from the consideration of a Jury, who no doubt would have given large damages upon any other terms than a complete indem nification from all costs. He swore that those were his instructions to his attorney, and the latter swore that the understanding at the arrangement of the case was that the costs should be as between attorney and client. The Master had so taxed them, and he hoped the Court would not interfere, and so fine the plaintiff, who bad been the injured party, to the amount of 1501. Sir F. PonLocx said that in the hearing of so many of his brethren ho was happy to say that ever since he had had the honour of filling a place in the part of the Court he then occupied (before the Bar), he had never signed a brief allowing a client of his to pay costs as between attorney and client—he insisted upon having a sum named which his opponent would be satis fied with, and let the costs be taxed in the usual way. lie denied most positively that it was ever a matter of course that the costs should be otherwise taxed, unless the briefs were so endorsed. No arrange ment could be made:by the attorneys for such a purpose. It was positively sworn that the arrangement was tht usual one, and agreed to by the attorney for the plaintiff; he had to answer that affidavit, and what did he say in his most glib affidavit ? Why that if ho had ever made such an agreement it must hare been by way of a joke. There was no joke, however, in his other proceedings. The manner in which costs had been heaped up in this libel case was a libel upon the administration of justice. He knew not where the fault rested, but in this case where all parties knew that there was no justifi• cation, and that the only defence would be an utter disclaimer, that the plaintiff was the party attacked, the costs amounted to no less than 3.501. ; the expence of the declaration alone was 401. ; and to prove that the party attacked was the respectable and well-known Conservative Mayor of Cambridge and banker, which might have been done, if at all possible, by five hundred persons in Cambridge, witnesses were brought from the most remote parts of the kingdom. But the fact of the briefs being signed in the usual manner, and that his affidavits were not in any way contradicted, would induce the Court to make the rule absolute. The COURT referred it to the Master to have laid before him the indorsements on the briefs held by the respective counsel at the trial, and to report the same to the Court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 1. (Sittings in Banco.) JOHNSON AND OTHERS V. FREEDMAN AND °TITERS. The defendants were executors to a legator from whom the plaintiffs held a bill of exchange, for which this action was brought. In the meantime the de fendants filed a bill in equity, and this Court gave leave to plaintiffs to proceed in Chancery under that bill. Mr. Sergeant Manning subsequently obtained a rule nisi to compel the plaintiffs to pay the costs of the proceedings at common law, it having been their intention to proceed in equity. The Solicitor-General now showed cause against that rule, contending that the defendants, by filing the bill in Chancery, had prevented the plaintiffs from going on in this Court, and had therefore no right to complain that the latter did not continue the proceedings. The Court, however, was of opinion that the plaintiffs hav ing made their election to go from this Court into Chancery, should pay the costs here incurred.—Rule made absolute. RUSSELL V. BLAKE. This wal an action upon a bill of exchange, in which a verdict was given for the plaintiff upon the evidence of one of the indorsers. An objection was made at the trial to the admissibility of that witness, and leave was given to move for a non-suit. A rule nisi for a nonsuit was obtained last term, and cause shown against it by Mr. Sergeant Channel!. This day the Court gave judgment, ruling that the evidence of the endorser was inadmissible, and that the plaintiff must be nonsuited. INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. BAIL COURT, FEB. 1. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) THE QUEEN v. THE OVERSEERS OF THE HALIFAX UNION—MANDAMUS. Mr. WIGHTMAN moved for a rule calling upon the overseers of Halifax to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, ordering them to produce an account of certain items of expenditure in their account to the auditor appointed by the Poor-law Commissioners. This application was mado under the 67th section of the Poor-law Act. The Overseers had produced their accounts before the auditor, and among the items therein contained was an article for constables' ex penses, 10 , 11. Os. 81d. The auditor had called for the particulars of these expenses, which the overseers had refused to give, and he now moved for a mandamus to compel them to do so.