The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

µ .~ EVEN ING TAT SPIRT of the PUBLIC JOUttriALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE —The speech of Mr. Christopher to -his constituents at Lincoln, notwithstanding that Hon. Member's indignant disclaimer of the tuue- Lion of pilot ballorm to Sir Robert Peel, afibrds very sufficient and significant indications that the Globe was not premature in its early and ex clusive information of the intention of the pre sent Ministry to propose important changes in the Coro-laws, and the nature of the alterations which are intended to be proposed. It is true that Mr. Christopher was compelled to he very cautious, and complaisantly dubious in his announcements of what is intended in addressing himself to art agricultural audience, and setting such alternatives before them as he supposed most likely to conciliate them to over tures of any charie. With all these circum stances operating on time manner of this announce ment, it is impossible not to recognise in it the character of an authentic embassage front that Ark, with its beasts clean or unclean, which bears the present Ministry and its fbrtunes. It is in-- possible also not to recognise the identity of that character, in its general outline, with the plan which the Globe has already set forth to the public. Their principles and characteristic fea tures bear a sutficieotly near resemblance to es tablish tin the absence of all possible concert) their derivation from - well-intbroued and authen tic sources. Whether, therefore, the minimum rate proposed will be ss. or 45., whether the point at which it is to be chargeable will be 08s. or 655., it may now be considered as certain that Ministers are going to introduce a measure having fbr its object to remedy the extreme low ditty, and the ex- trent(' highdnticsito posed under the present scale. and to obviate the frauds in the taking of the averages. The general plan of Ministerial ope rations therefore may be so far anticipated, and the possible variations front the new scale to be proposed, as announced by ourselves, or by Mr. Christopher (who, does not go so much into detail, and appeared anxious to commit himself as little as possible with his county audience), are hardly worth conjecturing or discussing at present. The main question is whether any modification which retains the slid ing scale, with the evils which are inseparablyin herent in the nature of that contrivance, will, or ought to, satisfy the public mind, so far as,the public hare a mind on this question. The sliding scale, under any possible modification, must con thine to the last what it was from the first, a con trivance—an intentional orn—for thwarting and limiting the operations of commerce in the sup ply of corn. STANDARD.—OII Friday Mr. Christopher, the Member for the Lindsay division of Lincoln shire, addressed 56 of his constituents at,the far mers' market table at Lincoln. The company comprised the occupants of nearly forty thousand acre —tutu of as intelligent a class as any in the community. Mr. Christopher's address was excel lent throughout, but it divides itself into branches possessing different degrees of interest for the ge neral reader. The part of the address which con cerns the local politics of Lincoln and the factious proceedings of Lord Worsley and Major Hand ley, though quite appropriate to the occasion and admirable in its style and reasoning, will be reed with less attention by strangers than the allusions to the present state of the Corn-law question, which constitute the great part of Mr. Chris topher's speech. Within a few hours of the accession of the present Government we an nounced that the Corn-law question would occupy its first attention, and that a revi sion of the scale of duties, and an improved mode of taking the averages, were to be looked for at its hands. e have more than once since repeated the announcement, and shown the necessity that suggests the course proposed. We are happy to Cave-our intimation publicly verified by a gentleman of Mr. Chris topher's rank and talents, and of his deservedly high consideration with the members of the- Administration. The Honourable Gentleman on Friday reminded his hearers that the present Ministers received office upon the condition of opening the Corn-law question, and that they are therefore pledged to it; but Sir Robert Peel is also personally pledged to the principle of protection and to the preservation of the princi-; ple of the sliding scale. Whatever change is to be expected, must therefore respect the terms of the scale and the manner of taking the aver ao-es. One improvement in the scale was hap ply recommended by Mr. Christopher —we mean the abandonment of the extravagantly high duties imposed after the prices have fallen to 40s. the quarter. These duties are perfectly use less, for prices will never fall so low unleSs the country is absolutely saturated, and no temptation to import grain can exist; the extravagant duties, therefore, serve no other purpose than to supply topics to Anti-Corn-law-lecturers. Mr. Christo pher confirms us in the opinion we have always held, that the honest and effectual mode of taking the averages must be arrived at by some approach to the sellers rather than the buyers, who, being all more or less interested in the foreign corn trade, must have a direct interest in represent ing prices higher than the truth at one time, lower than the truth at another, accordingly as they have to buy foreign corn, or to rid them selves of a stock on hand. COURIER.--In this Protestant country every man has a right to interpret Scripture for him self. The State, in establishing a National Church, represented the aggregate of individual rights, and did for its subjects interpret and de clare the meaning of Holy Writ, embodying this interpretation in the enactments of the Con fession of Faith. To have placed the in- - terpietatiOn of the Scriptures, to the ex tent of saying what was time millet of the State, acting on the Protestant principle of the right of individual. judgment in the matter, in the hands of. the Ecclesiastical Courts, would have been obviously to surrender this principle, as much as if these Courts had been permitted legislatorially to fix the National Creed,' and would have just amounted to the re-establish ment of Popery. Disguise it how the Kirk-leaders may, there is nothing more evident than that the famous" Declara tam of independence" of the At,- seuibly, 1838, was neither more nor less than an as sumptiou of gall the spiritual power and. supremacy ever claimed or exercised under the Papacy. The Kirk is striving to adhere, practically, to this usurpation, both in barring the door. against en trants to benefice's, and in expelling those already in possession of livings, who will not 'They her spiritual edietS, but appeal from where they hold them , to be illegal and contrary to the Cont . ession . of Faith, to the jurisdiction or the Civil Mamistratc. We. have already alluded to a wide spread t ' rumour, that Sir Robert Peel • - prepared to sanction the ovonnds and prin t .' Kirk es on which the is now taking her stand ! not, indeed, to give her the spiritual jurisdictio n she claims, for that - she would d i s d a i n to take from his hands, but to Obtain from Parliament a declaration that she possesses and has all along possessed it to the:extent now advanced and exercised ; and to provide. that when she , de poses from the spiritual office, the ci v il arm s h a ll _ without mo re ado, . deprive her o f t h e secular emoluments ! No doubt, so far as the Duke of. Argyll's Bill or any . other measur e yet proposed appears to go, she is confining h erself to the filling up of vacant parishes under t h e existing laws of patronage; but the " sub mittedmemorial,, her /%liijesty's Gove rnment sh e h as advanced her claim of cc spiritual independence," embracing a l<ar wider fi e ld, and, as w e h ave already said, si):;tantiallv re -landing in - Popery. We would warn Sir Rob6rt Peel t o be on finis. guard when negotiating . with . these " canny Scotch." While he may mean only to give them the "inch,'' they may be cunningly securing the " ell." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, DEC. 19.--The Ltdependelig says —" WO base this moment learnt that the police has se , ze anotiser correspondence from a t own on the frontiers o Prussia. It is connected with the conspiracy to over throw the Government, and in which several of the per sons arrested are more or less implicated." OA the night of the Isth instant, a dreadful fire en tirely destroyed a fine farm, half a league from Cour tr"yr Twenty-seven oxen, four horsee, and the whole harvest fell a prey to the flames. But for the cowherd, who was roused by the flames, and with difficulty escaped, the fanner, his wife, children, and servants would have certainly perished ; they were got out of the garret window. The buildings being surrounded by water, in consequence of the inundation, they were in great danger. Some Customhouse officers on the other side of the Lys first perceived the fire, but in consequence of the inundation they were obliged to go half a league about, and when they arrived all as sistance was vain. The loss is 100,000 francs. Nothing was insured, and it is feared that the fire was the act of an incendiary. BRUSSELS, D EC . ~0 —The Journ a l o f D utc h Lim burg says--_,. We have received from a source which is n arty Offi cial, it piece of news of great importance to our country, and especially to our Duchy—viz., that a general treaty of commerce is en the point of being concluded between Holland and Belgium, and that two mrtics are already agreed on the principal points. BRUSSELS. DECEMBER e fete at Mons, on the opening of the railway to Mons, was very b r ,ili ant . The King and Queen were received with very much of loyal affection. Their Majesties left Mons to-day, at half-past eleven, by a special train, 4nd arrived at Brussels at two o'clock. Much delay caused by the detestable weather. The road in :r4l places wc.is under water. • 1 - . ~'~~ MEETING OF BRITISH RESI DENTS AT HAMBURGH. HAMBURGH, Dec.l7.—On Monday last, about a hundred of the most distinguished Eaglish residents of this city met at the - Old City of London Tavern, to celebrate, by a public dinner, the late auspicious event of the birth of an heir-apparent to the British throne. The dinner was decided upon at a public meeting of the British residents, held immediately after the arrival in Hamburgh of the intelligence that a Prince had been born. At the same meeting addresses of congratulation to her Majesty and to Prince Albert were adopted, and these were subsequently transmitted by the Chairman i (Cob-nel Hodges) to England. It was determined at the same time that the dinner should be got up with a degree of splendour hitherto unknown in Hamburgb, and that invitations should be sent to a deputation of the Senate, to the whole of the diplomatic body, to Count Blucher-Altona, the President of the sister city, and to Colonels Stephani and Stockfleth, the two commanding officers of the regular troops and of the burgher guard of Hamburgb. No pains were spared by the Committee of Manage remit. The room was handsomely decorated with 11 igs and fine exotic plants, the place of honour being assigned to a bust of the Queen. Colonel Hodges, the British Charge d'Affaires, presided, in full uniform, supported on the right and left by Syndic Sieveking, Syndic B inks, Senators Dammert and Jenisch, and the remainder of the guests who had been invited. Of the diplomatic body there were present the Prussian and Austrian Envoys, and the Ministers and Charges d'Affaires of Hanover, Denmark, Sweden, France, Russia, and Meck lenburg-Schwerin. Those of Belgium and Holland would no doubt have also been present, had they not been absent from Hamburgh. All these distinguished guests appeared either in uniform or in full Court costume. EMIGRATION.—The subject of emigration is exciting great interest throughout Germany at present. I wrote to you some time ago to say that an indirect application had been made to Lord J. Russell, with a view to obtain some advantages for German emigrants in our Australian colonies, and that it was likely that the application would be renewed in a more formal manner iu the name of the German Diet sitting at Frankfort. In my opi nion, the acquisition annually of some thousands of German colonists, well acquainted with the cultiva tion of the vine and the tending of sheep, would be of inestimable value to Australia, nor do I think there would be the most remote danger of the formation of an impertuna in insperio, a genuine British character, such as no partial immigration of Germans could now effect, having already been stamped upon those colonies. The public men in Germany who have taken the matter into their hands are sanguine in their expectations that the . British Government will come into their views, and have already made a beginning, having entered into- a contract with the New Zealand Company for the purchase of a large tract of land and the concession of some important advantages. The Diet will not lose sight of the matter. It will form a subject of discus sion at their next meetings, and will soon be put into a tangible sbape. Indeed something they must do. It is heartrending to read the accounts that reach us, mostly through private channels, of the treatment experienced by the unfortunate German emigrants that fall into the bands of unprincipled crimps in the Dutch, French, and Belgian ports. The poor people are generally stripped of every thing they possess, half starved, and otherwise ill treated during the voyage, and landed in a state of utter destitution in America. Yet emigration goes on, and will continue to go on, from the more densely peopled parts of Germany, and it be comes the duty of the Governments of Germany, as they cannot prevent emigration, to organise some plan by which provision may be made for the protection of a class of men who are not in a condition to protect themselves. [With reference to the above statement that a purchase has been made by a German agent from the New Zealand Company, we find an article of some length in the Allgetneine Zeitung of the 10th inst., where it is said that. M. Sieveking, of Hamburg, has bought the Cha tham Islands, containing an area of about 750,000 acres. The purchase money is to be 10,0001., and 50,000 acres are to be reserved for the natives. The contract is to be ratified on the 12th of March, 1842, and the first in stalment of 1,0001. is to be paid within two months of that diite. The purchasers are then to have two years to send agents to examine the land; and at the expiration of that time they are to be at liberty to complete the purchase, by paying the remainder of the money; or, if not sa tisfied with their bargain, they may rescind it, by abandoning the deposit of 1,000/. Mr. Sieveking, it seems, proposes to establish the colony according to the Wakefield system. The land is to be sold at 'a minimum Price of 2/ per acre ; one:.half to form an emi gration fund, for the conveyance of poor German la bourers to Chatham Island .; and the other half to be applied to the liquidation of the purchase-money, and to the expenses that must necessarily be incurred in the first establishment of the colony. The New Zealand Company, it appears, have pledged themselves to use their interest with the British Government to obtain the necessary sanction to the arrangementi REMINISCENCES OF THE EM PEROR NAPOLEON. (Extracted from the French of Timon.) Napoleon devoted a great deal of personal attention to the celebrated code which bears his name. Several clauses of it emanated from his pen. He made some speeches in reference to the punish meet of transportation which were full of sensibility. " If," said he, " you prevent the wife of a transported convict from following him you had much better kill the condemned man at once. His wife would then be able at least to raise a tomb to him in her garden, and there go and weep." It was he who fixed the age of marrying, and who made the wife swear obedience to her husband in the nuptial ceremony. He added jokingly—" This oath of obedience is very necessary in Paris, where the women imagine they have a right to do whatever they wish." Napoleon desired that none of his subjects should be at liberty to open a school just as thy might an old clothes shop : he desired that the despotic unity of the Government should be introduced into the lyceums ;. that a body of lay Jesuits should be intrusted with the moral and political education of the people, and should report all their proceedings to the Emperor ; that the fact of this great body should rest on the benches of the College and its head in the Senate ; that the teach ing of the " Napoleon religion" should commence at the cradle ; that the history of ancient Gaul should be universally studied, and that the professors should " take up their vows'by espousing the university in the same manner as the monks were formerly accustomed to es pouse the cause of the Church. He only looked upon the annual deaths, from 15,000 to 20,000 persons in Paris alone, as " a splendid battle." He only esteemed military fanaticism. "It is ne cessary to possess it," he used to say, " in order to get one's-self killed." He never liked, unless when seized by a temporary caprice, to interfere in religious matters. - - He was very indignant against the clergy, who wished to reserve all mor.il influence to themselves, and to leave him merely a physical influence, and exclaimed, " They keep the soul to themselves and leave me nothing but the carcase." He looked upon religion, as upon everything else, in a political light. " Religion," said he, "connects with Heaven an idea of equality which prevents the poor from assassinating the rich." He converted missionaries into so many diplomatic agents for the accomplishment of his distant designs. He used to remark, " Everything in religion ought to lac gratuitous, and for the people. The obligation of paying at the doors of churche, or of paying for seats, is revolting I It is not right to deprive the poor, merely because they are poor, of that. which consoles them in their poverty." He sacrificed, without the least remorse, private in• terests to those of the State ; but he, nevertheless, ma nifested on several occasions a lively sympathy for pri vate rights. I - le used to complain that he had nothing to do but to sign decrees, and he organized, of his own accord, the tine institution called the Commission du Contenticux. Can you believe," he once said, " that my uphol sterer has dared to charge me 100,000 f. for a badly made throne and six arm-chairs ?" This was the only cause of the jurisdiction over the provisions of the civil list with which the Council of State was invested. The following are some of his maxims relative to tax ation a T. IS . " better to let mone y rema i n i n the h an d s o f t h e eiti:emnse must kn ow h ow to".keep it l oc k e d u p i n a ce ll ar . We 6. A reven ue of 600 w to give in order to receive. ,000,000 f. ought to be sufficient One ought to ha ve forl , '' f ra h n e c a e u ia ll t l i u q: t c snoot f b p e ea la l c d e cn on every s id e . . and wat er f or nc t hi ng .. 8 it is quite enough to have Pa Y f or sa l t. " The following is another of his tnaxirni, immoral e ven in its morality : " Monied taco must be m anaged by means of money." He always ente rtained a warn o t.syloiiph„hy for the emi grants. He restore d them had not been sold, en d his p oli cy inclineietir property that nu to giant them an indemnity. He wished, for the sake of the p eo ple , to reduce th e prices of admission to the theatre. He used to observe— " There is seldom any government more tyrannical than that which professes to be a paternal one," The above were his opinions and axioms when Con sul. When, however, Napoleon became Emperor he was much more reserved and guarded in his conversa• tam, and more anxious regarding his destiny, of the close of which be seemed to entertain a presentiment. But in the bosom of his Council of State the thoughts of Napoleon often escaped through his lips, and his ideas then sought to find an echo in the minds of those who surrounded him. On the return of Napoleon from his great victories, he had scarcely time to take off his spurs before a noise of arm s was h ear d at t h e d oor o f t h e Council- . ... chamber, and the drums were sounded three times. The folding-doors were then thrown wide open, and the usher cried out, " Gentlemen, make way for the Emperor !" Napoleon walked at a quick pace to his arm-chair, and, haring saluted the members, he sat down THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEM BA R 24, 1841. anti put on his hat ; whilst his officers, and occasionally foreign Princes, ranged themselves behind him with their heads uncovered, and kept a profound silence. I was present at the famous sitting which took place atter his rCturn from the battle of Hanau.. The Emperor, pale and pensive, and not yet re. covered from the fatigues of his journey-, made us enter his cabinet. He then, without sitting down or making any preparation, called loudly for M. Jaubert, the Go vernor of the Bank of France, who had been so impru dent (observed the Emperor) as to discount bills with too great a degree of precipitation. Napoleon unrolled the regulations of the Bank, and explained their nature with the clearness of a censor or of a professor. It was a strange thing to hear a soldier discoursing on the or ganisation of banks, and upon the theories of discount. M. Jaubert, who was a mild and timid man, lisped forth a few words in excuse, which we were unable to hear. The doors of the grand hall were re-opened; every one sat down, and the Council proceeded to business. The Emperor made a long pause. He appeared ab- sorbed by his reflections ; his head involuntarily fell upon his bosom, and he mechanically cut to pieces with his penknife pens, paper, and tablecloth. At length he exclaimed, as if waking from a dream, " The Bava rians ! the Bavarians! I have passed over their bodies. I have killed Wrede.* Invasion threatens ! Time pres ses ! Well, gentlemen, what will you do ; what have you got to say ?" " Sire," replied Regnault de Sr, Jean d'Angley, "rely upon the valour of the Dutch." " The Dutch! It is ant blood that runs in their veins, it is only coloured water." •' But, Sire, addresses arc already pouring in from all parts of the empire„ and all the various bodies in the state are making protestations of their fidelity and devo tion." " Do not talk to me in this way, Monsieur Renault. Do you think that I am ignorant of the manner in which these addresses arc got up? What do they amount to? Can I believe in their sincerity ? It is money and men that we want, and not empty phrases : and you, gen. tlemen, who are all eminent citizens, fathers of families, and fathers of the State as well, it is 3 our duty to rc-ani mate the public mind by the eloquence of your exhorta tions. Proclaim at once the shame and the miseries of the invasion with which the empire is menaced." But these words were spoken to late. The empire hourly approached its downfal and ultimate ruin! * Napoleon thought as much. WEST INDIA ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 22.—The following account of the trial of those vessels that have left will no doubt be read with interest, as it will show that the speed of these ships is greater than that of any vessel of the same class. The distance was rather more than 15 2.3 sta tute miles, and was performed as under : The Clyde, in 1 hour 11 minutes, being at the rate of 13 miles per hour ; the Tweed 1 hour 13 minutes, being at the rate of 12 1-35th miles per hour; the Sol way, 1 hour 17 minutes, being at the rate of 12 miles per hour ; the Tay, 1 hour 9 minutes, being at the rate of 13i miles per hour. These trials may be considered interesting to the nautical world, as three of these ships have precisely the same rate of engines —viz., the Tay, the Tweed, and the Clyde, and the difference is to attributed to the forms of the ships themselves. The chief peculiarity of the Tay is in consequence of the wave-principle of the bow. The difference of these ships in coming round from tt.)e north to Southampton loaded is equally interesting. The same distance of 15 2-3 miles was performed as follows :—The Clyde, with 425 tons of coals, in 1 hour 17 min., or 12 miles per hour ; the Tweed, 265 tons, in 1 hour 16 min., or 12 1-sth miles ; the Solway, 250 tons, in 1 hour 24 min., or 11 1-6th miles. The Clyde, from the river Clyde, completed her pas sage to the Needles in 65 hours, the Tweed in 56, and the Solway in 73, being a distance of 650 miles, and that in boisterous weather. ►SCENT OF THE JUNGFRAU. For the last two Saturdays, Mr. Forbes, Professor of of Natural Philosophy-in the University of Edinburgh, delivered two lectures in his class-room, to a crowded audience, on an excursion whichhe undertook last sum mer, in company with Professor Agassiz and others, through part of the glacier region of Switzerland, and the ascent of the Jungfrau. The object of the lectures is to explain the theory of 'glaciers, with some of the more peculiar phenomena which that interesting region exhibits. A glacier he described to be a mass of ice descending from the higher regions to the lower. The descent was greater at one time than another, and the laws of its progress were not yet determined ; but it was always more or less in motion, so that a glacier might more properly be described as a frozen torrent than as a frozen sea. The progress of the glaciers was evi denced in two ways—first, by the continued wasting away of the glacier at its inferior part, and its being fed from above ; and the other was, the ascertained removal of blocks of stone and other objects froin higher to a lower level. Of this last instance ~he quoted an interesting extract from Agassiz, who, on ascending the glacier in a former year,_ was surprised to find a hut which had been erected about ten or twelve years before, now moved upwards of a mile from the site on which it was built, though still standing ; and I on visiting it again this year, he (Professor Forbes) found it several hundred yards farther down. He then' referred to the ice cones, which abound in these regions, and of which he exhibited drawings. They are regu larly formed, and rise sometimes to the height of 20 or 30 feet. What is most remarkable, they have all a thin coating of brown mould or gravel, which presents a sin gular appearance in the midst of this frozen scenery. The explanation of this phenomenon Professor Forbes considered to be, that the water courses, which abound in all directions through the glaciers, occasionally bring down detritus from the mountain cliffs, which they de posit in a hollow basin. These water courses are con tinually changing their direction, leaving, of course, the detritus deposited on the ice. The surface of the glacier is continually melting away, under the influence of the sun's rays, except that part of it which is shel tered from the sun by the protection of the mould. As the surrounding ice melts away the gravel, of course, falls down gradually to a level, sheltering the ice where ever it falls, till it forms the cone already described. The lecturer was confirmed in this opinion by seeing cones in all stages of formation, where the gravel was falling down as the ice melted. Another illus tration of the same fact was exhibited in an inte resting drawing, where an enormous boulder, which originally had fallen upon the frozen surface, was now suspended at a considerable distance from the level ice, resting upon a pillar of ice, which it overlapped like an umbrella, protectin g it from the sun' s rays . O a the other hand, an y sub stance which absorbed heat caused the ice to melt in an accelerated proportion ; anti the shape of that substance, whether it were a withered leaf or a bit of slate, was faithfully and accurately pre served in the hole which it produced. The lecturer de scribed a glacier to consist properly of three parts—the first being that icy portion which is properly called a glacier ; the second the region of snow which accumu lates in the basins between the hills, and which feed the glacier proper ; and the third portion is the ice, in the most elevated regions of the whole, which descend into the region of snow. The learned Professor then gave a personal narrative of his journey, describing with much graphic power the perils of travelling over these fields of ice, whose enormous fissures, effectually concealed from travellers by a thin coating of ice or snow, yawn beneath their tread, and where a single false step would precipitate the heedless traveller beyond the reach of human help. To avoid this, the travellers marched in single file, each planting his feet in the foot marks of the guide, who, on his pelt, took no step without first sounding with his staff to ascertain its solidity : and, as a still farther precaution, the whole party were tied to gether, that if one should by accident stumble on one of these fissures, the others might he able to drag him out. The ascent of the Jungfrau was singularly interesting. After a long and toilsome march over hills and plains of perpetual ice or snow; the trai•elfers came at last to the peak of the mountain, all the sides of which but 0110 were so precipitous that neither snow nor ice would ad here to them, and were, of course, altogether inacces sible. The only other side was very steep, and coveted with what the travellers sanguinely trusted would prove to be snow ; in this, however, they were mistaken ; as even in that elevated region, occasional thaws took place, which freezing again, rendered the steep one macs of solid ice. There was, therefore, no alternative but to cut steps in the ice, 700 of which were required before they could reach the top. The travellers were tied toge ther as before, that if one missed his footing, the others, though apt to be dragged down by hiat, were yet more likely to be able to drag him back to his place again. The summit of the peak was reached without accident, and the view from the top was described as sufficient to repay them for all their toils. By this time, however, the sun was setting, and the more perilous descent was still to be accomplished. They came down tied toge ther as before, with their faces to the ice, holding on by their ice-poles, arid on moving one foot from the hewn step, taking care to find out the next by scraping along the side before they moved the other. In this way the peak was descended ; and the rest oldie journey across the extensive ice -fields, was accomplished by moonlight. The travellers safely reached the place from which they set out about midnight, having been more than seventeen hour s on t h e excurs i on. Other two lectures on this in teresting su bj ect rema i n yet to b e delivered ; but in con sequence o f the intervention of the Christmas holidays, the ne x t i s postponed till Saturday, the Bth of January. AN ODDITY.— On Friday week, Johnnie Turner, an eccentric character in the parish of Irongra), was buried on one of the wildest of the hills of the Parish, in a grave which, under the permission of the late Mr. Lennox, of Dalskairth, he had dug fur himself out of the rock, with the most patient care. lie was about sixty years of ago when he died. With all his eccentricities and somewhat miser-like habits, Johnnie was generally considered a man of worthy principles, and ate putilic.readily indulged his whim in burying him in his chosen sell-made.graxo,77-4.yr Observer. THE KIRK. The reader will find, in our advertising' columns, a document in reference to the presentation to the Low Church in Kilmarnock, which is well worthy of atten• live perusal, as giving another example of the in. consistency and tyrannical proceedings of the Non- Intrusionists. The document we allude to is an Address from a numerous body of members of the Low Church congregation to the Rev. W. S. Smith, the presentee to Kilmarnock, whose settlement was factiously opposed by the Non-Intrusionists, osten sibly on the ground of want of qualification, hut in reality because he does not belong to their party. From this Address, which is signed by 409 individuals of the congregation, of whom 394 are heads of families, it appears the greatest sorrow and regret are felt at the obstructions thrown in the way of Mr. Smith's settlement; and yet those who thus 'thwart and obstruct the wishes of the congre• gation, are the very men who pretend that all their present struggle is for the privileges of the Chris tian people ! In Mr. Smith's reply it is stated that out of a roll of 419 communicants, there were only 164 dissentients, which gives nearly three to one in favour of the presentees. Yet in the face of this overwhelming majority the Non-Intrusionists refused to settle Mr. Smith. Was there ever a more glaring violation of their own Veto Act than this Yet of such palpable injustice and inconsistency these men will be guilty, rather than allow a Moderate man to be settled quietly, who, in this case, is not to be thrust upon a reclaiming congregation, but is held back from the supplications of a petitioning and imploring congregation. This case is a fine illustration of whe the working of the /ilerum urbitrium would be.—Edin burgh Advertiser. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. - - The Belgian Papers state that the English residents at Ostend have had a grand dinne4 to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Wales, Mr. Curry, the Consul, taking the chair. After toasts to the Queen, the Infant Prince, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family of Eng . - land, and also the healths of the King and Queen of the Belgians, were drunk, with every mark of respect and feeling, the 'President proposed o n e i n h onour o f one of tie guests, M. Frederic Stint Aniour, who three days before had plunged from the leek of the steamer Menai into the harbour, with all his clothes on, and, at the risk of his own life; saved that of an old man, who had fallen in, and must otherwise have been drowned. It was drunk with loud acclamations. The National de r Oust states that, a short time since, a young man was admitted into the hospital at Bourbon- Vendee with a swelling of the thigh, which required the limb to be amputated. The surgeons of the establish ment had strictly enjoined that the patient should be kept as free as possible from all excitement, but, shortly after this operation was performed, they found him in a strong state of mental agitation, which endangered his life. It appeared that the patient, who was a Protes tant, had been worked on by the chaplain and Scours de Charite of the establishment, who had endeavoured to convert him to the Catholic faith, and had even induced. him to receive the communion, according to the Roman ritual, only a few minutes after the surgeons had left him. The medical men of the' establishment have drawn up a remonstrance, this Journal states, and transmitted it to the Prefect of the Department. A letter from Dusseldorff mentions the arrest of two Post-office clerks at that place, on an accusation of hav ing abstracted 40,000 thalers in Treasury bonds, sent by the Royal Administration of the town to the Treasury of Berlin. They would have got off to America had they not been denounced by an accomplice. In the desk of one of them was found the packet of bonds, which had not been broken open. This has caused the greater sensation atDusseldorff, as the delinquents have hitherto borne irreproachable characters, and are both men of in dependent means. A letter from Metz states that M. Appert has organ ised a colony at Remelfing, for the reception and employ ment of liberated convicts, with the benevolent view of preventing their being compelled, by the impossibility of finding honest employment, to resume their evil courses. A society, which already includes the names of some of the first persons in France, has been formed in aid of this importent - experiMent, and several of the criminals confined in the central prisons have requested to he allowed to subscribe a portion of their savings towards the establishment. There are already fourteen liberated convicts at Remelfing, and four others are to join in a few days. Eighteen liberated convicts from the Bagnes are to ba selected for the colony by the Naval Commis sioners. AN HOSPITABLE COUNTRY.—" Yesterday," says the Brussels Independent of the 18th inst., " took place the expulsion.of H. Hagenberg, a Prassian by origin, who was conducted to the French frontier. On the same day was effected the extradition of C. Bnisson, who had been claimed by the Procureur-General of the Seine." The same Journal says that the number of foreigners who have been either sent out of Belgium, or refused leave to enter it, during the first eleven months of the current year, is 1,359. An old farmer, named Tarroux, died lately at Cro silles, in the Aveyron, aged 107. He was in the enjoy ment of his faculties to the last, and the week before his death dug in his garden, and sowed a considerable quan tity of rye. some excavations recently made near the Porte de Bievre, on the Fontainebleau road, at Melon, several Boman baths have been discovered in good preservation. .The Incorporated Society of the Literary Fund have sustained two severe losses within the last few weeks, in• the deaths of Mr. ex-Alderman Birch, the senior Member of its Council; and we believe the senior Mem ber of the Society itself; and of Mr. Itivington, the well-known and respectable publisher, of St. Paul's Church-yard. But, judging from the additions it received last year, by the election into its Commit tee of such persons_ as the three last chosen—we mean Lord Fitzalan, the Reverend H. H. Milman, and the Reverend 1)r. Russell, the Rector of Bishops gate, it would seem as if the new blood infused. into this most useful and least obtrusive of our public institutions was, in every respect but length of services, alone likely to increase its utility. Among the candi-, dates already named for the two vacancies thus created, we -are i told the following gentlemen have presented themselves-I-The Rev. Dr. Major, of King's College ; Mr. Samuel Lover, the poet, artist, and painter ; Mr. Auldjo ; Mr. Charles Whiting ; and . Mr. James Walsh, the Chairman of the Tower Hamlets Court of Session. CORONER'S INQUEST.—O n Tuesday 'night an inquest was held at the Windmill public-house, Clap ham-common, Surrey, on the body of - George Trigg, aged nine years. It appeared, from the evidence ad duced to the Jury, that between nine and ten o'clock on Monday morning, a number of boys had ventured on the ice on what is called the " Long Pond," on the Common. The deceased was amongst them, and was very active in juinping about and daring his companions to venture as far on as he did, when, all at once, the ice, which was very insecure, broke underneath him, and he in stantly went down, but lie rose again to the surface, and for a time supported himself by resting his elbows on the edges of the ice. A ladder and a rope were procured ; but they were not of sufficient length to reach the de ceased, who, after a protracted' and distressing struggle, disappeared. George Sower, aged 17, a groom in the service of a gentleman residing in Brummers-road, Clap ham, in endeavouring to rescue the deceased, fell through the ice, and would have perished but that he was got out by means of the ladder and rope. On recovering him self 'a little the intrepid lad, although he had all his wet clothes on, and a watch in his flib, again rushed into the water, and, being an expert swim mer , ma d e great efforts to get hold of the deceased ; but was obliged, by the ex treme coldness of the water, to be again dragged to the bank, when he became, for a considerable time, entirely deprived of sight from the effects of the cold. The body was got out after it had been about three-quarters of an hourin the water. Verdict—" Accidental death." Time Coroner said the humanity and courage of the lad Souter deserved the strongest commendation, and he hoped he would not go unrewarded. The deceased was the son of labouring parents. ROMANCE FROM AAt ERICA.—A young female, possessed of great beauty, and most elegantly attired, whose name appeared on the charge-sheet as Ellen Rosa lind Holmes, was brought before Mr. Duffy, at the Henry streetoffice, Dublin, by Police-constable 127 C, who stated that at a late !lour- the previous night he was on duty in Sackville-street, and hearing a noise in Eiephant-lane he went to ascertain the cause ; he saw four or five girls along with, or rather encircling the prisoner ; they were, abusing each other, and causing a great disturbance ; when they saw him coming they all, with the excep tion of the prisoner, ran away ; but the prisoner re fused to go, telling hinkshe . was a lady. though he was hardly inclined to believe the statement in conse quence of her conduct; so the short and long of the mat ter was, that he took her to the station-house, anti charged her with being disorderly in the street. The prisoner, in reply to Mr, Duffy, stated that she was a native of New York, where her friends, who she said were highly connected, reside, and that about two years ago a titled . English gentleman (she refused to tell his name) was intr3duzed into her family ; he paid her great attention for sonic time, and wanted her to marry him privately ; but this she at first refused to (It), him her father could give her a princely dowry, and that she was willing to become his wife with the consent of her parents. . He refused his, and continued to prosecute his addresses with tick zeal, that she, in a moment of weakness, was iu ilueed to elope with him ; and, in order to prevent a dis covery, she put on male attire, and passed as his Lord ship's page. Ile:brought her to Europe, and visited the " Eternal City " (Rome), where they passed some months, 'and thenc e they travelled through Germany, Spain, and all time continental countries ; at last they came to the great English " Babylon" (London), where she doffed her p age ' s apparel, and was fi rst i ntroduced into the first circles o f soc i e ty, w h ere s h e p asse d as the bride of her destroyer ; they came to Dublin a short time since, when shortly afterwards he departed, she knew not whither, leaving her in a very distressed state, so far as her mind was concerned, but with a tolerably large purse to support her. The occa sion of her being out so late was, that she had heard his Lordship was stoppin g a t Kingstown, whither she went in search of him, but without succews, and, on her return, she was attacked by a number of girls, from whom she was obliged to defend herself in the best manner she could she was w illi ng to pay any pena l ty th a t might he imposedp()sed on her for the improper manner in which it was stated she had conducted herself. Mr. Duffy said her story, if true, was very strange, and ordered her to enter into her own security to keep the peace, which being done, the fair but un f ortunate daughter o f t h e " l an d o f liberty ''was at onc e di sc h arged. TanDniocedk, f Ayr,itoirmerly m onutsiahiceln there, 4thinstant, Mr. Jam es eight, months.aged 99 years and LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 23. (Sittings at Nisi Prins at Guildhall, before Lord DEN MAN and a SpeeitlJury.) ELWIN V. GALLOWAY AND OTHERS. This was an action upon a charterparty to recover a balance of freight and demurrage, amounting to about 60L The det'endants, Alexander Galloway, Brothers, and Co., had a quantity of machinery to ship for Malta, and it was agreed that the goods should be sent on board a vessel belonging to the plaintiff called the Union, of 262 tons burden. The freight was to be paid in the lump, amounting to 5101., but there having been thirty two days expended in loading the vessel at the London Ducks, it was agreed that a further sum of 101. should be paid on that account. The defendants gave a bill .for 4861., and had paid a further sum of 321. 10s. into' Court, and the action was brought to recover the balance, amounting to 241. odd. Witnesses having been examined to prove the case on the part of the plaintiff; Mr. ANDREWS addressed the Jury for the defendants ; and after a lengthened investigation of the accounts, and the custom of the trade as to hoisting, stowing, demur rage, and commission on freight, Lord DENMAN summed up. to the Jury; who returned a verdict for the plaintiff-19/. 18s. 7d. PREROGATIVE COURT, Dec. 23. GODRICII V. JONES. Sir H. JENNER gave judgment in this case, the argu ment of which was heard in Trinity 'Term. The deceased was Mrs. Harriet Lloyd, who died on the 25th of Sep• tember, 1838, at the age of 90—an age at which very extensive capacity could not fairly be expected. It was uncertain whether she had ever been married, but she had, at any rate, outlived all her near relations, and the existence of any re!ationship at all was disputed in the cause. - The deceased died possessed of property to the amount of 10,0001., 6001; of which she gained under the will of a Mr. Howard. There were also 6001. in Long Annuities, and 800/. in Exchequer bills ; but these were given to Mr. Gottlieb in the lifetime of the testatrix. She had made several wills. The one in dispute was dated on the 13th of February, 1836, to which were annexed two codicils of the 13th of December, 1836, and the other of the sth of September, 1838. By a will of 1832 her property was bequeathed to the family of the Joneses, for whom she then entertained considerable affection ; and by another paper of the following year, Mr. Price Jones, whom sh e ca ll e d "h er f avour i te ne phew," was made her principal legatee. TO bins she had given 5,0001. to enter into business. It was alleged that his marriage in 1835, and his general conduct, alie nated the affections of the deceased, and that she entirely discarded him and his family. On the other side it was set up that during the latter period of her life the testa trix was not of sound mind ; that in a weak and imbecile state she was taken from her own cottage and lived in the house of Mr. Godrich ; that an undue influence was exercised over her mind, and that the will now propounded. was the result of incapacity and control. The evidence proved the displeasure of the testatrix at the conduct of. Mr. Price Jones. She would not see. his wife, and she complained of his neglect. She believed that at Christmas, 1835, he had given her too much wine, and had obtained from her in that state the sum of 2,0001. • This preyed upon her mind, and irritated her against him. She had said that he had " disgusted" her, and that he should not have any snore of her money. This laid the natural foundation for a change in her testamentary bounty. In 1835 the trans actions in which she took an active part proved the capa city of the testatrix. So far the Court would have had no difficulty in pronouncing for the validity of this paper, but it had been repudiated by all parties, and was not propounded, but the present paper was propounded by Mr. Godrich. It was shortly after this that the testatrix went to the house of that gentleman. For him, it was clear, and - for his children, she entertained a great par tiality. But though Mr. Godrich's conduct was marked with kindness and attention to the deceased, yet in inducing her. to assign over certain cot tages in Thistle-grove to him, in consideration of board and medical attendance for three years, he had laid himself open 'to suspicion and to censure. This brought the case to the February of 1836, in which month the propounded will was said to be executed. In it the bulk of the property was given to Mr. Godrich and his family. On his part the employment of Mr. Lane, a perfect stranger to the deceased as • the solicitor : to pre pare, draw up, and attest the will, was a false-step, and Ilemanded vigilance and caution in looking into the cir cumstances of the transaction. Mr. Lane's manner of taking the instructions, by putting leading questions, and leaving the deceased to say nothing, was too unsatisfac tory ; but the subsequent execution, the slow and. - dis- tinct reading of the will by Lane, the publication of it by the deceased, the conversation respecting its contents, the attestation and testimony of a respectable school master who had been called in, and the balance of the whole evidence together proved the capacity of the tes. tatrix, the genuineness of the transaction, and the.vali dity of the will. There was nothing to show any undue influence over her mind by Mr. Godrich. There might be. and there was a fair and legitimate influence, but there was no appearance of control or authority. But still - his conduct had in some respects been faulty ; the assignment of the cottages and the transfer. of 1,200/. of Three per Cent Consols to bins for her board and main tenance for the remainder of her life in September, 1838, only three- weeks before her death, were suspicious cir cumstances, placing Godrich in a less favourable posi tion before the Court, and throwing a shadow of doubt over the testimony of Lane. On the part of the latter it did not amount -to- au absolute want of profes sional integrity, but there had been an absence of that prudence and caution which ought .especially to distin guish the conduct of solicitors in transactions with women of such an age and placed in such a position, But still this conduct, and that of Godrich himself, though in these points unsatisfactory, could not affect the validity of the will. Notwithstanding the mystery - by which parts of this case were surrounded, the Court was bound, though not without hesitation, to pronounce for that will, and the two subsequent codicils. Yet the case was such—the conduct of Mr. Godrich had been such, that it would purposely refrain from giving costs to the party who propounded them. It accordingly . would make no order'as to costs. . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOISE. A foreigner, named Meyer Morris, was charged with having obtained a quantity of cutlery from Mr. Peter Moore, Orange-Street, Sheffield. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner called at his warehouse, in Sheffield, and gave him' an order for cut-' lery goods to•the amount of 341., for which cash was to he paid, as a matter of course. The prisoner desired the bill to be made out in his name, and a man -who was with him also gave him an order, but the former was re sponsible fir the amount. The prisoner made a great many excuses about the payment, and at last contrived to obtain possession of them, without paying a farthing, and to convey them to Hull ; but the prosecutor followed him,. and.finding that time goods were actually on board the steamer, got into the vessel and remained in a diffe rent cabin until the arrival in London, when he appeared befimre Mr. Morris, claimed the cutlery, and employed an officer to take the prisoner into custody. The prisoner's Solicitor—Were not other goods packed up with the cutlery at your warehouse? Prosecutor—No. Alderman WILSON—Who was the person who accom panied the prisoner to. your warehouse ? P rosecutor — His name was Woolfe. The prisoner's Solicitor—Did you not take prisoner's guarantee fur what the other had of you ? •Piosecutor-7 The prisoner told me to make out the whole bill in his name. Alderman WILSON—And you were to be paid in cash ? Prosecutor—Certainly. The prisoner, after trying all other means with me, wanted me to go over with him and the goods to Hainburgh, where his brother would, he aid, pay me. —(A laugh.) - Alderman WILSON then, at. the prosecutor's request, remanded the prisoner, with directions that upon the ar rival ,f a warrant from Sheffield, the case should be sent thither. A woman named 'Elizabeth Smith was charged with having smuggled two bottles of French brandy. A Revenue Officer, who stated that the smuggling on board the steamers was most extensive, notwithstanding the great exertions made to detect and punish, said that he observed the defendant doming from the Harlequin, a Boulogne steamer, at Fresh Wharf, and suspeCting that she had smuggled goods about her, found with very littl e trouble that she had two bottles containing a pint and a half of brandy under her cloak. Alderman WILSON—We have constant complaints of smuggling on board the Harlequin. I thought that when a vessel became notorious for conveying contraband goods • the Commissioners pat an effectual stop to the smuggling in that vessel by seizing it. The officer said that vessels were frequently put upon the stop," for having smuggled goods en board, and the harlequin had been served in that way ; but not withstanding all that could be done the practice was ear ried on enormously. The Company to which the Harle quin belonged did all they could to prevent' the contra band dealing, and had upon one occasion discharged. the whole crew. It would, therefore, be very hard upon. the Company to seize and sell their vessel under such dr •eunistances. Alderman WIL SON — Certainly it would. What has —the defendant to say t o th e charge ? Thadefendant wh o eieleavoured to attract compassion, by carrying an infant in her arms, said she washed for the seamen on board the rlequin, and they gave her the brandy for her own use . The officer said that great numbers of persona were generally engaged to take away small quantities. The defendant was fined twenty shillings, which she immediately paid. GUILDHALL. A respectable-looking young man, who described him ' selfas clerk to a wine merchant in the City, was charged with stealing a sovereign. ! Sergeant Deivlin said the prisoner was brought to the station-house, in Black H o r s e- c o ur t, on the preceding night, by two men, who gave their names and addresses, and stated that, a short - time previously, they went into the Dolphin Tavern, Ludgate-hill, • where they saw the prisoner standin g at the bar, and one of them, in the course of conversation with him, laid his hand on his shoulder, when the prisoner pushed .it away, and a sovereign, which was between the glove and the palm of his hand, was lost. He entered the charge as one of robbery on the police sheet. The complainants did not attend. . . . Sir I'. LAURIE said this was a most scandalous case, and he thought there were substantial groun d s f or an action for false imprisonment. All that surprised him was, that the person on duty at the station-house could be so foolish as to take such a charge. He should or der the prisoner to be at once discharged, informing him, at the same time, that there was not.the slightest . imputation against his character. BILLS PAYABLE.—The public will recollect that all bills falling due on Christmas-day and the Sun day following are payable on Friday, the 24th inst. - ELECTION OF COMMON COUN CILMEN. ALDERSGATE WARD. _ STATE OF THE GROSS POLL AT THE CLOSE. 126 Norris. 116 Mottratn Godson - Lorkin Stacy llO The ALDERMAN declared the first eight gentlemen dilly elected. John Wood Do :Jersey 55 EVENTING SUN SPORTIN 4 G INTELLIGENCE. TA'Arl; ..1118 A LL'S —YES TE RDA There was 'not much business doing yesterday a": noon, but it wills,loe seen that the second class favourle are not in suck odour as they were a week back; prices quoted bet 3n , having been laid and afterwards 0: tired. Against the first and second in the list 9 and lu to 1 were betted to 50/. each.. The outside business at!! in small sums, iu al at tiff, old averages. Of the Oaks, It is only necessary to sn'y that the offers to lay aga l h fl at Passion were numerous. at an advanced price, and t her old supporters are not at present disposed to hive s t. THE DERBY. 26 to 1 agst Mr:. Gregory's two—taken 50 to 1 agst ke of Cleveland's lot—taken 8i to 1 agst Cot onel Anson's Attilla 10 to 1 agst Co lonel Peel's Chatham—taken 25 to 1 agst I,e rd Verulam's Robert de Gorham ';e ken and -Afterwards offered 26 to 1 -agst lir. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken 27 to 1 agst An G. Clarke's Lord of iloblerness--- ' taken and afterwards -offered c 33 to 1 agst M r . W r ef or d' s Wiseacre — f . and 3j:bits 35 to 1 agst L or d W estm i nster ' s W i ll i am de Fan - 7 -taken and afterwards offered e. 40 to 1 agst Mr. BoWes' Meteor—taken and aft. 01 f. 1000 to 1-5 agst Lord J erse y' s J oa n na co l t —t. and aft. f. 100 to lOngst Mr. F erguson ' s Fi reaway —t. and art* o 0 2000 to 60 agst Policy - and Golden Rule— taken THE OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Passion. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gardnor's by Sheet Anchor t. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MAID+• e; TS Wheat. I 13arley. 1 o A t deans. I _----........ 45 Per Quarter ls.tos.ls. to 1. IS.I, , ,Ig,tO S. 3 0 Bath Slandfortt —52 72 31 32 !..3 26 '4d -- 24 tiridport • 68 ~.2 22 hard - 7 Exeter Uloucester ,56 63 26 30 21 t:8 40 4 ; tit:ll66,rd li 8 76 30 30 .3 31 34 4 Newbury ~..,145 74 21; 3,5 .Is 80 4t) 4s Reading ~ ., w 45 72 25 38 1t 31 23 44 Salisbury Sherborne •I 79 72 28 35 ..4. 32 -42 44 SheptonMallet' 56 72 28 37: ...It 27 40- 48 Uxbridge .. — 37 4:1 23 28 . -- Warminster 54 69 28 ?,5 24 29 42 D O Worcester ;64 68 32 35 '..0 26 ;8 .; (covil 165 70 24 30 23 30 40 4' I, ell •se 40 `" 41 4 4 8 0 37 42 35 4# :34 ~~~ ~ ~,s - 40 36 , '' LEEDS CORN M iIIKET. to 715.1 .1 Wheat, Norfolk anti Suffolk, dOlb. York. and Lincoln. 601 b.... Surley, Norfolk and Suffolk --- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 0 : 0 ..4,,, :l l i 1 5 , - Grinding,Beans 63lb. Oats, Potatoe -Mealing, For. lid. to lid ......... ....Eng. P.? " 3" ... ihelling •2Bi. t°'" DEVIZES Col Per Sack. s. d. a. d First Wheat 35 0 to I'll 0 Second •1U 0 33 0 Third daricy 25 0 35 0 . EtN MARKET. d. s 0 Per Quattcr. :„, • 10 • Oats... .............. • 25 11 0 Beans (per sack ).. . • Flour (per bag)).ll.. ; . 4 Bread (perga On. • M MARKETS. d. tc d. 7 Per lb. 6 Beef ••••••,•••••••• 9Mutton I ......... ...... I ! 8 CHELTENH A Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Wheat barley 3 0 3 9 Oats 3 0 3 9 Beans . Pork ....... . . ... G 9 7 nrk :'case l Hay 41.55. to 41. 10s. Oil. per 1011. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, 61s. to 7;s. 04d.—••••••• to t° 16: ' -- red 545. to 675. - 4 ; 10 .4. Barley, Malting 305. to 35s Orniting- Oats 21s. to 2f.s. now. 0 11. Beans Ms to 40s. OM.*** to Pease to owns Grey CHELMSFORD MARKET. f 4 ,10 Wheat, White 57 to 68 Oats .................... r Red '33 611 Pease, gray ............. Barley 3l 34 White ........ . , 1 7 4 Chevalier '34 36' Beans, Tick ................ I Grinding 27 30 Mazagan • ....... SIGHT AND HEARING. Copy of a Letter from the late Henry o r pe r r, Esq., of Tewen-waters, Herts ,to Mr. W. F. Frau"' 7,: t 21 ' siding at 22, fo rSpring.gadens.."Teweri-waters, Hot s " e° - 18 , 0. Sir, In justice the Messrs. Solomons about the t h in ; teat tioned in the extract of the advertisement which you - that o . me, I beg to inform yo u th a t I certainly did' wr ite to there tfiea effect; before I possess e d the Voice • Conductor Sound M a g ni y ear, i i7th I had been stone de a f. l am w i t hi n two mont h s of °I .n.fl erb and can still feel the c om f or t an d b enef i t of t he Sound Invisible Voice Conductors. I am , Sir, y our obediO n. 5 9, rant, Henry Cowper."—Messrs. S. and B. S° l° ,T o o t s e s t:_ w i l o g . Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, opposit e the York 76, King Williaw.street, City, state that th eir . 11 ;sPe ir. invented Invisible Veice Conductor Sound Magnifiers enablding pf sons at an advanced nd of forty and fifty years' , W t o the extreme deafness, to j oin s in general conversation, and to ca ;, the sound of a distant low speaker at a public assembly. Th e, ' the size of a very small - gold seven-Shillingp iece, and wh en - un• w ore lace. cavity of the ears, they are not the least erceptible nor comfortable than having a small piece of P fine w e ' ll in its they are Messrs. Solomoris' newly-invented Spectacles, inuediatelYtapesr. laced before imperfect vision, that mist and dullness vih ic ,„ - i r atte before the eyes is at once removed, every object becorraolc—bright distinct, so that the most aged defective eye-sight he` and ori• and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, notu r*l ' ginal state. iugh a THE RUSSIAN ARISTOCRACY .Thr°I 'r . false glitter of outward cultivation the in ward IT rig" assert of rism yet untouched would peer forward, conquered condition, and defy even the deee:Z s broke a Thus, at a grand party a serf in attendne ee b l ow from his glais was laid bleeding on the ground by a master, and, after a few excuses by' the host ' sof proceeded as usual. Surveying the domestic eke c ifec , the higher classes, Captain Jesse says there is r lO cl tion to be found among them ;in f - v rs the l'u s- t " ji y and wife arrive at that degree of a in e lth, " e thatr,,4 connive at each other's intrigues. Self- re re n s c eet di,"„ ° seem to exist. - One nobleman reminded his wife, w ria th g e presence of his daughters, that her paramour's Ca r '",; B was waiting for her ; another opened a sort o f 10 w " i -tl e ' garden for the amusement of the prostitutes of St' 2 1 - tersburgb, and officiated as master of the ceremonies, vo;t:; ing a la Simpson, from table to table to see that his gll t i .s w were comfortable. And this, be it understood, was a : of frolic, but a purely commercial speculatiot , the PT„ ' ,ces Isolated his but admission being five roublCs a-head, of, profligacy, of course, occur in a ll a this exploit scarcely occasioned any Russi the Ceremo ever. The fellow-nobles of the " Master of evod nies" simply inquired whether the concern WAS a speculation. A lady, who died lately in villak,e " ear a 1 ned escritoire seilles, had in her possession an old fits Ito hi c k con which she had , purchased at an auction, am. v i , Drg ed tamed a secret drawer. A friend had rep' whet t w:ts se , w ha i no, her to have this drawer opened in order to in it, but she pertinaciously refused. After her d t e t iea a short time since, 'her heir, upon the recommen baeieg et' t s i tntrtrpireissC RV of the same person, had it explored, and, on i° 1 n'Of. opened, was found to contain 10,000 f. in (100 1 ° 1 ' m/is ..-- ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER YESTE 3 " I O . OOI As the Duke of Sussex steam-packet, on her way , London-bridge to liarnsgate, had entered Gr e ir e i l c lw to c ri; reach, she was run into by the Princess bound from Antwerp to London, by which her btlin l e / li ft were stove in, and the cookie house, which islasinisti,.ho on deck, Was swept into the river. The steward ess ' er was in the cooking-house at the time, was th rf ' wri board by the shock, an d save d w i t h so me diffienitl. ------------ -- "-'-' - "' ..l: ' -- iES ~}, • PATENT LEVER SILVER WAr t , a nd —E. J. DENT, 82, Strand, Chronometer, Na ta l t he 5,i for Clock Maker, by special appointment to her Moi c ' t Y so o ffer!,,, s Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. ASSORTMENT of these superiorly constructed at 6/. Os. each. They have doubleottomed flat t ilve n r r e h j oni jewelled (six holes) movements, and continue `'° ' c or rect whilst teeing wound, with other modern movements : c a re ntage t s et ol performance guaranteed. Their particular acila strength. moderate price, capability of bearing much ati°3 motion without derangement, and small expense lireeltrri.-- if they meet with i n j ur y. Gold cas es f rom 81. to . 82, Strand, three doors west of Cecil-street. SILVER TEA SERV-9,,h 11, —T. COX SA VORY,' Working Silversmith, . 17 9 ‘-'" P :ht London, seven doors from Gracechurch-street, subtolUft, prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFF sh e ll fee t ? VICES. The Cottage Pattern i s pl a i n , s t an ding on . The the tea and coffee pots with a fl ower ornamen t on the lid` The King's Pattern is richly em b osse d w ith fl o wers and ' e The shape of either is new and elegant. COTTAGE PATTERN. KING'S PATTER'''. S. S. t .12 Strong Silver Tea-pot 0 StrongSilvcryes-po t Strong Silver Tea_pot ...12 oJstrongSilvcrTj a 7 is' . .f Ditto Sugar , Di t t o Cream E l ver - Ditto ca'ee-r0t..15 v. di tr,rbeeoaa radncdoorpl Co ffeet e .. c . . sh . ee . . srtv .. i e ‘i . ,:poao,l: i 0 may be s l ate te every art'. .ketches of the carious articles, 'Pe, to any part o f the kingdoni. Cornhill, London, seven doors' -.. BISHOPSGATE WARD, Yesterday afte rnoon , a t f our o ' c l oc k,_ the , electiOn of the Common Councilmen of the ward for the ensuing year having terminated, the state of the full poll was de clared as follows : Stevens (Deputy) (L) 272 Barker (L) 216 Pitcher Peacock (Deputy)(L) 251 C arr (L) 201 Bennett (L) 246 Hall ' (L) 185 Jones (L) 241 Gibson (C) 155 Thomas (L) 236 Mattheson (L) 148 Patten (L) 233 Welsh (C) 141 Tagg (L) '228 Rodgers (C) 130 Wilkinson (L) 225 Alderman W. T. COPELAND then declared the first fourteen candidates duly elected. FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN. The poll for Common Councilmen for this Ward was continued yesterday at the Queen's Arms Tavern, New gate-street, with unabated vigour, and after one of the most severe•contests ever known, the books were•finally closed at three o'clock. Mr. Alderman KELLY soon after stated the numbers to be as follow : Mr. Deputy Pritchard 227'Mr. Wheelton Mr. Deputy IVestwood 215 Mr. Emerson Mr. Ridley 203 *Mr. Taylor Mr. Holt 2OO Mr.. Hartley Mr. Bonser 196 "Mr. Virtue Mr. A shurst Mr. Rutter Mr. Eagleton Mr. Hayward 166 Mr. Thompson 8( The ALDERMAN then formally declared: the first four, teen named gentlemen duly elected ; and after brief ad , dresses from Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Eagleton, and others, the meeting separated. . WALBROQK WARD. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.—SINGULAR CASE. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon the poll closed, when the numbers flir candidates stood as under : Walkins (Deputy) Hale Dawson 77 *Rowley *Colman .. 163 .. 156 The ALDERMAN said that the numbers for Messrs. Rowley and Colman, the new candidates, being equal, he could only swear in the five other gentlemen, and the choice of the sixth must be decided by the Court of Al dermen on Plough-Monday. The five first-named gentlemen were then sworn in; and each returned thanks in a neat speech, as did also the other two candidates. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. The contest in this ward, which has been very strong, came to a conclusion yesterday, at four o'clock, the poll being closed by the new candidates themselves voting, which . was done amidst great uproar and confusion. The books were then made up, and the numbers read as follows : Mr. bole l5l Mr. Brass Mr. Brown Mr. Smith . 147 Mr. Wilson Mr. Lort Mr. Beeton The presiding Alderman, Sir M.' Wood, Bart., then declared the first eight gentlemen elected, and they were sworn in accordingly. * New Candidates. WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT. The polling in this ward terminated at two o'clock, but it was nearly four o'clock before the state of thw po: was announced. It was as follows : Mr. Bedford 463' Mr. R. Taylor ...... 435 Mr. Anderton Mr. Gresham 430 Mr. Wollett Mr. Pearce 422 Mr. Barnard 4lB Mr. Ramshaw 416 Mr. Charles .. 407 Mr. Obbard 396 Mr. Stokes .. '379 Sir JAMES DUKE then announced the election to have fallen on Messrs. Taylor, Bedford, Barnard, Gresham, Anderton, Prendergast, Wollatt, Charles, Ramshaw, Harding, Obbard, Burn, Pearce, Edkins, Hodgson, and Stokes. The worthy Alderman stated that he had appointed Mr. Bedford as his Deputy. CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. Mr. Harding Mr. Burn 365 Mr. Edkins 355 Mr. Prendergast 345 Mr. Hodgson 335 Mr. Williams 328 Mr. Walker 326 Mr. Lowden 275 Mr. StOne Mr. Wells 95 Sadler Xl7O Gilbert Dixon Meadway Jones ... 153 WARD 01 AtkinSon. Eldred.... Johnson King 146 Deputy Brook 72 CHEAP. Watson Oliver .. M ay Paed Hicks Fenning Hardwick Ganthony The eight first 62 65 43 28 were elected. BIRMINGHAM---INCREASE OF LOCAL RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF. THE SUN. SIR,—To show you the state we are in in this town I send you the following printed statement. It should, however, be observed. that the Statement is the produc tion of a Committee of Inhabitant Householders, com posed principally of I aro, Sir, your obedient servant, AN INHABITANT OF BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham,'Doc. 22, 1841. The Committee appointed at a Meeting of Rate-payers, held at Dee's Hotel, on the 15th December, 1841, " for the purpose of considering the increase of the Local Rates," request attention to the following statement of expenses charged to the Poor-rates of the parish of Bir mingham only, for the years ending March 25, 1837, 1839, and 1841: 1837 1839 1841 £ s. d. £ s. d. • £ s. d. Poor-rates cond. 28,625 4 3 39,707 2 4 51,513 11 9 Cos n t g of maintai n- 126,941 5 4 32,356 210 27,151 7 9 ipoor.. ...... Difference be tween gross re ceipts and ex- 4,269 8 2 4,517 4 6 *39,038 19 9 penses of poor ( for salaries,&c) Number of levies 2 sing. levies 3 sing. levies t 5 sing. levies * The increased extra cost of 1841, arises from the addi tional claims on the parish for Corporation-rates, Police-r a t es , and the Riot-rate. The Corp ora ti on an d Police-rates aro annual charges. j- Three - double (equal to six single) levies have been already granted for the purposes of the current year (February 25, July 1, Nov.' 1 8). The first two have been already col lected, And are calculated to have produced The third in course of Collection , 60,000 29,000 Total for the present year (1841-2) £89,000 P. S. The whole amount of money raised in the parish of Birmingham alone, between June, 1840, and June, 1841, may be stated (in round numbers) at. ElOO,OOO The parish is liable for a proportion of debt due to the County and Government for Corporation and Police Expenses, estimated at.. 20,000 £120,000 The whole Cost of the Poor during the same period has not exceeded 30,000 Balance £90,000 This balance is required for payment or the Commissioners' Rates, and the Cornor.f;-- with Arrears and Debts.—f WONDE _.ACITY IN A Doc.--About eight months ago a gentleman belong ing to this city embarked at Port-Philip for Scotland. In the bustle and confusion of preparing for so long a a voyage, a favourite dog disappeared about a couple of days before the vessel in which he returned left Port- Philip ; and, as all 'the inquiry he was able to make turned out to be fruitless, he was under the necessity of leaving his four-footed friend behind him. He arrived in Edinburgh about two months ago, and, wonderful to tell, within, the last three weeks was surprised by a visit from the animal he had left in Port-Philip about eight months before. Upon inquiry it turns out that the dog had gone aboard of a ship on the eve of sailing for London ; that, once aboard, he resolutely refused to be put ashore ; and, by dint of sheer resolution, obtained passage. On his arrival in London, it is ascer tained that he visited the lodgings formerly occupied by his master, and failing in discovering the object of his search, immediately disappeared, and was not again heard of till his arrival in Edinburgh. Familiar as we are with instances of the affection and sagacity of the dog this is, perhaps, the most extraordinary example on re cord. His going aboard of an English ship many thou sand miles from home—his refusal to quit it—his visit to the former lodgings of his master on his arrival in Lon don—and the journey from London to Edinburgh—rank the subject of this brief notice as one of the most wonder ful animals of his species. The gentleman to whom he belongs is well known in Edinburgh, and is the son of a gentleman wh o , w ithi n th e last, twenty years, has filled various offices of civic dignity. Scotsman. The report of observations on the temperature kept at the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's-park, gives the following as the minimum temperature of the last few days. It may be observed, that the task of hourly recording the external teMperature depends upon the keeper whose turn it is to watch the different build ings at the menagerie during the night. Yesterday morning. at four o'clock, the thermometer was 25 deg. F. ; on Tuesday, at four o'clock, it was 22 deg. F. ; Sunday at midnight, 29 deg. F. ; and four o'clock in'th e Morning, 22 deg. ; and Saturday morning, at four o'clock the lowest point of temperature for the season was lii thetemperature deg.,metropolis, average, thermometer kept at Nackney, and 3 deg. above one kept in Aldersgate-street. The General Steam Navigation Company's steamer, London Merchant, Captain Valentine Laker, on her passage from Newcastle to London on Saturday last, fell in with the schooner Susan, of Guernsey, on fire, with her hatches battened down, and the crew with dm long boat prepared to leave her. She Was taken in tow by the London Merchant, and brought to the mouth of Sunderland harbour, where a small tug was employed to take her in, and by assistance from the shore the fire was got under, ,he Corporation au Police Rates, Committee Room, Dec. 15, 841. RFUL 'INSTANCE OF SAG Ditto Sugar'Basin 616 Ditto 111i 1k Ewer. 410 Ditto Coffee-pot-15 0 Complete .........£3B 6 A variety of upwards of fifty be seen in the Show-rooMs; wh cle of silver requisite for the sit phlets of prices, illustrated by sl gratis, and forwa...ded, postage l —T. COX SAVORY, No. 47 from Gracediureh-street. BIRTH. On the 22d inst., at Brunswick-s S quare, -n ,hten, the 131 of J.. N. Gladstone, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIRD. •On the 16th inst., at St Ann's Church, Blackfo a d a ngt" Sydney Smith, Esq., surgeon, to Sarah Frances, eb b ' s' ter of Henry Brook, Esq.,-surgeon, Newport, Esse x ' #n t he On the 22d inst., at St. Ni c h o l as ' s Church, Brig .' — , 11 1 j. )0 04 Rev. J. Corbett Turnbull, B.A. , of Bay_'s-hill, Chelte`,7sq., to Emily, youngest daughter of ;he late W illi am -Abbot t, of On Lon the 22d inst., Mr. T. Whi te l of St or e-street' of ford-square, to Sarah, Second dug a liter of Mr.. Brockhani" N c o % B t o h n e dgt i r e i l e ) s t t . in the arish church of Farnham, SurreoYE John Manwaring Paine, Esq., to Caroline, e ldest daughter William Newnha m , E sq., both of On n n t h W e relict nt of f he 17th ju s t. Es O n of 14th inst., at Lea n the i r E he D aa, Mrs. C. Sheirman• t he W. llorncastle, Esq., of Church-row, Ahlgate. 5 300 of Mr. the 20th inst., at Liverpool, Robert A nsehno, elde mes Willshire, aged 14. F i dhao' , On th e tat Penton-row, Walworth, Rebecca, Odsey, Cambridgeshire aged 20. 20th inst., Francis, third son of Edward o the 20th inst , Lieuten'ant-Colonel Rob...rt Sloane-square, Chelsea. On the 21st inst., at Petersham, Vice-Adm i ra l Sir George . Scott, K. C. B. M D. , On the 22d inst., Elizabeth, the wife of John Bright , —' of Manchester-square. Wood, ef Stone , °f On the 22d inst., at Upper Gower-street, David Ch On anc the 21sery-lan t aged 41. H ee Care: inst., at Eridge Castle, Sussex , the • iii, et line Nevill, the wife of the. Hon. George- HenryNey Flower-place, Godstone, aged 76. .On the-lit inst., at Plaistow , Ess ex, Elizabeth Andersen' relict of Captain W. Anderson, late 29th Fool, aged 73 ' •• .. a rd On the 13th inst., at Ostend , Jame s, second son of r.,• Turner, Esq., formerly of Warrington. On the 14th inst., Mrs. Catherine Shearman , aged 86 ' w ife On the 20th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Mary, il ° , ~ of the Rev. Robert Atherton • itiwstorne, of Hutton Hall, 15 the county of Lancaster. ' _ _.‘ London : Printed an Published' by MURDO YOUNG, i°t r No. 112, Strand, at The Su). Office, No. 112, Strandll the County of Middlesex, Friday,Decvnber 24, 1841. Nlr: • th e T s he at ) 114 u i?,e " Ll I bets fri, tr d t4ll of /1 ' 14 - vet er t fc 2. . ~ ".: /2-7 ~_ N FEBF J. j Th f Th 4 '1 h(