The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-10 00:00:00

EVENING SUN dot of be c h eate d . —(Hear.) Gent l emen, i t i s t h e ind y or those in Parliament to take up some defined wel l - underitood - principle, and that I conceive to be a e prin c i p l e of low protective dutie.. Don't let us make 1 1 / 4. st and against new p ro t ec ti ve d u ti es , because I v ery little diff erence b e t ween Lo r d J o h n R usse ll and Sir Robert Peel—between new prohibitive duties l e , . sliding sca l e. E ven at preset. may not Sir Robert t er e s _ B4 3, Do you no t see h ow man y m illi ons o f guar hot of y' h ave come i n ? I w ill l ower t h e p i vots a tine And my L or d J. Russe ll protests aga i nst prohibi k du ties ; and h e ge t s th e ",,Marquis of Tamworth," " is sometimes called, to say he sees very little diffe ;Pee between the Noble. Lord and himself in principle— „tat corn can be brought in when necessary. You are ' T ' l l r e P r r : te , ct ion, and so are we.— (Ch . ee . rs and laughter.) tn 1 , , no probability of any opposition taking such a Ij u e r as this maintaining its ground with the pub t,i—(Loud cheers.) On the other hand, if we “e tip the principle of no protective duties, if we take °lir , st and upon the principles of free trade, that will form 8 „ t .!e" a cement and bond of union, that heterogeneous as tha elements composing the Opposition benches, I ' ar e' to say it would be the most powerful and eG aiPlete that ever sat in the House of Common.s Leaf Cheering.) They would not merely have power, d _t;iv f nd vitality to poi their efforts, ;Nast which the enemies of free trade, erful as they to and unscrupulous as they are, never would be able A st and two y ears i n success i on . —(G rea t cheering.) e n tt I exhort you to look at the importance of taking p ri ls ,,.tand to supp ort t h ose w h o are i n s upport of those , melPles only. I t h an k y ou f or h a ving listened to me y jatiPntly ; I thank you cordially for the instructions 0; have this day given me. I entreat you to go on in f great work y ou h ave so g l or i ous ly b egun , an d hence ?tth let the midland counties have the honourable dis tetion of being the head and van of this great move ent for free trade.—(Loud and tremendous eheering.) th r t r h,e Rev. Mr. BURY, in an eloquent speech, proposed_ the health of Earl Fitzwilliam, and those Members of in 'WY 'louse of the House of Peers who voted for an in 'WY Into the operation of the Corn and Provision-laws. / e ) toast was drank with much cheering. r ll 13 owatsc M.P., said it was a most gratifying and th°lle o urable distinction to him to be invited to meet ti rtl , L O n the present interesting occasion—to communicate 4 % ,:leni all so much of instruction, distressing V' t iun, and which had put into their hands so many be t , a rguments, if arguments were wanting, as if they kjtvailable to plead that cause in which all were en --(Cheers.) He had been asked to propose the -``Free Trade with all the world, and may the in kb.,-"nna million s o f a ll na ti ons b e governed by equitable tif - Z . a nd permitt e d freely to exchange the prod u ct s wei tl rso r labour with each other."—(Much cheering.) He 4 t stblushed, when in the presence of civilised men, such PliZas that was to be proposed, not as a result accom hut as an object to be desired. The rudest sa hi law with delight the man who came to take from . ili t , t i ne little objects he had acquired, and to give him tt ki t , , a ra one which he did not possess. Now, was it the tki s : of civilisation and Christianity, that instead of ti p s more intimately united, they were no longer to form *al i tt , n „f the great family of man. They had reasoned er itt ,'", (l Legislature long and in vain—their argu tloN;lllad been exhausted, and why ? because they 1 44,7" not to their conviction, but to their interests, tati pt lels and arch. angels might have come, trumpet to tangy into the House of Commons, and appeal to them tat)f i ln.--- (Cheers.) They were now about to try the I }l4 t 4tile eloquence of the press. His Hon. Friend knew `lls:nen they were pleading the cause of destitution, Piton and death, which they had witnessed, they were ti :t s to with i mpat i ence — t h ey were re f use d exam i na - I vq e ok tu eY were called distress-mongers—and they ippealsent ba c k to te ll t h e peop l e t h at t h ey h a d l lon e ed in vain —fo r , in th a t Hous e , th e r e were flag t 0 t o he ar . I t was sa i d that the di stress was nati s r ated ; but within the last few days they had seen It b e he al re su l ts of the most alarming character. Would tk otth e lieved th at i n 1840, as compare d w i th 1839, t h e Per o f mortality h a d i n cre a sed in the ratio of five Nti t. e ? nt., and in the manufacturing districts ten per 1 2 • a'hil In May, 1839, the mortality was one in he ain 1840 it was one in 38. Would that tell in ' ) eath' us e of Com mons ?— an d wou ld th e eat teacher ; , theirt last come to the i r a id , they could not continue )4,3 present position. (Hear, hear.) A few !tit tf . v ago, there was a disposition on the - Ne R O re ign Governments to meet them by mutual 1 7041 3 s zna, and they then expressed a willingness to sj l le• He had been authorised to say to the 4hP"erritnent that if they chose to take foreign 'iltriviiltiliottilniber they ' would entertain the _question of a p r , of the duties on British manufactures. The 44 s e e t i nl he e lit had. refused to entertain . the proposal, be ti'jou Y said, they were sure it would be rejected by L AI 1 ,„ s lot . Commons. At the present moment there r epe - arPosition, on . the part of these Governments, t _ that proposal. The agricultural interest h iata ea "ned, 'whil th manufacturing interest had th ey s , stre n Zi t , ti gt,ii, and he anticipated the period when it , a re li fil - s. a,aic for food from these countries, and meet and the Then would come the horrors of cola ''slati 'en will be seen the results of that selfish `- rilki l ) "; e11, whi ch desiring to grasp much, had perished, F. 4 , 1° th. 1 - an su a e .. ci t nliserably. - His - Hon . . Friend had referred t i ' c 'Pe and he believed there was no country in -11 °rt 11.-e re the dolltsrtt° tithe land was so lightly taxed. Their aud e U nited States amounted to 120 000,000 t hole„ of 9f these England took one-half, and ' of the '• an ght -Il ea she consumed fully three-fourths. Now, sa PPos e •rport the y e that of the food which that . country at m sof fl out w ould take a larger proportion of the r at , Sent to this f rom America. In 1839, only one. sixth er e country. The Americans, at the present h e a an Cs" tariff was about to undergo a great change 4 eroj ene ' e "Us to meet them in a spirit of peace and k eOtit es , and he asked were they to enter upon 4 11%, S in which the American was to regard an Eng k t i v - 1 1 , not as a friend and a brother, but as a foe and Ape al And it would depend upon their legislation Th,"'er their interests were to be hostile or amicable. 41.:` 4 something exceedingly pernicious in th a t is On ' which had made the great resources of their t4 . 1.11 11ty an d machinery, not a source of wealth, but of do ff ''aess Their country had been favoured with won ul t , capabilities and developments possessed by no and it was strange, that with their industry, and tic.: ii !tY, and cap i ta l, t h e i r o p e r a tives were in a state of i'tia'ition and starvation. He contended that they had 41 4 1' 4 to procure what they wanted in the cheapest The t, and to sell what they produced in the dearest. I V,, h ad a long account to settle with the landlords, l'aleght, at all events, to bear a fair proportion of the, get burdens ; and he for one would be willing to for ttit4'eir long series of offences, and to enter upon a new ~4 1 d 1. ; Weir past misdeeds would be forgiven Ni,; nr gotten, but they must not repeat them.. ~t ,t i" not like, he should say, to see that system which tt s tta e k e e 9, capital in its activity but not in its repose, which 6e in its t rans it an d no t in its accumulation. `"Pit a f‘ n le object of our fiscal system was to protect ;kb % a nd to sacr ifi ce l a b our. H e did no t wish to ,sW s ,t q s, a the question of the repeal of the Corn 'tb ''h t hequestion of an extension of the suf -41-lear.) At the fitting time he might be ready ?ir,..anicuais testimony, and to express his conviction that 1 , 4 1 e the representation at present was, there was a nce of twit. h t es e , any redress until they had reformed that He knew that many excellent and , a wee men were of opinion that public opi -11114 1, but ho enough to redress public griev th, %io n " 0 belie ve d t h ere were many upon whom the ate"?t:mid op erate . I n conc l us i on he would exhort to persevere in that great cause which was 4, 41 r.w; - 't nations, and the cause of the world.. githype,Vvatas M.P., gave the toast of " Sir John s:leest er .:, r ,• Winn Ellis, and the Corn-law Repealers k ir J. 1; 4 ech tru n Debp whi c h PE returned thanks in an eloquent re lBll at lense regret our limits will not allow us to 4 h, e Cal h• keon, . I ,te Le r , . I .N then gave " Sir John Hobhouse, Sir Itl "atti." r e nt/ and the Corn-law Repealers of Not- L 4ttp EN y T returned thanks. "Mien ' P IETA) proposed the health of the Chairman, °l)Apittl„©platned thanks, and shortly afterwards the ecl. 4% TH E ARUNDEL BANK. , Trli .Yntaruy es terdav afternoon a numerous of the c reditors of Messrs. Hopkins and Co.'s bank r „ 1 111 ici* 'no Norf o lk A rms Hotel, Arundel. R. Watkins, ,„ th , „ C e lt aYor of Arundel, was called to the tchnair. he made a qositi,lnNtAx stated that at the . last mee n i d g thinking it old b e upor them to take 13s. 4d. in the advantage to all parties po . u D;ewett jun., Csitio n i • _He (the Chairman) d n a ow w ws r hed to redal that 110 Mr. French to go i tt Z t h the st ile hoped they '? I thi tlk th.atement of the affairs without interruption, and t.Z411;.7P7e1;. creditors could put any question they might 4at a-) 'rett then read a statement, showing the total heir Gaeta kkalliabilities of the firm to be 40,086/. 4s. 4d., and. s ' 23,146/. 12s. 3d. ; leaving a total deficiency of „ 2s. Id. vti,„_qO a • the t • !ns private estate was stated to be 10,079/. his eO 4 , :abils were 4,2101. ; showing a surplus in favour of i ll. tate of 5,5691. 'kk tes_ l itie s " 'eh's private estate was 12,813/. 15s. ; and private locluding ren t, &e. , 4601. ; leav i ng i n f avour o f th e fh e tua e. estateslauce of 12,353/. a . total % w waking a total of upwards of 18,0001., 144 4 .: deficiency is only 16,239/.125. Id. leaving a balance iltdetlitsetuefdl.ate ' 0001.; at the same time all doubtful debts have ho t . 34 ts said he considered the statement perfectly baLdote 7-- ( Hoar, hear.) of thanks having been passed to the Chairman the " seParated, apparently well satisfied with the result., ,4ttstem "PIELD CATTLE CLUB SHOW. 748 fi ltY ate splendid show of fat cattle, oxen, sheep, .ga, the Bazaar, King-street, Portman-square, "4411,"15e1y crowded the whole day and evening, and Rif ts seetill exhibition promises fair to repay the mann he 11 ° ' the Club for their expense and exertions. Among tt, t o l l i )i ett en and ge ntlemen who visited the show were arl of of Richmond end Bedford, Earl Spencer, the " 1 .1 1 March, Lord Dungannon, Colonel Sibthorp, 11 ' 41 4, 4 tei rtil ti !i host of country gentlemen, intimately v."l'eti with the encouragement of the . breed of S t took and general agricultural pursuits. The 44%14 ber '3, and was not so large as usual, but the L7tely",Zits good. In sheep the numbers were com.parha i-chii„--;,y. Great improvement has taken place in t L . -11 1ile h L" y‘e-, of the bazaar, the numerous agricultural re_ mo re, a nt were shown to greater advantage than he tilt h. i ga e l; l44 the general arrangements are such as to give ,( -4 1 - p ot -. 4 0 n to the visitors. A Committee for genera .. l 17 11 1e1 i ea Was held in the Committee-room in the yar . d, sat for nearly four hours, the Earl Spencer, the t of the Club, in the chair when several resolu k_'ter - Z e s tl , l ,ated to furthey improvements were carried, awedinerable discussion. The Royal Agricultural Rooms, in Cavendish-square, were last evening i 'or the admission of the members of the Society, 41 0 bo delivered by eminent professors on fence of agriculture. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business, GREAT CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. R. L. JONES (the Chairman of the London bridge Committee), brought up the Report on the sub ject of a plan, by Mr. Galloway, for the construction of a viaduct for avoiding the steep declivities of Holborn hill and Skinner-street, and for raising by subscription, or by a Joint Stock Comp, y,the means of carrying it into effect. The Report stated that the Committee had ex amined witnesses, but as they were of opinion that a Joint Stock Company was objectionable in principle they had not examined the plan. They, however, so fully concurred in the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons, in 1828, as to the paramount im portance of improving the access between Holborn and Newgate-street, that they were of opinion that autho rity should be given to them to open a communica tion with the Members of her Majesty's Government, as to the best means of giving effect to the recommenda tion of that Committee in respect of this and other pub lic improvements detailed in their Report. Mr. JONES said it would be idle in the Committee to encourage the accumulation of plans, however ingenious, without being in possession of the certainty that Govern ment would sanction the improvements for which the public looked with so much anxiety.—(Hear, hear.) He begged to state that he entirely concurred in the opinion expressed by a Committee of the House of Commons in 1806, that the most eligible mode of throwing open the bridges was by means of an additional tax of sixpence per ton on coals. If that additional tax were adopted the great improvements, that of widening Queen-street, and of the neighbourhood of the Post-office, of which Sir Robert Smirke had already given in plans, could be effectually accomplished.—(Hear, hear.) At the Post office there was particularly urgent occasion for the con templated improvement, in consequence of the enormous increase of business in that establishment. The Commit tee, after long consideration, thought it would be ad visable to suggest to the Court the propriety of apply ing to the Government for a scheme of improvements of an extensive nature.—(Cheers.) He was aware that many of the Members of the Legislature were most desirous of .the adoption of some compre hensive plan, and the Committee could ascertain upon their interview, whether it was, or was not the intention of the Government to aid the Corporation in these ob jects.—(Hear, hear.) He then moved that the Court agree with the Report. Mr. NORRIS concurred in the opinion so generally ex pressed, that Holborn-hill was a disgrace to the City of London. He, however, thought that an additional duty of sixpence per ton upon an article already heavily taxed, would fall grieviously upon the poor, and he suggested half that amount as being adequate to raise a fund for the payment of the expense of the improvement alluded to by Mr. Jones. Mr. HUNTER said that there was a loud demand for an improvement at the western End of Cheapside. Mr. AsHunsT said that the Corporation simply asked for leave to confer with the Government upon a general scheme of improvement. If leave were granted, and the conference was attended with beneficial results, the de tails would be fully discussed. Mr. WELLS said he was scholar enough to know that the time of the greatest prosperity of Rome was not when her buildings were most grand and imposing; and he did not see why the analogy should not hold with re gard to London. For his part, he should rather see the coal-tax taken off entirely, than see a new street make its appearance amidst the distresses of the population. The Report was then agreed to. THE CITY FUNDS. Mr. ANDERTON rose to propose an important motion as regarded the Court of Aldermen. That Court had, he said, gone on from time to time in the work of ap propriating the funds of the Corporation, until at last that appropriation reached the enormous amount of nearly 3,0001. a-year. lie did not deny the power of that body to vote away the money of their fellow-citizens, for it was evident, from the voluminous documents laid before the Corporation, that they had the right they exercised ; but, he must say, that it was a power requiring to be checked.—(Hear, hear.) He disapproved of the distri bution of this large sum of money, which the Aldermen voted away. A great deal of it went to the widows, daughters, and other relations of the Aldermen who had fallen into distress, and some of it even went to ex-Al dermen themselves. After some further remarks, he moved the following resolution :—" That the Court can not avoid expressing its regret at the greatly increased and increasing annual payments made to decayed mem bers of the Court of Aldermen, and their wives, widows, and families ; as well as other payments beyond those specified in the resolution of this Court on the 29th March, 1838, viz., the administration of justice, police, gaols, and the usual expenses of the Conservancy of the Thames ; and, therefore, that it be referred back to the Committee, in relation to the City and Bridge-house accounts, to consider and report what steps may be ne cessary in order to put an end to a practice so injurious to the funds and character of this great Corporation." Mr. WELLS seconded the resolution. The motion was carried by a large majority. After some other business of no public interest, the Court adjourned. LONDON MECEIANICSINSTITUTE A Special General Meeting of the Members of this Institution was held last evening, in the theatre, to con sult as to the best means of showing their respect to the memory of their late lamented President, Dr. Birkbeck, at his funeral on Monday next. Mr. Spickett in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly stated the object of the meet ing, and said that it was the duty of the London Me chanics' Institution to show every mark of respect to the memory of their late President ; and concluded by stating, that those members who chose to go in coaches could, and those who wished to go on foot should join the procession at the Plough, in the Harrow-road. Mr. READER made a few remarks,commenting on the necessity for showing respect to te memory of l)r. Birkbeck, and moved that The Committee should go in a body, as the representative of the Institution, and that the funds of the Institution should be appropriated for the payment of the expenses of the Committee." Mr. SMITH seconded the resolution, and, after rather a lengthy discussion, . Mr. READER withdrew his motion. It was then moved and seconded that—" The atten tion of the Members of the Institution having been called to the circumstance that the funeral of their late lamented President, Dr. Birkbeck, is to take place on Monday, December the 13th, it is hereby resolved that it is the duty of every Member of this Institution, in order to show his profound respect and gratitude to the memory of Dr. Birkbeck, to attend his funeralif he possibly can." This resolution was carried. Mr. WOOD, in a tew words, deprecated a long discus sion upon such an occasion. He moved a resolution to the following effect:—" That a meeting of the Members of this Institution, and those who have formerly been Members, do take place in the Theatre on Monday neNt, at nine o'clock, to accompany in procession the funeral of their lamented President, Dr. Birkbeck." The second resolution was also carried, and the meet ing almost immediately afterwards broke up. SURREY CHRISTMAS CATTLE SHOW. The annual show of stock of the Surrey Agricultural Association took place on Wednesday, at Epsom. The quantity of stock exhibited was not very large, and in some of the classes there were not any competitors, but the animals that were brought were considered by the judges to be of a very superior description. After the judges had given their awards, the Members of the Association adjourned to the Spread Eagle, where between seventy and eighty of the principal farmers of the neighbourhood sat down to dinner. C. Barclay, Esq., presided, and there were also present, J. Trotter, Esq., M.P., H. T. Hope, Esq., G. Farmer, Esq., Captain Lem priere, J. Cunningham, Esq., &c. &c. After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed, the CHAIRMAN gave the healths of the Members for the county of Surrey. The CHAIRMAN then proposed success to the newly formed Association for the improvement of stock in the county of Surrey—and entered into a description of the objects for which it had been established. He said that it was intended to have a general show of stock bred in the county, and prizes would be awarded for the best and most profitable animals that were produced ; and it was intended that the whole county should be joined into one Association to effect this object. The great object of the Association was to encourage the working farmers ; and the great landholders and gentry of the county would be prohibited from competing for the prizes, which would be entirely left open to the tenant farmers. This would satisfy them that the land holders were anxious for their advantage, and desired to see them placed in a situation of independence ; and he assured the meeting that he would ten times rather award a prize to a working farmer for improvements in his farm and stock, than he would hand it to the bailiff of a large landholder. Believing that the new Associa tion to which he referred would do a vast deal of good, he most cordially wished it success ; and he had great pleasure in informing the meeting that 2001. had been already subscribed for the purpose of commencing ope rations. Some other toasts were then given and responded to, and the meeting separated. ST. CYRUS, Nov. 24.—We have heard, from what we consider good authority, that the health of our beloved pastor, Dr. Keith (which was so much impaired by his literary and pastoral labours, as to require an application to the Presbytery for his son to be appointed his assistant and successor in the ministry), has now been so completely restored, as to admit of his accepting the laborious office of Secretary to the Society for the Conversion of the Jews. We are happy to acid that the good Doctor's services will not be altogether of a gratui tous nature, as a salary of 3001. a year is attached to the office. This is but another instance of the great worldly prudence and foresight by which this pious family has been distinguished for more than one generation. Aberdeen Constitutional. A " BRAVE OLD OAK.".---Mr. William Hilton, joiner and builder, of this town, on Wednesday last received from hisAimber-merchant, in Liverpool, an immense log of American oak timber, which is likely to excite the gaze and wonder of all the admirers of the products of nature in this neighbourhood. It is now to be seen in his ti m b er - yar d , Standishgate, and its dimen sions are as follows :—Lengtb, 56 feet; girth, 264 inches; making in all 268 cubic feet. Its weight is six tons 15 cwt., and the size at each end is two feet six inches, and two feet three inches. Manchester Times. Bell's 14fe . in London, and Sporting Chronicle will, on the Ist of January b e printed with an entire new type . from the celebrated foundry of th e M essrs . Figgins. The country edition of Bell's Life i n L on d on i s published every Saturday in time for the afternoon ra il ways . The price of Bell's Life is sd. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1841. No. 3, Winchester Buildings, Dec. 9, 1841. WEST INDIA STEAM PACKETS. The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY hereby give Notice, That, in order to be prepared for the Distribution of the Mails of the Ist Ja nuary, the following Steamers will leave Southampton for their respective Stations as follow : The FORTH, on Thursday, the 16th instant, at One r.m., for Havana, calling at Nassau, proceed to New Orleans, Tam pico, and Vera Cruz, and thence return to Havana. The SOL WAY, on Saturday, the 16th instant, at One r. for Barbadoes, proceed to St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadaloupe, Antigua, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Tortola, St. Thomas, St. Juan's, Porto Rico, Grand Key, Turk's Island, Hayti, St. Jago de Cuba, Belize, and thence to Havana. The TWEED, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at One r.m., for Barbadoes, proceed to St. Vincent's, Grenada, Trinidad, La Guayra, Perto Cabello, Curacoa, Santa Martha, Cartha gena, and hence to Jamaica. The CLYDE, on Saturday, the 18th instant, at One P. , calling at Madeira, and proceed direct to Surinam and Deme rara' calling off Berbice. thence to Barbadoes, call at Tobago, and from Barbadoes to Grenada. Two other Steamers will be dispatched on or before the 25th of the mouth, and timely notice will be given of their route. From and after the Ist January Steamers will be regularly dispatched with the Mails, at intervals of fifteen days. Applications for Berths to be made at the Offices of the Com pany, No. 3, Winchester Buildings, Old Broad.street. MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. In 3 vela. post Bvo., illustrated with Twenty large Designs on Steel, by Franklin, OLD SAINT PAUL'S: A TALE of the PLAGUE and the FIRE. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. IS NOW READY. Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Svo., r HE GLORY AND SHAME OF ENG LAND. - By AN AMERICAN. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. IMPORTANT NEW HISTORICAL WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIB TIMES, Comprising Original Letters of that Monarch, now first published. Edited, with an Introduction, By THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq., Author of " The Pleasures of Hope," " Life of Petrarcli," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAMEVEiTRIS. THIS EVENING, DEC. 10, Will be repeated the New Comedy, entitled COURT AND ClTY.—Captain Dangerfield, Mr. W. Lacy ; Sir Paladin Scruple, Mr. W. Farrell ' • Sir Harry Whiffle, M r . C. Ma thews ; Sir Hector Rumbush, Mr. Barley ; Mr. Winning ton, Mr: Cooper ; Humphrey Rumbush, Mr. Harley ; Lady Whiffle, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Charmington, Mrs. Nisbett ; Lady Dangerfield, Mrs. W. West; Barbara Bearbinder, Mrs. W. Lacy. After which the Ballet Divertissement of THE WOODEN LEG.—Principal Characters by Mr. Gilbert and Miss Ballin, Master and Miss Marshall, Messrs. J. and T. Ridgway, Miss Jackson, &c. To conclude with the Farce of FREE AND EASY.—Sir John Freeman ' Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Charles Courtley, Mr. Barley ; Michael, Mr Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Orger. Doors to le opened at half-put Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 75. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 25. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, la. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. To-morrow, Norma, with a New Farce, entitled United Service. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Mr. Graham, Mr. Phelps, and the mast powerful Company, supporting Shakspere's Tragedies. THIS EVENING, DEC. 10, Will be:acted Shakspere'; Tragedy of JULIUS CIESAR.— Marcus Brutus. Mr. Graham; Caius Cassius, Mr. Phelps; Marc Anthon, Mr. H. Hughes ; Portia, Mrs. H. Vining. To conclude with the successful French Drama of rivetting situations and intense interest, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS, OR POVERTY AND CRlME.—Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Smith, Neville, Mrs. Vining, 'Mrs. Daly, &c. THE WEATHER.—N °ow, DECEMBER 10. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 52 y Highest 52 Lowest . 3B Barometer 29.47.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point .22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning 21 minutes after 0 I Evening 50 minutes after U. The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tim Sun com menced at 10 minutes after Three. soon inflame zeal, instead of producing indiffer ence, and would raise up another set of priests to share the gifts. However much they mad dened the people, they, too, must be bribed or or, bought off. Now Lord RODEN says-- The monks have been always regarded by the Roman Catholic populace with the most superstitious reverence, and the administration of the offices of the Church in their hands es t eeme d peculiarly sacred and beneficial. Already a considerable traffic is carried on by the bre 'thren, in holy candles, and beads, and relics, and gos pels, and the on l y restra i nt to a greater extent of this traffic arises from the jealousies and fears of the secular priests, lest their own emoluments might there b y be in any wise diminished. Remove this check by paying the secular priest ; the brothers will increase their traffic, and the choristers will extend the sphere of their ser vices, and the burden of dues and fees will be ten, nay, a hundred-fold increased. This must necessarily follow from Lord Alvanley's " first step." Perhaps the monks are to be paid too. The only difference between Lord RODEN and us is, that he particularises the monks, he is ac quainted with that individual class ; we only reasoned from general principles, and applied our remarks to every order of priests. We are glad to have Lord RODEN'S testimony to the fact that, if the State pay one order of priests, it only stimulates the avarice of some other priests to procure a larger share of the general wealth. When the Earl of RODEN and the Editor of The Sun agree, it is quite certain, as in the case of an agreement between a Frenchman and English man, that both are right; whence it necessarily follows that it must be wrong to adopt Lord AL VANLEY'S plan, and take the priests into pay. The question, however, remains, what is to be done with regard to the Catholic priests of Ire land? Both Noble Lords, being Members of the Legislature, agree that " the peace and tranquil lity of the country," to borrow Lord RODEN'S words, " are in the hands of the Roman Catholic priests," not in the hands, and not under the power, of these nominal lawgivers : The irresponsible power of the priest (says Lord Roden) cannot be too strongly deprecated. I agree with Lord Alvanley in thinking that " it paralyzes the action of the laws which were intended for the benefit of all, and is incompatible with the well-being of the country to which it belongs," It is placed beyond the reach of civil law, and beyond the control of civil authority. What law, or what authority, can reach or contro l t h e secret tribunal of the confessional ? Here is a power then in the State above the law, and so must be the power of every priest hood wielding a spiritual authority. Every Dis senting clergyman, in truth, is in the same position as the Catholic priest, in respect to the State; but he excites no alarm in the minds of Noble Lords. Why then are they alarmed at the Catholic priests ? Because the Catholic priests exercise their influence over nearly 8,000,000 people, banded together by a senti ment of hostility to the Church which these Noble Lords favour, and because they are seri_ sible that they and their Church have given these 8,000,000, by long oppression, a just reason for their hostility. They are now obliged, in sorrow and anxiety, to eat " the fruit of their own doings," and are now paying the penalty of the wrongs committed by themselves and their ancestors. What contemptible politicians have been the oppressors of the Catholics, that when they in jured them they did not follow the advice of MACHIAVELLI, and annihilate them ? About the middle of the seventeenth century the whole population of Ireland was estimated at 1,200,000, of whom not more than two-thirds were Ca tholics and Irish. Now, if our Protestant poli ticians had wished to do their work effectually, they should have rooted out these Catholics, and not have allowed them to multiply, with the sen timent of wrong, and of their own power, ever growing bigger and bigger. But in this is shown the righteous government of nature ; they have grown too powerful for their oppressors, and all the schemes of Lords ALVANLEY and RODEN will just end in this—that they must place the Catholic and the Anglican priesthood on a level, and pay neither. The voluntary system is the effectual cure for the disorders dreaded by the Noble Lords, and the cultivation of reason mid good sense the only means of putting an end to the power of the Catholic, or any other priesthood. * Published by Hatchard. We have received the whole of the French papers of Wednesday. The trial of QUENISSET and his accom plices continued to occupy the Ch am ber of Peers. These Journals contain no political news of engrossing in terest : " The departura of M. Olozaga," says the Gazette de France, "is certain, but it is not for the Presidency of the Council that he is going to Madrid. He is going thither to do merely what M. de S a l van d y is to come back to do at Paris ; he is going to give the aid of his vote to the Government. M. Olozaga has again demanded, in a pressing manner, the re moval of M . Martinez d e la Rosa and M. , Zea Bermudez." BOURSE"— P AR IB i TUESDAY, DEC. 7. First Highest Lowest Last French 5 Price Price. Price. Price' per Cents ....... .... lld 35 „ 116 35 ... 116 25 ... 116 35 3 per Cents. ex di v 73 40 ... ~ 78 40 ... 78 80 ...' 78 30 Loan ex div . 7B 95 ... 79 .. '7B 95 .»79 Rink of France .... 3415 ...3420 ,:3415 —3420 Laflitte Bank 1.0001. Stares 1030 „.le3o ...w3O -Am Belgian Bank, 50 12k11. Snares 5050 ...50 5 0 ...5050 ...SOW ld '79o New Belgian 5 per Cents. ... ... 102% ... 102% 5 per Centr., 18 40 lO3 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103 Spanish OAlcdtiDvee.f.e.r.r...:d.H.A.....l.—.l w 41103( 1 y1t5 3 i 5i511..:A .......... R1E8 23 03,5555 1 .25 .............. 1 2 1 3 030555% 1 15 ..............• 1. 27 : 3051 Z 423 Passive Portuguese 3 percents . .... 28% ... 23% ... 28% ... zo% N erapoit tan Roman, ex. div Versailles, R. B 312 50 .. 312 50 ... 310 ... 310 LB 197 50 .: 197 50 ... 196 25 ... 196 25 Rouen 457 50 ... 457 50 ... 457 50 ... 457 50 orivans . 478 75 ... 478 75 ... 478 75 ... 478 75 etnenure in Rale.shares red 217 50 .. 217 50 ... 215 ... 215 Yarn (Maberley's) ... . 350 ... 350 ... 350 DUTCH . Fl.lND3 . — Anerraitcan, Dac, 7. g MoHA Actual Debt, 234 per Cent 51% Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. .. ............" Amen Syndic,4% percent ., ". . ..... " ..... Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent". .... ..... Commercial Company, 4i per cent " Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. lOl% 102 Loan 1837, 5 per cent. ..................... .... Exchange on London, One month l2 12% Two months Haraburgh, One month 3.5 81% Two Months 35 5E% Dutch Papers, Dec. 8. BELGIAN I! U NM—Bimini, DEc. 8. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent, Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent... ......" Loan of Thirty Milli ons, 4 per &lit. ..... ----------: 3Per Cent. — ._--.-Thirty.seven, ----- -(1840) lOl% Loan of City, N 32, 4 per Cent ........ Society of Commerce, 45' per Cent — Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7 434 NationalSeciety. ................ ..... Exchange on Londen (short; — —Brussels Papers, Dec. 8. AUSTRIAN I, UN DS.—Vimmma, Dec. 1. Fire per Cents. Metalliques ........ ....... " ....... ..... 106 Fomr per Cents. Three per Cents. . .......... ...". .. .... ......... ............ 7 99 5 34 Bank Shares ........ ............. .......... .. ..................2681 ....dlizemeine Zettung. Dec. 5. HA MBU KG B ORSENHALLE, Dec. 4. Austrian 5 per Cents. 107% 107 Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan lOB% 18% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Sezics Russian 5 per Cont. Hope and Co. 3d an d 4th 10i% Series.— ***** 0000000 00000 000000000 . 98% Ditto in Certificates ................... 97% 97% New 4 per Cent. (1840) 86% 86' Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ............ Ditto 5 per Cent ................... Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent... ................ 76% 76% Nmwegian Lean, 1834, 4 per Cent. ........... 102% 102% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. 15% THE PARLIAMENT . roroguing the The Privy Council, appointed to b e h e ld at s W t o i o n d d , s o fo r r C t a h s e t I p e u t i l . l p i s o s a e ft o e f r n f o u o r n u; e r i sp, it is under- Parliament from the '2lst of the present month to a future period, and of ordering a Procl amat i on to be issued, summoning it to meet for the dis patch of public business. Sir Robert Peel and the principal Cabinet Ministers are expected to attend the Council. of the S ou th- INDIA ARMS INN, GOSP. ORT.—The grand din osport, and which gave such very great satisf action, was a n m er p l t a o t t e l l il y a g ii i i v v e a n y, to a t t h t e he D s v t e a c r, tor n G pro vided by Mr. Thomas Attrill, of the India Arms Inn, Gosport. The i excellence of th e entertain ment was,and still s, the general theme ofpraise, not only in that town, but also in Portsmouth and the neighbourhood, where the good taste of Mr. Attrill is deservedly extolled. _ . EDINBURGH, DEC. t;.-(FROIVI A CORRESPON DENT.) —Your readers are well aware of t h e crue l prosecution and imprisonment, of the s h op k eeper ion of such subscribed tL f i o lo r rre s de e I l K4 i . i u l i g innn s ea w ai sr e ,d e 2 t t m ot sweetmeats aur o gk n h h S iT u s h n de d e a t 3e Sun, t 4 and for whom : conduct. The persecuted man brought an aet t on have agreed to compromise the matter by paying c a o gai m ns o t n.en tlsiese,andreligion Magistrates, whlov, finding th at l aw, mere against them, to Butters 101. as a compensation. Th e S er i ous Ba his i n ll o ie tic a e for ppeai prohibiting also the sale o f li quors i n public-houses on Sunday, and at th e meeting of to the Town Council on Tuesday. postponed his mo tion. The people here begin to see what the Non-Intrusionists really mean. 4 • -• • ~ S*o 3 : " . /14 k ;;;Zw 10 . . • gt2sAzlttt;', %A 1 it', . , • • NEW WORK ON INDIA. Nora ready, in 2 vols. small Svo., with 22. Illustrations, FIVE YEARS IN INDIA. Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, a Residence in the Hisnalayah Mountains, an Account of the late Expedi tion to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England. By HENRY EDWARD FANE, Esq., Late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief in India. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. The extraordinary success of this favoured and fortunate Theatre still continues unabated. THIS EVENING, DEC. 10, The TWO LONDON LOCKSMITHS; or;the BANKER, the THIEF, and the WlLL.—George Davis, Mr. E. F. Sa ville ; Murray, Mr. Dale; Burl, Mr. Seaman , Tom Lively, Mr. Gardner ; Barny Cly, Mr. Paul ; Emily, Mrs. Lee. After which, WOMAN'S LOVE; or, THE WIVES OF CLITHEROE.—WiIford Clitheroe, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Old Wynsley, Mr. James ; Hollyhock, Mr. Gardner ; Kate Wyn sley, Miss Vincent; Lady Adeline, Mrs. G. Lee. To conclude with THE PALACE OF GENEVA; or, THE SPIRIT OF THE VAULT.—Frank Layton, Mr. Sea man ; Grantly, Mr. James ; Old John, Mr. Gardner ; Mri. Howard. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, 6d.—Aalf-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To-Morrow, Virginius, Woman's Love, and My . Poor Dog Tray, being for the Benefit of a Charitable Institution. t i l fa r `nay LONDON: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1841. We have given at great length, but not greater than the importance of the subject warrants, a report of the proceedings which took place at the great Conference of Manufacturers held at Derby yesterday. The meeting lasted for five hours, and during that period the gentlemen deputed from numerous towns in the Midland districts ad_ duced well attested facts, showing the ruinous influence of the Corn-laws' on the manufac turers, shopkeepers, and operatives. These facts no arguments can gainsay. The distress has not been brought on by over-trading, or by the introduction of improved machinery, or by wild speculation. No. It is the irre sistible result of a system which has for years been undermining the trade and commerce of the United Kingdom, and raising up successful com petitors with our merchants in every market in the I four quarters of the globe. Owing to this competi tion, and the high price of food, all kinds of ma nufactures in the Midland districts have been de clining for years, the spirit of even cautious spe culation in trade is checked, and unless some relief be brought, and that speedily, the country will be involved in one general ruin. Sir RO BERT PEEL, who, no doubt, has heard the result of the meeting, is to attend a Privy Council this day at Windsor, for the pur pose of fixing the period for the assem bling of Parliament, and will be able therefore to communicate to his Sovereign the cause of the general distress, and point out the urgent neces sity for taking immediate steps to meet the fearful crisis that hangs over the country. No half measures now will do. If the Prime Minister does not listen to the general voice of the manufacturing and commercial population, he will, before Parliament has been assembled two months, find more formidable opponents than IlicilmoND and BucKfrionAm, and all the representatives of the landed interest united. For want of space we must, in the mean time, only refer our readers to this great meeting, which forms such a remarkable feature at the present moment. The Earl of RODEN has written a pamphlet entitled " Observations on Lord ALVANLEY'S Pamphlet, &c."* in which the Noble EARL combats the Noble Lord's recommendation for the State to take the Catholic priests of Ireland into its pay. Somewhat to our astonishment, we find ourselves agreeing on one important point with the Earl of RODEN. In noticing Lord AL VANLEY'S pamphlet, we observed on Oct. 20th, in speaking of paying the present race of priests, " A new set of priests, more zealous than the sti pendiaries, paid by voluntary contributions, would soon supply the place of those who had been bought over, and would harrass the State like the present race. The paid priesthood would in'turn see their salaries and influence threatened, and love of worldly pelf would strengthen their desire for spiritual dominion. As in the case of the clergy of the Church of England, avarice would SUMMARY OF NEWS AND übltt eptnton. " Who runs may read," MONEY—TR /I.IIE—C OMME2CII. A few months ago, of the entire population of Bradford, 9,553 resided in the manufacturing district, of which 6,000 were maintained by labour in the factories. Now, none are fully employed: 1,650 only half employed; and as to the others no account, except the most painful, can be given ; 4 or 5,000 persons are living on their savings, the produce of their gar dens, or by pawning their furniture and clothes. At a meeting of the members of the Protector Life Associa tion, held yesterday, at the London Tavern, it appeared from the Report that since it had been joined with the New Equit able there had been an increase on the last year's balance of 11,5911. Bs. 3d. Forgeries to the extent of nearly 600/. have been lately committed en the Bank of Ireland by Henry Laporte Smith, of Guernsey. lie has been tried by the Court of that Island, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. We hear that there has of late been some improvement in the general trade of Birmingham, but that in the iron and coal districts the aspect of affairs is somewhat discouraging. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. On a proposal made yesterday, at the Court of Common Council, for putting an additional tax of sixpence per ton on coals to open the bridges and carry out the streets and buildings already planned or scheming, Mr. Wells observed he was scholar enough to know that the time of the greatest prosperity ' of Rome was not when her buildings were most grand and im , posing, and he did not see why the analogy should not hold as regarded London. For his part, he should rather see the coal- ' tax taken off entirely, than see a new street make its appear ance amidst the distresses of the population. NAVAL AND MILITARY. Lieut.-Colonel Knowles, Commander of the Artillery in China, recently transmitted to England an assortment of Chinese war-arms and costumes of the soldiers of the Celestial Empire. The whole of these articles, and a figure of a Chinese soldier in his tiger-dress, have within the last few days been arranged in the Royal Depository at Woolwich, where the public have free admission to witness them. LAW AND POLICE. At Guildhall yesterday Mr. Atterton, a newsvender, ap peared to answer the complaint of Mathew Beak, a police constable belonging to the General Post-offiee. It appeared that some time ago a memorial had been presented to the Post master-General, by several respectable newsvenders, stating that they were continually robbed by their boys, who are en trusted with their papers to post, and the permission to remain in the hall of the Post-office afforded them great facilities for committing the robberies. The Post-master therefore gave directions that the practice of exchanging papers in that place should be discontinued. Some misunderstanding on this point took place between Mr. Atterton and the officer, who complained that he had been assaulted by him when obeying the orders of the Postmaster. On the understanding that Mr. Atterton would for the future obey the order, and on the pay ment of 2s. costs, the case was dismissed. At the London Petty Sessions held yesterday to grant transfers, or continue licenses to publicans, the widow of the late Mr. Burdon was among the applicants, and the continua tion of the licerre was granted. In the Insolvent Debtors' Court yesterday, Mr. James Goldie, late a distiller at Whitechapel, was discharged on sureties from the Queen's Bench prison until his hearing. It appeared that the insolvent had passed his examination as a bankrupt, and had since been taken in execution on a verdict arising from some accident. There was little doubt that the creditors would be paid 20s. in the pound under the estate. FINE ARTS. The Committee on the models and plans for the tomb of Napoleon, began their labours by first reducing the competi tors to 80, then to 19, and afterwards to 4, and at last has decided that not one is acceptable. A new competition is proposed. THEATRICAL. The temporary theatre erected by Mr. Batty, at the " Na tional Baths," Westminster-road, is well attended, and the equestrian feats appear to give much satisfaction. Mr. Batty is to be the lessee and manager of Astley's Amphitheatre, when rebuilt. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The Professorship of Architecture in the London University College, has been filled up by the Council, by the appointment of Mr. T. L. Donaldeon, the well-known author of several professional works. COURT—FASRIONABLE. Sir Robert Peel arrived in Whitehall Gardens yesterday, from Drayton Manor. The Earl of Jersey will leave Berkeley-square to-day for Windsor Castle, to attend the Privy Council. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are shortly expected at Wynyard Park, from Ireland. Earl Delawarr arrived in town yesterday from Buckhurst Park, Sussex. The Earl and Countess Grosvenor are still at Motcombe Park, where they intend remaining till next week, when they join the family circle at Eaton Hall. Lord Castlereagh is at present at Gibraltar, and intends pro ceeding shortly to the Holy Land. 111 ISCELL.A.3irEOITS. The mortal remains of Sir Francis Chantrey were consigned to their resting-place in the chancel of Norton church, on Mon day. The funeral was followed, by thousands of the inhabit ants from the neighbouring districts, who were desirous of pay ing this tribute of respect to their illustrious countryman. It is said that the fortune reraized by Sir Francis does not exceed 50,000/. which with the exception of a few le g a c i es , i s se ttl e d upon Lady Chantrey for her life. Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Washington, in 1799, who for I.is public virtue will be beloved in all climes and ages. At - a county meeting held at the Town Hall, Devizes, on Wednesday last, the Marquis of Lansdowne moved addresses of congratulation to her Majesty and Prince Albert on the birth of the Nnee. Lord Radnor immediately proposed an amend ment, by which her Majesty should at the same time be made aco t uainted with the " appalling distress'' at Bradbury, and was supported by several speakers. Great interruption pre vailed at the meeting. The amendment was finally put and lost, about one-third of those present voting for it, and the original address carried. he Alembers of the Mechanics' Institution meet together on Monday next, at nine o'clock, to accompany in procession the funeral of their revered President, Dr. Birkbeck. A Contemporary states that a short time ago one of the Scot tish islands was surprised by a visit " of an extraordinary bird, bearing the closest possible resemblance to a goose."—We hav - some reason to believe that this visitor was no other than a e eminent M.P. (late of the Surrey Theatre), who, we undo " stand, has for some weeks past been travelling in Scotland. r- THE IVIARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals of Grain have been small. The Wheat trade firm at Monday's prices. Barley sold heavily at last quo tations. Beans and Peas unaltered. Oats met a slow trade at former rates. Flour as last reported. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Cattle and Sheep was but middling, and the demand by no means good. Of Calves and Pigs the supply was short, with a brisk trade. Beasts, 746 ; Sheep, 2,930 ; Pigs, 370 ; Calves, 160. Beef, 3s. 4d. t o 4 s . 6d. ; M utton , 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. • Pork, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. COLONIAL MARKET. The demand was dull, and prices declined for several ar ticles. Raw Sugar, however, was in good r eques t, an d f u ll rates were paid. Good and fine yellow West India, 70s. to 745. per cwt. TEA MARKET. The Market was dull, and the biddings were languid at the public sales, and rather lower rates were accepted; Company's Congeu, is. 9}d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. There was little life in the Market, and rather lower rates were accepted. P. Y. Candle on the spot 48s. per cwt. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum dull of sale and prices barely sustained. Best Brandy was in good demand. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 10.--Wind this day at noon, S.W. OFF MARGATE, DEC. B.—Sarah, from China. RAMSGATE, DEC. 9.—Sld. Susannah Maria Catherine, for New York ; British Queen, Cape Coast Castle ; Racer, Ter ceira ; Gipsey Queen, St. Michael's. Arrived off—Apollo, Bremen, for Charleston ; Trilster, Hamburgh for Havannah. DEAL, DEC. 9.—Wind N. N. W. and W.S.W.—Arrd. Mi ramichi, Quebec; Britannia, Miramichi. Sailed all the out bound except the Lady Mary, for Ascension. Arrd. Furst Menochikoff, Shields, and sailed for Buenos Ayres. OFF DOVER, DEC. 7.—Kronfrong, Hamburgh, for Rio; Susan, Calcutta; William Inglis, Monte Video, with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c.; Willia m H onn i ng t on , Mi ram i c hi , w i t h loss f boats, sails, &c. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 9.—Wind W. to W. S. W.—Sld. the Wellingtoe, for New York. TORBAY, DEC. 9.—Sld. G. M'Leod, Mauritius • Patriot, Monte Video; Eliza Johnson, B raz il ; J ane, C oast o f Africa; James Holmes, Madeira; Heloise, Messina. , ..... LivrarooL, DEC. 9.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Douro, Ball, Valparaiso, sailed 11th Sept. ; North America, Lawler, New York ; Liverpool, St. John's, New Brunswick; Calcutta, Quebec; Oriental, Beyrout ; Jackson, Javanilla, sailed Oct. 16. The Isaac Onslow, from Philadelphia to New York, was abandoned at sea in lat. 35, lon. 64, with loss of rudder and leaky, crew saved by the Serax, from Savannah, arrived off Dungeness. Arrived off, Beatrice, Hurry, Sydney, New South Wales. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, DEC. 9. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) AWFUL SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. French, a traveller in the sail-cloth line, from Crewkerne, Somersetshire, arrived at the Vine Inn, Cowes, on Wednesday, apparently in excellent health. After transacting business he took some brandy and water, and retired to bed about half-past ten o'clock, desiring to be called in the morning at seven, at which hour the boots knocked at his door and received an answer. On the gentle man not coming down at half-past eight, the chambermaid knocked, but did not wait for an answer, as he had ordered breakfast at eight; and not appearing at nine, Mr. Roper, the landlord, at half-past nine, himself knocked at and tried to open the chamber-door ; not succeeding, he obtained the assistance of a locksmith to open it, when the unfortunate gentleman was found sitting in a ehair by the bed-side, partly dressed, having a towel in his right hand, and appeared as if he had just finished washing himself. A surgeon was imme diately sent for, but life had fled. An inquest was held before Henry Sewell, Esq., Coroner, this evening, and a verdict of " Died by the Visitation of God," returned. The deceased was about forty years of age. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.—Sir E. Paget and family leave Cowes Castle on Saturday morning, for town. The' Earl of Yarborough is expected at Appuldurcombe House on Wednesday neat, from Brocklesby Hall, to spend the Christ mas. Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., is expected at Cowes te-morrow, to superintend some alterations in his new yacht, the Flirt. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Dec. 6, 1841: Passengers £6OB 4 6 Merchandize • 514 6 4 • £1,122 10 10 Darlington, Dec. 8. D. O'BRIEN, Secretary. DOVER, THURSDAY.—The Duke of Meiuen gen left i)over this morning for the Continent in her Majesty's packet Widgeon, Lieut. T. S. Striven, R.N., Commander. --- ROUTE TO INDIA.—Mr. Allen, of Leaden hall-street, has just published an excellent map of the countries between Englandin and I n di a, for the use of over land travellers, and illustratio n of the " Hand-book for India and Egypt," by Mr. Parbury. In addition to the countries of Europe, and those of Asia, to the West of Calcutta, it contains a map of Africa on a smaller scale, and will be found a very useful companion for travellers to the East. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LivEurooL C•TTON MARKET, DEC. 9.—We have had a quiet market to-day, the sales amounting to 3,000 bales, with out any alteration in prices. The descriptions sold are chiefly American, and all to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 9.—The business re ported is in Eastern Counties at ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 43 ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, *22% ; Great Western Fifths, 9; Liverpool and Manchester Half Shares, 92; Mid land Counties, 82. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 9.—Our Market is firm, and we have a fair demand for Shares in several of the Railways. North Union, 75i ; London and Birmingham New 32/. Shares, 254 ; North Midland Thirds, .14 . 1- ; Manchester and Leeds, 65 ; Ditto, Quarters, 33 ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 26. THE FUNDS. Both the English and Foreign Markets opened steady, with but little doing. Consols for the Account are quoted at 881 g; Three per Cents. Reduced, 88g 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 premium ; Bank Stock, 165 1. Spanish. Active Stock, 24k i ; Passive, s i i g ; Deferred, 126 g ; Brazilian, 63 65 ; Mexican, 25 3 / 4 26 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 33k, and the Three per Cents., 19a 20. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great North of England ... ..... 90 Great Western . .. 65 Ditto Fifths London and Brighton 5O .... . 36i to 36* London and Birmingham 9O — to Ditto New . . London and Greenwich London and Green w i c h (New). '2O ... .. 17i* London and South Western 3Bi s7* to Manchester and Leeds Midland Counties North Midland Ditto New South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 ..... 41 HALF-PAST ONE. Both the English and Foreign Markets continue inactive, with scarcely anything doing. Consols, for Money, are now 88% % ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 88a ; Bank Stock, 165 ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 premium ; Spanish Active Stock, 244 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 3.3 i ; Brazilian, 64 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., b2i. In the Share Market very few transactions have been done. London and Brighton are 364 ; Great Western, 83. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, 84 g ; Mexican, 26* ; Spanish, 24i 4. QUARTER TO THREE. There has been a good deal of conversation respecting the forgeries committed on the Bank of Belgium, and an other case has come out of a house in the City having been defrauded by a foreigner to a large amount, he having obtained from them Bank of England and Bank of Ireland notes under false representations. The delinquent is publicly advertised. In Vienna parties of some consideration are said to be implicated in certain forgeries, discovered at Paris a short time back. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. TIMES.—Mr. T. Wood, the Secretary of the Brighton Railway Company, has absented himself from business, and thrown up his appointment, by a formal letter to the Directors. Re is understood to be no defaulter as far as the Company's funds are concerned; but it is said his embarrassments arise from speculations in the shares of this particular Company, in which he had a large venture for the rise. Letters have been received to-day from Falmouth, stating that the Braganza steam-packet, which set sail on Monday last, was compelled to put back oa the fol lowing day. The mail was immediately put on board the Express packet, which was about to sail at once. It is, therefore, clear that the Braganza was disabled at least for a time, and some of the passengers have as cribed the misfortune to a defective state of the boilers. On inquiry in the City, this, however, appears to be in correct, and that it was the stays, and not the boilers, that were in fault. The passengers by the Braganza are all to be transferred, free of further expense, to the Tagus, which will sail next Monday. HERALD. —Private letters from Berwick-upon-Tweed received this morning state it as the report there that the stoppage of the bank of Batson, Berry, and Co., referred to yesterday and before, was attributable to the large with drawal of capital by one of the partners extensively em barked in the Greenland fishery and owner of several ships in the trade. It is said confidently that there is scarcely a single person in Berwick and the vicinity who will not be more or less a sufferer by the failure of the bank. The party alluded to yesterday as having disap peared, and being in default in the Share Market, is ad vertised to-day by the Directors, as the Secretary to the Brighton Railway Company, which has been so unlucky in accidents of late. SUN.—Money is still easier, though comparatively high in the City, yet this does not operate prejudi cially upon the Public Securities, for to-day the Market was steady, with a moderate business doing. For present transfer Consols were steady at 894, special bar gains, and for the opening in January and ex-dividend 884 to 881. The premium on the unfunded debt was firm at 10s. to 12s. for the 1,0001., and at 10s. to 13s. for the 5001. and the small bills. East India Bonds were rather lower, being at 1 prem. to is. dis. Bank Stock supported its value, realising 165 to 165 i. The Reduced Three and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities were at 984 to 98'1, the Three per Cents. at 881 to gq, and the New ThreQ and-a-Half per Cents. for Money, the transfer books being shut, at 99+. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818 were at OS. The Foreign Market, though having lost a good deal of its buoyancy, does not give way. The Spanish Secu rities have to-day been at 24s to 24k, for the Active, with a limited business only, and .5i for the Passive. Portu guese New Five per Cents. were dull at 33i, Mexican at 26 to 26:1, and Brazilian at 64} ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. were at 51i. The Shares were rather animated, and in several in stances an advance took place in their value. Great Western were done at 19k ; London and Birmingham at 71 to 73, Quarter Ditto at 181 ; York and North Mid land at 37 to 38, New Ditto at 151 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter, at 14 ; and South Western at 17k to 18k prem. Brighton were 13 k ; Blackwall, 15k; Manchester and Leeds, 6 to 4; North Midland, 34; New Ditto, 6-a, i ; Northern and Eastern, 121; and Midland Counties, 18k dis. Loudon Joint Stock Bank Shares were prem., and National Provincial of England remained at -8- dis. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council .at half-past two o'clock this afternoon at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday from his residence at Kew, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. His, Royal Highness, attended by Col. Jones, returned to Kew in the evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. The following ➢linisters were pre sent :—Sir Robert Peel, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir Henry Ilardinge, Sir Edward Knatchbull,and the Earl of Haddington. . _ The Ministers assembled soon after four o'clock, and broke up shortly before six o'clock. M. Dedel. the Netherlands Minister ; Baron de Mon corvo, the Portuguese Minister ; and Baron Gensdorff, the Saxon Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Hawes, M.P., with Mr. Apsley Pellatt, and Mr. Chrysty, and a deputation of Glass Manufacturers, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Hobert Peel arrived in town yesterilay from his residence, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Earl of Aberdeen had a dinner party last evening at his residence in Argyll-street. The Earl of Delawarr arrived in town yesterday from his residence, Buckhurst Park, Sussex. POST OFFICE. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF LETTERS DELIVERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM : Week ending Nov. 21, 1841 . . 3,846,122 Week ending Nov. 22, 1840 . . 3,456,115 Week ending Nov. 24, 1839 . . 1,585,973 Increase since 1840, on the week's letters . . . . . . 390,007 Increase since 1839, on the week's letters . . • • • 2,260,149 Major-General Lord Saltoun left town with his Aide-de-Camp, Captain A. Cunynghame, 60th Rifles; ,for Ply mouth, on Wednesday night, by the Great Western Railroad. The Gallant Lord is accompanied by his brother, the Hon. William Fraser, General Brown, and his oldest military com panion and subaltern at Waterloo , Colonel Charles Ellis, who will take leave of his Lordship at Plymouth, where the Belle.. isle is under orders to convey the Noble General and the 98th Foot to reason to believe that ther of Customs , RightH in. Commissioner lin t_Bart.—Post. China. have We l w at i e ll s b i e r t G he eorg new e Henry Com m Fe AND NORTH MIDLAND gitAILWAY. have for some ti me f ound it necessary in the —This George place ce o a Rc Dawson o o a m f w p s theao Compan y first and last daily trains between York and Hull t o l ower 6d. and 2 s . 6d. f or se cthoenidr an fa d re t s h f i r r o d m -cl 6 a s s . s 6pdas.seanogde4rss: ttohe4s. first class remaining as before, Bs. 6d. It has been done with the intention of com peting with the steam-boats, and it appears has been successful, for those trains which used to carry littl e or nothing before are now very fairly loaded. The distance is 52 mile s . W e are glad to hear that thi s li ne is likely to make a dividend at the r T a h te is o i f s l th l eperraiclwenaty. whichpe rannum at the n ex t h a lf- year l y mee ti ng . of the shareholde rs met to wasbreak once at so l ow an e bb t h a t some ps of th L e reak, ommanders-in-Chief at it up. —Derby Reporter. The and flacr- flag-sh i ps i this Port fo Portsmouth lat e a are risnt futureLieutenant t o be o a l f; b a oard commander. tht Commander Worsld, Ca ledonia, is accordln he has be en recently promoted. _Plymouth Journal. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE. Yesterday morning a boy, about twelve years of age, was amusing himsel f leaning ove r th e parapet wall of London-bridge, when be over balanced himself and fell into the river, from the height of fifty feet. At the moment a steamer was passing under the arch, and the poor boy fell within a foot of it. A drover, who observed the accident, ran down the steps of the bridge, and ibeing an excellent swimmer, he threw off his coat, and rushed nto th e river, and succeeded in bringing the lad safe on shore. STOPPAGE OF THE BERWICK BANK.—TO the already long list of failures of country banks, we regret to add that of the house of Messrs. Batson, Berry, and Co., of Berwick - upon -Tweed, which was announced in The Sun of Wednesday. It was known in the City on Monday, that a screw was loose in the concern, as their town agents, Glynn, Halifax and Co. declined to pay their notes and bills until " further orders." The full extent of the difficulty has been ascertained ; and its results will, we understand, be most calamitous to the popula tion of the district within which their notes circulated, as well as to the numerous small farmers who had placed cash in their hands. Of these the cattle-jobbers and graziers of the border form a considerable portion. We understand the liabilities of the firm are large, and that fears are entertained that but a small dividend will be realised. EVENING SUN LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCER Y COURT.-(THIS DAY). The Lord Chancellor did not sit in his Court in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day, hating to attend her Majesty at Windsor. OLLS' CO URT.-(THIS DAY.) SIIITII V. JETES. The Court was occupied all the morning in hearing the further arguments in this case, which being concluded, the Master of the Rolls said he would consider his judgment. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took unopposed petitions and short causes to-day. THE NEW ORDERS Mr. JEREMY applied yesterday, under the 21st of the new orders, in a cause in which an infant was the defendant, for liberty to the plaintiff to file a note in the Six Clerks'-office, to the effect that he intended to proceed with the cause as if the defendant had filed an answer, traversing the case made by the bill, and the plaintiff had replied to such answer, and served a subpoena to rejoin. Ills HONOUR observed this morning that he had stated yesterday that he did not think the order applied to the case of an infant, grounding that opinion upon the language of the order ; since then he had learned that such was the opinion of Lord Langdale, Vice-Chancellor Wigram, ased another learned gentleman who had been greatly instrumental in drawing up the orders, and therefore it must be taken to be the true con struction of the order. Such being the case no order must be made on Mr. Jeremy's application. The following are the words of the order on which the appli. cation was made ;—" That after the expiration of the time allowed to the defendant to plead, answer, or demur (not de murring alone) to an original bill, if the defendant shall have filed no plea, answer, or demurrer, the plaintiff shall be at li berty to file a note in the Six Clerks'-office, to the effect that the plaintiff intended to proceed with his cause as if the defendant had filed an answer traversing the case made by the bill, and the plaintiff had replied to such answer, and served subpcena to rejoin." The Court then proceeded with the hearing of unopposed petitions and short causes. EX PARTE GRANT. Mr. TOLLED. stated that this case came before the Court, praying the confirmation of the Master's Report. The Learned Gentleman was proceeding to state the facts of the case when he was interrupted by His HONOUR, who said that he did not see how he could make the order asked, as the Master had not stated in his re port any of the state of facts or documents upon which he had founded it. Mr. TOLLER begged to gall the atteution of his Honour to the Bth of the new orders issued in January last ; that order stated—" That in the reports made by the Masters of the Court no part of any state of facts, charge, affidavit, deposition, examination, or answer, brought or used before them, should be stated or recited." His HONOUR. had not seen the new orders till the day they were signed, and he could not, for the life of him, see how such an order could have been made, because, if the docu ments upon which the Master came to his conclusions were not to be inserted in his report, the result would be that the Court must read the whole of them, and that would have the effect of shutting up the Court altogether. He would not now make any order, but would consult with the Lord Chancellor on the subject. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIG AM. ) SCOTSON V. GA Warr. This was an application to obtain die — oOmmon injunction to stay trial. Mr. RANDALL appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. WOOD for the defendant. Mr. RA NDA LL said the plaintiff, up to the month of April last, carried on business with Mr. Russell, his copartner, as it warehouseman in London, when, having become embarrassed, they suspended their payments. At that time they were in debted to Messrs. Gawrey and Sedgwick in the sum of 2,8991. I Is. On the 19th of April they called their creditors together, and on the 20th proposed to pay them a composition of 15s. in the pound. All the principal creditors, except Messrs. Gawrey and Russell, accepted this offer, and agreed to execute a release of their demands. Mr. Gawrey refused to accept the offered composition. Prior to the month of April the plaintiff and Mr. Russell sent several pieces of French merino to the defendant's of the value of 90/. to be exchanged for other goods ; and on Mr. Gawrey insisting upon more than 15s. in the pound the plaintiff pro posed that he should keep the merino in addition to the 15s. At a meeting between the plaintiff and the defendant, the de fendant proposed that the plaintiff should accept two bills of exchange, one for 150/. and another for 2501., in addition to the merino. To this proposal the plaintiff reluctantly consented. These bills having been accepted by the plaintiff, Messrs. Gawrey and Russell, then signed the agreement to accept the composition of 15s. in the pound. The bill stated that the other creditors were ignorant of the whole transac tion. The plaintiff having been advised that it was an attempt to defraud the other creditors, treated the se curities as void at law, and an action was brought by Messrs. Gawrey and Russell to recover the amount. The object of the present application was to stay the trial. The Learned Counsel put in an affidavit made by the solicitor of the plaintiff, stating that the latter had quitted London for Ireland, on the 23d of November, as the agent of Messrs. Leith, M'Dougal, and Co., and that he would not be able to return in less than a fortnight. Mr. Woon opposed the application, on two grounds ; first, that it was made upon the eve of trial ; and, secondly, that the plaintiff himself ought to have made an affidavit, before leaving London. His HONOUR, had not given his decision, when we went to press. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. IVNAMARA AND OTHERS-CONSPIRACY TO CARRY THE ELECTION OF BRIDGEMASTER. This trial (which occupied the Court the wholeof yesterday) was still proceeding when we went to press, and is likely to take up the time of the Court the whole of the day. We shall give a full report of it in our Second Edition. The murrain has again made its appearance in several places in the neighbourhood. On one farm, not far off, cats stealing milk were attacked.—Dumfries Times About ten o'clock on Tuesday night a person of gentlemanly address, and enveloped in a large Mack intosh, stalked into the Sugarloaf Tavern, No. 31, Bell-yard, Temple-bar, and, addressing Mr. Maton, the landlord, requested that he might be accommo dated with a bed for the night. Mr. Maton assented, and having ascertained that one of the bed-rooms upon the second floor back was disengaged, desired the servant to show the gentleman to it. He (the gentleman), how ever, instantly, but politely, objected to a back room, and said that he cared not if it were in an attic, provided Mr. Maton could accommodate him with a front room, as he was so fearful of fire, having not long since, when sleeping in a back room, narrowly escaped with his life from its ravages. Anxious to oblige, Mr. Maton at length arranged for him to sleep in one of the front rooms on the second floor,where he was left for the night. About 11 o clock, however, Mrs. Maton and the barmaid, who happened to be alone in the bar, were somewhat surprised at the reappearance of their new lodger, who, with the greatest politeness, said he hoped they would not close for a few minutes, as he had forgotten to make a call in the neighbourhood. He was told that they should not do so until twelve o'clock. He assured them he should be absent only a few minutes, but in order to secure his bed he would then pay for it. The stranger, of course never returned, for, with the assistance of an acco mplice, he had rendered the bed room a very unfit place for rest. It was stripped of every thing portable, sheets, blankets, counterpane, looking-glass, a dressing-case—all had disappeared, hav ing passed from the winow, as was supposed, into some adjoining house. GOLDEN INDIA.—Such had been the accumu lation of the precious metals and stones in India, where the mines are indigenous, that it is generally estimated that Nadir Shah, in 1740, carried away not less than 400,000,0001. or 500,000,0001. ster ling ! In Jahanqueir's autobiography he relates that a golden platform around his throne weighed forty tons ; and that his throne and diadem were worth 4,000,0001.! When he married his minister's daughter, he presented her with as many lacs as amounted to 7,000,000/, and with a necklace of forty beads, each bead costing him 2,0001. The province of Beran on one occasion, furnished about 4,000,0001, of gold ; and the same Sovereign spent besides nearly 2 ,000,0001. on the tomb of his father Akbar, which formed one of the won dersof golden India. HOW TO REMOVE INK -STAINS PROM PAPENj —Dip the feather of a pen in dip the muriatic acid, and gently pass it over the part of th e paper which is inked, this will turnit l t t o ate, a r readndpass colour it; afterwardsbe times, and all tra ces o f the ink will DEATH FR OM LOCK .o j v over w t .11,1 gone. y same este rd part ay a s e n v e i r r a: go feather in boiling quest was held by 111 r. Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of John Johnson, aged thirty-Ave. By the evidence it Ai appeared that the deceased was master of the ba rge pole, artha, trading between London and Hertford, and the latter 'on the 25th ult., whilst coming up from place on the river Lee n ear Bow, he at tem pted, by m eans o f a l ong into mid -stream ;i n doin g so hto steer the barge i s thumb got fixed between the p o l e an d a ro p e , and before he co uld disen gage it the bone was broken, and the whole of the skin stripped off, laying the nerves bare. He went ashore, and having had medical advice proceeded to the London Hospital. He went on very unfavourably until the 2d instant, when amputation of the thumb was performed. Tetanus, or lock-jaw subsequently_ Death."st in, which caused his death yesterday morning. Verdict, " Accidental FOOT RACE EXTRAORDINARY. —A dispute ther person of the same place, respecting the sy arising between a teetotaller of Turvey, Beds, stem of and total abstinence, abstinence, it ivas agreed to decide the matter by a foot-race, which took place near Turve y Brid g e on Wednesday week. On their meeting at the starting post, the drinker of alcohol was decidedly in the best condition, but on the word being given for starting, th e teetotaller shot ahead of his opponent, and seemed to b e winning easy. It soon, however, appeared that his wind was gone, and the disciple of Sir John Barleycorn camei n the winner amidst the plaudits of the multitude.—Stal fordshire Gazette. CASE OF DESTITUTION. On Wednesday week, as a carter was passing on the road betwixt T ' athpapmearaendd toil ahniifloirda, bundle d s l a e w ef ly r in a g gs, on bu th ta e gwe r h, o ie tt h d be a poor woman, about 80 years of To a gentleman passing by at the time she almost dead. she was on her way from Manchester, where stated that buried her husband, to Birmingham, and t ha t she had endeavoured to obtain relief at Newcastle, b u t at she had was taken with an ague fit on the preceding denied to her ; and that being compelled t it was deer are very had lain on the road all night. The gentlemanng ev ening', and forwarded her to Stone.—StaffordshireGa kindly HUNTING DEER.—The hunting curious, and I do not remember to haveg.dzette. any other part of India. A large seen them in trained tei walk quietly among a herd male f antelope is of the males of which immediately comes(2) wild ones, one tame one having ropes twisted in a out to fight. The particular manner among his horns, soon manages to entangle his antago nist, and the moment he finds he h himself on the ground and anchors as done so, he throws come up and secure him.—Cu _ the other until people India." pt. Eane's " Five Years in 0 srde proceed,v whateres ait e THE HAGUE, DEC. 6 —The Stadts Courant of the 6th contains a notice from the Minister of Finance, dated the 2d inst., announcing, conformably to the law of the 27th December, 1840, the total amount of Treasury bonds Is sued by virtue of that law is 2,400,000 florins.