The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-22 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION' monopolists, endowed with the exclusive right of transact. lag with foreigners ; and a free option on the part of the British merchants to sell their goods to and to purchase Chinese produce from such parties as they may think ti: 3. The abolition of the Consoo Fund, and all other arbitrary and exorbitant imposts on British! ships and .commodities, and in lieu of these the establishment of such fair and defiued import duties as shall enable the British merchant to calculate precisely what he is to pay, and as shall protect him from the extortion of Mandarins and other Chinese authorities. 4. The .recognition of the British Consuls, or other su perintendents of British interests, at the various ports to which our commerce may be admitted, and the privilege of these, as well as all the other British subjects, of di rectly potitioning the general Government at Pekin for redress of grievances. 3. That — a British Ambassador or other r , prescntative of the British Government, permanently resident at Pekin, should be recognized by the Chinese Government, as such a representative would constitute the best medium a com munication between the British Government and subjects and the Government at Pekin, and form the most effectual preventive of that system of fraud and deceit on the part of the local authorities, under which occurrences at the uutports have been utterly falsified, and the truth excluded. These suggestions are highly important, and will no doubt receive the attention of Government, as it is under. stood that they have been submitted to Lord Palmerston by Mr. Alexander Graham, a manufacturer near Glasgow, who may be said to describe in that respect the feeling of the mercantile interest of London also. All are perhaps too sanguine, however, in supposing that any rapid pro- m - cgs can be made in such matters with the Chinese. SUN.—The French Mail came in this afternoon and brought over the Funds rather flat, owing to the expose of the Finance Minister. The irregularity of the Provincial Mails since the frost and snow have visited us this winter, causes much inconvenience to the merchants. The Post-office List, which, in th e regu l ar cour se, appears early in the day, is now often delayed until the afternoon. We have had a good deal doing in the Funds to-day, and prices have been on the whole rather more buoyant. Consols at the close had got up from 8n- to 89:4- for Money, and from 89Z- 90 to 90 and 90i for the Account ; Exchequer Bills still look rather heavy, the Bank broker being supposed to be gradually easing some of them off, the premium was 6s. to Bs. ; Bank Stock was firm at 170 to 171, and East India Stock rose, to and ; the New Three per Cents. were 98i to 97 1 -, and the Three per Cent. Annuities, 90 to 90-, 1 , ; East India Bonds were 4s. to 103. discount. In Foreign Stocks there was no animation. Spanish Active Bonds were marked at 2-11- to ; the Deferred 121 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. ; and the Three per Cents. at 201 to 1, being all within a fraction or so of the previous rates ; Mexican Bonds were 28i ; fiblombian 2:31 to ; Buenos Ayres 20 to 21 ; Bra zilian 73 ; and Peruvian 16 ; French Three per Cents. were done at 77 francs ; Belgian Bonds at 99 to 988 ; Austrian 109 to 109± ; and Dutch Two-and-a-half per C(nts. at 508. The Railway Shares were dull. Great Western were 26 to 279 ; the New 121 to 13 ; the Fifths Gi ; the London and Birmingham 83 ; and the Greenwich scrip If premium ; Brighton were G ; Greenwich 111 ; and Midland Counties 20 discount. The large public sales of cotton to-day went off with considerable spirit. NEW !Lk:ALAND. The colony . ts to be entirely separate from and in dependent_ of'New South Wales. X local legislature, to be composed for the present of the chief officers of the local government and some of the chief inhabitants, is to be constituted to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the colony. With respect to all lands acquired in the colony under any other title than that of grants made in the name and on behalf of her Majesty, it is proposed that the titles of the claimants should be subjected to the inves tigation of a commission to be constituted for the pur pose. The basis of that inquiry will be the ass.srtion on behalf of the Crown of a title to all lands situate in New Zealand which have heretofore been granted by the chiefs of those islands, according to the customs of the country, and in return for some adequate consi deration. An account of all the just and moderate expenses of the Company hitherto incurred in forwarding the colo nization of New Zealand to be made out, and the Crown to grant the Company as many acres of land as shall be equal to four times the number of pounds sterling which they shall be found to have expended in the manner stated. The lands to be taken by the Com pany in the neighbourhood of their respective settle ments at Port Nicholson and New Plymouth. The Company to forego all claim to any lands pur chased or acquired by them in New Zealand, other than the lands so to be granted to them, and other than aay lands which they may hereafter acquire from the Crown, or other persons deriving their title from the Crown. It is proposed to apply to all other British subjects the rule to which the New Zealand Company will be subject in respect of the lands claimed by them within the colony. That is, all other persons claiming land there, viWt have confirmed to them by grants, under the pub:le seal, as many acres as shall be equal to four times the number of pounds sterling invested by them in the manner mentioned in the arrangement with the New Zealand Company. This advantage, however, will be offered only to those whose lands were ac quired before the .sth day of January, 1840, the date of the proclamation issued by Sir George Gipps on the subject. Lord John Russell will instruct the Governor of New Zealand to recommend to the local legislature the enactment of a law to incorporate as a municipal body settlers who have at the charge of the Company resorted to l'ort Nicholson and settled themselves there or in that vicinity. For the present her Majesty's Government engage that all sums of money which shall be paid by the Com pany for the purchase of land in New Z!aland, shall, whenever such money shall be paid in this country, be laid out in the removal of emigrants to New Zealand, it being left to the Company, from time to time, to deter mine whether such money shall be so laid out by the Commissioners of Colonial Lands and Emigration, or by the Company themselves, under the superintendence and with the concurrence and sanction of those Com missioners. The native reserves made by the Company to be sane►ioned by the Crown. With regard to the incorporation of the Company, her Majesty will be advised to grant a charter for the term of 40 years. The charter to contain all such con .fitions as may appear to her ALljesty's Government to be necessary for the good government of the Company, and for the security of the public in dealing with them ; and to contain provisions enabling the Crown to resume charter, sod purchase the lands and ether property of the Company on ju,t and equitable terms, in case the public interest should require such resumption and pur ch India Telegraph. THE PEEL FAMILY. The introduction of eftlico-printin;.T iota Lancashire is ascribed to the Messrs. Clayton, of Bsmberbridge, near Preston, who began the business on a 'mall scale as early as the year 1764. They were followed, and with great vigour, by Mr. Robert Peel, the grandfather of the present Sir R. Peel. Mr. Peel was originally a yeoman farming his own estate, and lived at Cross, afterwards called Pee !fold, near Blackburn. Being of an active and enterprising disposition, he began the manufacture of cotton, and he is mentioned as one of the first prsona who ti ied the carding cylinder. He also took up the printing business ; and he made his first expe riments secretly in his own house ; and the cloth, instead of being calendered, was ironed by a female of the family, the pattern adopted bring a p ars l ey l ea f . Stimulated by the success of his experiments, he embarked in the printing business with small means and convenience, and shortly after removed to Brookside, a village two miles from Blackburn. Here he carried on the business for some years with the aid of his sons ; and by great appli cation, skill, and enterprise, the concern was made emi nently prospercus. His eldest son, Robert, afterwards created a baronet, possessed strong talents, which he devoted assidu us!) , to business from an early age, and thus cantributcd much to the success of the piloting, spinning, and manufacturing businesses ; and in each of these branches the P;:c Is soon took a lead in Lan cashire. They eagerly adopted every improvement sucgcsted by others, and many improvements origi nated in their own extensive establishments. As the elder Mr. Peel had several sons, Robert quitted his f.ther's concern a b ou t 177.3, and established him sclf with his uncle, Mr. Haworth, and his future f;.- ther-in.law, Mr. William Yates, at Bury, where the cotton-spinting and printing trades were carried on for many years with pre-eminent success, and on a most ex tensive scale, and are, indeed, continued, though in other hands, to the present day. Mr. Peel, the father, with his sons, and another, Mr. Yates, established the print-works at Church, and had also large works at Burnley, Salley Abbey, and Foxhill Bank, and spinning mills at Aliham, and afterwards at Burton-upon. Trent, in Staffordshire. Su widely did these concerns branch out, and so liberally and skilfully were they conducted, that they riot only brought immense wealth to the proprietors, but set an ex ample to the whole cotton trade, and trained up many of the most successful printers and manufacturers in Lan. eashire.—Baines' History oldie Cotton Manufacture, - JOU L PH ADY AND THE POST O FFIC E.--Sir Peter Eaurie yid the Press have nearly put an end to Mr. Ady's benerialent intentions of informing persons of " something to their advantage," for th e t r ifl ing f ee of a sovereign. Like some other public benefactors, his name had become somewhat notorious, and of late nearly all his obliging letters have been returned. in the Office au thorities, finding a great accumulation the re t urne d letter department, directed their solicitor to take the ne cessary steps for compelling Mr. Ally to take b ac k hi s 14ters, and pay the double postage owing thereon, w h ic h As found to amount to the sum of 2301. Several appli cations were made without success, and Mr. Peacock, the solicitor, probably conceiving that legal process would he equally unavailing, the suit has not been pressed, and the Post Office abandoned the claim upon Mr. Ally's promise to prepay all his future correspondence ; thus ensuring to the department a considerable i ncrease of revenue an d re lieving the public from future annoyance. Ady complains bitterly of Sir Peter Laurie for haying impounded his books, owing to which circumstance he asserts that he has already lost between 2,0001. an d 3,000/. whilst many other individuals ha ve l ost t h e opportunity'of succeedin,, to handsome fortunes. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) A little while ago we offered sonic remarks 'n expla nat.on of the cause of the Post-office Revenue not cor responding in amount with the increase of letters, which is to be attributed to the fact that the letters charged double for non-payment in advance have been reduce!! from 20 to 3 per cent. ; and to the fact that the railway conveyance of the mails, which had beets t'eso(teri. to before the penny postage came tit'd Ol••ittion, had occa sioned a great ineteasie of e!tpenditure, having no relation to that excellent measure. During the same period, other changes of great public utility hive been adopted in our Post-office arrangetrects, which, so far as they occasion an increase of expense, diminish the net produce of the revenue derivable from this source: There Are two which we are desirous to record s as well to show that the energy which has been of late years directed to the administration of Post-office matters is still in action, as to account for these seeming can ox backwardness in the Post-office reveno.c, which it pleases sundry carpers at the penny postage measure to refer to it. The tNo to which we allude are the " Money orders," and the " Registration of letters.' , The former have not long been In operation, but they have increased to an extent of which few people are aware. In short the Post-office promises to be a great honking establishment ; to be the medium of communi cation for small payments from end to end of the king dom. 'l. he necessity of growing up to the demand for this accommodation prevented the arrangements from being too suddenly extended. Of late, however, the places where the money orders may be obtained and paid have been increased in number ; and they are at all times paid through bankers, This part of the Post office arrangements is far from being in a state of completeness ; but it is to be remembered, that in so busy an establishment, with dail;: demands on its exer tions fully equal to its force, and admitting of no de lay, the greatest caution must be observed, to prevent the slightest irregularity and disorder. Hence improve ments can rarely be introduced on a sudden, a! 1 in all their completion, and the effect of one must I. • ascer tained before another is attempted. The " l: •istra tion of letters" is the other important impro , 'rent. The rate, one shilling, is high ; but we believe i: 's at tributable to the fear of embarking too hastil in a new branch of service, and that a reduction may ex pected when the success of the experiment shall b rully tried. In saying that the rate is high, we by no means would be supposed to advocate the allowance of the accommodation but upon terms that should in demnify the public against the charge thereby incurred. It has been too much the fashion in modern times to abolish fees, where they are fairly exigible for peculiar and much valued service. In consequence, the charge in such cases has been thrown on the general revenue, which, from being exposed to burdens of this kind, as well as those which properly belong to it, have rendered it necessary to reject undertakings of admitted public utility. We believe that it will be found, should the matter be referred to in Parliament, that the progress of the Post-office measure is fully equal to fair expecta tions ; and that there is the best reason to believe that it will eventually, and that at no extreme period, realise the anticipations of its projectors. (From the Standard.) . . We have in England a sedition somewhat analogous to the Repeal sedition, though contemplating objects far less dangerous to the community than those of the Repealers, and actuating mon, how much soever now mistaken, much more mild and rational than the mass of the Romanist Irish. Let us, then, for a moment, suppose Chartism in England occupying the same po sition occupied by rep ea l i n Ireland. Let us imagine Chartism so generally adopted by the mass of the po pulation, that no meeting not strictly Conservative, for whatever purpose called, should be held together an hour without declaring itself a Chartist meeting. Let us figure to ourselves the Chartists already numbring a sixth of the representatives of Great Britain, or about 92 Mem bers, some Peers, and a great majority of the clergy, Established and Dissenting, as belonging to their body, with a great many persons in all other ranks ; finally, let us picture this body as organised having wardens and collectors in every parish in th e island, holding a parliament with weekly sittings, levying a considerable tax, and commanding all the non-Censer vative Press. There is something which we cannot so easily suppose, even for illustration ; but it must be added to complete the analogy. Let the whole Chartist machinery be conceived to be moved by the worst man living, the bitterest enemy of the British Crown and empire —he, acting by command of a foreign con spiracy, at war with civil and religious liberty in every part of the world. Would Chartism in such a posi tion be " powerless and hurtless ?" Let Englishmen judge from what they know of Chartism even in its actual puny condition. But what we have represented Chartism in our hypothetical sketch, is the severe truth of repeal. it is already strong enough to endanger the integrity of the empire—give it a little longer time for growth, and it will be irresistible, except by a deadly civil war. We return to our question, " Will Minis ters dare to do their duty, or will they dare to leave it undone ?" Their organs have three days to answer the question. (From the Courier.) The words of a public man occupying a position so high, politically and socially, as the Duke of Bucking ham, and one so little used to deal in empty verbiage, carry weight and significancy with them, on occasions when from other speakers they would rather be passed over as words of course. Thus when at the Bucks Con servative dinner, reported in the Courier of Friday last, his Grace observed that the " time had, however, arrived when Sir R. Petl should take the Government in order that the Throne might be supported, the Church main tained, and the rights and liberties of the people protect ed," not only were all who heard him impressed with the truth of the sentiment, and with the conviction that something more was meant than the indication of an opinion, but the public at large who had the advantage o f reading the declaration have not failed to regard it in the light of those coming events which cast their shadows before." The Duke indeed qualified his lan guage in a slight degree, so as to check precipitancy of conclusion and anticipation among his more sanguine hearers, by the intimation that although " victory was now within his (Sir R. Peel's) grasp, yet he might be right in wishing not to take too sudden an ad vantage of his strength." The predominating qua lities of the mind of the Conservative leadtr un doubtedly are prudence, patience, and forecast, and they never were more amply and conspicuously displayed than in his cautious course during the present Parliament, at any period of whose exist ence hitherto he might have forcibly ousted the present insolvent tenants of holdings whose duties they are unable to discharge of themselves, although rapa ciously insatiate of the profits, and nowise loth to devolve the labour into hands infinitely more capable and disinterested. We shall not, therefore, assume to divine what may be the resolves and the action of Sir Robert during the forthcoming Session, eware, however, that it is competent to him at any moment to proceed by summary process to the ejectment of unworthy nann who have so long had notice to quit. But we are as sured of one fact, and that alone is some consolation for the country, that the present position of Sir Ro bert invests him at least with the negative power of preventing or neutralising a vast amount of mischief, although he may be comparatively powerless to carry into t ffect any great positive good. A HUNTER OF THE RIGHT SORT.—A hunter should have courage, but nothing more, to make him what he is required to be—aamely, not afraid to leap at any fence his rider thinks proper to put him at. His mouth will depend upon two things : first, upon the judgment of the person who breaks him in in his colthood ; and, se condly, upon tae position of his hinder legs, but chiefly upon the first. The moutia ought to be endowed with so much sensibility, that the slightest motion of the bit should give him warning, and direct his course, which is signifi • cantly implied by Horace, when he says, " The ear of a horse lies in his b:idle." It is true, that what we call the " mouth " of a horse is an artificial feature ; at all events, a figurative term for his being easily acted upon by the bridle ; but it is a point of the utmost importance in a hun ter. Without it, in fact, he is absolutely danger- Oils to ride; for, although the skill and power of his rider may prevent his running away, yet he is always in danger of being placed in some unpleasant situa tion or other by him. In the first place, he cannot be a large fencer, nor safe at all sorts of leaps, if he will not suffer his rider to pull him together to collect him for the effort of rising at them. Secondly, he is as dangerous in going through gates only partly opened. Thirdly, if the horse immediately before him should fall at a leap, he is very apt to leap upon him, or his rider; and lastly, his strength is sooner exhausted than that of a horse, perhaps not naturally so good, which is going quietly, and within himself, by his side. When we consider how often it is necessary to pull up, or even turn a horse very short in crossing enclosed countries, the value, ever. on the score of comfort, of a good mouth cannot be too highly appre ciated by the sportsman. But action, after all, in the hunter is the main consideration. Ile should have energy in all his paces, but he way have 100 much of what is generally called action.—Sportsman, of January. PARIS THEATRICALS.—The name of Elsslcr has decidedly disappeared at the Opera. The management has cancelled the engagements of these two danseuses. Miss Fanny Elssler settles in America, and Miss Theresa has just left for Germany. The place remains vac at for Taglioni, who will re-appear this summer for three re 'uths at the Opera. The arrival at Paris of an eighth v., ,der of the world is announced in the person of Madame I .eve. This This young virtuoso will, it is said, effect such a re - . in song, that no chanteuse will be able to appear ;di • her, and that Mesdames D imorcau, Persiani, Grisi, 1 r dot, Stoltz, and Dorus, will scarcely venture to Sim.' as coryphee,s. Madame Leeve is decidedly the woman wl !n Meyerbeer awaits fur the prima donna part in Aa baptists. An iori gue of Gialarwierie is talked of, wh'cli would deprive the London Opera of Madame Grisi in the approaching season. We do not think that M. Laporte can have mistaken his interest so far as to deprive himself of the co-operation of talents such as those of Madame Grisi, who enjoys so much favour with English high so ciety. It one year cost the manager of the Queen's The tre 15,000 guineas for havin g wished to do without Madame Malibrau, and yet, in the way of compensation, the public bad been given Mlle. Sontag.-- Quotidienne. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JAN, 21. THE QUEEN V. NVIIITEIIEAD. The A TTOTINnY-GENERAL appeared tO ShOW cans, against a rule which called upon the defendant to show cause why an information in the nature of a quo warranto should not be issued, directed to him and calling upon hint to ah9w by what authority he exercised the oilis:e of Councillor. of the North West Ward of the borough of Leecllia The election took place on the 2d Nov. last, and the two candidates Wert Mr. acid. Ntr. Skelton It was a very eldse tit?; one having polled 81 . 5, and the other 816. According to the rule laid down in the Liverpool case, as he could not attach the votes given is favour of Mr. Skelton, he should confine himself to a state ment of what was the p!. - intipal question between the parties. the borough was divided into several wards, and, by an Act passed in the Ist Victoria, chap. 78, see. 6, the Burgess Roll of the former year was io retilain in force. On that roll thire several burgesses who had pre mises in more than one of the wards—they were registered in each of tile wards, and several of those persons voted for Mr. Skelton, and their votes were disallowed on the ground, amongst others, that in the preceding year they had voter'. in °the': t'72trt. tie great question, therefore, would be whether those. votes should be allowed or dis allowed. If Mr. Skelton was entitled to them he would have the majority in his favour, but there were two grounds on which he would show to the Court that these votes ought to be disallowed. When the rue was moved, for Mr. Justice Patteson was of opinion that these votes should never have been allowed at all. The 6th section gave the right of voting to those only who had been duly enrolled, but the parties in the present case being enrolled in two wards. could not be said to be duly enrolled, because by the 44 h section it was provided that at the time of enrolment they should have made their election as to what ward they should be enrolled in. The words were "he shall be en titled to vote in one, but not in more than one." Ile was to make his election in whatever way his political views pointed out. Now, he contended, that these voters had made their election by voting in another ward the preced ing year, so that if they had the right of voting at all it should have been exercised in another ward. The question was one deserving toe serious consideration of the Court, as the votes had been received on the 2d of November. and in a scrutiny, before the declaration of the numbers on the 4th, the returning officer had struck them out. It appeared to him that it was most essential that the return ing officer should have the power to scrutiniz:, what votes were good and what votes bad. Mr. Justice PATTESON—That should be done when the votes are tendered. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL said had they argued that, at the time the votes were tendered it could not be known whether they were duly enrolled, or whether they had voted is another ward or not. Mr. Justice PATTESON—That may be a good reason for coming here, but it seems to me that under the Act of Parliament, the Returning Officer is to sum up the votes and to declare who is elected, but to allow him to object to votes, and say which he may strike off or which retain, is a monstrous thing. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was sorry to say that abuses said to prevail on the other side of the Channel, had been ascertained to exist in England, and in the present cas.s there had been a clear case of personation, but after the opinion expressed by the Court he would not offer any further arguments against the motion.—Rule absolute. THE QUEEN V. YORK. Sir F. PoLLocK appeared in this case to show cause against a rule which had been obtained calling upon the defendant, Vim. York, to show cause why a quo warranto should not be exhibited against him to show by what au thority he exercised the office of Councillor of the borough of Bridgewater. The ground on which the rule had been obtained was, that at the time of his election he was inte rested in a contract, being the lessee of certain lands be longing to the Corporation. By the 28th section of the Municipal Act, any person holding any place or office of profit, or who by himself or his partner was directly or indirectly interested in any contract or employ ment with the Corporation, was disqualified from holding the office of Councillor; that, in his opinion, merely referred to any employment under the Corporation, but could not be said to extend to the case of a lease. The COURT thought the case was one which would be best met by putting it into a special case. PICKFORD V. THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. This was a rule calling upon the defendants to show cause wby a mandamus should not issue, commanding them to charge at all times the same rates autho rized by the Act, for the carriage of goods and merchandise, or for the use of steam power or carriages supplied to the defendants, and to charge the same rate per ton per mile for all descriptions of goods, and not to reduce or advance the same in favour of any particular company, or persons travelling on or using the line. Mr. CRESWELL now appeared to show cause aganst the rule. The terms followed precisely the 27th section of the Act of Parliament, and it did not assign either that the defendants had done anything contrary to it, or had neglected or refused to comply with it. He apprehended that such a mandamus as that could not be sustained, be cause there had been no demand made of the Company to do any specific thing, for the omission of which they made that complaint to the Court.. Now, if the application was good for anything, they might return that they had complied with the 27th section of the Act. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE-The question may not have been properly brought, but we have granted mandamuses under similar circumstances against canals. Mr. CRESSWELL submitted that in such cases it had been shown that the rates were different at different locks, and that a party was thereby aggrieved. In the present case the Company were required to do what they had always done. Joseph Hepworth, the clerk of Pickford and Co., made an affidavit to the effect that he had waited upon the manager of the Grand Junction Railway to know whether he would allow the trucks of that Company, after conveying the goods of Pickford and Co. along the Grand Junction line, to be transferred to the London and Birmingham line, to be thence conveyed to London, so that the goods might not be taken off the trucks till they reached Lon don. That was refused, and then the affidavit set out that a letter was delivered by Hey worth to the Manager, stating that they would send their goods by the Grand Junction Railway as usual, but would send their own men to load and unload them. These were the only demands that had been made of the Com • pany, and that certainly embodied no complaint of their having charged Pickford and Co. a dif ferent rate from that charged to other parties. There was certainly a demand as to what the defendants would charge for carrying the goods to London, and the answer was, the charge would be the same as if they were de livered by the Company to the different consignees, but that had nothing to do with the application before the Court. Lord DENNIAN wished to know from the other side what was the exact nature of the ease ? Sir F. PoLtocik said, in order to explain the case, it would be necessary to refer to previous communica tions which had taken place between the parties. On the 4th of Oct., IS4O, a letter was addressed to Pickford and Co. by the Railway Company, stating that they were ready to allow the waggons to go on, provided they would pay 2s. (id. per waggon per day, and to pay for all repairs that might be necessary. Mr. Pickford declined that, on the ground that the London and Birmingham Railway Com pany did net make such a charge. and that Messrs. Horne and Chaplin were allowed the use of the trucks without any additional charge. Pickford and Co. therefore re quired to be placed on the same footing as these parties. Now Mr. Heyworth's affidavit set out further, that whether Pickford's men or the Grand Junction Railway Com pany's men delivered the goods, the charge would be precisely the same, the Clerk of the Company, Mr. Chorley, having so stated to him. Horne and Chaplin were allowed a discount of 103. per ton for delivering the goods in London, while Pickford was to be charged the same sum precisely, whether the goods were delivered at Camden Town or all over London. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—Are not the rates the same for both ? Sir F. Pommel: said they were, but he apprehended the Act of Parliament was framed to prevent any undue advantage or favour being shown to any party. Pickford was obliged to unload at Birmingham, while Borne and Chaplin's goods were transferred direct to the Birming ham line, and carried to London. Now that, and the dis count of 10s. per ton was giving very extensive advan tages to Horne and Chaplin over Pickford. Mr. Justice LITTLLIMLE said that was blending the rates of the too G.lripanies, es the goods were carried along the Birmingham line as well as along the Grand Junction line. Lord DENMAN— Have you made a demand of the Com pany to place you on the same footing as Horne and Chaplin ? Mr. Justice PATTESON—That appears to me to be the difficulty, because they say you have never made such a demand of them. Sir F. Poi.t.ocK contended that Pickford's application meant that if it meant anything, and referred to the terms of the letters that had pased between the parties. Mr. Justice PATTESON said these letters should have been followed up by an application to the Company, either to reduce the charge for Pickford's goods, or to increase the charge on those of Horne and Chaplin. RicilAßDs, on the same side, observed that the defendants had lately become carriers of goods themselves, and their object was to drive all competitors off the line. Al. though the rate was nominally the same to both of these.car tiers, yet the Company paid Horne and Chaplin 10s. per ton for delivering goods in London—the Railway Company being themselves the carriers, and Horne and Chaplin being merely their servants to deliver the goods. He submitted that the defendants had, in their letter, distinctly refused to place Pickford and Co. on the same footing as Horne and Chaplin, by which they obtained an advant,ge of los a too in favour of themselves as carriers. Under these circumstances he submitted that the mandamus ought to be made absolute. The COURT was of opinion that although front the lone. m correspondence that h a d t a k en pl ace , th e d e f en d ants m i g h t have 13 , 7cn aware of what was expected from them, it would be better in a case of so much importance that there should be no discussion or doubt upon the subject. When a party came forward and said, " 1 have a right to enforce an Act of Parliament against you, and I require you under its provisions to do so and so," there should be no mistake er misunderstanding as to the nature of the de mand and refusal. The demand should be entirely free from all mistake or doubt ; as it did not appear in the pre sent case that a specific demand had been made of the Company, the rule for the mandamus must be discharged, but without costs. COURT OF CO,ILIION PLEAS, JAN. 21. LAMISOURNE V. CROWDEN. This was an action for work and labour done against the Star (l.3cavesond) Steam - packet Company. It ap peared that the plaintiff, being himself a shareholder in the Company, was appointed in the year 1837 superintendent of the packets, at a salary of 1501. Differences arising between he and the defendant, who was Chairman of the Board of Directors, the plaitifl" wrote to the Board, corn plain ur of the el.induct of :11r. Crowden towards him, and declining to attend any future meeting at w hi c h that Director should preside, or to obey any orders given t , him otherwise than in writing. Upon this letter his resin nation was accepted, and the Company refused to pay hin the sum of 29/., which he dethanded as the balance of his salary, from the date of the above-mentioned letter up the time of his actually quitting his office. The case sva tried before the Lord Chief Justice, who received I verdict for the plaintiff, on the general issue (non assump sit), but directed a nonsuit, on the ground that th plaintiff hai'ing been engaged AS a yearly servant, at a so. lary to be paid in apportional periods of the year, vv;, tot entitled to wages for the expired portion of any pe riod yeir, during which he chose to resign m last term obtained a rule to show c ause Wh y the nonsui refuse to do his duty, vlittiout just Cause. The plaintiff shouldnot the verdict entered in hi favour, be e e,.,, tdi t t o aside, e g general 4nd;l 3 , of then Mr. Sergeant SitEA this day sh o wed cum figaiait the rule, and cited a number of cases, in support of the law at. laid down by the tord Uhief JuSticie. Mr. Sergeant ACKERLY replica at great length, con tending that the contract had been altered in the course of the year by mutual consent, and he cited a number of cases to show that therefore the plaintiff was entitled to the benefit of a getlergl Cdntraet, Just an if no special contract had ever existed. ft had been laid docrn that the special contract was rescinded virtually by the plaintiff's being continued in his office after he refused to act upon that contract, and he was entitled to salary in the mean time. The rule for a nonsuit, and to enter a verdict for plain tiff, was refused ; but a rule absolute was granted for ; new trial, on a point omitted in the Learned Judge's di rectiun. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice COLTMAN and a Common Jury.) MORGAN V. PROCTER. This was an action to recover tool,, the amount of a promissory note, and the sum of 3731, which sums had been lent by the plaintiff to the defendant. The plaintff, Mart Morgan, who has now arrived at an advanced age, tray formerly the servant of the defendant, and must have b,?en of very thrifty and frugal habits, for it was out of the savings of her wages earned by previous servitudes that she was enabled to lend the defendant the above amount. The defendant had pleaded as to the promissory note that it was obtained by fraud and misrepresentation on the part of the plaintiff; and as to the sum of 3731., that the statute of limitation would prevent the plaintiff recoverin it. The promissory note did not become payable till the 4th of January, 1835, and the present action having been commenced before the 4th of January in the present year, it was brought within the six years after the cause of action had occurred, and therefore the statute of limitation could not apply to that, as was admitted by the defendant's Counsel. The other leg of defence was completely shot from under Mr. Procter by acknowledgment of the debt contained in letters addressed by him to the plaintiti, it answer to her repeated applications. Mr. BRANSWELL (in the absence of Mr. Sergeant 13ompas) conducted the case on the part of the plaintiff, and designated the conduct of tha defendant in placing upon the record such pleas as he had done, as most dis honest and disreputable. The only w itness called was a Mr. Cuff, a relative ot the defendant, who proved that the promissory note and the several letters shown to him were in the handwriting of the defendant. This witness, who was a relation ot the defendant, stated the defendant formerly, he believed, lived in Size-lane, and very reluctantly confessed that the defendant was now living at a place called Sutton Coal field. Whether he was carrying on any business he could not tell, although in his letters the defendant talked very much about his African trade. Mr. Serg cant TALFOURD, who appeared for the defen dant, admitted that he could not answer the plaintiff' case, and therefore would not trouble the Jury with any ob servations. The Learned JUDGE then very shortly directed the Jury, and a verdict was given for the sum of 565/. 19;., as being the amount due to the plaintiff for principal money and interest. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, J4N. 21. (Sittings in Banco.) TAYSEL V. CROSSKEY. The defendant in this ease was a surveyor of highways of a palish in the county of Sussex, and in that character had entered upon and taken materials from the land in the occupation of the plaintiff, without any notice or the autho rity of a Magistrate. The action was tried before Lord Abinger at Lewes, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. PLATT had obtained a rule nisi for a nonsuit, which was now argued. Cause was shown against the rule by Mr. Thcsiger, Mr. Peacock, and another gentleman, who contended that the verdict ought not to be disturbed, as they held that the Act of Parliament, in speaking of " enclosed lands," meant any private land, in contradistinction to waste or common lands. If the Court could put such a construc tion upon the words of the Act, the action could be main tained ; if not, then in Sussex the Surveyors of Highways would have power to cuter upon thousands of acres, for on the Downs there was not a fence, by mutual agreement, for probably ten miles. Mr. PLATT supported the rule, and stood upon the strict words of the law. It was a public good that the power was given for, and no doubt the Legislature were fully aware of the effect of the words they used. A gentleman behind the bar was about to follow, but was interrupted by The CounT,who said that, however reluctantly, they had come to the conclusion that the rule must be made abso lute. However inconvenient such a decision might b-, they were bound by the law as they found it. The diffi culty had arisen from the Legislature using very obscure words, viz.—" enclosed lands," without giving any distinct meaning to them. Probably that decision might lead to an amendment of the law.—Rule absolute. SHERIFFS' COURT. GOLLING V. PAGE. This was an action in which the proprietor of a tavern on Tower-hill, licensed for singing and theatrical represen tations, sought to recover the sum of 4/. 1.55. from the de fendant, who had been engaged as scene-painter, and who also occasionally favoured the patrons of the establishment with specimens of his histrionic abilities. From the facts adduced in evidence it appeared that pre vious to the present action there had bee n muc h li t i gat i on between the parties. The plaintiff now claimed the suns of 4/. 15s. for refreshments supplied to the defendant. A number of witnesses were examined on both sides, most of whom described themselves as " professionals," and their evidence kept the Court in roars of laughter. One of them described himself as "a skin-dresser or flesher by trade"—by profcs,ion, " stage-manager of Mr. Golling's establishment." For the defence it was contended that the refreshments supplied ought to have been gratuitous, as the defendant received no salary. A verdict was eventually returned for the plaintiff. POLICE IN TEL LIGENCE MANSION-HO USE, COALS.--Mr. Rowland, the harbour•master at Greenwich, waited upon Alderman Wilson, at the Man sion-house, in consequence of an application from Mr. Cooper, of the house of Smith and Cooper, of Harp lane, coal agents, for expediting the delivery of what arc called free coals, i. e. coals brought from pits not in the combination, and which are sold at a much lower rate on account of not having anything tacked on the price for demurrage, factorage, or combi nat i on d ues . Mr. Richmond, the Lord Mayor's coal merchant, who has supplied the Mansion-house in the last three Maoralties, with what arc called Lord Mayor's coals, and are much abused by advertisers, also attended and aid, that Mr. Cooper was his agent, and he thought that he had not received those facilities for the passage of his ships up the river upon their arrival, which lie had reason in justice to expect. Mr. Rowland produced several letters and papers, showing that application had been made at Gravesend to allow the King William to pass up, on its arrival, to un load in D.Ttford Creek, the coals being sold. The order was promptly given as the ships arrived, and lay in the Thames for three days, when on the 2d of January a letter arrived from Mr. Cooper, requesting an imme diate order for the pool, as the letter said he could not get the ship into the Creek. He (Mr. Rowland) know ing that the ship drew but eight feet of water felt a little annoyed at the application, and stated as much to the Ciptain. S.-son afterwards he received a more peremp tory letter from Mr. Cooper, to whom he wrote in an swer that he had given an order to admit the ship into the pool in her turn. Mr. Rowland complained that there were all sorts of tricksresorted to by the Captains of vessels to get into the pool, where the Captains and crews preferred lying till their cargoes were sold to wait ing at Gravesend. Alderman WILSON sad that since Mr. Cooper bad been last at the Mansion-house he had made it his bu siness to inquire into the subject relating to the free trade coal ships. He had seen three of the harbour masters, and he was well convinced that the harbour service had never at any period been so efficiently con ducted as at the present time. Ile believed that it met with the approbation of the coal trail?, end he was sure the public would shortly admit that they were greatly benefited by the exertions of these officers. Ile found in his inquiries that the ships coming from the north laden with coals from the non-combination pits, and sell ing their cargoes before their arrival, their unloading without delay and returning immediately had made so many more voyages than the combination ships, that the owners of the latter were becoming alarmed, and had declared that they would eo longer submit to the factors' regulations, and that that sort of mutiny that already taken place. if he happened to be wrong as to his information he knew well how delighted some per sons would be to contradict him. Mr. Cooper said he believed that the Alderman had received correct information. Mr. Richmond--WlesTipowners have long been annoyed at seeing my ships and others returning so much often er t h an t h e i r ' s, w hi c h were com pelled to wait the pleasure of the Committee of Factors before they can unload. It will now put the coal owners to the test, and we shall see what they will do. Alderman Wtr.sux hoped they would continue their combinations, fir the longer they continued them the and would greater would be the n umber of pits opened ; an d these mi g ht y monopolists would find to their cost that the publi c could , get coals, in spite of all their re gu l a ti ons . Mr. Ri c h mon d—Th e num b er o f ne w workings within the last two years is q uite a stounding. If a ship trans gross th e f actors ' regulations, instead of 'icing thrown out of wo r k, or h av i ng to pay a heavy fine to procure more coal s , as f ormer l y was t h e cas e, they can now get served directly from the new pits, which aro not in the combination. Alderman WILSON—If that part of the public wilt lislikc a coal that burns to white ashes, would havt submitted to the inconvenience for one season onl) they would have taught the combinators a lesson far better than any legislative enactment could iostruci them in, and which I think they are now learning, al though there may be some further delay before the: can become perfect. I continue to burn the same sort of coal I burned when in the Mansion-house, and an, entirely satisfied with them, though they burn to whit, ashes. I have no complaint of dust or damage to the furniture. Mr. Rowland said he had been informed some altera• tion was in progress. Alderman WILSON—With regard to the grievance now stated, I think Mr. Cooper has no ground of com• “arbour Master has most difficult duties laint A- P buyers of this ship of to perform. I have geon ' occ urred in coals, and believe the circumstance consequence of a Misunderstanding between the par,...._ themselves as to who should pay the evenees of en tering the Creek, which the captain encountered on his arrival. The Captain refuses to pay, the buyer refuses, .md the seller refuses, and something like a deception is practised on the Harbour l‘laster to obtain an order for the pool. Mr. Cooper—lf so, then we bane been made the dupes of the Captain. Alderman WILSON—Be that as it may, I a-n glad the Harbour Master knew his duty too well to be duped by any one. lam sure the Lord Mayor will support the Harbour Master, and do all in his power to obtain a free trade in coals for his fellow-citizens. No one in sinuates that Messrs. Smith and Cooper wished to de ceive these zealous and active officers. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday the first Court since the regulation of the Wards, by which a considerable diminution in the numbers of the representatives has been made, took place. THE WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT. Mr. ASHURST presented the following remarkable petition from Mr. Wells, one of the candidates for the representation of the Ward of Farringdon With out, in the Court of Common Council, who was de sirous of sitting in the Court until a new election should take place. To the Right Hon.-Arable the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Common Council, in Guildhall assembled, The petition and claim of right of Samuel Wells, of Sergeant's-inn, Temple, Esq., showeth that your pe titioner, and fifteen other persons, were elected, in the year 1839, Common Councilmen for the Ward of Farringdon Without, in the City of London, and were sworn in and took their places in the Court of Com m( n Council during the year. That on St. Thomas's Day last past another elec tion took place, when sixteen persons (your petitioner not being one of that number) were elected and returned to the Court of Common Council, which election and return have been declared void by the Court of Al dermen. That your petitioner is advised that until a legal election takes place for Common Councilmen for the said ward, or your petitioner and his colleagues (so duly elected in the year 1839) are ousted under a judgment of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, he and they continue, and have a legal right to continue and exer cise all the functions and duties of Common Council men for the said ward, in order to preserve all the in tegral parts of the Corporation from being lopped off (the said ward being part thereof), and that the rights and interests of such ward may be duly preserved and exercised. Your petitioner, therefore, prays that he and his colleagues, so duly elected in the year 1839, may not be hindered or denied their several and respective rights, but may be permitted to take their places and exercise their functions in the Court of Common Council and elsewhere, until a legal election of Common Council men for the said ward shall have taken place, and others elected in their stead. And your petitioner will ever pray, &c. SAMUEL WELLS. (The reading of the petition was attended with sonic laughter.) Mr. WELLS, upon being asked whether he wished to add anything to his petition, addressed the Court. There were, he said, two ways in which he might ap proach the Corporation. He might obtrude himself; and wait to be handed out moliter menu, and thus have his action against the officer of the Court, and he was at liberty to petition. His respect for the Court induced him to adopt the latter alternative. He regretted that his petition had excited merriment in the Court, be cause it referred to a constitutional question, which, as it was likely to affect the privileges of the Corpora tion, ought to be regarded with gravity and seriousness. He did not mean to admit that the Lord Mayor and members present constituted a court, deficient as they were of the representatives of the Ward of Farringdon Without, which formed one-sixth integral part of the City. The authority to levy the sewers rates, the con solidated rate, and the police rate, in that ward, lay with the Common Councilmen, who also had to inquire into nuisances and other matters affecting the morals and comforts of the ward community, and those who had last year performed all those duties, ought in reason and in law, he contended, to exercise the power until the new election should be completed. It had been said to him that there was no occasion for their interference, as the election would tike place on Monday, and he would be returned without further trouble.—(A laugh, and cries of " Hear, hear.") He, however, was jealous of the privileges of the citizens of London, and would not suffer one day to pass without claiming the restora tion of their rights. But supposing that a new election did take place, was it not possible that the Aldermen would not make some other mistake ?—(A laugh.) There were, he assured the Court, several other errors in the proceedings in the election, although he had not noticed them in his petition, quite strong enough to vitiate it. Suppose then, that on the approaching eke tion, mistakes were again committed, and a scrutiny were demanded, who could say how long that process would continue, and what injury might arise from leav ing the ward unrepresented during the interval ? Sup posing that any body in the ward was troublesome enough to demand a scrutiny—(A laugh)—was the ward to be deprived of the proper moral supervision during the whole time to which the investigation might be extended. Mr. Wells then argued legally upon the propriety of entertaining his petition, and the impropriety of transacting business in the Court in the absence of an integral part of the Corporation. Alderman GIBBS said it ;appeared to him to be a question whether the petition was presented to a tribu nal competent to decide upon its merits. The RECORDER, who entered the Court at the con clusion of Mr. Wells's observations, said, upon being in formed of the heads of the petition, that if he had been informed that a subject of such importance was expected he would have attended at an earlier period. It are peared to him that the Court had no authority to entertain the subject. No person could take a seat in that Court who was not summoned and acknow ledged as a member. There was no power of which he knew any thing by which the Court could revive an old member. He should, however, if the question were put into a proper shape, give to it his best attention, and apply to the Court of Aldermen on the subject. But until that should be done he should recommend to the Lord Mayor to dismiss the petition, on the ground that the Court of Common Council was not competent to entertain it. Mr. ASHURST was of opinion that in what the:Re. corder had stated, there was an infringement on the rights of the Court. He disagreed with the Learned Gentleman as to the supposed incapacity of the Court to decide the question. The Court of Aldermen might decide on points of disputed elections, but the Court of Common Council couli, if they thought the petitioner entitled to a seat, under the circumstances stated, give him permission to take it. He (Mr. Ashurst) did not consider him entitled. The RECORDER said that he knew of no authority by by which the Court of Common Council could adju dicate on the question. Could any precedent be cited? Mr. ASHURST said that the case was quite new, and he would bow for the present to the opinion of the Recorder. The LORD MAYOR then informed the petitioner that the Court could not entertain the petition. The petitioner of course will not be allowed to sit in the Court until elected. ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, IQ4I. CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. HUNTER presented a petition praying for im provements in the narrow passages leading f rom Col man-street to B a singhall-street, and called Mason's alley and White Rose•court. the petition stated that upon an average from 12,000 to 15,000 persons passed through those extremely narrow and inconvenient thoroughfares daily. Referred to the London bridge Approaches Com mittee. The Court then proceeded to appoint the Committee for the year in business, in which they were occupied during the rest of the day.• WHALE FISHERY —lt appears that for many years of late remarkable changes have taken place in the circumstances of this species of fishery in the northern seas, which every day become more and more perceptible. The whale regions arc no longer the same as formerly. Originally the seas situate between Spitzbergen and Greenland were frequented ; these were afterwards totally abandoned. Whalers gave the preference to Davis's Straits, Baffin's Bay, or the teas to the cast of Greenland. At the present time Davis's Straits appear on the point of being deserted in their turn : France no longer sends any ,;hips there; Holland sends only one or two; England, which formerly sent upwards of 200 ships to those regions, in 1832 only sent 81. The number is now much less, EARLY LAMBS.—The first lambs that we have heard of this season have been proOuced in Westmorland. On Thursday last two ewes, belonging to M. Thomas Walker, of Berry Holine, in tho vicinity of Kendal, pro duced each a fine lamb. The ewes are both of the South Down breed, and, notwithstanding that the little strangers Dave made their appearance in the midst of a storm, they are both lively, and likely to do well.— Cumberland Pacquet. CANADA. The accounts received• from Canada by the packet which has just arrived, are in every respect satisfactory. The happy effects of what may be fairly termed tlu Durham policy, adopted by Lord Sydenham, are already showing themselves, not only in the improved politica! condition and subsidence of party excitement in both provinces, but in the still more important and gratify ing result of a revival of confidence and prosperity, and of an active and energetic spirit of local improvement. In a word, Canada is beginning, to borrow a phrase from her American neighbours, once more to " go ahead," and bids fair, if the present judicious system of administration is continued for a few years, to leave far behind, in the career of rapidly advancing pros perity, all recollections of past disasters and political ex citement. The following facts, which have been communicated to us by a Correspondent resident in Canada, and inti -couainted with the situation and resources of matey p. -51vinces, will be sufficient to satisfy our our Ameican nt of the change which hes readers (hat the statem,:. taken place since the commenc,;,ment of the present sys tem of Government is not exaggerated " There is every appearance," our Correspona,:.nt writes, " of a great and salutary change in the general feeling in both provinces, but more especially in Upper Canada, where, at the present time, the greatest prosperity pre vaik The tolls of the Welland Canal have increased during the last season from 12,0001. to 20,0001., with ovet y prospect of a further advance; and, when once the union shall have taken place, the credit of the province will be so much improved as to enable it to complete its public works. When this shall be done, and when Canada shall have become the high road for conveying the produce of the whole country west of Lake Ontario, there will he little feat of political storms. The people will be too busy and too pfostierous to lose their time in mere specu lative discussions." - This is remarkable, as showing the spirit in which the union is looked forward to by the British residents on the spot, who, from their intelligence, have the best means of judging of its probable result ; and from their capital, energy, and enterprise, have the deepest stake in the success of the experiment. It shows how far practical men on the spot are from participating in the gloomy forebodings in which the Tories so liberally in dulged. It is singular enough, also, that the causes pointed out by our Canadian Correspondent as having been principally instrumental in bringing about this ex traordinary revival of prosperity, are precisely those which the Tories selected as the especial objects of their animadversion, and from which they predicted the most disastrous consequences. With respect to Lord John Russell's circular on official responsibility, it will be remembered how the Tory leaders, in their attacks upon the Canadian policy of Government, dwelt upon it as an expedient by which a reluctant assent to an union destructive of their liberties and best interests had been extorted from the loyal population of the Upper Pro vince. Our Correspondent explains very clearly how this cir cular, without infringing in the slightest degree upon the letter or spirit of the constitution, has, by strength ening the hands of the Government, and introducing unity of action among its supporters and official organs, placed in the Governor's hands the means which would otherwise have been wanting, of taking a decided lead, impressing a new tone upon public opinion, and rally ing all parties around the common banner of practical and progressive improvement. • Even among the French Canadians of the Lower Province, symptoms of a favourable change are not wanting. The ordinance prohibiting the destruction of the public roads by the use of " Cahots," or winter sledges, which in former days would have been almost sufficient to provoke an insurrection, has, contrary to expectation, met with general approbation. Great de sire is manifested in different local districts for turnpike roads, which, until last spring, were almost unknown ; and, contrary to all previous experience, considerable sympathy is beginning to manifest itself on the part of the French settlers with the undertakers of public works. The Municipal and Registration Bills which have now passed through all but the last stage, are confidently expected to contribute much to the rapid march of im provement in both provinces. In Lower Canada, espe cially, the Registration Bill will mark the commence ment of a new era, in which the free transfer of land, which is above all things essential for the prosperity of a new colony, will no longer be shackled by the impediments thrown in its way by obsolete feudal principles and the cumbrous technicalities of a set of interested notaries, The Municipal Bill is also looked forward to as one of the greatest practical boons ever bestowed upon the country, and as especially valuable at a time when the spirit of local improvement is likely to become more active than ever. The patronage and powers which this Bill proposes to place in the hands of local bodies interested in the prosperity of their respective dis tricts, were formerly abused in the most glaring man ner by the Assembly for political purposes. It was no uncommon practice when a county returned a mem ber opposed to the majority of the House, to starve it into submission by withholding all grants for roads, bridges, schools, and other local purposes. This fertile source of abuse and of party excitement will, there is every reason to hope, be completely removed by the measure which is now on the eve of passing ; and the municipal councils will at the same time serve as excel lent schools for training the people to use legislative powers. With these prospects before it, there seems little to fear for the future prosperity of Canada, unless, indeed, some unlooked-for chance should restore to power in the mother-country a party, so long distinguished for its pestilent government of the Canadas.—Morning Cliro nick . MORE CORN-LAW MURDERS. On Friday last an inquest, exciting considerable public interest, was held at the house of Mr. John Turner, the King's Arms Inn, Heywood, before Mr. Dearden, the Coroner, respecting the decease of Eliza Frankland, the youngest child of an extremely poor man, named William Frankland, an operative clogger. The deceased, who was two years and six months old, appeared to have died from the effects of hunger and cold. The first witness, Joshua Bold, policeman 92 of the county constabulary, stated that at an early hour on Tuesday morning, whilst he was passing through Hart-street, Heywood, his attention was at tracted by the dismal cries of children, proceeding from a cellar. Having called another policeman to accompany him, they enterod the place, and found the only inmates to be three young children, huddled together on a wretched bed. On examining them, one was found to be a corpse ; and upon further search, the dwelling was found entirely destitute of food or money. All the children were in a state of starvation, and most deplorably situated as regarded clothing. The policemen went speedily to Mr. John Phenix, superintendedent of police, and informed him what they had discovered. The superintendent promptly attended to the wants of the poor famished survivors, and provided them at once with food. Having learned where the father of the children was, he lost no time in bringing him to Heywood. The father w a s at work at Stockport, from whence he returned weekly to his wretched abode. Being a widower, his family were much neglected in his absence, and the rest was what we have already stated. Mr. Phenix confirmed the testimony of the police, and added, that the purpose he had in view in causing the inquest to be held, was to inquire whether the death was attributable to the misconduct of the father of the deceased, or to the in attention of the assistant-overseer of Middleton, to which township the family belonged. William Frank land, the parent of the poor child, a lank, thin-visaged, and pitiable-looking person, stated he had been out of work for some time ; but within a few weeks, he had obtained employment at Stockport at nailing clogs. In answer to questions from the Coroner, lie stated that his earnings yielded only ss. 6d. per week, out. of which he paid 4s. for food and lodgings at Stockport. Having only Is. 6d. for the sustenance of the three children we, kly, he had purchased some coarse flour, of which he made porridge on Sunday last, and having obtained the services of a poor woman to attend occasionally to the children, ho again proceeded to Stockport. In reply to queries as to whether he had been relieved by the township to which he belonged, he stated that for merly he received a pittance of Is. 6d. weekly from the overseer of Middleton : that, a few months ago, he waited nearly a whole day to obtain this trifling sum from the assistant overseer, who asked him what was the reason he did not get work. lie replied that if he had some blocks he could get on better. The Over seer, consequently, gave him 12s. to enable him to get some work, and from that period the assistant overseer had never been to visit the family, or rendered them any assistance. He therefore thought it was useless to make any further applications for parochial aid. Betty Chaderton, the old woman employed to attend to the family, spoke to the condition of the children, and stated that they had gone about begging for food. Mr. Sa muel ltainsden, the assistant overseer of Middleton, who was questioned as to the relief of Frankland, said he had never seen him since the time he gave him the twelve shillings, and he had never inquired into the state of the family since. Mr. Leach, surgeon, of Heywood, who had examined the body of the de ceased, stated that the child had died of inflammation, produced by cold and want of food. He observed that there was but a very small quantity of food in the stomach, and the case was one of the most painful he had ever witnessed. A verdict in accordance with the evidence was returned. The gentlemen of the jury, along with the police superintendent and a number of his men, feeling for the pitiable state of Frankland and his family, entered into a liberal subscription for their relief, to which the Coroner contributed. Much sym pathy has also been manifested by respectable inhabi• tants of Heywood for the sufferers. — Blanchester Guar dian. The Hon. Miss Devereux, only (laughter of Viscount and Viscountess Hereford, has been appointed by her Majesty to succeed Miss Spring Rice, as Maid of Honour to her Majesty: EVENING Ei lONIAN ISLANDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—My attention has been directed to a or' re spondence between Lord C. Fitzroy and Mr. All' Villetta Calichiopulo, which appeared in the Morn ing Herald of the 7th of last month. Upon the quer Lion therein raised respecting Mr. Valetta's character, I have no wish to intrude myself farther than by serving that Mr. Valetta's concluding lettL'r to Let, Fitzroy will, of course, be treated with the centempl deserves ; but I cannot, as an lonian, aDd tba not allow to piss without anitnadvcrsion charge of " faction, and an anti-British feeling ," 1 119 , 1 ' nuated in this letter against mycountrymen, by " %s ty ; ever persons, however noble or however unwo ,- tbY , t" a charge may be made. For myself and my countrYlo6/ (and I speak the sentiments of the first and most in"' ential men) I fearlessly and solemnly declare, that theta exists not in our breasts one thought inimical to the teres of Greot Britain, of whose protection We A r : proud, and of whose government, when well direcOul we arc always ready gratefully to acknowledge t ile benefits. We, the " factious," as we are called br, Mr. Valetta, complain that we have been deltic' a participation in the liberal institutions of f ur f protectors ;—that from us the light of learning an d ° a free press has been shut out ; that our religioall rites have been interfered with ; that we have been d e nied the use of eur language in public proceedingt: and that, owing to injurious misrepresentations , most enlightened, veocrable, and virtuous, of our zees have been officially persecuted or banished , 14° men of damaged character, to speak in the least der sive terms, have been promoted to offices of boll and allowed to degrade us in the eyes of England ap of Europe, as the " public functionaries" of the loo° Islands. Such have been our complaints ; and that its Will i ! them we have not been " factious " is proved hY, t A "; success of our remonstrances. Lord John Russell u," Glares, in his despatch of Dec. 21, 1839, " That we ' i r - r entitled to the consideration of a more liberal pawl ' ° ,,f our government. The want of this is the s ottice our grievances, which have been urged more strangil -on the attention of the Home Government by th e e g ,; traordinary arbitrarily system of policy pursued by ' Howard Douglas. For myself, Mr. Editor, humble individual as I I find that I have not been sufficiently so to escape t "; indignation of those who have sought to oppres s country, in the person of the best and most enlight e3( . of her citizens—and calumnies the most atrocious , ' II manner the most mischievously insidious, have b e % launched against me far my disinterested interferenc e lonian matters. To me, from long residence among Y ° o an Englishman in feeling and in habits, such attacks ar e ridiculous as they would be:contemptible and hartnliSliw's ti;; not to my extreme surprise and regret, had imPal , t :i, to then, somewhat of an official character by the b . il es station of the personages who, I speak it to their 5 13 „ d ild have made use of the delegated dignity of their ?P`,. ° o rank, to strengthen the force of an expersian of personal enmity to myself fur having, in my cell l)tli gli cause, and from no private motives, crossed thCtr r and opposed their machinations. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, Colonial Club, Jan. 18, 1841. AN lONIArb- SPORTING INTELLIGENCB. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. 1 6 to Upwards of 3001. was laid out upon Palaamon, at 'i d ; 1, which must be received as the outside laying 1 31 , - $1 one party, we believe, would have laid the same odoil,f, the close, but we doubt if they were obtainable elgew i ll'oe t The Rosalie colt was backed for a pony at 20 to 1, finu:e or three offers were afterwards made to invest at the for figure ; the subsequent biddings, however, " again st n bi thing, bar one," did not exceed 18 to 1, and it 1118 / 4 0 questioned whether the honour of being second fivou-or may not be challenged by Eringo_it was a veil hi§ thing between the two ; 4 to I was laid in litiPu.fir against Scott's lot, and 28 to 1 offered (in one ( PLO only) against the Knight of the Whistle, whose Par,n; were uncommonly shy ; 30 to 1 either about W* o 7o Prince Caradoc. In other respects the Ahern° business wee dull and uninteresting. .ds °ff. DERBY. 4 to 1 agst Scott's lott—taken and afterwar 1000 to 8 agst Lord Stradbroke's lot—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Palwmon—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosaliesolt--offers to 20 to 1 18 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo—do. 22 to 1 agst Coronation—offers to take 23 to 1 28 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle 28 to 1 agst Wahab 35 to 1 agst Duke of Wellington—taken. 40 to 1 agst The Nob. 2000 to 20 agst Mustapha—taken and afterwaro• 1000 to 10 agst Snowdrop—taken, f t b. 3000 to 300 agst Ralph, Coronation, and Knight o Whistle—taken 700 to 50 agst Pa!Lemon and Knightsbridge—takeo THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. 1 Wheat. Per Quarter., s. to s. 60 72 Mandeord 52 65 Bridport 68 Chard 56 62 Gloucester 56 e Exeter Guildford 68 71 Newbury 52 61 Reading...—. 4i 72. Salisbury 5i 64 Barley. Oats. s. t s. ) s. to s. 30 38 j 24 28 30 33 124 26 SR 32 2 - 2 24 28 37 20 28 27 31 21 28 31 37 32 36 27 38 l9 30 .0 22 28 35 9'2 28 :30 30 22 30 32 40 22 28 37 43 H 2.3 28 31 43 25 32 Beans. s. to s. 40 60 48 --1;;;;; 4 ••••"".": I° o 44 / CO 6! L 6 s( 44 4S 4S 5 0 40 ^- 46 50 44 5 4 42 52 44 4 8 42 5 0 40 52 19 49 4 - 6 4 36 40 / Shtrborne 44 , SheptonMallet ....- I Uxbridge --• Warminster 44 63 148 50 ...• , Winchester .. ,60 64 —I —i -- (covil •I 56 60 30 31 !22 30 42 50 LEEDS CORN MARKET. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. ...... 2: : t w o 7.111 • -- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 2t e. to 9 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans 63lb. sg s to .- Oats, Potatoc —Mealing, For. —d. to •I 'Shelling DEVIZES CORN MARKET. Eng. S. I Per Sack. Per. Quat ter. 2 23 0,.4i 0 iirst Wheat 3O 0 to 31 6 Oats .. 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Clarke, Bart., to Anne Emily, daughter of 71" Bean, Esti., late of the Coldstream Guartis. il l On the 19th inst., at Charlton, Kent, F. .11loor, ° 2d, Queen's Royals, to Margaret, only surriving ' d aug t the late Colonel Thomas Wood, C. 8., Bengal Enginr e rg t ;tanti li e On the 19th inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington , J-;', lsu ghl e. A. 111‘Leod, It. N., to Ellen Sarah Elizateth, second " of B. Alder, Esq., Brixton. On the 20th inst., at Streatham, Captain J 0 . ," Jati gbt e Reynolds, of Prince Alb er t' s Hu ss ars, to Helen, eldes t of Henry Harvey, Esq., of Hill House, Streatha DIED. ibethr On the 15th inst , at Haaley-square, Margate, x.'l- the widow of J. Baker, Esq., aged 84. I 1 18rt t On the 15th inst., J. Smith, EN.,of Stevenage Burqiarri" On the 16th inst., in the North Bailey, Durham, " seventh daughter of the late Rev. 11. Chaytor, LL.D. oev ,'A' On the 17th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wig ht ; the ' 0. 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