The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-06 00:00:00

• - THE SUN, LON DON,WEDNESDA Y, JANUARY 6, 1841. MORNING EDITIO N. TUE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 5, 1841. N o , Abstract of the Net Produce of the Re ve nue of Great Britain in the Years and Q ua rters ended sth of January, 1840, and sth of January, 1841, sheaving the Increase --............._ or Decrease on each head thereof. QUA RTERSENDED lended 1 IEAR , QUARTERS ENDED YEA R Year ended J I an. 5. Quarter ended Jan. 3. ~.. -- --. ended API' 5 , l Job' 5, Oct. 10, I Jan. 5, Ja». 5, Al•ril 5, 1 July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan.`,. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. 1839 I li'l.l 1510 I IS 10 Bp; 1310 ! lB4O 1810 1811 lbtl - - - - -- su'lm.,_4,-7-,Cons lidatel Dutie s yurhl-r;tty applicaLle to Consolidated i 3'-t's7'S23 1 3;-'25'871 V81'752 I 3 '''' 5 7 9 - , ,• • - 13 , i til 1,:i . ,:9 ' 3,985,9'38 4,562,04-9 I, 3,031,222 - - - - - - _ - f3U - 1) 1 ,• . . ... 49a, 3 23 ! 1, , 115,462 _ - , - :34 0 ,135 1,151,910 _ - -- - _ .; applicable to Supplies 420,123 - - 1,293,254 973,5 1 3 u : - 731,159 ' - 1,100,829 1 736,614 -- - _ - ---- ---- i'p„..,, Total Customs. . 4 411 569 1 '7; , '"3/ 5 iIS 0:6 4 779 31;5 'l9 8 40 213 ' 4 1,- 0 ~s 3 I' 1-7 1 13.1 ' 602 - -77 - 1 :SO 1,1:0 19, 7 ; - ) 4 ,3 10 55,673 3.1"',1 - 1 - 0 t•l'2' . ....... . I, " x in lii.... . 1,9 4)0 I I 2,57e,3! I 4,113,159 3.12 ;,';1 !1,9/';', 1 ‘-' 1,' , .! , ,996 2,71 ;,u5l ',9 1 6,2 /9 4,01',3`.9 1•42 ' , :1,)? (42, ,I 0 - ' 589,025 - l ' , l;t i f -, , - " .... - t i .,, ;flie, - 10. , LaL 1.. ................................. 44,ellatiee"s 40.000 40,01,0 40,000 .10,,,, 0 160,1;00 , 4E,1110 42,509 45, , 1;0 4.,000 1137,500 7,500 - ti ' s .. 3',545 /4,011 17,651 18,6 - 00 i'6,610 i l'',lBo 4,117 21,392 1-2,437 7",110 8,474 5,,03 - _ --- -- Total Ordinary Revenue z-3:37,318 11,152,030 12,^69,823 11755, '3'i 4 4 V-i! 4 , 3 7 , 0 8,537,045 11,373,961 1 1,b5:;,7..2 11,431,1:6 4 1 ,6:.7,": 1 •61 1,021,1101 1,172,307 800,732 637,702 ie. ll ' t al;O 1 ,, 3in.....s outer 'Moneys "11/ of Advances 135,085 52,942 Total Itr:orne - - - -- -- - -- - life t 5,,.. 8,691,957 11,936,1;37 -12,6 i2,•297 12,0 7, 1 ;18 45,' 00,4 u ., j 9;979,714 11,907,8.36 12,1:1; 30 1 y1 , 7, 6 ' 2 0 14, 716 ,100 1,031,343 1 , 1 ;08,352 800,752 7.21.),uk e‘ate . lTiwt appliedthe C oil l• -------- Ditto , ~ it o so.4. • Deduct Deduct rh " ite, - • 6 009 031 6 '4:2 5 24 1 1 ,' 9 1 ,5(4 8,772,310 3 0 ,778,759 I 7,493,. 39 '6,999,530 3,69- , ,179 0 ,1 , 37,023 - 2,01)0,771 'lncrease. Decrease. ' , Ti e ,. 1- ,l ;ees, and to pay 0 7 1 1 '''x ' ' ' ' 1, ,, 4,13,3 ;20,150 vi 11a, ,t . i, ,,,' 1 . , -l a 3 s 4r iss i ued i at 1 dvain . ..eS . ..: 4_l/77 172,1' 0 23 ;761 I 98,6:9. 923: - )30 ; 279,951! 'll ~o',o 70,000 n0,00f4 49 0 ,000 . ,. ~ -_ - ."-_. t.,e .'1 ays and Means; tear ..... ................ : - - the - Year. the Quarter ---------=•__ 1-----__ rota] L__ 2 -- - ~--..-'' - • _ (((04)2 Lo. H-Ineome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the Zrtir January, 1810, and the bth January, 1841. Quarters ended .1::13. 5. I Quarters ended Jan. 5. INCOME. p '• .. 1810 181 . I CHARGE. 1811 Cttst o ,„_ I ''''."Consolidated Duties ' Stlar appl cable to the 3,80:•,711 3,644,•;.22 IlPermanent Debt ilTerminahle Annuities Consolidated Fund l I Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund ' 10,921 11,810 Total custom s - - - txcis 3,13' 5,719 3,044,232 liThe Civil I.ist t,,,,,, e ........ lOther charges on the Consolidated Fund Ta P s ...................................... 3,44',707 4,037,6P6 iCharge on account of Advances, the repayment fit' which are c,i ried to Consolidated Fund , xe, ................................ 1,557,0,12 1,596,646 1 ,- r,..0e0t O ffic e .......................... • ......... 1,584,699 17'''6,i71 Total Charge 9 , 101,775 9,137,'05 1. , itc ,,, T n .; ................................... 351,000 98,001 The Surplus 1,503,074 I,' 31,371 1 _M ni,i, ,„ _L-1011u. •................................ 4;y,, 0 49,00 , 1 il - r4 '," l an _ ................................ 18,800 F 2,4137 II 11,194,5e9 11,372,536 epay " , t_ d other Monies 41,992 3 - 2,&45 1 ' 4,, 11t of Advances 176,890 123,948 ; --.'The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Oit. 10,1910, Tr.,,_ 1-'Casah brought to this Account 11,051,869 11,370,336 I ' and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended January :-, 1 5 41 iitutis...pplted to The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Janua y 5, ISO, in part of the sinus granted by Parliament out of the Conseil_ PoY off Deficiency , dated Fund for Supply Services The, Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended January 5, 1811 ................................ t 0,000 ..... 1 1 • i The pr.:6We amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended -..----"---._________ 11,104,869 11,372,336 Ij January 5, 1811 •.... THE COTTON MANUFACTURE. the priesthood, which degrades the cotton-manu facture, and every other manufacture, into a mere hateful toi', uncheered by one ray of soci?l glad ness. - • REPRESENTATIVE GOVERN- MENT. t tie last Number of the Anti-Corn-law Circu lar contained a letter from Saxony, the following e t xtract fro m w h ich we think deserving public at tetntlen• It s h ows, , and therefore we quote it, that th e manufacture of cotton is just as susceptible of those g r aceful embellishments which constitute the Poetry of life, as the gathering in of the harvest. " e aucients, wiser than the moderns in this re spect, Placed Minerva, the goddess of art, at least " a level with the beneficent Ceres : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. We cannot conceive, howevCr, any objects, short of the works of God, more justly calculated to excite man's respect, and almost his reverence, than the mighty engines which in all our manufactories con tribute to lighten his labour and spare his exer tions. It is the just pride of a fanner to deck his team with gay ribands, and sometimes with flowers. He loves and he adorns those useful helps and companions of his toils. But how feeble is the aid of a horse, compared to the prodigious power of a steam-engine ? It is more gentle, too, than the most delicue pony for a lady's use. A child can guide its more than giant strength. It is, also, at all times almost the same, or all its little errors and vacillations may be known and guarded against by the skill which makes it, while there arc seasons when animals cannot be safely trusted, and when the passions and powers they are endowed with submit not to convenient control. Why, then, should not our steam-engines be adorned like horses, and be as much or more endeared to the affection of the stoker or the spinner, than the team is endeared to a kindly waggoner ? Surely there is the soul of poetry in the swift or slow revolting, wheels—in the bright and ceaseless-moviug pis tons—in the enormous beams and fly-wheels — in the countless pirns that are kept continually ir. motion—in the deep and ever descending and rising pumps, drawing, as it were, an artificial, and yet a real river out of the bowels of the earth—in. the blasts, like a tempest, that arc directed on the stone and coal to turn them into a mass of molten metal— in the great frames moving baCkwards and forwards, and spinning mile-lengths of cotton with fineness and firmness beyond the power of the finger, while they complete in a minute what the scarcely aided hand could not accomplish in a year,—surely there lies a soul of genuine poetry in all the mighty wonders of our manufactures, which kindliness may evoke, and which, but for the accursed spirit of sor didness, would adorn all these wonders with its own ornaments and its own loveliness, and connect them, not with the little accidental pain and misery which they sometimes inflict on those who han dle them improperly, not merely with dirt and udgery, which they really spare, but with the best and most ennobling affections of the human heart. To a small extent that is done in Saxony ; the bundles of yarn mingled :with wreaths, the united parties of masters and men, the lady dancing with one of the weavers, arc faint indications of what the English might do to render their manufac turing system as thoroughly delightful as it is use ful. If a steam-engine could have been the pro_ duct of the civilization Greece, it would have beets honoured, reverenced, almost worshipped, and JAMES WATT would have been deified, the rational man glorifying in him the spirit of regret to be obliged to trouble you sooner than I intended, for the purpose of request ing that you will correct a typographical error, in your obliging publication of my letter of Decemher 25. " Ist c. 1." should be " 1 11, 5. c. I." In my recent observations on the Civil Consti tution of England, I contrasted the rights and pri lieges of the people at the first establishment of the Government with the alterations which have been introduced by the Legislature from time to time, my object being to show that, in a moral sense, the obligation every member of the State is under to pay obedience to its institutions depends upon the laws o 2 the kingdom, which arc not re pugnant to the princip!es of the law of nature. In tny former letter I stated the notorious fact, that during the existence of the British Constitu Chemnitz, Saxony. ear few days ago I dined with Mr. C., who after tO4lB yeskm e in g his . car . riag . carriage to visit his brother, a cot the.:Pioner, whose mill is situated about five miles from ti e (a vo• It happened to be the anniversary of a holi iljti,‘`hieh he gave once a year to the hands employed th e establishment establishment ; and I was led to expect that on t-,e,,Present occasion the festivities would be more than tle-"IY l oterestino in consequence of the promised pre 4104ner.e ( . l i f the King and Queen of Saxony. As we passed their Ala road, we saw numerous parties . waiting to sec all?' '‘lajestie ; the poles of the turnpike gates were i nun„ with s garlands and we passed beneath several tthr.llthPhal arches of flowers and branches. On entering h tl e grounds belonging to Mr. C.'s factory, we met some . to: l b l e r a e ds of work people walking in procession towards branch tlog an immense wreath, termed of oak and other fili tee After them followed others carrying baskets ing iv,il,)witll .bundle; of yarn. On reaching the gate lead line , the high road, they ranged themselves . in double In the fr _ n n one side, for the reception of the King.. dads° ranks were the females, dressed generally in white, do standing at a few feet distance from each other, log in their bands the wreath of oak leaves, tL 'II was gallaowed to drop in festoons betweent hem wite Enka cotton yarn were then wound round the t h r4 th, giving it the effect of tasteful drapery. Behind e ).° ,ung women, at a alight distance, on a rising Deenau, stood the men, bearing oak branches. dr ew , afterwards the Royal party arrived, and ow were opposite to this very pretty demonstration. Th 'l e in a Plain carriage, drawn by post horses, w_ ith traces made of ropes, and the only attendants wer e , ountesd,eeti? ve le of outriders. , -cirs.One of the latter dis d received from the wife of Mr. C. a 41.arge chaplet of flower s for the Quccn, which she •teeived witb affabilit • and kindness, entering at once It'to convereation with Mrs. C. in a very unaffected a'aimer. Mr. C at the head of his men, dresed th e next ad -I(ine.,' welcoming him in his own name, and t f lat t of his work-people, and expressing their gratitude : I.th e interest which he had always taken in the pros ;nltY of the cotton trade. His Majesty, a sombre and arra y melancholy, but s till an amiablealookingrn . ae, ttheph.(l in a short speech ; after which, to my surprese, ti:,hrl in attendance, belonging to the factory, s , t!ticl , A f ,; ( "' own nationel anthem of " God save the King. hey;,; the interchange" of a few more complime ,. nts, the th ose Patty took their departure amidst the cheers of fr ft ,, P r esent- I was much struck with the tone of ti, . tiess and s i ncerity evinced by all parties during tr t , is i,, Pl u " a ing scene. There was a kindliness of manner hauteur' tr alao, and an entire absence of anything like „_ on the one hand, or servility on the other. ,_ Tee wreath of branches and cotton yarn, measur e sonic score s of yards in length. was now carried f or to a spot in an adjoining meadow, marked out ey r the scene of the festivities. Here commenced the th iti ‘l,ng'h amuserneets. Waltzes, quadrilles, &e., were do t. Ld by the work•pcwole, in a style that would have w ae no discredit to Ali - neck's itself ; and I was struck _ittarthe unrestrained but reepcctful confidence of their a '_ 11( !) ier towards their employers. Mrs. C., an elegant wa „traccomplislied lady, led off the dance with a partner thi,k' n g a l ong dragging great coat, and a pair of huge it boots, yet there did not seem to be the least feel . - a „g i n the sateen nd of either about the disparity in their tolerable One man went through a quadrille with :I_lottlerable grace, carrying all the while the common Ger i_f! Pipe in his mouth. The men, though thoroughly _e_ll- onducted, and at home in the dance, seemed to L'Wwe devoted little attention to their toilet. Not so, go ever, their wives, daughters, and sweethearts, who "fle i r allY wore smart shoes with sandal ribbons, white 1 1 1 : 0 °e 'tiogs and dresses, and it struck me that their hair bo re avid evidence of having been dressed with peculiar care. d ..t . ! , he cours e of the, evening, the Polonais was dance t w i : e th ,great spirit by about 150 persons ; and towards th e Cl ose, a novel circular movement was performed by t h e w hole company bearing the long wreath, which at tvereed was wound round the national colours, which Of e Planted in the centre of the ring. When the dusk e ,, toe evening had considerably advanced, a spokesman sirle forward and proposed, after a short introductory p ros e eb, three cheers for the master and mistress, and .pettty to their business, which was duly acknow nip& Mr. C. then called for three cheers for the i e ; after which his personal friends and visitors ad „,lllraed with him to a summer house close at hand, 4 • re We partook of refreshments previous to returning gao to Chemnitz. r, ‘-an any man assign a reason why the cotton Inanufacture in England ought not be embellished tlid endeared to every man, and woman, and child end endeared in it as in Saxony ? We know why at Pr gr t ::ht it is not, and cannot be ; but the liinderanee h ''' not f rom th e nature o f t h e manu f acture itself, - c lit from the s or did ness an d over b ear i ng propens i t i es ()4 t he ruling classes in England. Their struggle is to is g e t rich themselves, and seeking riches, more as a nark of sup er i or i ty t h an a means o f enjoyment, their ' acc umulation gives no pleasure unless others are Dourer than themselves. Our land is cursed with a ne edy and rapacious aristocracy, which has continu -1 all y in its corporate capacity, whatever individuals m a y do, trampl e d un d er f oot all the charities of life, . order to preserve a factitious superiority over other men. O ur l an d i s still further cursed by a Priesthood vy i ng w i th the aristocracy in rapacity t h e ; arld surpassing th em i ts nee d . Like the aristocracy, heads of the priesth oo d use t h e l aw to ensure their s uperiority and add to their wealth, but, worse t l han the aristocracy, they, in addition, prostitute the iol y nam e an d the hallowed emotions of religion to the same base Purpose. Unhappily, too, our numero us middle clas s h ave h a d f or t h e great ob ject of their silly atnbition to imitate the rapacious aristocracy ari d the grasping priesthood, except ' they have sought to obtain that wealth and P ti cAve r by means of tr a d e w hi c h t h e ot h ers h ave used :e t'ilaw to secure. Thes e th ree great c l asses, a l l ealth ri ng to gain or preserve power by means d, generate amongst us a gen era l sp i r i t o f a:kiere sordidness and overbearingness whi c h s h uts I alt all the grace s t h at i n ot h er countr i es adorn useful tir lc 'urs The overreaching system is the parent of hos t' between the classes. It makes man the enemy of We 15 an d Utterly extinguishes that cordiality he -4 41 the 1 1 44 • e mployer and employed—that loving ca rts It 3 ) which is of more value than wealth, for it w• L t 44 s O Wn rosy h ues over t h e pr i vations an d bitters whic h wealth too o f ten augments and em- ItOise ' It is th e general sordidueee of our iii:ovic, Ing from the • m rapacity of the aristocracy and Lion, as originally constituted, every freeman was entitled to take his seat as a member of the Legis lature. In those times freeman and freeholder were synonymous terms. A distinction existed be tween the freemen, who were all proprietors of land, however minute the quantity held by some, and the f►eedmen who were of foreign extraction, and ma numittcd by their masters; but these were expressly excluded from the high privilege enjoyed by the freemen, of having a share in the administration of the commonwealth, unless they became proprietors of land. But there was another right which I have not noticed, and which was inseparable from the right to sit in Parliament—namely, that by the funda mental principles of the Constitution, every free man had a right to elect his own procurator, or at toroey, to represent him in Parliament ; and that system was in full operation, till it was subverted by the foregoing Act of Ist Henry V. c. 1, which disfranchised all but residents ; and this disfran chisement was extended to all but 40s. freeholders, by the Bth Henry VI. c. 7, as before explained in my former letter. • The facility to obtain the franchise was thus originally impeded. Those statutes deprived the people of their most valued and essential right, without which all their other liberties were a spe cies of bondage ; and it was in this way that all persons who were not resident 40s. freemen, were reduced to the same condition with the freedmen, and even with the foreign slaves, and the mere hewers of wood. It is upo❑ this vexatious principle of impeding the franchise, that Lord Stanley's Bill was founded. But my present object is not to animadvert upon Lordship's unstatesman-like intellect, but to demonstrate that the American writer, quoted by his Lordship's able eulogist, the limes newspaper, is quite at sea, when he asserts that " representa tion is a discovery of modern times."—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, VALENTINE BLAKE. GALE OF WIND.—The wind, since it changed from cast to west, Las occasionally, blown with great vio lence. On Saturday night, boa ever, it increased to a hurricane. It was at its height from twelve to two o'clock, and alarmed the inhabitants of houses in exposed situations, many of whom arose from their beds, and sought safety in lower apartments. A heavy shower of hail fell at the lat ter hew, which lulled the storm. The wind rose again towards morning, and blew violently all yesterday and last night.—Livcrpool • useful invention. To evoke the spirit of kindliness would now much better beseem our public writers than their non sensical tirades against the progress of manufac tures—the progress of art and skill which are almost divine—or their impious proposals to burn down the seats of our traffic because the human mind submits no longer to the priesthood, and is called infidel on account of preferring the voice of reason and of nature to the dictates of their selfish cupidity. Manufactures come naturally after agri culture in the progress of society as agriculture su perseded pasturage or roving for prey. They clothe and feed the manufacturers by an easy task, and to talk of checking or suppressing them, instead of embellishing them and associating their toils, like the toils of agriculture, with festivity and enjoy ment, is the extreme of surly, selfish folly. Men are doomed to be manufacturers as well as agriculturists. Their want of clothing and of convenient instru ments is the work of nature, like their want of food. Even those who most praise rural toils do neverthe less covet warm and comfortable clothing, handsome drinking cups and glasses, embossed trays and sal vers, with all the produce of the furnace, the loom, and the lathe. Manufactures, then, being a natu ral result of the progress of society, their products being indispensible to man's comfort, and they com prising some of the most splendid and almost god like work of man's hand, it is the part of wisdom t o cherish them, to endear, if possible, all the ne cessary processes to our affections, and to spread over and spread through this great branch of so ciety all the endearments with which the Fine Arts —unworthy of their name if they effect nothing for the millions—may be able to invest human labour. tle Rhenish Universal Gazette quotes a repot hat one of the first Catholic Princes of Germany—mcn ing, it was understood, the King of Bavaria, in - tended to imitate the example of Charles V., and pass the remainder of his days in a monastery. CURLING IN ENGLAND.—Sir Charles Lamb has introduced Curling at Hastings. Several games have been played; and a grand match took place on Thursday, six aside. Sir Charles Lamb and five friends on one side, and Lord Antrim and Eve friends on the other After great deal of fine play, Sir Charles Lamb's party came cif victorious. The whole then retired to Sir Charles's man- sion, to refresh themselves with the good thing with which the house abounds. MEDICAL It EFORMS.—The College of Physi cians have determined upon the abolition of the class of Extra Licentiates, and have agreed to liberalise the me thod by which the President end Council arc henceforth to be elected. The College of Surgeons have deter mined upon creating a new class, to be styled Fellows. This class to be composed of the lecturers and recognised teachers of anatomy, physiology, and surgery ; and of sur geons and assistant-surgeons to hospitals; and further, that this new class shall enj , ,y henceforth the privilege of electing one-half of their members of the Council of the C Times. FOIIGERY.—We regret to announce that two respectable merchants of this city were last week appre hended upon the serious charges of forgery and fraud. So far as we have been able to ascertain the particulars they are these :—The two gentlemen in question are charged with having procured several blank acceptances of a ) oung man, a mercantile clerk in London, filled them up from time to time, as suited themselves, and discounted the bills at the City of Glasgow and other banks, repre senting the acceptor as an extensive wine merchant in London, and as residing at a place in London where he never resided, but where a gentleman of the same name lived. Inquiry being made as to the cir cumstances of the gentleman at the address given, the banks were satisfied, and consequently induced, it Is said, to cash the bills, and the drawers, taking care to remit funds to London to retiro the bills as they became due, the system was carried on for a considerable time. 0:)e or two of the bills, however, being returned dishonoured, quiry was set on foot, and the result has been that the gentlemen have been taken up or, a charge of forgery and fraud. By consent of the Lord Advocate, they have since been admitted to bail under a penalty of 3001. The gen tlemen, we believe, deny that they gave a false represen tation of the acceptor to the banks.—Glasgow Herald. Loss OF THE SCHOONER LADY MIDDLETON. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Under the above bead a paragraph appeared in The Sun, which stated that a few evenings ego Mr. Baldwin, a farmer, on his way from Winkfield to London, whither he was going to pay his rent, had been stopped between Falling-lane and Hayes, at a late hour at night, and robbed of a large turn of money. Since that time a strict investigation has taken place by the police, and the result is that it almost amounts to a cer tainty that no such robbery ever took place. We believe that the police arc satisfied that any further investigation into ;he matter is quite unnecessary, and we allude to it merely to allay the public apprehension as to the safety of the district. LIALIFAX AND BOSTON MAIL.—The fine steam-ship Columbia, Captain Judkins, will sail to-morrow for Halifax and Boston. This is the first trip of the Co lumbia across the Atlantic. She is the fourth and last of the fine vessels now running on this station. Captain Judkins is favourably known from the success which has marked his management of the Britannia. A steamer will (cave Egremont slip at three o'clock to convey the ras ' sengers to the Columbia. She is Iltely to take out as many passengers as can be accommodated.—Liverpool —We have to record the loss of the schooner " Lady Middleton," of this port, on the Cross Sand, off Yarmouth, on Wednesday night. It appears that the Lady Middleton was homeward hound from Newcastle with coals, and that The anniversary of her Majesty's marriage is, as we stated some days ago, selected as the day for christen ing the Princess Royal. The ceremony is to be performed at Buckingham Palace. It is understood that whatever can impart effect to the interesting scene will be combined for the purpose, and that the assemblage of royal and il :ustrious personages who will be present on the occasion that no crations or pro. motions will take place on occasion of the christening of the Princess Royal. CONFLAGRATION AT DUNDEE. THREE CHURCHES bUnNLD. DUNDEE, JAN. 3.--A very al rminz roriflagratiot happened here this morning, which, although attendee with the Oestruction of much valuable and interesting property, has fortunately been confined to the more im mediate scene of its commencement, v:z., to three churches of the Establishment. The fire scents to have originated from the stoves in the North or Cross church having got overheated, and having conscquentl;, ignited the wooden fittings ; this church soon became a prey to the flames, as well as the South church and the East or old perish, and, fortunately for private property, the wind, which blew yesterday evening fresh from the south-west, veered to the north during the night, other wise, in all likelihood, a narrow street called the Over gate must have caught the flames, in which case, owing to the scarcity of water in the place, no idea can be formed as to the extent of the dam tee that might have been occasioned. As it is, a great public loss has occurred, the churches being not only very valuable in themselves, but from a valuable library composed of many rare old books and manuscripts in black letter ha'.ing ben to tally destroyed. These churches were, besides, inti mately connected with the historical associations of the " Second Geneva," as Dundee was called from the religious zeal of its citizens at the time of and subse quent to the Reformation ; •prior to which, the old church formed the c h ance l of the abbey dedicated to the Virgin, and was an interesting memento of the days of Catholicism. It is said that when Ge neral Monk stormed Dundee, his soldiers quartered their horses in the Cross Church. The South church, built in the end of the 16th century, has little of histo rical association. One church has been saved, that contiguous to the lofty square tower said to have been erected along with the Abbey, by David Earl of Hun tingdon, on his return from the famed crusado com manded by Richard Cceur de Lion, and which, al though " dim with the mi,t of years," through " flame, and war, and ages slow," still braves the " breezes of a thothand years." NTEMPERANCE AT ABERDEEN. (From the Aberdeen Herald.) The growing vice of intemperance is matter of deep and anxious regret to every rightly-constituted mind ; and there is no man who wishes to sec his country cx-. hibiting all the amiable and attractive characteristics of moral 41111 Christian virtue, _gut must deplore the exis tence of the evil, nod symPilbize with the benevolent motives of those who are evincing a strong desire to keep it in cheek. That much good has been done by the social bodies who proceed on the extreme principle of total-abitinence, we are free to admit, and so long as th-y confine their exertions to a faithful exposition of the vices they deprecate, and truthful statements of the evils they regret, they do well ; but the moment they overstep the sacred linits or truth, and substitute unmeaning declamation for honest ar gument, they forfeit the confidence of the wise and the good, and expose a benevolent principle to the blighting influence of suspicious distrust. That such ,issocit tions as those to which we refer have, in some cases, been reckless in their statements, uncharitable in their writings, and imprudent in their actions, cannot be denied ; and as this is to he regretted, it is even more to to find those who ought to know better sup pl)ing them with materials which, in the hands of some may be turned against the interests of morality, while ostensibly used for the contrary end. We allude to the list of police cases for the past year, handed in to the Board of Police, on Monday last, by the Superin- dent, and published in another coiumn. We do not by any means assume that the statement is posi tively incorrect, but we complain with the Provost that it ought to have been submitted without qua lific ,tion, calculated as it is to produce an impression on the public mind, very unfavourable to:the mora lity of Aberdeen. The idea of three thousand seven hundred females being taken off the streets of the city, " drunk and disorderly," is enough to make any one's blood run cold, and at first sight presents a picture of immorality and vice that could not find a parallel in the history of any civilized nation. We re gret that we have not the means of analyzing the list ; but, judging from a statement of the cases for the year ending December 1838, drawn up by a party whose sta tistics are allowed to be exceedingly correct, it must be reduced by two-thirds at least, and after all it is bad enough. In writing thus, let us not be mieundcr• stood. We have no wish to underrate the amount of vice amongst these poor unfortunate creatures, but we contend for truth, and however painful it may be to dwell on such details, we cannot permit exaggerated statements to go abroad without explanation, nor allow a libel on the morality of our citizens to pass current without contradiction. PRETENDED MAGIC. TURKEY. CONsTANTINOPI.E. DEC. f - I.—The GovernmentSterlmer (From the Gazette dcs Tiibunaux.) Tair-y-Bahor arrived yesterday from Bcyrout, bringing intelligence from that place up to the 30th November. The Turkish troops were expected shortly to make a move meta ; they were to leave a strong garrison at Bey!ou!. The remainder of the troops were to be embarkod on board steamers, which would transport them to Jafft. From Jaffa a garrison will be sent to Jerusalem, whic'i is only a day and a half's march from Jaffa. Aleppo, film ma, Homs, and Baalbec have fallen into the hands of the Turks. Emir Bey, Rear-Admiral of the Turkish fleet, and the adviser and intimate friend of Ahmed Feozi Pacha, tl,^ traitor who gave up that ilcet to Mehemet Ali, has lately escaped on board of one of the English men-of-war at Alexandria. lie was hotly pursued, and nearly token in the chase ; while two of his men were shot dead close to him. The late dreadful gale seems to have extended its in. fluence even as far as the coast of Syria, for at Beyrout, ten merchant ships were lost; one of the Austrian men of- war unshipped its foremast from the violence of the storm ; and it was wish great difficulty that the Turkish steamer was enabled to put to sea without any very serious loss. Here the Austrian Danube Company'i boat Seri Pervaz, which had been freighted by the Turkish Go vernment to carry troops to Syria, was lost in the Sea of Marmara. on the shores of Moodania. Out cf 560 men, marl). 50 have been drowned cr frozen to death. In the Black Sea, also, the effects of the gale have been most destructive. A Russian steamer has been wrecked. Of those who were on board eighteen have perished, and nine teen been saved ; atuo..g the former there was a Jewess, who, with her two ehi:dren, refused to come en deck, and were the first that were drowned, in consequence of the after pert of the ship having separated from the rest soon after the engines had given way. At the mouth of the Bosphorus seven vessels have been wrecked. The whole amount of the damage that has been done is not yet fully ascertained. Admiral Walker is now Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman fleet, and ranks next to the Capitan Pacl.l (Lord High Admiral). Paul Lasserre, born in the commune of St. 111de gonde, of a labourer, is himself a labourer ; but ambi tion and that thirst for fame which are the great cvi!s of the present times, assailed him in the midst of his honest labour. A thousand chimeras arose in his imagination, and in the excited state of his mind he arrogated to him self the power or curing diseases, and, in case of need, of preserving fields from the destructire visitations of Heaven. A great sensation was immediately created in the village, which soon spread like wildfire throughout the wheic commune. Tile story mentions not what impression was made on M. le Maire, hut this it does testify—namely, that an important functionary under his immediate command, the garde ehampctre, placed im plicit faith in the report, and that the sanction of his belief added considerably to the credit of the visionary. The crowd flocked from the surrounding hamlets, a crowd of livid faces and bandaged heads, imploring the gift of health in return for a few coins which they brought as a tribute. .• We give a few of the answers given by this oracle : " Take a St. John's cross ; at midnight carry it to a cross-road, and there deposit it. This done, draw a fow paces back, and, should any animal approach it, stand under no apprehension. Four minutes after you have returned home, tie the cross on the sick man's breast, where it must remain for a fortnight. Should this prove ineffectual, take a large toad and place it under the bed. You will sec the reptile absorb the malady, and gradually waste away, while the sick man grows better and better ; or, it you prefer it, let him wear these talismans about him, but you must not seek to discover their composition or properties ; or, again, he may rub himself with this liquor. Perhaps the medicine may not operate immediately, but do not let this discourage you. I have seven Fridays to myself for effecting the cure. And now, let it be understood, that I have entered into a compact with the demon to whom 1 am accountable. Give then, but give in odd numbers, for such are dear to the evil spirit." _ . Some gave five francs ; some gave much less, but on none, as may be conceived, did the remedies operate. At last, one of the patients rose one day from his bed, and loJgcd a complaint with the Justice of Peace, who referred the case to the Procureur. An inquiry was instituted, and when summoned before the Magistrate Lasserre did not make his appearance : he had taken fliabt. After having during two months escaped the authorities, he was apprehended, and was brought to humiliate his science before the Correctional Bench. He was condemned to a month's imprisonment, a penalty of 16f., and the costs. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.--A rather unpleasan occurence took place on Wednesday at O'Grady's Hotel. A Mr. Hyslop, of Rahen, residing within a few miles of this town, and a Mr. Kane, had acme misunderstanding some few days since, when a challenge ensued, but in con. sequence of the police having received some intimation of the proceeding, they succeeded in arresting Mr. Hyslop, and of course bound him over to keep the peace. Mr. Hyslop stopped on Tuesday night at the hotel, and this tncri.ing, after breakfast was waited upon by Mr. Kane, attended by his brother, when, after some few words, Mr. Kane raised a loaded whip, with which he came armed, and struck Mr. Hyslop a violent blow over the temple. The latter was much stunned, and near falling when he recovered himself, and struck Mr. Kane with his fist, which in " ring" phrnse, floored him, The battle then conti nued, when Mr. Kane's brother, seeing hilt likely to come off second-best, lent his assistance. Mr. Young of the hotel, he,:ring the noise, rushed into the room and endeavoured to separate them; bet his peaceable intentions were un availing, and I believe he was obliged himself to give and take. The Messrs. Kane then decamped ; but I believe car, the horse being a S u o n m ti e ng s - hort time afterwards one of them was arrested and held to bail before the Magistrates at the Petty Sessions; but th e ot h er, accom ,owattended by a mounted policeman, partied by Mr. Dillon O'Brien, of Fairfield, his brother-in law,al\tirt I , drovees very‘vc e n yt o ,o u is t , . 0 0 if,. his t "C'haoPtain Warburton. Such aro the cir cumstances (lino F a irfie p l n d i a , oc u a ne r n . , a d d j e s r o st o a n n r d e , t g u a rn ye ed ba w il it f l o t r th t e he a i t r o a re p : says the Patriot, " a spaciadragnecnetlbeemfoerne, curnstances as they have reached me. —Correspondent of an Irish Paper. 9 cd, by cu rious NVe pamphlet have a Clergyman of the Church of England, i n which ' Me creation of a Wesleyan Bishop' is proposed, who shall ordain the Wesleyan ministers presenting themselves at the Annual Con ference ; the nomination of this Bishop to be vested it, the Conference, but the vets to rest with the Archbishop of Canterbury 1 This plan is proposed j b u e s f t o before b u i l s , h ' as ' the only concession requisite on the part of the Church, in order to secure a more effective co-ope ration between Wesleyan Methodism and the Esta blishment. This proposition is evidently put forth as a feeler ; and the writer seems at no t loss t o fi x upon t h e man whom the Conference would elect by acclamation, and whom the Archbishop of Canterbury would delight to ho nour." Dr. Butting is the Wesleyan minister alluded to ; whose answer to any proposal of the kind would, however, we suspect, be much like that returned to Bi s ho p H eb er on behalf of tho Wesleyan Missionaries in Ceylon, when he signified his willingness to admit them to orders—' My Lord, we are ordained already 1" THE FAIRY.—A box has been picked up on C ,, tron Beach, near Lowestoffe, containing pipers with tue s , guature of Cqtal" Hewitt on them, which no doubt washed from the wreck of the unfortunate Fairy. in a thick shower of snow she ran upon the sands, where she became a total wreck. A letter his been received from S. Ford, the mate,prhich states that ho and another of the crew, named Fiick, launched the boat to leeward sometime after the vessel had struck, jumped into her, and entice voured to get the master, Capt. W. Martin, and two bo3s in also; but they failed, and a heavy sea striking them, broke the oars, half filled the boat with water, and drove them from the schooner. Providentially, a Sunderland brig, which had just driven upon the sand, threw the two men a rope, by which means their I , ves were saved. Six men in a boat belonging to a Brixharn schooner, which was likewise lost, got on board the brig at the same time. The brig at length cleared the sands, pro ceeded to the Downs, and landed the shipwrecked mari• tiers at Deal on Thursday bight. Nothing has since been heard of Captain Marlin and the two boys who were left on board the Lady Middleton, and it is feared they have all met watery graves. The Lady Middleton was of 130 tons burthen, and was the property of Captain London, who held three-fourths of her, R. D. Alexander, Etq., and John May, Esq. To a certain extent she was insured. We find by the mates letter that several other vessels be -1 )riging to different ports were wrecked on the same occa sion.—lpswich Express.l The most splendid Royal christening upon re cord is that of Henry the Sixth's only son, Edward. It took place in Westminster Abbey, and the mantle in which Oir babe IVP4 received after its immetsion cos! a sum qtrzl to 6000/. of modern money, being embruniered with I pearls and precious stones. //' • SI BIA. B! ROUT, Ncv. 30.—0 n the day after my last (23'l November) intelligence was received at Beyrout to the effect that Ibrahim had the day before retired from Zac chally with all his army, moving southward. Upon the 24th Coionel Bridgeman and Major Napier left Beyrout, on a TCCOCIIICiSSMICC of the enemy. They arrived the first night at Zachle, and found the Emir Bcschir, with his mountain troops, in occupation of that village. They were each furnished by the Emir with 25 horsemen as a guard. C,:lonel Bridgeman on the follow ing day skirted the plain of I.3.talbec, in the direction of Damascus, and meeting with a body of 400 hors7men, de serters from the crigrny, ace ,mpanied them to Beyr ou t. The deserters were under the comnntnd of Shibley iferryan, a celebrated freebooter, who, a short time ago, embraced the aide of Ibrahim, having previously been very active in the popular insurrection. :ilajor Napier, on the other hand, erased the plain and entered the anti- Leban range. Thence he proceeded also in the direction of Da mascus; but such was the fear of his escort in finding themselves in other, and perhtps hostile, mountains, that one by one they had in a few hours deserted bins. Ac companied then only by his servat, a private of mArin, s, bearing the English with the mountain colours, the .113jor übimately penetrated to the village of Zebbedeneh, three hours from Damascus. The information he there obtained was to the frect that Ibrahim bad, on the 22d, passed through that village with 12 000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry. and twelve field pieces ; that mach dissatisfaction exis'ed amongst his troops ; and that he was then with his army in and around Damascus. Intelligence has just been received here of the full re• :rest of Ib:ahim from Damascus upon Egypt, and the Sul, 11.11's steam-yacht is instantly k,v'mg with the news. GREECE. C ARTIST MBETING. On the arrival of the procmion at White Conduit house the spacious assembly-room of that establi-hment was immediately filled to overflowing, and as it is calcu lated to hold 1,500 persons, this may be taken as an un exaggerated computation of the numbers present. The st , ge, which is generally devoted to the performance of vaudevilles and other entertainments. was occupied on this occasion by the principal actors in the political drama, and a band of music. Ou the curtain being drawn up a large body of Chartists belonging to the metropolis, (in the mir.*t of whom sat a private of Dragoons) were discovered round a table covered with pens, ink, and paper. A per son with a tolerable voice at this moment stepped forward, and comm-need to sing the Marseillaise Hymn, accerepaniedby the performers on the brass instruments. The performance was encored. The :overture having concluded, a decently-dressed man, trained PETE, who was described as a working car ' pester, was called to the chair. He escendlal the table and addressed the meeting at considerable length, evidently cautiaus, and determined net to be led away by the ex citement of the moment. He said that the appearance of such a numerous assemblage on that occasion gave the most satisfactory contradiction that could be given to the idle boast made by the Attorney-Ge,,eral some time ago, at Ediaburgh, that the principles of Chartism were ex. tinct.—(Cheers.) They had never, fur a single moment deierted the principles of the Charter, nor wood they cease to agitate until those principles became the law of the land.—(Loud cheers.) The Government had in creased the staqding army and the number of their spies and bludgeon-men. but this did not deter them ; for although the operations of the Chartists had been lately less noisy than before, yet they had not been the less cer tain or the less effectisc.—(Cheers.) Ha was not one of those who would advise them to resort to violence for the obtainment of their rights, but he would say of those alto had resorted to it, that they had been driven to it by the tyranny of their oppressors. The Chairman, after passing a warm culogiurn on the characters of Messrs. Frost, Williams, rind Jones, and requesting a fair hearing for all who might address them, sat down amidst loud I cheers. ATIIRNS DEC. 13, 18-10.—My correspondence has un foitunately been of a very gloomy description since King Otho assumed the reins of Government—his breach of all his prorni,es to the nation—his sanction of insults—un paralleled insults to Great Britain end her suljects—and of outrages, for which redress has in vain been demanded— his tortures by the Janissinies—these have been the sad themes on which I have had to write ; yet the Eaglish pubic feel but little intcrest for the fate of this country. No one can accuse Sr Edward Lyons of indifference, or want of energy, in demanding redress for the various English and lonian questions before King Otho's Cabinet; but all his exertions are useless. tie cannot even get answers to his just remonstrances. The fact is, that nothing—absolutely nothing—is done without the sanction of the King ; and he now does nothirg but kill time in pistol firing, exercise, gossiping, and sleeping ; not only his mind, but his body, is lost in the lalarintlial mastcs of papers in his cabinet, \\That must be thought of seventeen months having elapsed since a man was sen tenced to death, but strongly recommended to mercy ; and that, notwithstanding the earnest entreaties of his Majesty's 'Ministers and. others that the man should be pardoned, his Majesty cannot find tuna to decide the question, and the poor wretch is dyirig, of the agonies of suspense Poor Kairis is dying by inches, in virtue of the King's illegal decree for Lis incarceration ; he has &ready lust the use of his legs, and of one eye ; and let it not he sup posed that this is for any ofLuce against the Canons of the Church. No ; it is because he is not a bigot, but a Libe ral, and exercises immense influence over all venom he ap proaches ; and, consequently, the King fears him. A few months ago the Court of Accounts refused to pass M. Eichthat's accounts for the negotiation of the loan, on the ground that about 1 0001. was not properly accounted for. Upon this, King Otho sent for the papers, and now refuses to give them up again to the Cour des Comptes, saying that the Court should specify any paper it riquires, and then, if it be proper to be given them, it can be done Well, suspicions arose, and the Greeks cemplained that a Bavarian should be protected, while they were persecuted for the most trifling sums in the most vexatious manner. To suspicions have succeeded open declarations, that the King %% ished to contract a private loan with Eichthal, who retus , s to do so, until his accounts are passed in their pre sent shape I This Cs near the end of the third year in which no Bulget has been sent to the Council of State, and as the King is decorating his new palace most expensively, the Greeks suspect it is with their money he does it, the estiruve of the whole expense of the palace being 18,000,000 of drachmas (650,0001. sterling). And where does the money come from? they ask. Is it oat shameful to spend such a sum for a palace in such an impoverished country as Greece ? Mr. BALLS came forward to propose the first resolu tion, to the effect that the meeting being of opinion that the tr.al of Frost, Williams, and Jones had bean illegally proceeded with, as appeared by the decision of the Judges, they now called upon Government to order the immediate release of those persona, and to r,sore them to their homes and families. The voice of the peo ple, he said, had saved the lives of the convicts, and the voice. of the people must restore them again to their homes.—( Cheers). If they could contrive to have three or four thousand petition; pre!ented every week during the appioaehing session of Parliament, they would so annoy the Government that they would soon be glad to listen to their prayer.—( Hear, hear). It was the object of O'Connell and the Whigs—( Here there stns a crs for three groans for O'Connell, -which was heartily responded to) —to divert the Chartists from their principal objects by getting up an agitation for Household Suffrage, but The working classes were not to be humbugged by it, and the tima was not far distant when they would not ha even sstisficd with the Charter—( Great cheering)—when nothing would satisfy them short of a republic.—( Uproarious applause, and a cry of " three groans :or kingcraft," which was partially responded to.) The expression of feeling which bad just taken place convinced him of the truth of what he asserted, and the Government and Aristocracy might rely on it that if they wanted to secure property and establish monarchy upon a firm basis, they must grant the people their cal rights.—( Tremendous cheering.) Air. CAMERON seconded the resolution, which was pissed. A great number of other persons addressed the meeting in moving and seconding the adoption of the various petitions, after which, thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. A letter has been received from Benic Irk in Valencia, dated the 21st of December, describing the trade of that place. The exports ECCM to be confined to the shipment of wines to European and ether foreign ports ; and even this trade is said to be now on the dectii:e. Within the last twelve months only 7,000 pipes have been sent to foreign ports, the pipes being Mostly similar to those made for port wine for the United States, lc,land„ &c. According to this the export trade is nct above 35,0001., the pipes being estimated at about 3/. each A rivalsnip between Benicarlo cud Vinaros scents to interfere with the prosperity of both those towns. The shipments of wine from Vinaros scarcely amount to 6 . 000 pipes, valued at the low price of 31. 103. per pipe, the difference between this value and that of the Benicarlo wines being accounted for by the fact, that the latter are made up so as to sell for port wines, whereas the former have no such pre tensions, and the whole exports can only be valued therefore at 21,0001. The farmers in Valencia are said to be increasing their vine plantations in the most persever ing manner, so that it is thought not improbable that within a few years the quantity of raisins for export may be doubled. The trade in these with the farmer it carried on in at curious, and indeed an unsatisfactor way. On taking the fruit feom the farmers no price is fixed, but that i 3 to be given which shall prove to be the open- The discontent arising from these facts, and from the system of torture, &c., produced such a burst of indi,,na tion, that it was necessary to do something ; but King Otho knew that if he consulted the Greek Ministers, they would recommend him to remove the cause of dissatisfac tion ; so he had a midnight council of Bavarians, who pro posed placing the garrison under arms, and the guns were actually loaded under the very windows of the Foreign office to the astonishment of the Greek Minister and his secretaries, who knew not whether the fire was to be turncd upon them or upon the people. Twenty-four hours after the garrison of the capital had been under arms, and the Acropolis occupied by a body of infantry, to the exclusion of the Archrelegeses, the Mayor of Athens called upon the civil governor to know what it all meant, and they went together to ask the. Mi nister of the Interior, who in his turn went to the Minis lug price on a certain day on a certain month. The con s_ vence is, that rai..ins may be sold abroad without the seter actually knowing what they cost him; anil this un certain position is a rivist fertile source of litigation. The silk crop in Valencia is attended to solely by women and children, and tile time of these is not occupied for more than six weeks, so that the expense in collecting the whole is very trifling. The exchange at Valencia is 3*i. to d. per current dollar on London, and at dis count on Madrid. ter of War (a Bavarian), who would not tell him ! and yet King Otho rays he carries on the Government by working frankly with the Greek Ministers. All these matters arc noticed by the Greek press, and arc the subjects of conversation in the cafe, at the theatre, and in the diplomatic circles; but his Majesty is as cold and insensible to the remonstrances which are made, as he is to the tears and persuasions of his amiable and lovely Queen.—llerald. THE PYTCHLEY HOUNDS.—Our hounds, amongst many other packs, had excellent runs last week, commencing on Monday, at Buttock's Booth, by killing two foxes and running a third to ground. On Wednesday, they met at Oxendon, and found a gallant fox, directly, in \\ aterloo Gorse, which took across the finest line this grass country could show, and for half an hour the pace was very good, when the scent became colder, but they hunted him several miles to Loathland Wood, where they killed, though by some it was not thought to be the same fox. On Fri day they met at Crick, and showed a brilliant day's sport to an immense field of sportsmen. The fox was found in this famed cover, and at length got away, with the pack close at his brush. The first twenty minutes, a few only kept near them, when the pace became slower, and others got up. After some difficulties, the pack again set to run ning in earnest, r.nd killed him in the middle of a field. The time, about one hour after the fox broke cover. Wc cannot help congratulating Mr. Smith on his sport, after the difficulties he has had to encounter, and beg to add that we wet e pripared to expect a good report, having lately perused this gentleman's treatise on hunting, " The Diary of a Huntsman," a second and cheap edition of which, we observe, is just advertised. It appears to us entirely ori ginal, and, amongst the engravings, the sketch of a cast when the hounds are et fault, and the drawings of the fresh and the exhausted fox, &c., &c., are excellent.—Ex tracted.from the Northampton Herald of Saturday, Die. TIIE SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS.- Monday forenoon consider/IWe excitement prevailed in Bethnal green and Spitaifie:ds in consequence of a procession of near 500 Spitalficids weavers, whose object was found to be to wait upon four of the largest silk manufacturers in Spitalfields who had determined to reduce the wages of the journeymen silkwcavers who are employed in the velvet-weaving department from 3s. a yard to 2s 9d. a yard. The manufacturers who have come to this deter mination arc Messrs Stone and Kemp, Spital-square ; Mr. Tarrant, Stewart-street ; Mr. Gibson, Spital-square ; and Mr. Graham, Spita!-square, and who employ above 800 men. The various shops connected with those respec tive manufacturers, after having several meetings, resolved to appoint delegates, two from each shop, to wait upon their employers. Oa Monday they assembled for that purpose at the Pitt's !lead, Pitt -street, Bethnal green, about nine o'clock, and from thence proceeded along the Bethnal-green-road to Spital-square and Stewart-street. 'The delegates, after seeing the manufacturers, returned with the body of the weavers to the houses where each shop has its shop meetings, when they were informed that an arrangement had been come to, and that the masters would first have a meeting before they gave a definite answer. The weavers preserved the greatest order, and after hav ing received information of the interview returned to their homes. DARING ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT A TRAIN ON TILE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.-On Tuesday Robert 11111 Henry \Velstcd, Thomas Williams, William Bartram, and Henry Sutton, all labourers on the railway, were brought before I. Hodgson, Esq., charged with hav ing, on Thursday, the 24th of December, attempted to obstruct a train upon the railway. About half-past nine o'clock on the evening in question it appeared that these men went in a body to the Wigston station, and, in a threatening and violent manner, called upon the keeper to s•op the train then due and momentarily expected from Rugby to Leicester. The mode in which this was to be effected was by showing the "red light." They said they wanted to go to Leicester, and would insist upon the train being stopped to take them up. Foster, the keeper, re monstrated against such language as Welsted used, who roundly told him that, unless he did as was desired, he would dash his brains out against the gate. As the keep( r wart resolute in his refusal, the party threatened that they would tear up the gate, and, by flinging it on the rail, overturn the train. This threat, however, was not carried into effect, owing to the decision and firmness of the keeper, who, partly by loroa and partly by en treaty, persuaded them to deist. Finding that their object here was defeated, the party walked towards Leicester. Foster, apprehending that some mischief might be done by the way, followed them until they had got as far as the Knighton viaduct. There he was fortunately the means of e saving the life of Bartram. This individual fell across .s rails at a time that the train was not more thau_,e2)sOeyaa.erdte off, and was instantly dragged off by Foster. 11 the facts deposed to. There were two trainstlientie c t om coming from Rugby within a short distance of each o ther, pas senger and luggage trains. Ilad the gate to ‘ the might rails ba a v s e threatened, great, tahnedd peoplee struct io n would b o-fltiefee foundand prop. flun l). "Y o ex_ s&c•e. There was som e ex claim against negligent drivers, f t this y outragewete This defendants. They t s e t a n t il e a d ti ?..l h ia o t was , not eon. ' C l iia a r s a i c t ur• i tc h n t sobrietyhave ad s'.e l al - ne l a s u s . e ff re r , e , d .fre b s y h t . h”e been. 11 - I s alsoid e rteld the a b n en a e g fi g t ra o v f at a io from Mr. Betts. Welsted was fined 5/., Williams 2.1., rath o Sutton 11., Hill and Bartrain 15s. each. The entire of t h e mone y was paid, and the parties left the office.—Lei cester Chrollicle. DEPLonABLE OCCURRUNCE.--Monday morn deplorable ing, between one ar.d two o'cl oc k , t h e following accident occur red, from smoking a ciga r i n b e d, t o \Villi arn . Henry Merrideth, Esq., a gentlemen residing in York street, Bryanston-square. It is supposed that he dropped a ct e cr, and the lighted cigar fell on the bed clothes, which ignited, and before he was aroused to his danger ho un fortunately was burnt in a dreadful manner. 19, 1840.) RAILWAY INDICATOR.—A machine has re cently been exhibited, called an " Indicator" of the passing of carriages or trains on railways. This instru ment is designed, and will most completely effect the in ventor's intention, to show to the conductors of a suc ceeding train the distance in time of a train in advance, through a period of fifteen minutes or longer if necessary —thus holding out the caution to trains in quick socees aion that there arc only two, three, or mote minutes apart, and to use their locomotive power accordingly. For night service the usual coloured light is presented by the ma chine for the same period. It is suggested that an indi cator should be placed at each mile along the line of way, by which means a complete and never-failing s)stem of signals will be established at the first cost of 201. per'mile, and the annual expense of about for lights.—lncent o r's Advocate. We learn from Ow Kentish papers that H. P. Gipps, Esq., withdrawn as a candidate for the repre sentation of Canterbury, which will become vacant on the meeting of Parliament by the resignation of one of the present Members. We learn also from the same source that the lien Mr. Smythe, the son of Lord Strangfcrd, will be the Conservative candidate. For the sound poli tical principles of Mr. S:nythe the name of his noble father is a sufficient guarantee ; and we rejoice to add thet this gentleman possesses every personal claim to the confi dence and support of the electors of Canterbury that high character and eminent at•ainments can confer. _M orn i ng Post. It is with regret that we announce the death of Dr. Balmant,o, on the 31A ult., at en rdvanced age. He was the last physician of the old school, whom the changes of the times have left amviigst us. —G /avow courier. MORN !NO ED . 1 :1 1 ),_ ON; r -31 R-1 -! IDDELL, 31. P., AND THE l CHARTISTS. On Monday the London Chartists InNI C grand field-day ------os---. n Clerkenwen_ green . Th e os t en sible o cject of the meet- ! The following corr e sp on d ence has passed between the ng was to a d opt a memor i a l to her 151 jests an d petirons I Hoeg. H. T. Liddell, the representative of tire northern. to Parliament, praying the release of Frob:': ‘Villiarns, i division of this county, and Mr. J. Ilerasley,actlad fur the and Jones. The summons by which the trcetit'c 7" gun- i (Copy.) " Sunderland, Dec. 28.1840. Surztlerland Chartists t— vened directed that th e severa l b ranc h b o di es befolig-n7 to i the metropolis should assembl e i n Ci er ke nwe ll-green, z!ll'', `frost, W:I " Sir,-- -. lisms, and Jones, hav e i ns t ruc t e d me to asccr -The Commit,e e a pp o i n t e d f or t h e reF toraiion of march thence in procession t o t h e White Conduit home, where the real business o f t h e d ay was apointed i t...tn whether you would su pp or t an Add ress to t h e Queen, to come off. 1 6: ,,,, also present and support petitions to Parliament, erns w At four o'clock the Lambeth branch, p rece d e d by a l tit fiolll public meetings o n N e Years' Day, for ;hat ilo band of music, arrived on the ground, and after parading puiTioiSoC;;lng, ;:ou will generously assist in this way to ac -.lent a work, await your answer, in the front of Lunt 's Coffee-house, where the leaders were assembled, they took up their position on 1 camplish so beneNs. - , e-street." ruly "L. HEMSLEY. the right of the green going towards Goswell- ' " )(mini . ~ ' street. This body was accompanied by an immense ban- ; " Grocery Store, Brio,, tier, bearing the inscription, " Oil I Legislators, why should men unite to obtain justice?" The next force that arrived was " The Tower Hamlets National Chartist A-isociatiori" (as they described themselves on on,: of their banners) , the reverse of which bore a motto concerning the " Welsh Martyrs." Numerous other bAlies speedily followed, each accompanied by banners and a band of music, and at five o'clock the crowd assembled must have excec ded a thousand, During this time a number of Ma gistrates (who had stayed to dinner at the (:ourt-arouse, after the fatigues of the day, yesterday being the first day of the Ses:ions) amused themselves by gazing at the pro cession, without any apprehension apparently of a disturb ance of the peace. With the exception of two or three policemen, who were lounging listlessly about the Court house door, no preparations ,ppeared to have been made fur such an event. , (Copy.) " Eslington House, Dec; 29 1840. Sir,—ln your letter which ma shed me this morning, you ask me, on the part of the Comm:ttee, sshe tiler I will present and support petitions to Parliament for e pardon of Alesers. Frost, Williams, and Jones, emanatir: g • from public meetings which are to be held for the purocsc of preparing such petitions. " I should certainly feel it my duty to present any I..cti lions to the House of Cmeinions which may be cutrustcs to my charge by any class of iry fellow-countrymen, provici c thy be re-pectfully worded. " Lilt as to 2upporting the pcayer of a petition for the pardon of great criminals, I tell you distinctly I can do au such thing. These men bare not only been four, -1 guilty cf an overt act of hirdi treason (the greatest crime kno, , n to our statute book); but,' in my opinion, they are likewise to be held re sponsible for the deaths of those unfortunate an misguided men whore blued was shed in the attack upon Newport, and they are thus doubly guilty of treason and . - nurder. Such being my deliberate opinion, I can have no synfoathy with such °Enders, nor can I support any petition for their pardon and liberation. I am, yours truly, " Mr. J. Ilerwley." " IL T. LIDDELL." —Durham Aducrtiser. RETIRING FROM BUSINESS• (From the Charivari.) It is the nature of man to be doing ; whatever may be his age and position, he must have an occupat,ion of some Fort, whether physical or intellectual ; I do not believe in thepussibility of absolute idleness, not even, in i!.be de pendents on the charity of the lisle-civile. I have not chosen this theme in order to discuss if at length ; heaven preserve me from it, and you also, reae..iene That which you have mistaken for the grave introductiaaa to a learned dissertation was nothing more than a rake , tion into which I was led while contemplating from my window an excellent and worthy neighbour of mine, TIL Frornegeot. This respectable paterfamilias, lcf whom I will not say that age hitene,2 his vcncrabc locks, seeing that for the last ten years his head had cast oil that ornament as; a superflJity which hairdressers and bear's grease had rendered too expensive, and not long since exercised the profession of haberdasher, in the rue St. Denis, the favoured eparter of tl.is useful class. His ledgers were well filled, and kept with scrupulous exactitude; but ha had a clerk to whom these delicate functions were exclusively consigned. From morn to dewy eve his shop was crowded with purchasers; but here again he kept apprentices, whose they it was to unfold, exhibit, and re fold his wares. M. Fromageot had reserved for himself no special task but that, as he expressed himself, of keep ing an eye on everything, meaning that he spent the whole day in circulating, whh his hands in Ins breeches-pockets, from the shop to the counter, from the counter to the shop. stimulating with a word or a look the activity of his men, who, notwithstanding, performed their duties neither bet ter nor worse. Nevertheless Madame Fromageot, a lady who, from time to time, does me the honour to exchange remarks on the state of the temperature or the demand for night-caps, does not remember a single instance, during the last twenty years, of her husband going to bed without; exclaiming " What a weary life ! When shall Ibe able to retire from business and repose myself?" But this is the accusti med exclamation of all who labour to gain a living or save a competency ; and I have further übseived I that the moment this retirement has arrived, they all look I on the repose to long the object of their wielles in about the same light as M. Fromageot. Would yen know bow my neighbour enjoys his repose now that be is shut up in a charming little country house where all the crux torts of existence arc to be found ? This is what I have isitne.eted from the first day of the year .0 the last. At four in the morning in summer, at seven in winter, M. Fromageot throws himself from a bed of thrice-driven down ; he puts on a blouse, steps ieto an enormous pair of sabots, dt fends his head with a nightcap striped blue and white, heaps upon his shoulder a spade, a pickaxe, a rake, a pitchfork, and a dibber, takes up a large basket, whereto are methodically arranged his cabbage, salad, sand straw berry plants, and away he trudges to his garde's. There he sticks for twelve or fifteen hours, his spine continually bunt, making holes in the ground, tracing furrows, planting endive and lettuce, weeding beans, digging potatoes, with all the ardour of the most inveterate market-gardener, Think not that he allows himself the least cessation to his labours. Yesterday he was picking caterpillars from his plum-trees ; to-day he is renewing a border of thyme which is not more than GOO feet in length ; to-morrow he will have to drive 2,000 nails to trail his vines and peach trees, Though the wind blow with all its fury, though the ran; pour down in torrents, though the sun dirt his vertical rays on him, though the hairs of his bear.? stiffen w ith the sleet of January, he is stanch to Lis post, stanch as a bravo soldier on the field ef glory ; a visit from his dearest 1r :end could not induce him to forego one stroke of his spade; and if, peradveeture, the temptation of satisfying his vanity shsubl lead him for a few moments from his :rusk in arder to di v l.iy with pti•-lc gii. ; nntic rurrirkin to an admiring emeteu-, or to recount the history of some marvellous graft, he would tike care, on going to bed, to advance his alaruin one hour that he night, ins he would say, recover lost time. lie often forgets his breakfast hour, and the same thing would happen with his dinner, were it not :list his wife, after having in vain called bins two or three times, tears him almost by force from his well beloved plantations. When a violent storm, or a bard frost, renders all gar dening operations impracticable, and condemns M. Fro mageot to keep within doors, the poor man really looks like a perturbed spirit.; he wanders fretfully from one room to another, descends into the cellar, goes up into the gar ret, geartels with Lis wife, scolds his servant, until he is struck, as with lightning, with the brilliant idea or split . the.; wooel, or making a new railing for his rabbit hutch. For such repose as M Fromageot amassed !Irene on ;sane for the last 20 years, tuitl he has realised a cipital of 200,0001., and he reckons on et joi j ing this sweet repose tor the next 30 years, unless it procuie him some ieflam mation of t ho chest to carry him off premeturely. Thus M. Fromageot, alter reposing all the while he fancied he was working, works all the while he fancies be is reposing. It is the history of many of his tellow.mcn. APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE EXPLO SION OF SrEAtit Bomsas —The frequent explosion of steam-boilers, caused in many instances by the steam being col.fined until it acquires a density gi eater than the boiler can icsist, has led to the invention ef a self-actin; aiepara tus, intended to warn the engineer whenever the pressura exceeds the proper degree of s.,,fey. The apparatus is con-tructed on th© principle that steam, in proportion to its density, will supp o rt a co l umn o f wa t er , or mercur y, o f a given height, and that any fluid will find the same level in two or more vessels, provided there he a free communica tion between them. It may be called a mercurial safety valve, and consists of a cylinder, within which ;ire two cups, with two pipes dipping into them of a loneth proportioned to the pressure of :he steam ; these pipes art connected at the top with two valves on one spindle, so arranged, as that when one is ern the other must be closed. 01 the top is a waste steam-pipe open to the atrnosilere. One pipe being filled with mercury, and the valve con nected with it being open, the mercury remains sta tionary until the pressure of the steam exceeds its proper point. It will then be blown out and fall intl the empty cup, allowing - the steam to escape by the waste pipe, end giving warning to the engineer by its noise. When the pressure is again reduced to its proper point the valve is reversed, and the mercury will, on the next occasion of an increase of pressure, be blown back again, still giving warning on the other side.—Herald. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 31.—We had a terrible journey last night, or rather this morning. About two o'clock I was alarmed by feeling the carriage in which I was sitting jump in a most extraordinary manner ; it throv me with considerable violence against the roof of the ear: riage. A series of the most hideous jerks followed , throwing the unfortunate passengers in our carri a g e f rom fi itch , side to side like tennis-halls. The alarm was ":_ o n me worse than the jolting. Knowing that there , If is down, me dium in railway accidents, I at once set in Blisworth sta common with the rest of the newspapers. of a "frightful accident" paragraph passengers, for subject At last they stopped for a moment in tt stop the train, which was the state of our carriage till it w as just happened, ha and tion. I out to a porter, who a time delayed o t to look at h to: then saw too late the accident that were doomed to used all manner of expedients to once more in motion, be dragged fifteen miles by the remorseless engine in the but in vain, and we riage would be dashed to pieces. I utmost tear that the ear never rode fifteen nilles so nervously in nay life—the minutes seemed hours. At last we stopped at Weedon, and on exami nation we foued the " break" (a heavy in strument for stopping the carriage) Was lying across the rail an d ; till attached to the c.irriago, so that we rode over it on the rail several times ; how it happened that we were not thrown (,ff the line is to me a mystery ; the carriage was 2o shattered that we were obliged to leave it on the road, and get a fresh one at Birmingham. It delayed us a t an unfrequented station two hours. lam not much the worse, but am as sore as if I had been well heaten.—Cor respondent of a Jl l orrt irrq Paper. TH E DISTRESS IN SPITALFIELDS.—A few weeks ago some of the journeymen Spitalficlds silkweavers, being deiirous that the silk trade should obtain the pa tronage of her Majesty and the nobility, resolved to exe cute a piece of workmanship from the Jacquard loom, in order to show that British skill was equal, if not superior, to that of French weavers, and a design was invented, and a pattern of a portion of it produced, which attracted great admiration. Since then, in consequence of a communi cation to the Queen through Lord Normanb3, ht,st• Majesty has condescended to state that she will patronise a fancy dress ball, the dresses of which arc to be the produce of British manufacture. Several patterns of silks have been laid before her Majesty for her approval. A meeting of some of the manufacturers, at which several journeymen 1 weavers were present, was held on Saturday, at the house of the Rev. 11. Taylor, Incumbent of All Saints, Mile-end, to make arrangements to receive the patterns made choice 1 of by her Majesty. 1111. O'COIsoiELL AND DR COOK.—It is con fidcntiy stated that Dv. Cook intends to challenge Mr. O'Connell to meet him in a public discussion of the Re ' peal question,, whe n t h e L earne d G ent l eman arrives in B e lfast.—Bqfast Whig. tic )0, ol ,cl. w d, 00 aig • .~. ~;.: