The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-18 00:00:00

EVEN ING SUN Al -41 ToNAL MERCANTILE E D„ r. =CURREY, Esq., in the is a t The M embers and Friends of this Society will Dine to tth ;I_Bll4_Lioittion Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, on NONDAY, -nenaberiat Six o'Clock ,precisely. At the,nar o:• Tickets, One Guinea, li e s oe f the London Coffee-house and at the Office of le % Arthur- street W est, Lon d on- bridge. Al ust rea dy' in 2 vol s . B ro , with numerous Illustrations, rILGRIM M AGE TO AUVERGNE, PROM PICARDY TO LE VELAY. utlillSS L OUISA STUART COSTELL9; _se Mbarot.. A Summer amongs t th e B oc ages and the Vines, & . Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, o r di narh, y to her Majesty. qis MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His M AJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, h oin His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, 111141"/THORISED and GUA RANTEED several DIS- 1 !,„14, TI ONS or MONEY DIVIDEND', w hich (thou gh . , P N LoTTERIES) °ler many possibilities of ob tai n 14.‘0E FORTUNES, IN E BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, tltlj;! * SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS 1, 01 10 N S. ktret:°ns desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions itc Li e, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO uS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to Ilisv b HEINE BROTHERS. IllE - 1 ,7& o XT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI -4:2514 f 5,00 0 4600 £llO £7O 400 100 60 1,0 00 200 90 50 • • 150 80 Sterling. 120 ',"nOTHERS having remitted during a short time it °°' ' B .OOO/ , 9 , 0001, 5,0001. , 3,600/., &c. &c. &c., to 4 3,600/.; 840/. id 700/. to Edinburgh ; to . 1 ' 2( 4 3600/. t o Beverle • • 3 60(1/. to Halifax (Yorkshire), 4301 ;I° 9Pctooritleaven_ _Harbo ) r 9001., 700/. and 6001. to Li tt, ; tad 60n, to Newcastle upon-Tyne ; 900/. to Hull ; ut. to Manchester ; 7001. to East Retford (Not- L ( ord ; Lr); 600/. to Bideford ; 6001. to Cork ; 600/. to llt 1 1; tY shall f ee l g l a d to rem it many , Dividends of 4 'et 'kr for P ro spectu s E ansrition to d al Parti lnd cu Irelars,d,an and besa land. n - nithout delay, either RUNE BROTHERS, at HAMBUtIGH, 1 0 HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. T H E "TR -E ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN: he M ANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, • w WI III,, THIS EVENING, DEC. IR, t; Hare "Rated Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, . 44 't • 4 " ; Flavius,Mr. Clement White, Oroveso, Sir. Adai g i sa Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; „ft, r 414 by Miss Adelaide Kemble. 1 , ,, r which, CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes `4l . ig;" l a fth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley ; h _ 4 (bur' s 4a4 ane Vestr' s. . s e e e4e n neri t half-past 7 S s i!—the performances to E gtii 4 e* at , Second Price, 3s. 6d.; Skii.,4etono Ci . re!es r . " s s s. ;Tec ' ond . Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; t 4 14 ,. ;oh: 4 ' e 2 ‘.; Gallery, Is. Tickes and places for t he taken of Sir. Grogan at the Box-o ffi ce, from :r qtte r t lo wn ere Season Tickets may be had upon applicat ion. „xes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andreors, bookse ller, (1/2 n ond-st rest. 4°ll laY, Norma, with The Wooden Leg, and Free and " Ir) ER 1,..,40YAL SURREY THEATRE. `"E AIANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. ci=accessli of Shakspere's T 'tragedies, powe rfully cast— Ws? th an, Sir. Ph e l ps , M r . H ug h es , an d the whole ta 0' e C °Mparly. 1 4, T HIS EVENING, DEC. IS ti"ed Shaksp, re'• Tragedy of JULIUS C/ESA R.— 'rt A rut" Gra ham • Caius Cassius, Mr. Phelps ; 4th nt, M • • Mrs. H. Vining. .r. H. Hughes ;eveling Tin% 'ue with the successful French Drama of lip DO'k e d intense interest, THE TWO LOCKSMITHS, JITY AND CRlME.—Characters by Messrs. zliek Smith, Neville, Sirs. Vining, Sirs. Daly, &c. t Ntlp At -A - y AL VICTORIA THEATRE. "' ( her E DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. of continu ous success h as a dd e d f res h l aure l s to 'ltkhlitili,ant career of thi s now magn iff een t and favourite rne nt• Third week of " The Locksmiths." th t i lie Two T HIS EVENING, DEC. 18 LON DON LOCKSMITHS; or,the BANKER, 1 1t . Altu ra and the WlLL.—George Davis, Sir. E. F. Sa • tlirdnY, Mr. D a l e; Burl, Sir. Seaman , Tom Lively, tine . r Barfly Cly, Mr. Paul ; Emily, Mrs. Lee. ;o_ S IN I ON LEE.—Simon Lee, Mr. E. F. Sa -1111% Msss Vincent. li:110. with THE FLOATING BEACON,— Jack . 1 -es; - n• ri F. Saville; Angerstoff, Mr. Date; Marlette, qste3, Stine, Mrs. Howard. tt tr:::Plt, I s.-- Geller), 6d.—Half-price to the Boxes an past Eight. PO P ULATION RETURNS. a ve h ad titu. SO many inquiries for The Sun, t} qt li g an abst ract of the Population Returns, kbi t lve s hall rep u bli sh the tables, with consider dditions, on Saturday ) next, the 25th inst. )411 RAILWAY SUN 4s No* =‘, 110 E-P ÜBLISHING, v, PRI CE SIXPENCE. ,CIIINA SUN, P r yAND TIIE 44 AMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, s tit PRICE SIXPENCE EACII. `Of f ice, Dec. 18, 1841. k ")/ WEATHER.—NOON, DECEMBER 18. 14 ,herl C, ALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE - STREET . •.iri o , 4. eter... 30 1 Highest 36 I Lowest . 22 ` , : . e ',.„......L29.5:-Wind S.E.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. eti ou LIVATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW — 3O minutes after & I Evening ..... 48 minutes after 5. 4,_lk et? \ • * ...4 e . ..„ ... .. , 7 , L''',.:„ , '' 4 „:: FN' ----‘' ic,,, 0, Atit, LONDON: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1841. The.._—.4.— th Q ile ws recently arrived from America ds h o y f ;14811°1)41e repudiation of the State Bon . ' 4 th t , -te o f Mis p sissippi naturally excites distrust I llst , paper securities of all the American States. made 4 ; A i ti a ng loud complaints, properly To r jstutilis meditated injusti a c r e e . •qty (4 mrnals have not neglected the opportu- Of course, the Nad sneering at Republicanism, and have . a n t , 41 sst,- B ; Pek en of the conduct of the inhabitanitst be Ir3lll4telitiolltillitia-ies a proof of how little relianceca and decisions of popular assemblies er th eir Principles of the multitude, whenev es. kry , 111 1 te rest is concerned. It is hardly nee li ltrib e °w ever, to remind our readers, when ° , ll lO , - ,, 5 , 11r e daily poured forth on the utter want ' 1 4;14 4 - t i"'y in the Governments of Spain and Por k' in 'lEit dishonesty in loan transactions is by ' ) esilf (- , ns Peculiar to Republics. Indeed, it may 1 e IY Sill 1 14 Co, (1 ) as the Republic in such transactions . 'll ll- 41e af ter several Monarchies, that it has That its dishonesty from them. kti ve dsillgie remark might suffice for a compa -1111, - Th el ence of the Republic; let us, however,. ` l Qt N t : 'v°id cavils, that the Bank Restriction iCkti qn ' ts ' in truth, a repudiation of pecuniary o the Nrr e :' w hich led to the gradual extension of ''tei l j )r ' and the - robbery of all creditors to _tlnie.. ,l'ln tii , °F 30 Per cent. Nor is there a single U o , Is'ill ilitp i i it Qf Europe which has not been guilty ‘, _ .o : 4r (2 1 1 : ;rands. The financial history of the time Of t " GOvernment of France, from the ti_ s. li on t .,' l ‘‘,.) Was one unbroken succession of di cro, financial expedients, till they were finallyas tiR447.1 by the wholesale confiscation of the like Il l,kin f , s Ystern, during the Revolution. In "•'in,, r tile Governments of Austria, Prussia, (14,,irrk) Sweden, Russia, &c., &c., subse ,lll')liej to the general introduction of paper_ '"etaiii .-- Prior to which they continually debased l'Ni t. . e ' c oin, and so continually cheated their Ll4nksor"---seized hold of the management o pap er 'yr established them, and issued a spurious iti v ab : o their own name, which was depreciated , kly B " xi e from 1,000 to 30 per cent. " In 1810/ Pl'ep,ix; S Toacx, to quote an example of a d . iS an t ,: °n areby, the _depreciation of the fbrce c tl i „, l PaPer (money) in Austria, was such, tllii.. t - ' a silver florin exchanged for twelve or !Ilk: " Paper florins." The most fraudulently nlst, 'l : e d , bank in the United States supplies no tli e l ge of greater fraud than was committed . iy kU,'•,. —°vernment of the empire of Austria. eo , 'tire I e t, when its creditors asked for payment 14011sed them at the point of the bayonet. /1 4;; circumstances prove that whatever frauds .. 4 tic, .14ve.been committed wider Republican in 1447 t ions, with State Stocks and State-paper s tetlICY) they may be fully matched by what.hal (in‘? - dune under the most pure Monarchical r n s u c , t nents of Europe. pro of , Bt uteinents, let us add, are some of d th — e tha t 1.1 ----many more of which could be adduce in tt Ali many who possess political power, whether "Publics or Monarchies, should not also be intrusted with the power of issuing paper money. In fact, that is a branch of commerce which ought to be left, like every branch of commerce— like growing food, or making cloth—exclusively in the hands of private individuals. At the same time, the publicity which all transactions re ceive in a Republic, necessarily prevents the State there from suddenly and secretly inflicting injury on public creditors either at home or abroad, as very frequently has been done in Mo narchies by the despotic decrees of their rulers. In truth the very action we are now discussing is a proof of the superior advantages possessed by the Republic. When the Monarchical Go vernments of Spain and Portugal resolved to postpone the payment of the interest of their debts, and to render them nearly valueless in the market, they did so at once by a decree, and there was no redress. The intention to do some thing of the same kind in the United States is first made known, next it becomes the subject of discussion in the public press, and influences the election of the members of the State Legis lature who will have to decide on the question; and finally the whole proceedings in that Legis lature are open to investigation before the deci sion is come to. Thus, the parties interested in the decision, though they live in Europe, have an opportunity to bring the force of public opinion to bear on the State and inhabitants of Mississippi, and induce them to come to an honest decision. Moreover, the whole of the original transactions were subject to repeated discussions, and the transgression of the Consti tutional law, in the course of those transaction 3, on which the repudiation of the bonds is now founded, might have been known to those who lent their money, and should have excited their suspicion. Nothing of the kind could be known in despotic. States, where the conditions offered by the Governments on contracting the loan, and the decrees repudiating them at pleasure, are all which the plundered creditors have to console them for their loss. The course which the people of Mississippi, it is said, mean to take in respect to the debt they have already contracted, seems indefensible. At the same time, when we see the name of NicuoLits BIDDLE and the United States Bank mixed up with the transaction,—when we recol lect the manner in which sundry loans have been brought out on various stock exchanges, the contractors knowing, perhaps, as was probably known in this case, that there was something disingenuous in the concoction of the loan, which they nevertheless puffed off to the skies, and having sold all the scrip, operated to reduce its value in the hands of their dupes,—we must say, when we know and recollect these and similar circumstances, that the people of several States have come to a wise resolution not to allow the States in future to contract any such obligations. National and State debts, even when contracted, as many of them have been in America, to pro mote internal improvement, are a heavy yoke and bondage to all succeeding generations. We are indebted to the Morning Post for abridgement of an excellent lecture on the war between Great Britain and China, delivered at a meeting of the Massachusetts Historical So ciety, by that eminent statesman and patriot JoHN QUINCY ADAMS, ex-President of the United States. As Mr. ADAMS had dis tinguished himself throughout the Ame rican Union by his bold and uniform de nunciation of slavery, domestic and foreign, and as on every occasion he seeks to base even his political views upon the code of morals contained in the New Testament, the religious world will naturally feel eager to learn his sentiments upon a dispute which attracts the attention of the whole civilized world. Well, Mr. ADAMS justifies the war on the part of England. He even does more, for he ex pressesa stonish men t that, after the provocations which we received, war was not sooner resorted to by the British Government. He considers that all Christian States trading with China have a right to compel the Chinese Government to treat them upon a footing of perfect equality. It is curious to find JOHN QUINCY ADAMS express ing- as his decided conviction an opinion which has -over and over again been repeated in the leading columns of The Sun during the opium controversy—namely that war was jus tified at the instant of the lamented Lord NA PIER'S expulsion from China. This opinion of ours was ridiculed and attacked at the time by several of our Contemporaries—it found no echo i❑ the Cabinet; and yet now we have the ex-President of the United States bearing his testimony to its justice and sound policy. There is a dearth of political news in the French Journals of Thursday. The Opposition papers only await the sentence of the Court of Peers upon DUPOTY, editor of the Journal du Peuple, to declare war to the knife against that tribunal. The Peers, on their part, are eager for a conflict with the Press, the liberties of which they are bent upon crushing at any and every risk. If the Court of Peers find M. DUPOTY guilty, it will have scattered to the winds the Charter of 1830. What revolu tionist will afterwards hesitate to follow the ex ample of the Peers. It will be recollected that the Company to which the Britannia steamer belongs, was sentenced to pay 700,000 francs to the Phenix Company, or to give up the boat, which caused the accident. The boat was seized, and declared to be a French vessel (Francaise), and was on the point of resuming its service, when in order to get rid of a competition which would destroy its monopoly on the line between Havre and London, the English Company has thought fit to claim from the Phenix Company 50,000 francs, as an indemnity fur the damage su&red by the Britannia in sinking the Phenix. Thus, if an incendiary, set ting fire to a house, should have his hand burnt, the owner would be bound to pay for salve to cure the wound. —Commerce.. • _ _ _ _ . _ The German Journal of Frankfort mentions that the States of Brunswick have, by a majority of 33 to 13, decided that the Grand Duchy shall, from the Ist of next month, join the German Customs Union, in virtue of the treaty of the 19th of October last. A letter from Posen, of the 2d inst., states that Count d'Arnim had set but for Warsaw suddenly on a mission of importance, which was supposed to relate to some in tended modifications of the restrictive Customs system on the Russian frontier. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, DEC. 16. r hat Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Centi lid 10 ... , 16 50 ... 116 0 ... 116 45 4 per Cents lOO S 5 ... 1. 0 85 ... 100 85 ... lOu 85 3 per Cent.. ex div 7B 20 •18 30 ... 78 20 ... 78 25 Loan lank of crane., Latritte Rank' LOOM. Si area lu3 k 25 ... 1 e 26 25 ... 1035 ... 11l- 5 . 5,0001. St=ares 3860 ...5060 ...1055 ...5055 etelrrian Rank Belgian 3 per Lent,., 1840 lO3 ... 103 ... 103 ... 143 . 1 ....i5n Active 24% ... 2134 ... 24% ... • :AK Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% Meapolitar, ,ex div. Roman..., . 102% ... 102% ... 102% ... 1(12% Portuguese 5 per Cents. RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Konen 5.‘,41/, .. , 4BO ... 480 ... 480 ... 41-0 Mulhausen to Thann 383 ... 385 ... 385 ... 38.5 'Li...waft° Ban .shares red 2:. , 0 . 225 ... 220 ... 2:3 75 ____....._.__ We have received Madrid Journals of the 9th inst. The abuse of ESPARTERO by Mr. O'CoN NELL has excited the general indignation of the inhabitants of that capital. Mr. O'ComiELL has an old trick, of which it is, we fear, too late to cure him, of speaking a great deal of matters of which he knows nothing. Mr. O'CONNELL un derstands the state of his own country better, perhaps, than any man in it, but he is out of his element when he attempts to dis of foreign policy, upon which cus s questions We always find him displaying profound ignorance. If the people of Madrid were only aware of Mr. O'CONNELL'S habitual blunders in this way, they would pay very little attention to what he says of the Regent. On the Madrid Bourse on the 9th Fives closed at 321 fur cash, and 331 at sixty days. There was but little business doing. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Couneil sat this morning to hear Appeals. There were present :—Lord W harncliffe, Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Erskine, and Dr. Lushington. Lord Aberdeen arrived in town this mornin g from Windsor Castle. His Lordship presented the new Danish an d S axon Ministers to he r Majesty yesterday, , on their arrival in this coun try; and on Thursday pre sen t e d the new Ame rican Minister, Mr. Everett. The Marquis of Clanricarde, British Ambassador at St.Yetersburgh under the Melbourne Administration, has just arrived at Paris. ~. 'SUMMARY OF NEA AND litibitt Opinion. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Civil war continues to devastate Syria. The Chris tians and Druses are slaughtering each other without mercy. The Druses supplied by Nczibe Pacha, the Go vernor, with ammunition, have ravaged and burned the whole country surrounding Deir-el-Kamr. The Eng lish-Consul-General at Beyrout affords the fly ing Chris tians all the protection in his power. The Druses want a Napier among them. The correspondent of the Chronicle, writing from Con stantinople on the 24th of November, thus alludes to the state of Syria :—" Syria, for the last eight months, has presented the most lamentable picture of local misrule, intrigue, mismanagement, and insubordination that was ever witnessed in that, or in any other portion of the Ottoman empire. French, English, Austrians, Russians, Egyptians, and even American missionaries have all been actively engaged, and all apparently acting upon diffe • rent views and systems,.and moreover with different ob jects. The result is, that Syria is in a worse condition than it ever was under Ibrahim Pacha, and the Porto.has little left but to regret a restoration which, in its effects, is worse even than a privation. So much so indeed, that no one must be surprised if the Sultan were ere long to propose to restore the temporary pachalic to the son of Mehemet Ali. M. de Lurde is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of France at Buenos Ayres. The Council of Commerce, Agriculture, and Industry was opened on Thursday' by the Minister of Commerce. The principal questions to which he directed their at tention were the importation . of cattle—the question of beet-root sugar—that of iron, and of a modification of the tariff in general connected with the projected treaty with Belgium. Extract of a letter from Berlin, dated 6th inst.:— " The commission of Plenipotentiaries on the German Customs Union has already held two meetings, under the Presidency of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Hitherto, as we learn, they have been exclusively en gaged upon the question of sugar' duties. The repre sentative of Electoral Hesse has declared that his Go vernment will never encourage the manufacture of beet root sugar, but the majority of the Commissioners from the north and south of Germany are favourable to it. The accession of Austria is talked of, and the negotia tions with Hanover are going on well" Another correspondent writes on the Bth :—" It has been decided by the Commission on the Customs - Union that, from the Ist of January next, the duty on lump sugars shall bO raised to ten rix-dollars the quintal. India sugars will remain at five rix-dollars. The Envoys from Saxony and Electoral Hesse have not yet been heard, but are waiting for further instructions from their Governments. There is no doubt, however, that the tesolutions will be adopted unanimously. Our Levant mail, with letters from Constantinople of the 27th, Alexandria of the 26th, and Smyrna of the 29th, has arrived. The five Turkish vessels prepared for sea, which so much disquiet the French press, are probably to whiter in a harbour on the Albanian coast, and some of them at Volo. Zekeriah Paella had re turned to Constantinople. runzic OPINION. The Advertiser observes, in a leading article evidently penned under a strong apprehension that the doctrines of Puseyism will spread far and wide through the coun try—" Of all the tyrannies to which the human mind was ever subjected, there is none so degrading, or so much to be dreaded, as a religious tyranny. Tyranny begun with religion, nOwer ends with religion. It is sure, sooner or later, to extend itself to man's civil and politi cal privileges also. Spiritual tyranny and civil liberty cannot co-exist. They must come into collision, and un fortunately, in the majority of past conflicts, the latter has been the vanquished combatant. In appealing, there• fore, to our countrymen to enter the lists with the abo minable despotism to which the Puseyites are seeking to subject us, we appeal to them without reference to their views on religions questions. We appeal to them as the friends of freedom of conscience, as the advocates of liberty of thought and liberty of action, wherever that liberty is - not incompatible with the rights and safety of society—we appeal to them as the supporters of the British Constitution—as the pro tectors of those rights and immunities which our ances tors have. transmitted to us, and which they purchased with their blood—we appeal on each and all of these grounds to the people of England, to arouse from their state of torpor, to open their eyes to the daring designs which a proud and pampered priesthood, under the name of Puseyites, have formed against freedom of conscience." —Our Contemporary is, we think, unnecessarily nervous respecting the dangers likely to accrue from Puseyism. That it is spreading, and will spread still further, is un deniable ; but we have no fear that it will ever seriously affect the head or heart of the community at large. It is at variance with the spirit of the age. It is two hun dred years behind-hand. The character of the times is one of progression ; that of Puseyism, of retrogression. " Go ahead," says the people, " Go back !" say the Trac tarians. Again, the tendency of the age is to encourage the simplest and homeliest forms of religion ; the obvi ous tendency of Puseyism is to crush real vital religion beneath a tawdry load of ceremonial observances, as Tullia crushed her &liter beneath a weight of glittering armour. The Post, spiking of the gradual progress of the Tories during - the last seven or eight years, says--" All that time public opinion has been flowing in their favour, and at last, upon flood tide, they were borne into office; and since their accession to office, though they have taken time to consider what ought to be done, and though they hare not taken any pains to flatter the pre judices of any portion of the public, still they seem to stand as well as they did when they obtained the Govern ment. Their opponents do not appear to have gathered any hope that the Conservatives are speedily to be ex pelled (unless we take into account the stray flourish of honest Lord Palmerston at 'ridgnertli), but on the con trary, they advertise the world that the Liberal' party must be restored before any such thing as a restoration of the Liberal' Ministry can be dreamt of. So far as public expectation goes, the Conservative Administra tion must be regarded as strong, and likely to last." — We see no indications at present that the Tory Admi nistration, as now constituted, is lik e ly to l as t. M os t certainly it will not last, unless on the approaching Ses sion they announce an entirely new system of policy. But this cannot be done, so long as such obnoxious men 'as the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Stanley, and that bright brace of Baronets, Sir James Graham and Sir E. Knatchbull, have an influential voice in the Tory Coun cils. These men, who are the Jonahs of the State vessel, must be thrown overboard, or the ship will as suredly founder. Alluding to a significant leading article that appeared in the Times of yesterday, respecting the insufferable ravenousness of the Tory subalterns, the Chronicle makes the following remarks :—" Certain untoward eir cumstancesin the positio n o f hi s party seem t o p re y upon the mind of the writer in the Times. Success has brought anything but satisfaction. To abuse the Whigs is some relief ; although the ceaseless resort to so poor a consolation indicates that the glory of conquest "gins to pale his uneffectual fire.' And even in abusing the Whigs, it happens, as we have lately shown, that the fes tering at the heart becomes obvious, in the unconscious use of phrases descriptive of Tory vexation, disappoint ment, and apprehension. How forlorn was the confession on Tuesday last, that 'you will never want a strong party' (the very phrase by which Toryism has delighted . to describe itself) when you offer an unlimited license of spoliation: And how yet m ore f or l or n the e j a culation, but what is your strong party, when thus collected to do?" This, we have no doubt, is the very question that Sir Robert Peel is constantly asking himself, and winch neither he nor any one of his cads can answer. They have collected their party; they call it a strong one ; yet despite its strength, what are they to do with it? Will the Premier muster it under the banger of the Corn-laws? Will he head it against Free Trade ; sound drum and trumpet, and bid it rally to the charge against the anti monopolists ? Be dare not—for his hie he dare not What then will lie do with his " strong party ?" Nothing decisive ; but just ground his arms, and coolly wait to - see what turn events will take. In the absence of some fresher and more attractive k theme of abuse, the 'rill fulls foul of Mr. O'Connell, as will be seen by the following passage :—" We never entertained a doubt that if there was one man in the --- United Kingdom who perverted his talents to the worst of purposes—his influence to the most mischievous of applications—his position to objects having the least legitimate degree of relation to it—that person was no other than Daniel O'Connell. That he had been, from first to last, a mere adventurer—unrestrained by any scruples of real regard for his country, but actuated by any and every impulse the impression of which coin cided with his instinctive selfishness—that as a partisan he was as unsteady as he was vehement—as faith less as he was unsteady—and as rash as he was faithless ; we, of course, were satisfied who had nar rowly watched his public career for the last thirty years. Besides all his politico-pantomimical changes (as gro tesque, abrupt, and unblushing as those of his motley prototype ' on the stage'), we detected in the various actor the same individual ; in the mutable demagogue, the immutable Daniel O'Connell."—And it is precisely because he is the "immutable Daniel O'Connell" that he maintains his strong hold on the affections of his countrymen, and extorts the respect of a vast body of the English Reformers. His immutability is his title to general consideration. Were he otherwise—were he to rat like a Graham, or vacillate like a Peel—he would soon become a mere nullity_ The great champion of Catholic Emancipation need desire to have no better epi taphinscribed on his tombstone than this—Here lies the immutable Daniel O'Connell ! We take the following from the Times :—" The ' plaint uttered at Derby by the midland millowners has made itself heard among their northern brethren at Leeds and at Manchester ; and they have re-echoed the cry with a shrillness which strikes very sharply on the ear, however little it may move the understanding. Th e only one of their i i which has allegations, any whethersurtof truth in the in way it, isthat of fact or of argument, wi a great deal of distress is existing in the manufacturing districts. We are quite sure that there is no class of men whose sympathy is more awake to the sufferings of their poorer fellow-subjects than those who are held up to obloquy as the causes of this distress—the Conserva tive gentlemen of England."—lf the Tories really have this sympathy for the poorer classes of society, they have a queer way of showing it, by refusing them the advantages of cheap bread, and keeping up those mono polies under which they are ground down to the very dust. But your true Tory is a cross-grained animal— so much so, as to make his very sympathies wear all the aspect of antipathies. ' - COMMERCIAL REFORM. On Thursday the important meeting on the state ol the cotton trade, and its distress, was held at Manches• THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, lB4l . ter, when a numerous body tf deputies attended from the various towns comprised within the great cotton district, of which Manchester is the centre, and made invaluable and authentic statements upon the condition of the trade, and population, and wages—the extent of pau perism, and the effects of the food monopoly. At a meeting of the BiShopsgate Anti-Corn-law Asso ciation, held on Tuesday, Colonel Thompson's opinion was reiterated by th e lecturer, " That the time wascome for demanding comp ensat i on f rom t h e l an dl or d s , for twenty-five years of unjust spoliation of the people ;" and in conclusion, it was resolved that the Colonel should be invited to address the Association on the 22d instant. Mr. Sidney Smith delivered a lecture un the Corn-laws last night, at Twickenham, MONEY —TRADE—COMMERCE. By a letter from one of the largest iron-masters in Wales, it would appear that they consider the worst period of depression past, and that, from the orders on hand an improvement in the iron trade may be confi dently anticipated. . PUBLIC IMP ROVEMENTS. - The anti coercion system in lunatic asylums is in every way found to be the most advisable. This plan (said Mr. P. Laurie, at the meeting of Middlesex Magistrates) was first adopted by M. Pine!, in Frince, and the benefi• cial results attendant on his-kind treatment caused it to be introduced into this country. Fifty years ago lunatics were treated as criminals of the worst character: instead, however, of being prisons now, they are hospitals of cure and asylums of benevolence. I:LEC rIONEERING. At the Meeeting of the Members of the " Borough of Marylebone Reform and Registration Society" on Thurs day, it was unanimously resolved that the Association should indemnify the ComMittee against the liability of its debt of 20a., and the- Society was ordered to be car ried on. Notwithstanding the taunts of the Tory prints upon the distressed state of the Society, it transpired dur ing the evening that the position of its Conservative rival in Wigmore-street, was just doubly deplorable. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The Owen Glendower frigate is about to be fitted out at the Chatham dockyard as a convict ship, for Gibraltar, where 300 convicts are to be employed in repairing the fortifications. LAW AND POLICE. A Commission of Lunacy was held yesterday at Hornsey Wood Tavern, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Charles Carter, in possession of property in the Isle of St. Vincent, and now confined in Northumber land House Asylum, Stoke Newington. The Jury found that he was of unsound mind sinc - 4 April, 1829. Robert Woods, Isaac Jaques, and Thomas Molyneux, have been found guilty of the wilful mnrder of Mr. Grayson, of St. Helens, and committed f)r trial at the next assizes. Yesterday John Graham, a respectable carpenter, was charged at Greenwich Police•oflice with wilfully breaking a street gas-lamp, in order to pass his Christmas in prison. Ile had come from Canterbury, and had had nothing to eat for twenty-six hours. The Magistrate remarked on the wickedness of destroying property which had nothing to do with his sufferings, and com mitted him to seven days' imprisonment and hard labour. A gentleman of fortune, named Wyllie, who has,been already brought up three times for assaulting strangers in the streets, appeared yesterday again at Marlbo rough•street, charged with assailing with a stick Mr. Bull, landlord of a public-house, in Tuthill fields. The prisoner began by mimicking some habitual motions of Mr. Bull, and when spoken te, struck him severely. The Magistrate urged that as the repetitions of the offence were becoming serious, appeal should be made to the sessions, and the defendant was ordered to find two sureties for his appearance. The three men, Steptoe, Sharman, and Griffin, charged with robbing Ward's Chipping Norton waggon. were finally examined at Guildhall yetterday, and fully com mitted. STATISTICS. For the last thirty years •the ratio of suicides has never varied, as regards the population of Westminster. They are as one to 8,000 of the population, and are generally three males to one female. THEATRICAL. A new theatre has just been opened at Dresden ; and another splendid one at Breslau, in Silesia. The widow of t - e late John Emery, the actor, a short time since, received intelligence of the loss of one of her sons, William Emery, a fine young man, residing at New Zealand, who was drowned in a storm at sea. ECCLESX.ASTICAIi. The Puseyite Hector of Leadenham, in the diocese of Lincoln, has introduced into his church a moveable cross, an altar with candlesticks and burning tapers. He ad ministered the Eucharist early in the morning by taper light, and adorned the back of his surplice with a cross, and also the prayer-books. On the roof of the building the Litany was painted in Latin. The Bishop has or dered all those things to be removed. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. Dr. Southwood Smith pronounced a fine eulogium upon the late lamented Dr. Birkbeck in the course of a lecture delivered by,him at the Metropolitan Literary Institution on Thursday. "lie to whom the truth was revealed clear as a sunbeam," said the speaker, '• opened to the working classes the great book of nature, taught them how to read it, and enabled them so to understand it as visibly to soften, refine, and elevate their hearts by the contemplation of the beauty, purity, grandeur, and beneficence displayed in its pages." At the meeting of the Botanical Society of London, held last night, several specimens of undescribed British plants were presented, viz., " Lindria Bauhini," disco vered by Mr. W. near Penryn, Cornwall, in 1830 ; again found at Shirley, near Southampton, in 1840 : also by the Bev. Mr. 'links, in the county of Cork, last summer. Also " Lolium multillorum," discovered by Mr. W. in a pea-field at Claygate,-Surrey, in August, 1840. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby have given up their projected continental tour for this year. Lord and Lady Hamilton Chichester left Farranee's Hotel, Belgrave-street, yesterday, fin. Malta. Lord Granville Somerset left town on Monday for Li verpool, where the Noble Lord intended to embark on Thursday for Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Beverley leave Portman square on Friday next for Lord Retlesdale's seat in Glou cestershire. Lord and Lady R. Grosvenor left Park-street on Thursday, for Eaton. Hall, Cheshire. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon arrived at High elere, near Newbury, MISCELLANEOUS. last w ee k , f rom Somersetshire. To-morrow is the anniversary of the death of O'Hin hair, Superior of the Abbey of Innisfallen, the ruins of which are still to be seen i n t h e i sle, s i tuate d in the midst of the Lake of Killarney. It was founded by it King . of Munster in the sixth century, and is celebrated by Spencer in one of his stanzas. A Tory dinner was given at Ki ngs b r idge on Wednes day to Lord Cow tenet' and Si r J. B. Y . B u ll e r, at which there was abundance of c h o i ce eat i ng an d d r i n king, and a still greater amount of.i n di fferent spea ki ng . Many good things went into the mouths of the orators, but very few came out of them. LLO YD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEc. 18.—Wind this day at noon westerly. DEAL, DEC. Wind \V. to N.W.—Arrd. Kitty, Beason, South Seas. Arrd. from the River, Antigua packet, for Barbadoes; Charles, Tobago; Egbert, Alont serret. Ski. Druid, Barbadoes ; Eliza and Lydford, Gre nada. Remain Belle Creole, and the rest of the outward bound. Calcutta.'SNlN‘.a'ali:mirdo,e Nr;‘, ii:jrtrnk eery n n a , OFF MARGATE, DEC. 17.—Mary, for London. Warringsford, Digby, Monte Video, LavEnrooL, DEc. 17.—Wind W.N.W. fresh.—Arrd. 27; Alice, Brooks, Buenos Ayres, sailed Oct. 8; Alice Jane, Jackson, Laguna; Alhambro, 'Wilson, New Or leans; Mary Ann, Hunter sailed September ; Thomas Hughes, Compton; Quebec. Sid. England, New York. Arrd. off, Santon, e' Pu ß t u b r a re e l k i , Pursuit, Spence, New Orleans. .; Spartan, Portland, and Clyde, DEc. 17.—Arrd. the Crab, Shields for Gal- Shields, for the West Indies. leaky, having been ashore on the Newcomb SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 17 . — Arrd. the Oriental steamer, Alexandria. Sld. the Forth steamer, for llavannah. CowEs, DEc. 17.—Arrd. Mountaineer, Quebec; Ves pasian, Batavia ; Mario, llamburgh, for Port-au-Prince. PLv3iouTn, DEc. 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Alex andria, Shields, for Constantinople. . PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N. W.— Sid. her Majesty's ship Belvidera, Mediterranean. The Alma, fr m llumburgh for Batavia, has come into the harbour with mainmast sprung. THE MARKETS -(T HIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADFNIIALL. All sorts of meat was in rather short supply, the trade was brisk, and prices advanced full 2d. per stone. Beef, Bs. 4(1. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton 3s. 4d, to 4s. 2(1. ; Vcal 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4(1. per stone of 81b. In Poultry and Game a good business was done at former rates, the supplies were large. 1V lIITECHA PEL MARKET. The supply was good, and demand moderate. Price as follow :-Beef, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 2(1. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 2(1. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. 6d. Clover, 3/. to 51. 13s. ; Hay, 21. to 4/. Bs. ; Straw, 10s. to IL 14s. TEA MARKET. A small business was done; Company's Congou Is. 9d. cash, but common Free Trade could not be purchased under Is. 91d. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. A fair demand for Russian Tallow,7and prices firm at 48s. 2d. on the spot , but for deliv ery up to the endi of the year 48s. was R wa ICE nMARted ; f K or E T . spring months 495. A fair demand for Bengal, and prices are firmer, 10s. to 12s. for low, and good white Carolina 30s. to 365. per cwt. INDIGO MARKET. The market dull, and prices of East India on th. decline. SPIRIT MARKET. Runs dull of sale, and prices on the decline, proof Leewards is 9id to Is 10d ; Brandy met a fair sale ; and prices advance. WOOL MARKET. A fair demand for both English and Foreign, an( prices fully supported. E T.AL MARKET. Speltcr held firmly, at 401., on the spot. Iron firm and Lead more in request. ( we . quote the review of it from has at last been fairly p ra i se d an d DR. DICKSON's FALLACIES OF THE FA. c 7 u ,a L i T e ir s , m —'this i o n f g his admirable to 1)r. Dick saohnusteodkinnotowfatathset."a } l i t re m n u e s h t tr b a e ns g l r a a ti t o if n3 little volume will 'appear in 1 aris early next tronth, under the title of "Erreurs de Medicins." German and Italian translations are also in progreEs. Messrs. Simp kin and Marshall, the London publi:hers of the " Fal lacies of the Faculty," will supply the trade and the pub lic with the foreign editions as they com e out. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY COURT.—(THIS DAY). TRANSFER OF CAUSES. The LORD CHANCELLOR, On taking his scat this morn ing, stated that he had found it necessary t o or d er the transfer of some more causes to.the paper of Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce, and had chosen thos.3 causes in which the briefs had not yet been delivered. FISHER r. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWA Y COMPANY. This case came before the Court upon motion to dis charge an order pronounced by - the Court, transferring the cause. from the Vice-Chaneeller of England, to Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce. His Loansme ordered the cause to be referred back again to,the paper of the Vice-Chancellor of England. THE ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. THE EARL OF STAMFORD. Sir C. WETHERELL resumed his argument in this case, and had not concluded when we went to press. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ROBERTSON L. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY This motion, which was partly heard yesterday, was about to be resumed this morning, when it was stated by the defendant's Counsel that an injunction similar to that now moved for had been already obtained, and the plaintiff's Counsel not appearing to be aware of this cir cumstance, the motion was ordered to stand over, to afford time for explanation. In the latter part of the day the case was again briefly mentioned, and the motion was dismissed, with costs, on the ground of irregularity. FOSTER V. ROBINSON. Mr. KINDERSLEY and Mr. BICKNER moved to dissolve an injunction that had been obtained in this suit, on the ground that an order of the Court had nut been com plied with by the plaintiff. _ _ The propt;rty i n n question belonged to one Ralph Foster, the father of the plaintiff; who had several other children, and died intestate. It consisted of an estate which had been supposed to be freehold, but which turned out to be leasehold, held for a long term of years. On the death of the intestate his Widow received his personal estate, but did not take out letters of administration. The defendant, who was one of his children, applied for administration, and due. notice of the application was given to the plaintiff, but he did not attend, and admi nistration was consequently given to defendant, who then applied for the personal property of the deceased. This being refused by the plaintiff; who was in posses sion of the estate in question, and the property being mortgaged to one Daniel Crawford for 20d, defendant obtained from him an assignment of the mortgage, but to enable her to do so borrowed the amount of Crawford, and gave him an equitable mortt gage for the amount, by depositing with him the title deeds, and they being in possession of the legal title, brought an action to recover possession of the premises. Plaint iff then filed a bill to restrain defendant from proceed ing with the action, and obtained an injunciion, and upon the answer coining in, defendant moved to dissolve the injunction, unless cause was shown to the contrary. Plaintiff having appeared to show cause, the Court made an order that upon the plaintiff's undertaking, on or be hire the Ist September last, to pay the amount due to Crawford on the security of the deeds in his pos session, the injunction should be continued until the hearing. The money was not paid in pursuance of this undertaking, and it was therefore moved on the 22d November last, that the injunction should be dissolved, when it was proposed to . allow another person to pay the money for the plaintiff, and take possession of the title deeds. This was:objected to by the defendant, who now again moved to dissolve the injunction. The MASTER of the Rous, after hearing Mr. Pem berton and Mr. Dunn contra, said that he did not see what advantage would result from the transfer of the mortgages. He thought the best.thing he could do would be to enlarge the time allowed for payment of the tnort gage money until the first day of Hilary Term next, when, in default of payment, the injunction must be dis solved. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BaucE ) KELLY V. HOOPER. In this cause an injunction had been granted on the 11th of December, 1839, to restrain the defendant, or his agents, from publishing the " Post-office Alma nack. The ground on which the injunction was granted, was that the publication in question was a piracy on one published by the plaintiff, under the title of " The Post-office London Directory." A motion was made on the 27th of Dec. to dissolve the injunction, but the motion was refused, and the plaintiff was directed, to bring an action against the defendant, for the purpose of ascertaining the legal right of the parties. The action, though commenced, continued in conse quence of some correspondence between the parties, and the answer was put in on the 7th of March, 1840. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Tripp appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Simpkinson and Mr. Bickner for the defendant. The question submitted to the Court related solely to costs. The cause was part heard yesterday. At the conclusion of the arguments this morning, his HONOUR continued the injunction, and decreed the defen dant to bear all the costs of the suit. (Before Vice-Chancellor WicartAar.) • FREWSTER V. TURNER. His HoNoun gave judgment in this cause. The his tory of the dispute was this. The defendant had pro perty consisting partly of the Acorn Inn, and partly of other premises, and he had a pipe laid to his house to supply him with water. The pro perty was advertised fur sale, with a direct intimation to the purchaser that, if he did not purchase the other lots, they would pass into the hands of other persons, and would be dealt with by them as legal owners. The plaintiff had notice, therefore, from the vendor, that the other property would no longer remain as it had been. Suppose it were a natural flow of water, the vendor did not engage that the other purchasers should not disturb the flow, and the purchaser of this portion of the property must assert his rights against the purchasers of the other lots. In the present case the water was artificially conducted ; and if the effect of the contract was to ' (rive to him the benefit of which be had been deprived, the other pur chasers had notice of the contract, and having purchased their lots subject to all the equities in question, they would be just as much liable to the purchaser as would the vendor himself if he had remained the owner of the other lots. In point of fact, they had all purchased upon the same footing, and the plaintiff could not, therefore, be damni fied by a decision against him in that cause, whereas the defendant might be seriously damnified, if, after selling the property under such circumstances, he should be called upon to restore to the plaintiff an advantage which he had lost since the sale. On these grounds he thought the plaintiff had entirely failed to establish the equity which he claimed as against the defendant. The prayer for spee,ific performance was not opposed. The cause was ordered to stand over for a month, with a view to idtermediate proceedings. RANDALL V. BELL. His HONOUR gave judgment in this cause. The cause had been ordered to stand over in order that his Honour might refer to former decisions. The question was whether, there being no legal execution under the will of a testator, and a suit pending, a receiver should be ap pointed. His Honour said, that where there was no repre sentation before the Court, the practice was not to appoint a receiver ; but in cases where, like the present, there was litigation going forward, a receiver for the property must be appointed. It was a point clearly settled, that litigation alone could justify the appointment of a receiver. It was then referred to the Master to appoint a receiver, with liberty to all the parties in the suit to propose theinklves. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) ,Sittings in Nisi Prius at Guildhall before Lord DEN MAN and a Special Jury.) GREGSON AND OTHERS V. RUCK AND OTHERS. Mr. CnEswELL stated the case. It was an action brought by Messrs. Gregson and Co., East India mer chants, to recover a sum of 3031., the value of 45 hogs heads of Calcutta rum, which had been sold to the defendant. It would appear that the de fendants, MesSrs. Ruck, Son, and Fenwick, had entered into a contract with the Government for the supply of rum, and in the month of November, 1840, they applied to Messrs. Field, the brokers of Minchin-lane, and purchased from them the ruin in question. The rum had been imported by the plaintiffs, and Messrs. Field had been instructed:to sell it on commission. It would be shown from former transactions between the parties that the usual mode in which the sale of Co lonial produce was conducted was that the buyer should pay cash; prompt at two months' discount, and in one or two instances bills at two months had been given by the defendant and regularly paid. In the pre sent case the defendants not having paid cash, applicant) was made to theniat the expiration of two months, a d the answer returned was that they knew nothing of .ne plaintiffs in the transaction. He would prove the sale of the ruin by the brokers, and it would be for the Jury to say whether they were not bound to pay for it. Chapman Harrison—l have been clerk in Messrs. Gregson and Co.'s offices since 1832. They have been n the habit of importing rum from the East Indies. They had some dealings with the defendants, who are .vine-merchants. The transactions were carried on through the Messrs. Field, the brokers. The earliest date of the notes handed to me is the 2d January, 1840. It was for 49 hogsheads of Calcutta rum, 33 over proof at 4s. ld. per gallon, by bill at two months, sold on account of Gregson and Co. The rum was paid for by defendant accepting one draft. The bill was read —it was for 4451. for 49 puncheons rum ex Eleanor, two months after date. Another broker's note, dated 3d April, 1840, to the same effect, was put in and read ; and a third of the 23d May. In November, 1840, Messrs. Gregson received a quantity of rum by the Shepherdess, from Calcutta. The Messrs. Field were instructed to sell it. They said they had had an offer from the de fendants. The delivery order was given to Messrs. Field. Edward Devonshire—l am a clerk in the 'West India Dock•office. I had, in November last, some ruin belong ing to Messrs. Gregson, ex Shepherdess. The delivery order was brought by the Messrs. Field ; it was signed by Messrs. Gregson aria Co. Warrants were taken out by the Messrs. Field, and the rum delivered under them. The warrants were endorsed by. Field to the d e f endant . . They were delivered out on Nov. 28. Mr. Harrison was then cross-examined by Mr. KFI I.Y —Their house had elle or two other transactions vi.ll the Messrs. Field. In the transaction of th e 2 3 d of May the purchaser was not named, and the pay ment was made m to them by the Messrs. Field. In th e colonial trade atil() practice is for the broker to send t h e cash to our office. In the transaction in question the broker said .he had no cash. When the prompt was expired on the trans action of the 23d of Noventbi;r, a letter was sent from our house to the defendants for payment, and a verbal a nswer was returned, that they knew nothing of us in ,he transaction. With regard to that transaction the laintiffs said it was co n t rary to their usual practice i n selling produce. to draw bills, and would expect cash with the usual prompt.. Mr. CRESWELL proposed to put in the broker's note of the 23d of November, but that ►vas objected to by Mr. Kelly, on the ground that it ►was not signed by the de fendants, that those names ►were not mentioned in it; and therefore it could not be binding upon them. If the broker ►was called he might prove t! at he ►vas acting by and with the authority of the defendants, but in default of that there was no contract binding upon the defendants, it being an arrangement made behind their backs and without their sanction. Lord DEsmAN thought there was prima facie evidence of authority.. Patrick Johnston—l am official assignee under Field's fiat. I saw the Messrs. Mick, who were creditors. I have not the account with me. Mr. KELLY addressed the Jury for the defendants. He said the course adopted by the defendants was the straight forward proceeding of ordinary mercantile transactions ; they bought the goods and paid the Messrs. Field for them on receipt, and it was only on the Messrs. Field becoming bankrupt that they were surprised by the application of the plaintiffs for the payment, and the answer they gave, as had been already stated was, that they did not know them in the transaction. The usual mode of dui' g business was, that m hen the principals were named in the bought and sold notes, the transaction was settled between the buyer and seller, but where all parties were not named, the broker was the party responsible—he was in the posi tion of a principal, and the payment was invariably made by him. The contract under which the defendants pur chased was between themselves and the Messrs. Field, and that would be shown by the bought notes sent to them, and it would be seen that in that note no principals were named. As soon as the rum was delivered they gave a bill to a broker at two months, which fell due on the 23d January, 1841, and which was duly honoured by them, and it was only a few days afterwards that the application was made by the plaintiff for payment, which they at once repudiated. They had honestly paid for the goods, and it would be for the Jury to say by their verdict whether they were to pay the money over again. • James Field—ln 1840 I carried on business in Minc ing-lane in partnership with my brother, as wine and spirit brokers. In January, 1840, we were employed to sell rum for the plaintiff. In the bought note the names of the principals, the plaintiffs and defendants, are in scribed. In April we sold for them again. The bought note is the same. In May we received orders again to sell, but they declined to take bills as in the former in stances. They required cash, two months discount. We sold to the defendant. The seller wal not named, and we paid the plaintiffs by a cheque drawn upon our own bankers. We received a cheque from Messrs. luck for the rums. In November, 1840, we were again authorised to sell by the plaintiffs. 'The instructions were to sell, as on the former occasion, for cask two months discount. I saw Mr. luck, who looked at the samples, and he purchased on the 20th November. I said I would take a certain price with a bill at two months, but that I intended to pay in three weeks. The bought note did not mention the name of the sellers, it was to be paid for by bill at two months. The entry on our books is the same, and was made the same day. We sent in a bill of parcels and drew a bill at two months. We negotiated the bill. We stopped , payment on the 20th' of January, and up to that • time no appli cation was made by the plaintiffs to us for payment of these sums. The practice of the trade is when it is stated to be a sale on commission, and, when the principal is not named, the payment is made to the broker who sells. That has been the custom fur 25 years that I have been in the trade. Cross-examined—l discounted the bill through the house of Stephens and Co. on the 27th Nov. It never came into my hands again. The contract note sent to Messrs. Gregson is dated the 19th Nov. If a broker was authorised to sell only for cash, he ought not to sell for bills. I don't consider I had any authority from the plain tiffs to sell for a bill. I have had dealings with the Messrz. Ruck for 25 years, to a considerable extent. It was admitted that the bill for 303/. had been paid by the defendants on the day it became due. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF WM. WEBB OGBURN. The bankrupt in this case was a commission agent in Honey-lane, and his debts and liabilities amounted to between 40,0001. and 50,0001., while the available assets were comparatively trifling. This day being appointed' for the last adjourned exa mination of th e nkrupt, a number of creditors attended to prove their debts, amongst which was one for 1,4581., by Mr. Stevens, a bill broker, who had large bill dis counting transactions, which was allowed to be esta blished, after a deduction of 138/. On the proof on behalf of the Nottingham Bank for between 8,000/. and 0,000/. coming under considera tion, a discussion arose relative to some bills which were, through inadvertence, not produced into Court. Mr. Commissioner lioLnovn said he should allow the proof to be admitted conditionally, the parties whose duty it was bringing the bills in Court. ; Bonnopeinii, on behalf of the creditors in Not tingham, applied to have the examination further ad journed, us they had some doubts respecting the disposal of certain pictures, furniture, and jewellery, which they considered had not been properly accounted for. Mr. Edwards, the solicitor to the fiat, said he could see no further utility in adjourning the case. The official assignee was perfectly satisfied with the accounts. The COURT refused the application, and the bankrnpt was passed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (Tills DAY.) Eliza liallhard, a decently dressed young woman, was charged with shop-lifting. It appeared that between seven and eight o'clock last evening the prisoner went into the shop of Mr. King, of No. 4, St. Martin's-court, and w bile bargaining about the price of some combs, she was observed to secrete a dozen small tortoise-shell braid combs under her arms She was taxed with the theft, and the combs taken from her, and Mr. King not wishing to be troubled with a prosecution turned her out of his shop, but directed one of his shopmen to watch her. She pro ceeded straight to the shop of Mr. Nichols in St.-Mar tin's-street, and was observed to handle some goods that were hanging within side the shop door. On being arrested several articles belonging to Mr. Nichols were found on her.—Demanded. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize : Week Miles Total. Name of Railway. ended Opened. £. s. d. Dec.ll Birmingham & Derby Junct. 383 1,000 3 10 10 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,324 15 9 5 Brandling Junction 25 795 3 3 11 Chester and Birkenhead .. 12 Dundee and Arbroath 12 Eastern Counties 11 Glasgow and kyr .. 11 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 223 6' 2 9 1 4 Grarid Junct , Chester &Crewe 1034 6,589 17 4 13 Great North of England 45 1,147 13 9 12 Great Western 11 Hull and Selby 11 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 399 19 6 10 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 3,869 11 6 11 London and Birmingham 1123 13,410 19 9 16 London and Blackwell 11 London and Brighton 11 Ditto Shoreham Branch ....•• 53 107 1 9 14 London and Croydon lO3 232 5 53 16 L. ndon and Greenwich 3l 733 11 0 11 London and South Western 9 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 568 10 11 13 Manchester & Birmingham ... 5 352 3 5 11 Manchester and Leeds 11 Midland Counties ... 57 2,229 1 9 11 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 12 Northern and Eastern ...... 11 North Midland ... 724 3,528 0 5 10 North Union 11 Preston and Wyre ... Sheffield and M anehest er 7 No returns 12 Ulster 13 York and North Midland 23 1,372 8 9 DEATH OF MR. CHARLES SCOTT, SON OF THE LATE SIR WALTER. We have received a letter from our Constantinople Correspondent, dated the 27th ult., of which we regret to communicate the following extract:— CONSTANTINOLE, N. 27.—8 y a Tatar, bringing despatches from Persia, intelligence has been receivtd of the death, nt Teheran, of Mr. Charles Scott, so n o f the late Sir Walter, and one of the clerks in the Foreign_ office, attached to Sir J. APNeil's embasSy. The fatigues of a long and irksome land journey, combined with pre vious indisposition, brought on a fever, which terminated fatally soon after the arrival of the mission at Teheran. This melancholy event, and the indisposition of the Elchi, had retarded the public reception of Sir John M‘Neil. Major Farrant is on his road baelt from Persia, and Mr. Todd was residing awhile at Tabriz, in order to recover from the slight wound received in his encoun ter with a band of Kurdish robbers. General Dukamel, whose conduct towards the British Government during the absence of the Ambassador, and the interruption of direct relations with the Court of Persia, has been equally honourable and frank, is about to leave Persia, where he will be replaced by Count Medem, late Russian Consul- General at Alexandria. CRAIG TO TER VERSUS FENN. of Sin—An„ one EDITOR OF THE SUS. teristic of paper of th i s re adin the report of this cause in your the the life assured, never intimated evening would think that the defendants the deathany objection to the contract until after whereas the leading hcharafacr s was g e ra e nt l e v c a l s, the p o li cy l m ac o li nt the pre ttibatt,il;‘,oitltieinotelrireede m_ium received and refusecr all o thers on the very ground of continuous intemperance. This was distinctly ad verted to by the Attorney-General in his opening speech, and as distinctly prove d by documen tar y evidence ; in deed, the fact of the Office having ac tually filed a bill in equity, pending which the assured died, to try the merits in his lif e -time, although not proved, was declared by the Counsel on both sides. As lam sure your reporter will confirm this statement, I cannot doubt but that you will correct the omission by inserting the present letter in your next paper. —I am your obedient servant, GEORGE FARREN, Resident Director. 70, Cornhill, Dec. 17. LWC are always happy to give every explanation, but we beg to ask how it is that an extra charge had been -de for the life at the time of insuring ?—ED. Sun.] - - mad The gamekeeper of Sir John Kennaway, Mr. Cock, killed a few days since, on the grounds of West hill, twenty brace of snipes and one brace of partridges in thirty-nine shots, without missing a single shot.— Western Luminary. EVENING SU MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 17.—There has b en a dull market for Cotton throughout the week, and holders have continued to supply the demand freely, the tendency has been in the buyers favour, but we cannot quote prices lower than the extreme decline no ticed in our last.. A limited business has been done in Bra2ils, but prices have been stationary. For Egyptians the demand has been rather better, at our last quotations. Surats are without change. 2,500 American have been taken on speculation, and 550 American and 50 Surats for expor tation. 1,200 white and 500 stained Sea Islands are announced for auction on Friday next. The prices de clared by the Committee for fair American to-day are— Bowed, 51d. ; Mobile, ; and Orleans, 6d. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 17.—The trans actions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise—Lon don and Birmingham New Thirds, 26 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarter Shares, 31,-; Ditto, Half, 261 ; North Midland Thirds, 16+ ; North Union, 75i ; Union Bank, 101. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 17. Our Market exhibits more firmness than yesterday's.—The following sales have been effected :—Lancaster and Pres ton, 274 ; London and South Western, 57 ; Man c h es t er and Birmingham, 28+ ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, Z?/. I Gs. ; Union Bank, CI. lls. THE FONDS. IT► to the present time not a bargain has been done in the English Stock Exchange. Consuls are 89k a for the Account. Exchequer Bills. 10 12 prem. Spanish Active Stock is rather Bat at 93 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 .... 65 Bristol and Exeter 6O . .. 28 Great Western Ditto New . ... 50 Ditto Fifths London and Brighton 5O .... 38 London and Blackwall; Ditto New London and Birmingham Ditto i Shares Ditto New London and Gteenwich Ditto Scrip... .. .. ............ ... 6/ 11anchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties lOO Ditto i Shares South Eastern and Dover York and North Midland... 5O 90 Ditto New Shares HALF-PAST ONE. There has been but little business doing in the Stock Exchange. Consols have been alternately buyers and sellers at 89,÷ for the Account, and for Money they have been 904. Three per Cents Reduced are 89• ; Three :lnd-a-Half ditto, 99 i l f . Bank Stock is quoted at 1653 : 166; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 prem. 'There have been but four bargains done in the Foreign Market. Spanish Active Stock is now quoted 231 ; Deferred, 11i ; Portuguese 'Three per Cents., 19fr ; Dutch Five per Cents., 991_ . There has been a fair business doing again today in the Share Market, and in some of the lines a further advance has taken place. London and Brighton are 381 ; Great Western, 84 ; Ditto Fifths, 91 ; London and Birmingham, 163 i 164 ; Ditto Thirds, 261 27 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 281 29 ; York and North Midland, 90 ; Ditto New Shares, 31 4 1 . QUARTER - TO THREE. In the absence of any late arriva!s, the probable re vival of trade next spring, or early in January, is anxiously discussed by those interested. On the whole the prospect is considered rather favourable, though from the experience of the past no very san guine anticipations ought to be indulged in. A good deal, we imagine, must necessarily depend upon the coutse the American President will adopt, and upon the tidings we receive from China. Consols, 89 i ; Colombian, 20f, i ; Mexican, 26i i ; Spanish, 234 ii. 130 W-STREET.---On the Magistrate, Mr. Twy ford, taking his place on the bench this morning, he an nounced that the sum of la. had been sent by the Com pany of Goldsmiths to be distributed amongst the pooi. lie had also received 41. anonymously for the same purpose. A great change has taken place in the weather since yesterday morning. Last night the frost was re markably severe for the season, the thermometer having marked ten degrees below the freezing point, and this morning, and indeed during the gieater part of the day, we have been blessed with one of those dense December fogs which benefit candle-makers, gas-makers, and link men. The barometer, however, continues comparatively low, and the change therefore is still suspicious. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY AND THE COACHES.—In consequence of the late heavy rains many timid persons are fearful of travelling by the line ; on which account the demand for inside places by the coaches has increased so much, that the coach-proprietors have raised the fares to 255. each, being 10s. above the charge for first-class carriages on the railway. Even at this high charge all the inside places in the coaches are booked full a week in advance ; but as they get few outsides, and frequently come down with only one or two passengers, they cannot be very profitable concerns. The Globe on Monday, the 13th, inserted the plan of amending the Corn-law, which it said had " re ceived the sanction of the lenders of the agricultural party." We believe we are acquainted with the source of this information, and can undertake to say that at pre sent the plan has neither been adopted by the Govern ment nor received the sanction of the leaders of the agri cultural party. It is to be regarded as nothing more than the description of a plan, which, among a hundred other plans, has been submitted to the Government. The Government will adopt their own, and time will tell which of the hundred comes nearest to it.—Circular to 1 1 Bankers. We were in error in stating in our rep ort of the Music Ball, Store-street, in The Sun of Wednesdav, that M. Mainzer had organised a class in Brighton num bering 800. M. Mainzer has three classes in Brighton, comprising in all nearly three thousand pupils. Woos PAVEMENTS.—The severe frost now set in, has rendered the roads in the metropolis and neighbourhood,_ exceedingly dangerous. This danger is naturally increased in proportion to the uniformity of surface ; so that on the best Macadamised roads, and the most perfect of the stone-paved streets, the greater number of accidents occur. We observe that the wood pavings laid in various parts of London, by the Metro politan Company, are strewed with sand, a provision which appears to be peculiar to their system, and worthy of imitation. NORTH MIDLAND RA I LWAY. Arrange ments have been made with the Duke of Devonshire for the purchase of additional land contiguous to the Chesterfield station, to deposit minerals thereon, and the traffic in which is greatly upon the increase. The ground attached to the Eckington station will be enlarged by taking a strip from Sir George Sitwell's park, on a portion of which will be erected a dwelling for the clerk. Mr. Frost, at present in the Leeds establishment, succeeds Mr. Patteson as Secretary. Plate is ordered in Shef field, to present to the latter gentleman upon his re tirement.—Nottingham Review. - - THE NORTH UNION AND LANCASTER RAIL WAY COMPANIES. —We are concerned to observe, by the statements which have recently appeared in the public prints, that the proprietors of the Lancaster Rail way Company, have determined to abandon the use of the North Union Railway Company's Station at Preston. That an arrangement which has hitherto worked so well for the public, and contributed so largely to the convenience of travellers and the despatch of business should have been abandoned, is greatly to be regretted. The new regulation is intended to be carried into operation on New Year's Day. The junction of the two ra il ways was effected by the North Union Railwa y, at an expense o f 20 ,000/., though the distance b etween them is only 200 yar d s . Hitherto the prop r i etors of the Lancaster line have, b y a friendly arrangement, paid the North Union a moderate sum per annum for the use of this expensive portion . of the line, and thus, while some measure of justice e ne j - s awarded to the latter, the public have been greatly..., in addition to what in our humble fited. This new move of the Lancaster directors will, add . to ' be public to unjust to the North Union Company put delay.pThe considerable vent inconvenience, by causing CI North Union, may, injustice to the proprietors of the . ) , t the directors of j u dgment tb s e ce in some measure, be obviated on 3 an extra charge `sufficientthe latter Company le i .Y lmngfor the sum withdrawn. to reimburse them the Lancaster Company to It will then be necessary e corresponding extent, otherwise it reduce their fares to a w ill be the sufferers. But even sup is pl a in the public pose the matter ; ho t ld be thus adjusted , w e d o not sec be indemnified for the delay which how the public is 0::. , e from the alteration.— Gore's Ad ams will necessarily rerliscr. Charles Martzeki, ACCIDENT.—Between one and years, the son of respectabl e parents, re -1 thirteen 4pserte°oll6B - • aged , i • Wharf, Cumberland cgent s smog a. ,:mou . ralong Warren-street, Fitzroy square, ,- two o . e lock yesterday a fternoon, kin proceedint, l t , a t r ' s l i p p e d down through treading on a piece of SHOCKING ''' 12re ' -.1 heedlessly thrown on the footway pave ment, ‘Cvaosllect,oenviely:dspitt a orange-pe( , , state of great and i,er TIVERTON MARKET, DEC. 14.—Corn much 3 u s tit t e o y 4 s, s to 6id do ; 3 la s st 6d wee tot . s — d i o ' 7 l ;) i t e l r e — ks T , eachpie' : Fowls, 2s Gd to 3s do ; Eggs, 14d per dozen lai o ne ees a e s , 6d, ati 6d to 4s 6d per bag of 8 score—supply good Butter, lld to Is per lb ; Potatoes, 16 lb for good, demand moderate.—Shambles —Beef, Sid to 7d per lb ; M utton, Dry Bacon, 8d do—supply good, and of very 3d to 6d dt); 'Veal, 6d to 8d do ; Pork, sid superior quality, demand good.—Cattle--This being our great market, and the one before Christmas , there wa s as a full and very superior show of stock, indeed we may notice that it has not been surpassed for a very l ong period, nor do we believe it will be equalled for some time to come.— Western Times. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. --On Thurs day evening, about a quarter past five, four persons, named Freeling, (leave, Watson, and Paul, boatwrights, in the employ of Mr. Moorson, of Queen -street, Cheyne walk, were towing a large vessel from Hammersmith to Chelsea, when, by some accident, another boat, which was coming along at a rapid rate, ran into their vessel, and it almost instantly sunk. Cleave and Paul were both drowned. DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS OF COLD.—The body of a man named Daniel Clinch, a porter in Co'vent garden, was brought to the stat i on- h ouse, B ow - stree t, a b ou t two o'clock this morning. It appeared that the deceased, who was well known in the market, dropPed down dead, it is supposed from apoplexy, occasionedbi excessive cold. rTI e , a, It •; ~, ~ ' „pt r' C, 01 6 0 111° ,;! 1 E),,a r • 41.3 g . 1 IL nn' l ;111 4 11 g el if $1 ., ( 11 v d, rilt l ~''i~ ,~ E~~ h ,el .; if, 3 5 ; , ic 0 ' 4 I r