The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-29 00:00:00

P, vp, N i r 4 EDITION IMPLAL OF TILE CORN-LAWS. ADDRESS FROM THE REFORMERS OF MA RYLEBONE TO TUE ELECTORS OF WAL SALL. Yesterday a numerous meeting of the Electors of the borough of Marylebone, Members of the Borough of Marykebone Reform and Registration Association, took 'plate: at the Association Rooms, Warren -street, Fitz roy-agnate, pursuant to the following requisition, signed by fifteen members of the Society :—" To the Seers ?Ary of the Borough of Marylebone Reform and Re gisttation,Association, We , the undersigned members, request you will convene a general meeting of the above Association, to consider the propriety of forwarding an address from this Association to the electors of Walsall, to incite them to perseverance in the struggle they are now making to return to Parliament a determiaed op ponent of the present iniquitous Corn-laws." J. Baasasaw, Esq. (late M.P. for Sudbury), Presi &eat of tiv s Association, occupied the chair ; and amongst the !err: and influential body of the Reformers present Were— ,Joseph Irving, Esq., Professor Key, J. B. Bacon, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Kidd, George Houghton, Esq., J. T. • Wilier Core, E,q., R. Nelms, Esq., Major Revell, BeaVington, Esq., &c. &c. r. ALLEN, the secretary, having read the requisi tion he had received to convene the meeting, The CHAIRMAN observed that it was amatter of vast importance to all grades of Reformers, the great battle which was being fought in the borough of Walsall in Staffordsfere. It was more especially so inasmuch as it was the battle of the bread-tax.—( Hear.) It was true that there were various opinions even amongst Re formers with respect to the continuance of the present Corn-laws. Some were for a fixed duty, others for a total repeal, but he believed there were few who were not desirous that some alteration should take place.— (Hear, hear.) The principle, however, upon which the Corn-laws of this country were in future to be based, was not the object they had met to discuss—that was an after consideration. It was sufficient for thorn to know that the present Corn-laws were not only cruel but unjust, and that before an amendment in them could, take place, they must first be repealed.— (He'ar, hear.) It was therefore identified with them as Reformers, that they should endeavour to se cure the return of such men as J. B. Smith, the candi date for Walsall, to the House of Commons, who was pledged to that repeal. The Hon. Gentleman pro ceeded to shew the unfairness of the mode in which the averages were taken, and which enabled the wealthy holden of corn to keep back or dispose of that commo• dity as he pleased, according to the rise and fall of the market, wh:ch he could contrive at his own pleasure. He concilided by urging the meeting to pursue any dis cussion which might arise upon the question, with tem perance and kind feeling. Mr. HOUGHTON moved the first Resolution, to the effect—" That the Association having, amongst other objects, that of promoting the cause of ,general and local IL:form, by all legal means, do present an Address to the Electors of the Borough of Walsall, congratula ting them on tile noble efforts they are making to return a Member pledged to a Repeal of the Corn Laws." The present struggle at Walsall was a most important one, aria he considered it not only within their protince but to be the duty of every Reform Associa tion in Ragland to Ir;nd their aid to the people of Wal sall, in order to sectsre the return of a gentleman pledged to a repeal of the Corn-laws,—(Hear.) He agreed in the opinion of Mr. M'Gregor and other eminent mea upon the subject, that if the Bread Tax were repealed or modified the import duties of this country, instead of being as at present 21 millions, would be:in creased to 32 millions sterling annually.—( Hear, hear.) The effect would be that employment would be afforded to every able-bodied man in the kingdom, and workhouses and union houses would be known merely as a name. A reduction of the import duties in this country would have the most beneftcial effect. As a commercial mm, he could state, that from the last advices dated the 26th of Septem ber, Muscovado sugar was to be obtained at 10 guilder* the pecul, which was equal to 14s. per hun dre.d.weight. The freight for this would be 45., therefore, if the import duties were removed partially, it might be received in England at 21d. per pound instead of as at.present 7 , 1. or Bd.—( Hear, hear.) He would contend that the contest at Walsall between Mr. Smith and Mr. Gladstone was on the one hand for the good of the country, and on the other for the good of no one else than to maintain oppression and his own purse.--( Hear, hear.) Mr. STOCK in seconding the resolution, showed that, no doubt, the struggle going on in Walsall would be a hard fought battle, and if the effect of an address from that Association would only have the effect of gaining over one or two waverers to the right side, much good world be effected, as such a circum stanee might, perchance turn the scale of the election. Mr. Ctiamiseas moved an amendment. He did so reluctantly, as, although a Reformer, he was not a Corn-law Repealer ; and be had yet to learn that to be a good Reformer he must identify himself with that principle. He denied that the Corn-law was the only abuse under which the poorer classes laboured. If they whits that there should be a free trade in corn, why did not they also desire to see a free trade in manufactures? The agricultural pal t of the community was the greatest. the wealthiest, and the most important part of the community, and yet it was required that they should be sacrificed for the lesser portion.—(Cries of " No, no.") He would contend that the repeal of the Corn-laws would be the utter ruin of the agri cultueal interest, and compel the farmer to sell in the cheapest market anti buy in the dearest. With regard to the two care dates for Walsall, in a political point of view, he . .;nould not hesitate a moment in his choice ; but tr,,on the other principle he had some doubts as to ''shish way he should rote. He concluded by moving an amendment, " That the Association did not feel 'justified in forwarding an address to the elec tors of: a n y borough or county in support of any candi dat favourable to a repeal of the Corn-laws, unless such candidate shall pledge himself to advocate in conjunc tion therewith the repeal of all laws imposing duties on the import of weanufactured goods, and goods used for manufacture, thereby evincing that such candidates are sincere advocates for free trade in all commodities." Professor 'KEY had not the slightest objection to the latter porti on 'el - the . amendment, although he was op posed to the speech by which it was introduced, and wou ld second it, he Learned Gentleman proceeded to show the ben , Acial effects of a reduction of import duties in Austrie, and other countries, and denied that a repeal of the Corn-laws would ruin the agricultural interest. As a proof of this fact, he would call their attention to the splendid example set by the Duke of Somerset, Earl Fitzwilliam, Mr. Alcock, the present candidate for Surrey, and the Member for that borough, Sir Bea jamin Hall—all large landed proprietors, and all in fa vour of repeal of the Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) The Corn-laws diminished the franchise. In Marylebone, instead of 11,000 or 12,000 electors, there ought to be 25,000, and all this was to be attributed to the cursed Corn-laws.—(Hear, beer.) Mr. BACON was opposed both to the resolution and amendment, upon three grounds. In the first place, he denied that the electors of Walsall deserved the praise about tg . be bestowed upon them. Their conduct to Mr. Lyttelton was anything but praiseworthy, and by that, conduct they had stultified themselves in such a runner as to render Mr. Gladstone the favourite can didate, and all the addresses in the world would not hinder his being the Member for Walsall.—(" No, no," and cheers.) With regard to the question of a repeal of the Corn-laws, he was of opi n i on t h at as at present they were grossly unjust, but the middle course was the true one ; he agreed with Mr. Chambers that si total rep would be a total ruin to the agricultural interest. ffe considered also that it was beyond the province of that Association to interfere with the elec tors of Walsall. The Rey. Mr. Kidd, Mr. Ivimey, and other gentle men, addressed the meeting in support of the original motion, which, on being put, was carried with but four di/iv:Lakin*, amidst peat applause. Professor KEY then meved, and Mr. HOUGHTON seconded, that the following address be presented to the lilleotora of Walsall, and transmitted forthwith, signed by the Chairman, to the Committee conducting J. B. Smith's election :—= " TO Tali' WORTHY 'ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH Of WALSALL. " Gentlemen,—Feeling, in common with the Liberal intarest of tke wh o l e ki ng d om , a li ve l y concern in the result of the contest now going on for the representa tion of your independent borough, we cannot refrain from congratulating you on the noble position you have taken up, and your glorious determination to elect a gentleman who is so well qualified to promote the best interests of the country by his strenuous exertions, and able advoc ac y of a Repeal of the Corn-laws. A law destructive, in the fir s t pl ace , o f t h e commercial and manufacturing economy of the country, but infinitely more disgusting for the inhumanity of its effects on the labouring and industrious classes. " Electors of Walsall, you are now called upon to strife the first blow a4linst this unjust, this unholy tax, by the election of Mr. J. B. Smith. .s up o n you all England has now fixed its eyes. Let it be recorded in the history of this country that the borough which by its example led to the repeal of the bread-tax was Walsall." The motion, on being put, was carried all but unani mously, and a distinct Anti-Corn-law Association hav ing been established, thanks were passed to the Chair, tan, and the meeting separated. MR. BPNNET'S LEGITURES.—Mr. G. Bennet concluded a co urse o f l ectures at t h e M ec ha n i cs ' I nst i tu. lion, ClYanoery-lane, on Wednesday evening to one of the most trowded audiences we over recollect seeing within its stafs. The subject be discoursed upon was the morality Of Shaltspeate, and he certainly threw a very novel and pleasing light upon a number of the characters created by OUT immortal bard. His observations were directed by Food taste and sound judgment, and were calculated to I (improve, not only th e m i n d s, but the hearts of his auditors. Ile was frequently interrupted by the strongest marks of I apreobation. KIRKCALDY ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLL, SAM. 2A. Polling Stations. Ferguson. Bowring. Total. Kirkcaldy 144 70 214 Dysart 33 48 01 Burntisland 2O 8 28 Kinghorn Total 216 133 349 ABSTRACT. For Colonel Ferguson 216 For Dr. Bowring 133 Majority for Colonel Ferguson ... —Scotsman. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STRE ET. NooN, JAN. 29. Barometer 3O 25 In. Thermometer Highest .... . 59 Lowest Freezing Point 32 Deg. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE SIQRNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ( From the Morning Chronicle.) Mr. Alcock seems to be making way in East Surrey. Last night he addressed a meeting of Liberal elec tors at the Grove-house, Camberwell. After hearing him at considerable length, a resolution was carried by accla mation, " That Thomas Alcock, Esq., from his advocacy of the principles of civil and religious liberty, from his avowed determination of voting for a repeal of the Corn. laws, and in favour of vote by ballot, from his residence in the county, and his large landed estates therein, is emi nently entitled to fill such vacancy." Mr. Alcock has been at some pains to state what his expectations are from a repeal of the Corn-laws. He argues the question like an independent country gentleman, whose estates are his own, and not mortgaged to Jews or Gentiles. To a man who is merely a nominal receiver of rents for others (and Sir James Graham—who exaggerated no doubt —would have it that this character applies to nine tenths of the landowners of England), it is useless to talk of the effect of the repeal as likely to be more nominal than real. In vain you tell him that if be loses something in what he or his tenant sells, he gains, on the other band, in what be buys. If the fall in prices annihilate the balance of rent over the interest due to the mortgagee, he fights with desperation against the change. But where a landowner really owns his estates, he will put this question to himself—Can I really be injured by that which must add to the wealth of the country ? Sir Robert Peel, when the question of Corn-laws was last be fore the House of Commons, told the landowners that agricultural prosperity was the result of the prosperity of our manufactures, and not of the Corn-laws. No laws can create high prices without an effective demand, and the effective demand is caused by the ability to purchase which a prosperous state of manufacturing industry can alone give. The Emperor of Russia might legislate till doomsday without creating high prices in his dominions. The Hungarian Diet can only prevent an abundant year's corn from being a drug by such measures as may open a foreign market for it. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (THURSDAY IVENING.) CHRONICLE.---The funds have recovered from the heaviness of yesterday. On second thoughts, it is acknow ledged that the explanation given by Lord Palmerston must prove satisfactory to the folks across the Channel, and this has made some people begin to think that they had oversold themselves. The consequence has been that, without any investments of importance, nere have been several repurchases of Stock to-day, which have caused considerable firmness in the Market, and the quotations have improved per cent. on the closing price of yesterday. The advanced prices brought from Madrid of the 19th instant, with those received from Paris, have given a better tone to the transactions in Spanish stock, Private advicea from Madrid hold out expectations that the scheme for capitalizing of the arrears was likely to be carried, and that the rate of interest to be paid on them would be higher than has been looked for. TIMES.—By the annexed official notice from the Trea sury, which has been issued, it would appear that Dart. mouth has been finally selected as the port of departure, at least so far as the %Vest India mails are concerned ; and it is a prevalent opinion in the City that the Lords of the Treasury intend gradually to send off the whole of the sea mails from that port : " Treasury Chambers, Jan. 23. " Gentlemen,—l am commanded by the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, that my Lords having had under full consideration the report of the Committee appointed to examine and report on the dif ferent harbours, and their merits as stations for tie em barkation of the West India mails, and also the several papers and memorials on the same subject, are of opinion that the selection of the Committee should be adopted and that the port of Dartmouth should be selected as the port where the West India mail shall be sent on board the steamers. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, " R. GORDON." In Consols there were few bargains made, but the mar ket bore an improved tone. Through a private source accounts from the Mauritius to the 24th of October inclusive have been received, and these state that Sir Lionel Smith, the new Governor, had issued a circular to the Stipendiary Magistrates of the dif ferent districts of the island, with a view to putting a stop to the constantly recurring desertion of their work by the bands of Indians who come up to town to prefer complaints against their masters, and whose abandonment of their labours at that critical season of the year was a source of serious injury to the planters. However, it seems that this had not at present worked the desired effect, for there were still numbers of these labourers who came to Port Louis on the errand to prevent which this circular had been issued. The wool trade are in possession of a full statement of the import and export of foreign and colonial wool at London, Liverpool, Hull, and Goole, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1840, and as a production of its kind this con tains some interesting matter. The total amount of foreign wool imported into London was 42,263 bales, against 54,668 bales in 1839 ; and the total quantity of foreign wool cleared for home consumption from the ship and the warehouses was 12,862,2881b5., against 13,294,8361b5. in 1839. The colonial wool admitted free of duty was 24,992 bales, weighing net 6,240,5931 b. from New South Wales, against 20,495 bales, weighing net 5,414,3591 b. in 1839; 10,378 bales, weighing net 2,401,7281 b, from Van Dieman's Land, against 13,618 bales, weighing net 3,187,1801 b., in 1839; 3,421 bales, weighing net 742,6041 b., from the Cape of Good Hope, against 3,252 bales, weighing net 689,4951 b., in 1839; 2,757 bales, weighing net 922,1531 b. from the East Indies against 1,207 bales, weighing net 430,2781 b, in 1839; with sundries 25 bales, weighing net 4,5591 b., making a total of 41,573 bales, weighing net 10,311,6371 b., against 38,572 bales, weighing 9,721,3121 b., in 1839. As far as Liverpool is concerned, the total import of foreign wool, including goats, was 45,180 bales, of which about 35,000 bales were South American, against 53,658 bales in 1839 ; of this there was cleared for home consumption 9,190,3931 b., against 9,800,7861 b. in 1839. The amount of colonial admitted free of duty was 11,179 bales, net 2,947,43716. (of which there was 1,645,5401 b. East India, 1,188,7281 b. New South Wales, 105,4201 b. Van Dieman's Land, and 7.74916. Cape), against 8,955 bales, net 2,530,0321 b. in 1839. The import into Hull and Goole was principally German, and made a total of 49,755 bales, against 54,424 bales in 1839. The clearance for home consumption wap 16,251,5171 b., against 16,826,6191 b. in 1839. The total exports from London were 717,40516. against 531,7491 b. in 1839, and from Liverpool 188,3631 b. against 68,40616. in 1839, making a grand total of 905,7681 b. for London and Liverpool, against 600,1551 b. in 1639. SUN.—The Funds are better again, and there has been more activity in the market to day, both in real and speculative bargains. At the close of the market the value of Consols, both for present transfer and the account was steady, being 89i to for the former ; and 89/ to for the latter. Exchequer Bills were without alteration, being still 4s. to 6s. premium, and India Bonds ranged from ss. to 10s. discount. Bank Stock was not quite so good, the quota tion beingl6B to 169 ; and India Stock has receded from 250 to 248 and 249. The Reduced "Three-and•a-Half per Cents, were at 981 to 981 ; the New Three-and-a- Half per Cents, at 974 to 981 ; and the Three per Cents., at 891 to 901. South Sea Stock was at 99k, The Foreign Securities seem likely to improve again after the settlement. Spanish Active Bonds were rather higher to-day, viz. -24/ to 25 ; Portuguese, New Five per Cents. were at 324 ; the Three per Cents, at 0 01 ; Colombian of 1824, at 23 ; Mexican of 1837, at 28 to ; and Brazilian at 73f ; Buenos Ayres declined to 201 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., were at 50 to 50 1 ; and the Five per Cents at 99i. Shares were more buoyant. Great Western were at ;HI- to 29, the New at 13, the Fifths 61 to 6i, and the South 18 to 191 prem. Brighton were 6/ to 6 ; Hull and Selby, 5 ; North Midland, 24 to 22 ; and Paris and Rouen, 1 discount. Colonial Bank Shares were 10/ to 11 premium. The state of general trade in the City is at present tolerably satisfactory ; but the failures of the last fort night, and the slight reaction in the Foreign Exchanges, notwithstanding the continued abundance of money for commercial purposes, have had a slight effect upon that confidence which is so essential to a renewal of activity. The Customs' returns of British manufactures exported from London also begin to look fuller. THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED AT HOME.— Yesterday, at an inquest held before Mr. Wakley, M. P., the verdict having been returned, the Coroner said that the Middlesex Magistrates were so fond of Coroners' Juries that they now required all Christian names to bo written in full on the inquisition paper by the Jurymen. There was an old saying that " the schoolmaster was abroad," but he thought that he was very much " wanted at home," for some persona could not write at all, and at an inquest he had recently held only five Jurymen out of thirteen could do so. Mr. Wakley, after these observations, signed his own name, and handed the pape r to the Jury. Seeing that one g en . tlernan detained' it longer than be thought necessary, he asked him the reason, when the Juryman exclaimed, " Dang it, I've done it at last ; but I've been so long used to sign my name, which is Benjamin, ' Ben,' that I forgot how to go through with it," All the Jurymen having signed, the Coroner, on looking over the names, dis covered that the person who had been so puzzled had, as he said, "done it" at last by writing " Benyarman," UNIVERSITY I.NTELLIGENCE• OXFORD, JAN. 2R.—This day a congregation was holden for granting degrees, Sc.c., when the following were conferred :-- DOCTOIt IN Dtvrstr v.—Rev. I. C. Willis, of University College, Grand Compounder. NIZSTERS OF ARTS.:—J. Addams, of St. John's College; W. H. Burrows, ditto; G. Butt, of Chiaist Church. BACHYLOR4 OF Awrs..—R. J. King, of Exeter Col lege, Grand Compounder ; W. Vausittart, of Christ's Church ; R. A. Coffin, do. ; F. Balston, do. ; P. Ac. land, do. ; E. Smith, do. ; E. Rogers, do. ; W. Tan cred, do. ; Arthur Hobbouso, of Balliol College ; G. M. Messiter, of Wadham College; A. G. Baxter, of Wor cester College; R. C. Legh, of Brasennose College ; T. C. Hatchard, do. The Laudian Professor of Arabic has given notice that he will resume his Lectures on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at three o'clock, at the Clarendon, and that he intends to commence an elementary course on Thursday, Feb. 4, at three o'clock, and continue them on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, during the present Term. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 28, 1841.-1 have just been informed on high authority, that the Rev. Dr. Graham, the Vice• Chanceller, and Master of Christ's, has received the ap pointment of Chaplain to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Put P, SUN, Lownow. PRT,DAY, JANUARY 29. iS4I. FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) Velvet is at this moment the favourite material in the fashionable world, whether for bonnets, paletots, or dresses; of the latter, many are made with biais, or have lace flounces and mantillea on the bodies ; watered silks and satins, veloutea, are also trimmed with black lace ; re dingotes have two rows of buttons down the front ; the velvet bodies are again worn this season, in black, green, or violet, with short sleeves trimmed with lace, and with muslin skirts embroidered, or with three flounces of lace ; as also with crape skirts, having three folds of velvet of the colour of the corsage. There is no particular change in the make of dresses ; the small short sleeves are much ornamented, and lace is much used ; it is consi dered the long tight sleeve is already losing favour; the newest form now making in Paris is tight from the wrist to the elbow, and then gradually enlarges to the shoul der. For evening dress, white, blue Joinville, and roan de Corinthe, are in favour. Scarfs of tarlatane, embroi dered and trimmed with lace, are much in demand, and for young ladies scarfs are made of plain tarlatane, lined with gauze, and trimmed with a fringe of pink and white. Long gloves aro finished on the top with wreaths of gold feuillage, cords of silver or gold, flowers, feather fringe, lace, coques of ribands, &c. &c. The hair continues to be dressed low; bandeaux are very generally worn, plaits being rather out of favour ; ringlets are fashionable; flowers are much used in coiffures, the newest are the diamenties, having dew-drops sparkling like diamonds, some covered with snow, frost, &c., &c. ; and the coiffure scraphique composed of a roulean of marabouts placed at the back of the head enlarging and terminating on each side near the cheeks, with deep fringes plaited at the ends, and floating on the shoul ders. Turbans, resille hats, petits bords, all are now in demand. Bonnets of black velvet have been lined with pink velours epingle, with a pink ruche round the interior edge. Velours epingle of citron, white and green, &c., is much used ; one novelty is the in troduction of buttons to ornament bonnets ; three small buttons confine the nceuds at the side ; other trimmings are roses pompons, curled feathers, cactuses, and wreaths of moss, united by ribbon ; another novelty is the bonnet of pluche bouclee ornamented with coques of the same on one side, and a berthe of much smaller coques encircling the face. Many bonnets are now made of one piece of silk, without the usual join of the frost and crown, which is advantageous for the trimmings. DREADFUL MURDER NEAR BRISTOL. INQUEST ON THE BODY. The coroner's inquest on the body of Mrs. Shedden was held on Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, and did not close until half past six, when the Jury returned a ver dict of " Wilful murder against Charles Rudge," a lad who was apprehended on the night of the murder on sus picion. It was held at the Anchor Inn, near the house of Mr. Shedden. The first witness called was the husband of the decea3ed, Alexander Shedden. The witness stated the circum stances of his going to Bristol on the day of the murder, as we stated them yesterday. Some things bad been taken. Mrs. Shedden was in the habit of fastening the front door when he (Mr. Shedden) went out, as she had frequently expressed a fear that some harm would come to them in this out-of-the-way place. The witness ex. plained, in refercice to a dispute which he had mentioned, that be (the prisoner) bad kept some money which was given him to pay for some pipes, and having lent Mr. Shed den a book, and made application to have the book re turned (he having in the meantime been forbidden the house, on account of misconduct, and their missing several little things), Mr. Shedden refused to return the book un less he returned the money he had kept, and -that he had again applied for the book with the same result, and he left the house, muttering curses, and swearing that he would have the book. The prisoner was employed by him occa sionally in working in the garden, and other odd jobs. When the witness left him his wife was employed in making a machine to sweep the kitchen chimney, as it was too narrow to allow a boy going up, but the brush did not ap pear to have been used. [At tbis time the prisoner fainted, and fell into a fit, which continued for about ten minutes.] Mr. Shedden, in continuation, stated that the candle was in the same state as when he left the house, and bore no appearance of having been lighted. When the candle was lighted I was surprised to find the front roam shutters were fastened, which was also the case with the kitchen shutters. I was surprised, because Mrs. Sbedden was not in the habit of shutting the shutters until the last glimpse of light had disappeared, as she was very saving of her candle, and the kitchen shutters were not usually closed until she went to bed. Besides this, the fastening which held the parlour shutters up to the ceiling had been forcibly torn down, as if they bad been shut by a stranger. It was more than a month before this since the prisoner had been employed by me. Mr: Bell, the surgeon, who examined the body, thought all the blows were inflicted by the same instrument, such as a hammer ; but all the wounds on the right side were contused, and all on the left incised, from which he in fered that the hammer must have had a cutting side to it, which must have been a large one. Several of the wounds were sufficient to cause death. The body was quite cold and rigid, and she must have been dead some hours. The blood on the wall must have been caused by a second blow inflicted on the bleeding surface. It is probable that Mrs. Shedders was sitting in her chair by the fireside when the blows were inflicted ; should suppose from the position of the arms that the deceased had struggled. William Furze, a boy about sixteen, saw Charles Rudge about eleven o'clock on Monday—( From the prisoner— " It's no such a thing, you did not")—going up the path. I was in the field on the side of the hedge sowing wheat. I saw him again about three o'clock go down the road. Rudge looked •ery hard at me ; I am quite sure it was him. The prisoner asked the witness if he did not say at Mrs. Shedden's that be saw him (Rudge) go down the road at four o'clock. The witness replied, that he said at that time it was between three and four, but he had no watch. He thinks now it was a little after three o'clock. William Butt, assistant overseer of Horfield, deposed to his having assisted in apprehending the prisoner, and also to the conversation which took place on the occasion, the material point in which was, that the witness was quite positive of the prisoner having first mentioned the name of Mrs Shedden in connection with the murder. On coming► down stairs the prisoner had mentioned the name of Mrs. Shedden. I said, " Who said anything about Mrs. Shedden ?" and the prisoner said, " Some of you." The prisoner here said he wished to put a question to the witness, and entered into an explanation as to the way in which Mrs. Shedden's name was first introduced, which the prisoner said was by one of the policemen in answer to his mother, who asked what was the matte► ? The police man said, " Why, Mrs, Shedden has been murdered at Horfield," and he (the prisoner) said, " Good God I Mrs. Shedden ! go with you, then, for I declare to God and man I am irdiucent." Henry Lewis, policeman, deposed to the apprehension of the prisoner, and also to the prisoner having been the first to mention the name of Mrs. Shedden, as stated by Butt ; and also stated that the prisoner said, when he was con fronted with the body, that he was innocent, but be had helped Mrs. Shedden to shake the carpets, but that he left about twelve o'clock. The prisoner was taken to the station.house and searched, but nothing particular was found on his person but two duplicates and a purse. His clothes were examined, and on his trousers and boots marks of what appeared to be blood were found.—[The clothes were here produced and shown to the jurors.] The prisoner said when he was on the way to Mr. Lar cham's office, " Well, they shan't have the banging of me, for I will make away with myself;" and he afterwards ex pressed a wish to see the Rev. Mr. Clifford in his cell, as he wanted to communicate something which he was to write in his book, but not to tell any one until ha (the prisoner) was dead, and theifit was to be revealed to his mother; but the prisoner said it was not anything about the murder or any bloodshed. Mr. Bell was recalled and examined as to the appear. antes on the boots and trousers of the prisoner, and gave it as his opinion that they were marks of blood. W. Herapath,. Esq., was called to examine the boots and trousers of the prisoner, and pronounced that there were four spots of blood on the right leg of the trousers and one on the string of the boot, and that they were recent. Mary Nelson, a beershop-keeper, residing near the pri soner's father, deposed to the prisoner having drunk a half pint of Bnrton ale at her house at ten minutes before one o'clock on Monday. This closed the evidence, and the Coroner, having cau tioned the priFoner, asked him if he had any statement to make; but the prisoner, acting under the advice of his father, declined making any statement. The Coroner then ordered the room to be cleared, and proceeded to read over the evidence and to sum up to the Jury. Ver. diet of " Wilful Murder against Charles 'fudge." On hearing the verdict the prisoner fainted; he reco. vered in a few minutes, and was then removed in custody, protesting his innocence to the last. _ The Rev. Sydney Smith is, we hear, about to take the Corn-laws under his patronage, and is inditing a pamphlet thereon.—Cheltenham Examiner. NEW POSTAGE STAMP.—We have been fa voured with a sight of a new postage stamp about to bo issued for envelopes in lieu of the present nondescript pro duction. The new stamp is a manifest improvement both in appearance and convenience; for, while it only occupies about the same space as the penny label, the requisite dis tinctive mark is a well executed raised head of her Ma. jetty, surrounded by the words " Postage ane penny," also in raised work. All the raised or embossed parts are white, the ground being pink, and the whole has a very neat effect.— Wolverhampton Chronicle, TITHE COMMUTATION EXPENSES. --. ' s _. TO THE EDITO - 1? OF THE SUN. Ste—May I be permitted to lay before the public, through your columns, a statement of the grievances in flicted on a large body of persons by the Tithe Com mutation Act The class of persons to whom I allude are tenants for life, who, in the majority of cases, are so situated that they cannot derive any benefit from the Act, and in the small minority of cases, as they derive only an annual advantage during their lives, ought to pay only such an annual charge as would be their fair proportion to the permanent benefit conferred on the property in which they have only a life interest. The Act, after empowering the Commissioners to employ surveyors and valuers, and order them to be paid, &c., gives by the 76th clause, power of distress on the goods of any party not paying his share of the ex penses, thus rendering the tenant for life personally liable for expenses incurred for the permanent benefit of the estate, and the only redress he takes is under the 77th clause, which enables parties possessing less than a fee simple interest in lands or tithes to charge their proportions of the expenses of commutation with inter est at four per cent. upon the said lands or tithes so commuted, but so that such charge shall be lessened in every following year by one twentieth part of the origi nal .urn. The following grievances affect every tenant for life :- Ist. He is bound (by the 74th clause) to provide for the share of the expenses chargeable on the lands, power of distress on his goods being given by the 76 . h clause ; and he is thus rendered personally liable ic r all the charges incurred by the estate in fee, for its benefit, and consequently for the benefit of his successor, probably a stranger, while he himself has perhaps (from age or otherwise) only a short enjoyment of the estate ; and, moreover, no prospect of benefit from the commu tation, if the farms be let for terms not likely to expire during his lifetime. 2d. As no persons can be found to advance the ne cessary sums required to pay the expenses to a tenant for life at the rate named in the Act, and on condition of being repaid by driblets annually in the manner prescribed ; the tenants for life being personally liable and compelled to provide payment for the commutation expenses, &c., is obliged to borrow the money by way of annuity, or on some other extravagant terms ; the difference of expenses between doing so, and the charge he can make on the property becoming thus a heavy burden on him, without deriving any benefit from the measure as pointad out in the last paragraph. 3d. Supposing the original charge on an estate to be 5001., and that the tenant for life even could borrow the money on the terms prescribed by the Act, the whole amount of payments to be made during the twenty years would be 710/., of which, if the tenant for life lived ten years, he will have to pay 405/. with out deriving any benefit (as before stated) ; while his successor, the tenant in fee or in tail, would, during the first ten years of his possession, have but 305/. to pay, and will have been exempted from the trouble attending the commutation and from all perso nal liability for the expenses, and from the disadvan tages of raising the money at the higher, and charging the State therewith at the lower rate of interest, besides having at the end of the ten years the estate free from all expenses and enjoying the benefits of the measure in the new leases and lettings that he may make of the property. _ . It must be assumed that the Legislature intended the measure as a benefit to all parties interested ; but it is shown above that a manifest injustice is done by it to persons possessing less than a fee-simple interest in property, by burdening them personally (and heavily), that the succeeding tenant in fee or in tail may go almost scot free. The following case lately came under my notice :—A gentleman, many years ago, devised an estate of 1001. a-year to his daughter, and on her death, without issue, to a very distant relation. The daughter, who has never married, was obliged from unforeseen events to raise money upon this estate, and for this purpose sunk 501. a year. She has now an income of 50/. a year, and is required to pay her share of expenses in commuting the tithes upon the es tate of 1001. a year. The sum required by the Com missioners for this purpose is 251.—halt the old lady's income ; this she cannot raise under 10 per cent , ma king a deduction from her income of 21. 10s. annually, besides the one-twentieth of the 451., that is 1/.55., making in all 3/. 15s. a-year out of her 50/., and the estate being leased for el term not likely to expire in her life time, she is totally precluded from any benefit under the act in any reletting ; the sum of 31. 15s. per an num may appear trifling, but it is a heavy loss to her who can scarcely make the two ends meet ; and it is aggravated by the reflection that she is sustaining it for the benefit of a stringer, whose means are so ample that he will not feel the benefit of it. I would, therefore, suggest that such an amendment of the Act may be made next Session as will remedy this grievance ; and of the several modes that may be pointed out, the most simple would, perhaps, be by re pealing the 77th clause of the present Act, and enabling tenants for life to fix the expenses required to carry the Tithe Commutation Act into operation, as a permanent charge on the property benefited by the measure, at 5 per cent. interest until redeemed, as the amount so charged should be redeemable at any time at par. Already in communication with parties deeply inte rested in this question, I shall be happy in hearing also from any other parties so interested, with the view of concerting measures for bringing the matter before Parliament early in the approaching Session. I a m, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN PARRY. 24, Holles-street, Cavendish-square, Ja n. 24. HAIIIBURGH AND DUTCH MAIL THE HAGUE, JAN. 24.—1 t appears from the official lists that in 1839, 6,625 ships were cleared inwards in the different ports of the kingdom, of which 2,964 were under the Dutch flag and 1,446 under the English flag. Cleared outwards, 6,707 ships,-2,983 under the Dutch and 1,450 under the English flag. HAMBURGH, JAN. I9.—The following are additional particulars of the temperance riot :—A Meeting of the Temperance Society lately formed here, which was to take place yesterday evening, gave occasion to scenes which were far from temperance and moderation ; an institution which has even been able to disarm the contentious Irishman of his shillelah, excitel our generally peaceable populace to acts of destructive fury. The place chosen for the meeting was a lecture-room in the old school house, the way to which passed by a public-house, the owner of which illuminated his house, and by open ing all the doors, invited people to enter. In the front of his house, and in the open space before the school. house, a dense crowd was collected, whose turbulent conduct, as well as the furious cries uttered by some, sufficiently manifested the effects of the invitation of the tavern keeper. The members of the Temperance Society and the friends of the plan, had great difficulty in making their way through the crowd, at seven o'clock, the time fixed for the meeting, into which a number of persons found their way, who were far from intending to promote its object. This soon ap peared ; for scarcely had the Secretary begun to read the rules of the Society, when several of the persons present, by violent clamour and other manifes tations, made it wholly impossible to proceed. This gave the signal to the crowd collected at the door for acts of greater violence ; the doors were forced, arid the members of the Society had scarcely time to retreat by the back door. The mob penetrated to the apartment in which the meeting took place, broke the win,:ows, tables, and chairs, which they threw into the neighbour ing canal, and did as much damage as they could ; they remained masters of the field till the Civic Guard, which was called in, cleared the building and its vicinity of the rioters. HANOVnt, JAN. 20.—We continue to receive me lancholy accounts of the damage done by the inunda tions. BREMEN, JAN. 20.—The Weser has risen to the height of 17 feet 9 inches, which is higher than it has been for eight years. The temporary bridge which was erected two years ago, to serve while a new stone bridge is building, is in great danger : the ice is still 20 inches thick, and if it begins to snow before the water falls, the bridge, it is thought, must be destroyed. HAMBURGU, JAN. 22.—We learn from Bremen that the Weser had risen to 18 feet yesterday ; the bridge is broken in the middle, and it is not likely that any part of it will be saved.—Hamburgh Papers, Jan. 22. BELGIAN YUNDS—Batmencsi, JAN. 27. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cent 97 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 68% (1,-.40) 96% ---- 3 per Cent. ---Thirty-seVell------- .. B9 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 9',l —Brussels Papers, Jan. 27. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 23 Money. BB's, Actual Dabt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mart Si'ndie, 4 % per cent 86% 87% Ditto, ditto, 334 percent 70% 714 Commercial Company, 4% per cent 160% 161% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ....... Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9434 95 Exchange on London, One month ll 97% Two months Dutch Papers, Jan. 27. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JAN. 22. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan 106% 106% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Ci.rtilicate Inscription, lst Selies lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th Series 96% 96 Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 49 49% Ditto 5 per Cent — - Polish Bowls New Picket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cen. Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cnt. l6l Spanish, New 3 per Cents. 184( rACHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN.:2.-13 4.—Two months, 13 2. LISIPRIC, JAN. IS.—Two moths, 6. 18%. VIENNA. JAN 11.—Three months, 9. 4,34. BREMEN, J., N. 19 —Two months, 611. PETERSRURCII, JAN. 12.-.-TWO months, 39% pence PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BLni.iN, Money, St. Sehuld. Sch., 4y,, per cent. l O 3 -X, 10:0,', Bills. . 23 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 100% 1C0 1 ,6 Exchange on London, three months,,, —.... 6 17% —Fruuian 51att Gaulle, Jan. :21. TA ONDON and WESTMINSTER WATEE COMPANY. The groundless fears of a few mistaken Mill-owners, and the insidious efforts of the existing Water Company monopolists inciting the others to endeavour, in the teeth of experiment and demonstration, to terrify the Well-owners of the neighbour hood„ induced the following Twenty-eight Well-owners to add their testimony to the certificate of the Seventy Well owners already published, to the fact that during the whole course of the experiment ordered to bo made by the Chair man of the Select Committee of the House of Lords cthe 111arcptis of Westminster) NO DIMINUTION WHATEN ER took place in their sells (being in the immediate vicinity of the works) : Thomas Maynard, Grove House Academy, Bushey. James Epgrave, Bushey. Peter Saunders, Broker, Bushey. D. Robertson, Churchwarden, Bushey. W. Matthews, Builder, Bushey. George Green, Bushey. Thomas Coates, Bushey. James Hill, Surveyor, Bushey. H. Ricketts, Bushey. George Adams, Bushey. • George Tapper, Bushey, Herts. Joseph Morgan, Vestry Clerk, Bushey. William Waller, Bushey. Thomas Perrin, Bushey. Elizabeth Weaver, Bushey. James Briscoe, Bushey. Thomas Turner, Bushey. Samuel Sears, Bushey. Thomas Lock, Police Constable. Charles Barnett, Bushey. John Pratt, Bushey (Constable). William Keagham, Plumber, Bushey. Edward Bone, Bushey. Joseph Arnold, Overseer, Bushey. Joseph Fitch, Surveyor, Bushey. David Sims, Bushey. Samuel Fearanmare, Bushey. Mr. Sergeant Higgs, of the Metropolitan Police, states— " I have resided during the summer of 1840, at Bushey, Herts. I found no deficiency of water at the Public Pump during the operations of Mr. Paten's Works.—Joseph Higgs." The whole of the foregoing Signatures were made in my pre sence, WILLIAM PUGH, Auctioneer and Surveyor, Bushey, Herts. E RECTHEUM CLUB, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE. The CLUB HOUSE being now OPEN for the use of MEMBERS, NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN, desirous of joining the Association, are requested to communicate their intentions to the Secretary, from whom Prospectuses, and every requisite information, may be obtained. The Election of Mem bers is at present with the Committee. JAMES COCHRANE, Secretary, London, January, 1841. THE COMMERCIAL COMPANY'S fast and powerful STEAM-SHIPS will leave as under, weather, &c., permitting, from London-bridge Wharf, for— RAMSGATE—Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 9 Morning precisely. G RA VESEND, Southend, Sheerness, and Chatham—Every Morning at 11 (Sunday included). OOLWICH—Every Morning at 11 (Sunday included). BOULOGNE—Every Sunday and Tuesday, according to tide. From SOUTHAMPTON to PLYMOUTH and DEVON PORT, calling at Tot:quay and Dartmouth—Every Thursday , at 4 Afternoon. WEYMOUTH—Every Tuesday and Friday. GUERNSEY ar.d JERSEY—Every Wednesday and Sa turday, at 7 Evening. HAVRE DE GRACE—Wednesday, Feb. 3, 4 Afternoon ; Wednesday, 10th, 9 Evening ; Wednesday, 17th, 4 Afternoon; Wednesday, 24th, 9 Evening. Regular and rapid communication for goods and passengers, by Railway and first-class Steam-ships, to the Weit of Eng land, the Channel Islands, &c. The Commercial Company having made their arrangements for the transit of goods and merchandise from the port of Southampton (via Railway) to or from London, at one uniform rate of conveyance, viz, 2s. 6d. per cwt., which will inolude all charges for wharfage, cartage, freight, &c., to the respec tive places undermentioned, will receive goods at Hambro'- wharf, Upper Thames-street, Chaplin's universal office, Re gent-circus, the station, Nine Elms, or the chief office of the Company, 17, Fish-street-hill, for Weymouth, Torquay, Tot ness, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, and all places adjacent. Goods will be likewise received for Havre de Grace, Guernsey and Jersey, on the same terms, on applica tion to Messrs. Robinson and Son, Cuitom-house agents, 12, Water-lane, Lower Thames.street ; or to N. M. Friaulx, Southampton. The arrangements for St, Mato, Granville, and other ports, will be completed in a short time, of which due notice will bo N.B. Household furniture, and similar articles by special agreement. FIRE in FLEET-STREET.—O n t h e (nett sion of the Fire yesterday (Thursday) morning, at Mr. Bundy's, the Trunk-maker's, in Fleet-street, the " Weekly Dispatch " Office, and the Conductors resident therein, were in great danger. Without personal considera tion, many friends and neighbours, with disinterested kindness, proffered their assistance, judging correctly that in a News paper-office many books and documents of value are contained. To do justice to individual service in a few instances would be unfair, as in the anxiety of the moment several who presented themselves, and who rendered most efficient aid, might be omitted. Under this impression, thanks generally are offered ,(and it is hoped they will be accepted) to those who so kindly tendered their well-timed assistance. Dispatch Office, No. 139, Fleet-treet. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo , SOCIETY IN INDIA By AN INDIAN OFFICER. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. Orders received by all Booksellers. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. • Now ready, in 2 vets. post Bvo., with Portrait, 21s. bound, COMIC MISCELLANIES , By the Late JAMES SMITH, Esq., One of the Authors of " Rejected Addresses." With a Selection from his Correspondence, and a Memoir of his Life, By his Brother, HORACE SMITH, Esq. " One of the most amusing books that have seen the light since the famous " Rejected Addresses themselves." —Globe. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. NEW NOVEL, EDITED by THEODORE HOOK, Esq. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with nu merous Illustrations by Phiz, pETER PRIGGINS; THE COLLEGE SCOUT. Edited by THEODORE HOOK, Esq. " An admirable picture of a College Scout, whose Sayings and Doings are the Sam Sliskiana of Alma Mater. His sketches are, indeed, the most laughter-provoking we ever read. "—Age. _ _ " The work is quite worthy of the clever author of ' Say ings and Doings.' It is a most laughter-stirring crea•ion, if not of wise saws, yet of most humourous modern instances of the strange varieties of human character, and the foibles, follies, and extraordinary failings and peculiarities which flesh is heir to."—Courier. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. SIX ILLUSTRA non. THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq., and Illustrated by Cruikshank, Crowquill, and Leach, Contains GUY FAWKES, By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Illustrated by George. Cruikshank. Book the Second. Chapter IX. The Counterplot. Chapter X. White Webbs. Sydney, from the Memoranda ' Election Freedom. By Lady of a Physician. By Capt. I Wyatt. Medwin. The Three Ravens. It is not always May. By H. A Tough Yarn. By 0. Smith. W. Longfellow. To One Far away. By James The Children of the Mobility Aldrich. versus the Children of the The Dancing Master. Nobility. By Albany Poyntz. Irish Superstitions. By P. The " Pop" Visit. By Hal M'Teague. Willis. MERRIE ENGLAND IN THE OLDEN TIME. By GEORGE DANIEL. Co NTE NT s.—Southwark, or Lady Fair— Hogarth—Frost Fairs on the Thames—The Tabard in Southwark—Jerry Comber, the Fat-fool—Dick Tarletoa, the Jester, &c. Sown s.—Frost Fair Verses :—T e Metrical, Musical, Cold, and Comical Humours of Frost Fair--Jack Oates—The Old Harper's Song—The Pedlar's Pack. The Old Ledger. No. 2, Sep- Marine Memoranda. By a timus Jeffs ; with Four II- Submarine. lusttatious by Alfred Crow- Summer in the Heart. By quill. Efres Sargent. Praise of Wine. By J. M. The Exile's Song to Father- Moscherosch. land. By W. J. STANLEY THORN. By the Author of " Valentine Vox." Illustrated by Leach. Chapter XXXV. In which . .a highly important secret is die closed. Chapter XXXVI. Shows how a reconciliation took place between Bob and his venerable friend. Chapter XXXVII. In which Stanley resolves to retrieve his fortune. __ Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED ieyeral DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for one of the next Distributions may revive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS- PgCTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to - HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION, contains SEVEN HUN. DRED DIVIDENDS, amounting to £72,170, Toe Dividends being £25,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 1,600 150 90 50 Sterling. 800 WALSALL ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Since I last had the pleasure of communicating with you, the electors of Walsall have had a visit from Mr. Charles Wilkins, of Manchester, who has been addressing them in the George Hotel Assembly-room these two last nights, on behalf of the Corn-laws, monopolies, and Conser vative principles. His audience has been composed almost entirely of Tories, great pains being taken to exclude those who were likely to oppose him ; few or none of the non-electors are admitted on any terms. Meantime both candidates are incessantly at work amongst the " doubtful" or unpledged voters, and using other means to secure the election. A few " gents." have arrived from the Carlton Club to " assist" Mr. Gladstone. The " writ" having arrived yesterday forenoon, the Mayor (a Catholic) announced by placard that the nomi nation would take place on Monday morning at nine o'clock, and the election is fixed for the day following. The King of Bavaria has promoted his brother, Prince Chiles, to the rank of Field Marshal. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Manchester Corresp)mdent will see that we have stated the substance of his communication relative to Walsall. LtiOTICE. " THE CHINA SUN," Which was RE-PUBLISHED on the 6th INSTANT, with the LATEST NEWS from CHINA, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at the Sun Office, No. 112, Stiand. IN PROGRESS, THE RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great ♦ariety of I►►formation and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, :`,an be sent by post free to all parts of the Empire. Price SIXPENCE, Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING. JAN.i47 — Will be presented Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; 'Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Ann Page, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. C. Jones. After which, The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be repeated, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moroili ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. To-morrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with The New Pantomime. On Monday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with The New Pantomime. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Bons to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Feur, where Season Tickets may oe had upon application. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Prise, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Private Boat s to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller 167. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Engagement of the Celebrated Cask Vaulter, in addition to Ainsworth's triumphantly successful Tower of London, and the acknowledged best Pantomime, which are attracting brilliant overflows every evening. THIS EVENING JAN. 29, Will be acted a Grand Historical'Romance:founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaaz Vivans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Cruikshanks. after which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY . IA LADY LEE; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the astonishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask Vaulter will be given, as well as Brunning's Grand Diorarnie Synopsis of Syria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri valled Boleno Family ; Mr. Southby, the Original Cloali ; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astonishing Gymuastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Franeoni's, at Paris. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. M0rning......17 minutes after 6 I Evening 29 minutes after 6 The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Scx com menced at 10 minute. after Three. , , A 1, 41 , 4 • o-, FL nu , 4 , • - 4 -717 Z - ..ANP ' • , t ' un. LONDON: FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1841. In the House of Lords last night the LORD CHANCELLOR read her MAJESTY'S answer to their Lordships' Address. The Duke of WELLINGTON complained that public notice had not been given of the time when their Lordships were to go up with the Address. Had he known it, he would have attended. The LORD CHANCELLOR informed their Lord ships that an indictment had been found in the Central Criminal Court against the Earl of CAR DIGAN for feloniously shooting at Mr. HARVEY' TIICKETT• Their Lordships, on the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, appointed a Committee to meet on Monday to inquire into the practice of the House on such occasions as that of a Peer harged with a felony. The Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill was read a first time, on the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, who announced that, after it was read a second time, he should propose to refer it to a Select Committee. In answer to questions put by the Earl of HA D DINGTON, Viscount MELBOURNE stated that the Ministers did not propose to introduce any mea sure for settling the disputes in the Scotch Church, and they did, of course, mean to protect those who obeyed the law. The Noble Earl in timated that the dispute could not be settled with out any new law. Their Lordships adjourned. The Commons only met at one o'clock to carry up the Address to her MAJESTY, and, on march ing in procession from the House, adjourned till this day. For many years the West India planters re sisted all the efforts of the humane people of England, first to meliorate the condition of their slaves, and then to abolish slavery. They struggled pertinaciously to keep hold of the whip, and flog men, and flog women, and flog children, at their pleasure. They professed themselves almost ready to fight for the privilege of putting their slaves out of existence, whenever it might suit their convenience. They obsti nately resisted Acts of Council and Acts of Par liament to improve the condition of their slaves, or evaded them ; and so insulted both the autho rity of the law, to which alone they owed their safety, and the dictates of humanity. Gradually the firm and persevering kindness of the people of England overcame the short-sighted avarice of th e planters, and by successive exertions one provement after another was .compulsorily intro- duced into the condition of the slaves. Finally the people of England achieved emancipation; and, when they might, by simply withdrawing the protective power, have commanded it, they gene rously gave the planters who had for many years strenously resisted and ridiculed their philan thropic efforts, 20,000,.0001. sterling, for little more than a mere name. The laws, be it observed, were not otherwise altered to any great extent. No compensation was made to the slaves, but a reward was given to the slave-owners. The slaves by the neces- sities of their condition, living where the land is generally appropriated, and where a Govern- ment is maintained by the troops of Great Britain, became the labourers of their former masters, who obtained their services on cheaper terms, we believe on the whole, considering that their masters were relieved from the obligation of'always supporting them, than they paid for their services as slaves. At any rate, they have ob tained their services, and are still enriched by their labour, while they have received 20,000,000/. sterling from the people of England. Nowhere has there been anything like an in surrection, nowhere have the former slaves refused to work for reasonable wages, nowhere has there resulted. from this great act of the British people anything but order, prosperity, and public happiness. Never were any men more favoured than the planters. They were en riched by our contributions, they are enriched by the continued labour of their former slaves, and they are protected by the power of the whole empire. These advantages, however, are not sufficient EVEN ING ED OP for the planters. They labour - under some fashioned and aliz,urd restrictions as to porting food and clothing into the., .for , mer slave colonies, except from P t ol and her dependencies ; and, with no o ' er i t to earthly pretext or ground of justification I a this, which might be, and ought to be, aholis!?e,, to-morrow, they claim and receive -a diSesullo', Hating duty on all sugar not of their groWth.‘ ti about 4d. per lb., which enables them to pat! uo their pockets between two and three I n P °to ~, sterling a year levied on the people of thisc9P, try. For their advantage children; wilen! )l l e e ' b eat cakes, puddings, and tarts, to make ; ''.,!! et , sugar is used—women, when they drink. ened rea—and men, however poor,,who can; le no better breakfast than coffee made 1 ) . 0. ! 4 with sugar_-all these are obliged topay tPI ers, who already ha ve s o man y a dvantages/ B° oo t he :: whom they have already given so much, a. 4d. on every pound of s ugar th e y use. Th e 7 4o a similar tax on coffee, so that the planters so long condemned the Af r ica ns to slaver'' , ii bt ride on the English public, a n d enslave th er m the help of the law, as they used to flog', slaves in spite of the law. We did hope a short time ago that there 0 , probability of an end being put to this sY ste bt but it has of late been again strengthened- to those who were the opponent s o f the P kui s t oo and are still enemies of sl aver y. Th e persons- 0 ( were most solicitous to promote the abel it nis , slavery are somewhat nat ura lly, but 1 110 " or k, trustfully, afraid of the resu lt s o f th e ir WO 05 4 and many of them have now made connrOefio 1 ) with the planters against th e t ax -paying. ." of England. Some of them, lik e M r . G URNEY , have! v t e d the emancipated slaves, th ey h ave b ee n cli a l r f , t i , with their felicity, an d t h ey deman d the e9n1,1, nuance of the bounty exacted from th e f os payers of England, — an d t h e cont inuartee,°,oo monopoly, lest th e a b o li t i on o f t hi s ini ti c i ij ot should do injury t o th e i r proteges. TheY digood so reason in the prosecution of their ow n or work. They then di sregar d e d a ll t h e rePre- 0 tations of the planters, and, turned aside bY b e expediency, went straight t o th e j us t and tlief object of giving freedom to th e s l aves . N ° ``;tell mistrust the principle of righteousness, 3 7, d 4 the heavily taxed people of E ng l an d that t w ei , of justice to them would endanger the 'prosPet'ilid the West India planters, and probably l l° newly emancipated negroes. d ° They reason in this way :—" By a b o lislyaol discriminating duties, and by allowing the of Cuba and the Brazils to come into the ° l o ll at the same rate of duty as the sugars of ° tir e colonies, our planters would be so much l i do sold in the mark e t th a t th ey wou ld be Inia"theil keep up their cultivation, unable to emPiO oui negro labourers, and planters and labourers: s f t he go alike to ruin." This trainaf reasoningtill singular defect of keeping wholly out of (0 1 tax-paying people of England, for whose est io tt benefit the Legislature is constituted an k,ll made. At same time it may, we thi n heo doubted whether the consequences apPre by the abolitionists would follow. t the We proceed on th e suppos i t i on 15 4- planters shall be a t lib er t y to b uy theirs and procure their labourers wherever sod please, not introd uc i ng any ki n d o f sh e '; e c olti; reviving slavery i n any f orm. They wil.y% vate their la n d s by f reemen i n freed we affirm that th e su pp os i t i on o f Mr. co l and his friends, that they will be beatfrof of the market by the lab our o f s laves l e o I t in chains, is contrary to all ex p er i e nce. true it would be an encouragement to slave r :', sl isf a condemnation of their ow n con d u ct inaho ll it, which no argument could surrnot ilit. t hee making the supposition, they are false t° selves, and to their own ennobling P rix ' 00 They commit the palpable mistake of c 0 p h th e the produce of the slaves of the Brazils.. oef produce of the former slaves of Jamaio7 ill t 4 make no allowance for th e growt h of %,,Dif: freedom none for division o f l a b o ur, 74p cannot extend in a state of slavery, and 1;0 two elements of our own cheap production/ ' o ,oi they come into op era ti on i n our co l o nies, ove l soon enable them t o pr o d uce mu ch el je d than the slaves of the Brazils t oe Cuba. We therefore may that the assli on which the benevoleAt men who have e bol' the emancipation of the slaves now seek to f Y•P • ster up a most injurious monopoly of a -e ' n 'foir ters against the people of England, have % re , dation in facts or in the laws of human Il at o by They seem to us, also., to overlook the l a oicle which wages are regulated. The argurnellAjoieo they employ is that of our landlords -- you allow us to tax the community we rife e employ our labourers,, and they must 6 0 0.° Experience has dem on st ra t e d th a t the Id' the landlords' plan is act ua lly t o reduce t .lO bourers to the lowest stage of existence* s ioe can it be otherwise ? It does not create 1 00 4 particle of capital for the e m pl o y me nt of 0 0 4 ; it only adds to rent, which is dissipated i ° vagance. It does not increase prodnet i°o o , be without an increase of production there ; b out; no increase of capital. Th e wages o f Ole ro e ers in the West India Islands will be &t e ll er W in a state of fr ee d ora , lik e t h e wages of ° t oo ( ' bourers, by the demand and the supply cif iiea lr , It is quite clear th a t th e a b o li t i on or ' criminating d u ti es w ill not i ncrease the 11t Pr of labourers. Will it d ecrease t h e derrn i ,l o o° ( their labour ? We beli eve no t. Th e ablA t o 0 0 1 t° those duties will comp e l th e p l an t e rs, wh be otO l i actually live on t a k es l ev i e d on us , more attention on raising colonial produ ce„;,.},o on raising it at a cheap rate. It will e f ailof e u them to task th e i r i ngenu i ty, i t w ill in' . amongst them comp e titi on w i t h one ano ther'l l l ft ° ' they now slumber on in monopoly, but it o ut' destroy a single crushing mill, nor roo t single cane, nor allow a single sugar 11 0 to ruin. Competition amongst capit 2- jo y'r another name for a briskand increased de il°, for labour, and, consequently, the abolition l e a 1 discriminating duties would increase capit#/ ) , 9 0t increase, not diminish, the demand for the la of the free negroes. Mr. GURNEY and his l' sp ie o friends may rest fully assured that the P I fee i :. will not give the negroes sixpence * .n o more than they can help, and that the W Pv. ,,y the free negroes are not enhanced one Pe"' s lto f the three millions sterling which the ult s ur 01 ' for the benefit of the planters levies annu the people Of England. "4g We see that some writers call the le g' t em of the planters to be e nr i c h e d at 0. fro 0 pense, and to raise a large incon le pt °' holding land in the West Indiesv aie tas perty ; but it is no more property than ti t sic:: on corn is property. We are not with ° , prehension that property itself will b e `w hol e h e endangered, to the great injury of t ° af 1 community, by being perpetually co with taxation, both by law-makers an d P P fl writers. er e We admit, however, that we have dl oe; clients from Mr.. GURNEY and his friends' cause advocate the cat use of the ne roes we the 'lonr of the suffering-, sorrowing, and toiling' i'believ.e ers of Englund. Nor can we 1 , 0 1 ; su gt(l. that we do not exhibit as 'nu e use" lanthropy in protesting against the , by the wives and children of our hard- enrich and half-starveC people, being taxe dt f o r % the owners of 'Vest' India estates, as he NEY by his imag'_naryapprehensions t i l le d g lO. plaintain and you n grounds of the well-Xe • doe uitou • • s yet negroes will go - t( ) ruin, if the miq minating tax aa sugar be repealeo. corol us have our sug'ar as well as o'll-.4eri without paying a hoavy toll to time land°'w bee" The French Government, it is saw/ f obliged to interfere with the publietta°ll°,oo° letters in the journals, attributed tO il ‘licit/ PHILIPPE. It could llot over look these P.vocet tions. Accordingly, au Monday, the -f/ the Gazette de France, the Quaid/010Y tr • ..V!` he cei la ti d Goy( ti o tii i 411