The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-08 00:00:00

1.11VETINI; PO' -1,0' r (From the Satirist.) The Walsall election was a fair stand-up fight be tween Corn-laws and no Corn-laws, small loaves rind large loaves, abundance and starvation. There can be no dispute about this ; bah sides tried their hardest ; neither money nor industry wits waeting. The Anti- Corn-law League strained every nerve, all manufacturers threw iss their ielluence, and yet the seven hundred electors of Walsall have decided by a majority of twenty-seven in favour of the little loaf against the big loaf, and of corn restriction against free trade. We do not know what other motives may have in duced these worthies to vote for starvation and Glad stogie, or whether they received a good thumping bonus in the shape of hard cash, for abusing their privilege as electors, and imposing upon those who have votes the obligation of paying a poll-tax of so much per men, so much per woman, and so much per child, to every country squire who chooses to live bejond his legiti mate means, and to snake the poor wretches who labour in our factories, work in cur mines, and toil in our un healthy workshops, pinch their stomachs, and thrego a proper quantity of wholesome food, in order that these shooters of wild poultry, and hunters of vermin, may reader their own particular properties worth double as much es they would be worth if the possessors were honest Jeer!, and kept their hands out of the pockets of their neighbours. Trust the Corn-laws are a robliery, and a robbery of as ,tggrArated a character as ever was committed upon the highway, there can be no dispute. Even the squire archy themselves would not dispute it in private, and they make but a shabby show of disputing it in public. The ten-pound householders of Walsall have now for mally declared themselves to be confederates in the rob bery, although they are among the multitude robbed. Whether heavily bribed or not, we. neither know nor care ; but we should fancy that no men could be such ! fools as to ass:st rubbers in robbing themselves, unless they received a proportion of the plunder greater than that they lost by the robbery. Bribed, terrified, or coerced, however, matters bat little : the plain fact is clear enough, that these ten-pound householders, who havethus male themselves parties to this wholesale rubbery, are not fitted to be trusted with the suffrage at all, still less to be the only persons entrusted with it. Of tide bread-tax, not one-tenth part is selid by these ten-pound householders ; and of the suffering and star. vetion which this bread-tax creates, not one-thousandth part is felt by these ten-pound householders. The men who pay the tax to the landlords are the swarthy, ill fed, working millions, who are obliged to live upon bread, and upon bread alone ; who cannot procure meat, and who are compelled to subsist upon that vegetable diet which the Corn-laws render scarce and dear. These are the men who are really robbed, and these -are the men whom the ten-pound householders assist in robbing. These are the ;41^. - fl who hive no votes, 110 voice, no means of clefeediag themselves against the robbery of the House of Commons. We never have been friendly to the humbug of Uni versal Suffrage, or the brutalities of Chartism ; but if ' there is an areutneut to be found in favour of either of these two, it is most decidedly to be found in the ini quitous ma suer in- which the .ten-pound householders -betray their trust, aed, for the sake of a filthy bribe Troth cornitmedeasheeded country squire, hand all their 'poorer neighbours over to want and destitution. This 'Walsall election will make multitudes of Chart ists, and hundreds of thousands of Universal Suffrage agitators. If we were ourselves day labourers, we do aunt Inhere that we should be able to curb the indig etion which such an atrocious conspiracy against us would raise within us, or that we should be able to re mist the temptations of joining with every or any set of yersoos, whose object would be to knock up a state of society from which we should palpably derive no benefit, and by which we should feel that we were daily being robbed, and worked to death and starved. Something must now be done. We cannot go on . ;;his way. If we do we shall soon have every work man in the kingdom cursir ' s every man who has a tote, had combining to pull down the whole fabric of • society. This Walsall election may be considered to have settled the question of the Corn-law, at least for this session. Ministers, of course, will not stir in it when they would lose their places by doing so ; and elle squires, after such a victory as this, will, of course, pLack up heart, and feel themselves strong enough to c an robbing at least five years to come. The greatest ater.e.tit which could now occur to this country, would be three $uccezlive bad harvests, and three years of famine ; everything would fall before this, and the .country would, eventually, be a gainer. MANcEIESTER. — At the adjourned meeting of the Bankruptcy Commissioners on Friday, the case of Mr. Jacob came on for further hearing, when Mr. Saunders ..said there were a few questions which he wished to put to dine bankrupt, and, adclre.aing him, said,—" Mr. Jacob, she assignees wish to know what is the amount of the pro b.:cells of the sale of your household furniture, and what became of them ? Ti,ey scarcely see that is cleared up to their satisfaction." Mr. Jacob—The balance sheet will show. Mr. Saunders—There is another matter upon which the assignees wish to Le more satisfied, and that is, tahe expenses of your household establishment during the cast 12 or 18 months preceding the bankruper. Mr. Foster-1 household expenses put down t 2,4301. ; how much time does that cover ? Mr. Jacob — Tw o years and a half. Mr. Foster—Then, besides that, there are rent and taxes—making it 2.5331. altogether; that ,makes it 1,0001. a year; and then the general trade expenses and travelling expetues arc extra, and not in cluded. Mr. Sounders (to tho attrignee)—What was It suggested itself to your minds, gentlemen, on this point? Ur. Smith—Merely that we think the expenses extrava- gnat ; and perhaps Mr, Jacob can state how he was in duced to live at the rate of 1,0001. a year? Mr. Jacob—It requires little explanation on that point. It is very well known that I had a large house, and that I kept a good .deal of company, and that the money has been spent. That ist the only explanation I can give; I don't see any other; it has been spent. I don't think it very extravagant, 1,000/ .st year, kccoiag a gig and horse, arid a large establish ment, 201. a week is soon gone. Some weeks cost a good dual less ; some cost some more. Mr Brierley—'There were many journeys to London ? Mr. Jacob—Yes, and you'll find them in additioa. There is no other information I can give on this point ; of course, the money has been *pent. Mr. Saunders—Do you mean to state, that the atanev has been expended on your household expenses ? Mr. Jacob—I do mean to state it, and I have sworn to it. After a lengthened examination, the usual form of depo !sition woe reed over to the bankrupt, and he declared, that the books, accounts, and papers, he had delivered, con tained a full and true disclosure and discovery of his estate and effects; and also showed, after what manner, and fur what consideration he had disposed of his goods, merehandise , , ; and that he had not concealed or kept back say goods, merchandise, money, becks, ace mote, or writinKs. He then signed the depostion. Mr. Foster— You have heard this read over, and are prepared to say, that you have honestly given up, for the benefit of your creditore, the whole of your property, and ad books and papers relating to it, or containing any thing important to your estate ; and that you have neither concealed from them books, accounts, or property ; in short, that you have faithfully divested yourself of all your property. Mr. Jacob—Yes. You haVe been sworn, and you say, upon - your oath, that this deposition is true do. The bank. rupt then having passed his examination, the proceedings termiitted about twelve o'clock. BIliDs FROZEY TO DEATH.—Tate hapless condition of the poor birds during the late snow storm was strikingly evinced in many instances, where forgetting their natural shyness, they forsook tha fields and woods for the warmth and shelter of the barn and farm-house. A gsntlemati in Aberdeenshire, writing us a few days since,says—" I saw a touching sight last week at Tel loth, near Ballater—about a dozen of small birds frozen to the branches of a tree, and some more upon a cart, all quite dead. Another incident of the storm, was the some what ludicrous circumstance of a poor cat that had gone outside of a cottage window, and was found standing as stiff and starched as a German soldier, frozen to the spot, but not dead."—Inverness Courier. No BOY CHIMNEY-SWEEP S ALLOWED. By as Act of Parliament. passed in July, 1840, on and after the let of January, 1842, a penalty of not more than 101. far 'met than 3/. is imposed upon all persons who shall compel or knowingly allow any young person, under the age of 2.1 years, to ascend a chimney for the purpose of sweeping it, oe for extinguishing the urn therein. It also forbids chinmey-vvreepers employing in their business any person under she age of sixteen years, whether 83 an ap. prentice or otaerwiee,] and impose; the same penalty for the violation of this prohibition. Ta relieve chimney seeepers 0, 1- their apprentices, and other children whom t ley may employ, they must turn them over to the ulcer. the parish in which the employer resides, and such apprentices or children are to be considered as set tled in such parish. Police officers are to apprehend till chimney-aweevere' boys and send them to the wrek isouse. One shilling to be paid to the bearer fer his trounlo. - . NEW PROC.r.sS OF COPYING STATUES. —An in4enious instrument; ascribed to M. Collas, has been invented in France, which professes to copy, without the Resistance of an artist, and with extreme correctness, any •medal, 'Jas-relicf, or statue, whether of wax, plaster, wood, niarbie, or metal ; to reduce or enlarge its dimen sions without insto*ing the harmony of its proper- Cone, and to copy it on wood, stone, ivory, or marble, with as accuracy such that the artist himself could not distinguish the original from the copy. All this the Collas process is . states to accomplish easily, and at an inconsiderable cost. " We have already admired," says a Paris Journal, " the bas-reliefs of the Par thenon, the originals of which aro in London ; the Venus of Milo. -still so beautiful, despite of her mutilation ; and several e)ther precious models, 'educed to proportions of twafilths or a half, with a truth scarcely conceivable. 'The Parthenon metopes, those venerable monuments of art at its origin, are moulded in plaster, with their parts worn by time and their mutilated projecturt s. We have also re marked seirf•r7.1 I Ims-rellef•; reduced upon steatite to Advocate,with a the proportions of a cameo. Nothin g is w anting in them. The most fu,;itivc detai l opies. _i,wen sof,t,hemoiteoes lare le lens in those charming copies. There are its the French tariff' sixty-five prohi bitory articles, .most of them manufactures, whilst in the Prussian tariff of the German Customs Union there is not one, and the hig hest rate of protecting.' duty For national industry is only It) per cent.—Courrier Francais. STOCKPORT COURT OF REQUESTS.—I-Ienry Coppock, Esq .ow n-eicrk of Swckport, las been ap pointed Deputy- Cimok to the Court of Requests in that town, in place of -St. John Yates, Esq., resigned. The following is the Corn Circular issued by the Messrs. Sturge, of Birmingham, for the past year " Birmingham, 21 month, 3d. 1341. " We have delayed our Annual Circular later than usual, hoping to ha able to publish oar statistical iuforroa two complete to the end of the year; but we are sorry to slay we have not succeeded. Is adverting to the state of the corn trade during the past year, we have to notice a considerable reduction (considering the very superior qua lity of this year's growth) in the value of most kinds of grain, as compared with the corresponding period in 1840 ; the average prices of the kingdom being respectively as follows:-let month, 1840, wheat, 65s. 5d. ; barley, 39s. 23. ; beans, 44s. 43. ; peas, 40s. id. ; rye, 37s. 11d. ; oats, 32e. 10d. 1st month, 1841, wheat, 61s. 8d. ; berley, 33s. 2d. ; beans, 40e. ; peas, 39a. lid. ; rye, 33s. 113. ; otas, 21s. 73. " A variety of circumstances have contributed to this result, especially as regards wheat. The estimated guise tity of free wheat and flour, at the commencement of last year, was 550,000 quarters ; and there was entered fur home consumption during the year, 2,463,013 quarters, making a total of 3,013,013 qaartere. The stock at the end of 1840 is supposead slot to have exceeded 450,000 quarters, leaving 2,563,013 quarters, as the quantity gone into consumption in addition to our own erowth. The state of our monetary affairs, and the failure of one or two cut.sidereble speculators in grain, within the last few months, has probably caused inure of the foreign wheat to be press on the m.aiket than would otherwise have been the case. 'rile crop of 1840, there is reason to believe, proves to be more nearly an average one, than, considering the very ungenial weather during part of last summer, might have been expected, especially in most of the eastern, midland, and western districts of the kingdom. Neither the stocks of free, foreign wheat, nor those in the hands of the farmers, however, make it probable that we shall have a low range of prices during the present year. There is one feature in the imports of wheat to which we allusied in our circular of last year, that we think has not bean euffieiently considered by those who have turned their attention to our probable future demand for wheat from fo reign countries. In the year 1833 the export of wheat and flour from Ireland reached its maximum. and amounted to 541,475 quarters of wheat, and 1,059,587 cwts. of flour. Since that period it has gradually and uniformly decreased, and last year was only 59,522 quarters of wheat, and 180,476 cwts. of flour, to the ii•ia of 10th mouth ; while, curing the same period, nearly double that quantity was imported into Ireland from English or foreign ports. " The duties on foreign wheat have fluctuated during the last year from 2s. Si. per quarter to 27e. 8d. while the average duty on the whole that has been liberated for home consumption is 7s. 2d. per quarter. The price of wheat in some of the foreign ports, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, is very much reduced : this, however, has not eet led to much specula tion, though a few purchases, chiefly on Irish account, for apriog shipment, have been made. Our stocks of free wheat trnoetly of stale inferior quality) in Gloucester, are 19,570 quarters; 9,370 of Odessa and Bannot; 5,100 Lower Baltic; 1,800 Spanish; and 3,300 Dantzica of bonded, 5,055 quarters. Our present prices are-Eng lish red, 7s. 63. to 8s. 2d. ; white, 7s. 8 , 1. to 83. 4d. per 62Ihs here ; Dentzig, 8s. lid. to 83. 6d. ; Spanish, 7s. 103. to 8s. 2d. ; soft Odessa, 7s. to 7s. 4id. ; hard, 63. 101d. to 7s. 3d. per 601b. at Gloucester. " Tue crop of barley is generally admitted to have proved above an average in quantity, though very various in quality ; and the price, as compared with this time last year, of best descriptions is as 383. to 50s. and upon infe rior as 28s. to 33s. per quarter. " The crop of oats in this district is said to be very good ; but the limited extent to which they are grown, makes it of little importance, as our prices are almost en tirely regulated by the supply from Ireland; and, although it is the general testimony that the crop there has proved above au average, the quantity imported into Gloucester has rut been larger than ustiel, and the demand more than equal to that of corresponding periods in former years. " Although the crop of beans is reported to be an aver age one, the quentity of last year's growth in hand was so small, that they have borne a high relative value, which may, in sonic degree, be attributed to their excellent quality. Present price, new, 163. to 17s. ; old, 183. to 19:. per 19611A. here. " We have had much less demand for peas than usual this year, and our arrivals have been small. They are no minally worth, for grinding, 15s. to 16s. 6d. per 1961b., and, for boiling, 5a. 6d. to 6s. per imperial bushel here ; the consumption of the latter does not appear to be in creased by the relative high prices of potatoes. " Old foreign spring vetches have realized 6s. 91. to Si. 31., and new, Ss. 61. per imperial bushel." GENERAL HARRISON ON SLAVERY. The following curious letter has been handed to us for publication. It is from General Harrison, the President elect of the American Union, and is in rvply to a letter ad dressed to him on the 2d of September last, by Messrs. Tappan, Leavitt, and Dresser, on the ubject of slavery :— " Cincinnati, Oct. 1, 1840. " Gentlemen,—Your kind letter of the 21st ultimo came duly to hand. The subject on which you addrest me, I look upon as one of the greatest importance to the people of this country, though I have generally re fused to answer the numerous queries addressed to me, generally from my political enemies, knowing they have intended to injure me with the south. In my letter, however, to Judge Morris, of Massachusets, which he had the liberty to use in any way that he thought proper, except to publish, I expressly state my views on the abolition question. I therein state, that I joined an abolition society at Richmond, at the early age of eighteen ; and that I have seen no reason to change my views on the subject since. And I will now further state, that 1 believe Congress has full rind complete power to legislate on all subjects relating to the district of Columbia, and should use that power by abolishing slavery in tile district. And although Con gress, perhaps, has no power to interfere with slavery in the several States, yet so anxious am I to see this immense evil put down, that I would willingly sign a bill, should one pass Congress, appropriating all the surplus revenue for the purpose of purchasing the slaves, or for indemnifying the States that should voluntarily abolish the system. The appropriating the surplus revenue for this purpose is no new idea with me. It is one I have long entertained, and have more than once so expressed myself, and I hope yet to live to see so desirable an object accomplished. " You are aware, gentlemen, that this is a delicate subject for the peace of the south; and, whatever is done, should be done with much caution. You have probably seen my letter to Mr. Lyons, of Virginia. You will, of course, know what kind of estimate to place upon that, written as it was to a southern man, and a slaveholder. I have refused, gentlemen, to make promises or pledges to any great extent during this can vass ; but, as the great contest is so near at hand, I have no hesitation in ‘ieclaring the above as my sincere senti ments, and hope you will find them to accord, at least in part, with your own.-1 am, Gentlemen, very respectfully, your obedient servant, " 1V. H. HARRISON." —Anti. Slavery Reporter. The parish of Worsted extends ever 2,500 acres of land ; the population is about 860 souls. The Vicarage is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter—the Vicar has never resided. On the death of the late Vicar, a petition, signed by all the church attendants of the parish, was pre sented in favour of the Curate, the Rev. Mr. Spurdens, who, from his attention to the poor and high character as a clergyman, was universally respected. No notice ass taken of this petition. The great tithes of the parish arc leasehold of the Dean and Chapter, renewable every seven years on payment of a fine. The fine in 1833 was 6921, but was raised to the exorbitant sum of 8781. 10i. in the year 1410 ; a reserved rent of about 601. is also paid annually. Thus it appears this 11,,ly Incorporation, has received somewhat more than 2,0001. in the last eight years from the parish, besides a law bill of 431. to their agents. Now what return has been made to the parish charities? We have teen how their souls are cared for 1 The Sunday School, supported by voluntary sub. scrption, has received 01 The Clothing Society, which owes its existence to the assistance of private benefactions, has received 0l The distressed widows and other deserv ing objects of charity have received 01—from the Dean /Hid Chapter. Charity covereth a multitude of sins; God grant that the Members of this Holy Incorporation may not want a garment. But it is not for me, a simple sol dier, unskilled in the science of the stringing phrases, to offer my comments on the above facts,—Correspondent of the Norwich Mercury. THE NEW PENNY-PIECES.—(From a Corre spondent of the Athe'Imam )—I have just seen some of the copper penny-pieces which have lately issued from the Mint. Of the devices, either of the obverse or reverse, it is not necessary to make any remark ; they are the work of Mr. W. Wvon, the chief engraver, and display the same grace and skill in execution which characterize his pro ductions. Here, however, all commendation must cease. In all other respects, I can only speak of this coin in terms of disapprobation. First, as to the quality of the metal : it is so ill-prepared, that upon very many of the pieces the surface has broken up in flakes. Secondly, as to the striking : I have not seen a single pisce which is what is called well struck up—that is, the parts in highest relief, n a i s s, th a e re hanortah:lveaerltyheexQpureesesneds bod y e ; a t r iw an i d m t p h r e essio1 i o of the die is not fully an entirely given. Yet we have, at the Royal . Mint, th e fi nest mac hi nery in the world for stiking co ins—the same which,-st the Soho Mint, where it was carefully worked and attended to, pro duced coins which, at least as far as the mechanical re sults arc concerned, were unrivalled. Thirdly, as to the dies : they are evidently very badly made, exhibiting cracks and depressions. How many have actually been broken, we have not the means of ascertaining ; b ut I must be lieve that ninny dies have entirely failed, or the authori ties at the Mint would not hesitate to throw aside those which are so evidently defective. In fact, they have not remaining a sufficient number of perfcct dies to carry on the work. Fourthly, as to the surfaces of the coins : rough ; b many of them are extre melyut whether th:s arise s from the bad quality of t he metal, or from burning the die not quite certain ; but in the process of hardening , I am n I believe both causes of imperfection have existed. I the coins themselves, to need only refer to prove the truth of the above remarks, and to satisfy every per.on, that the proceedings „ of the Royal Mint require in vesti g ation and correction. A FRENCH MAN'S IDEA OF CRICKET.—NVe got up a tolerably good match behind the Hotel Royal, on the beach at Dieppe, for the amusement of the Duchess de Berri, in the year 1820, We mustered, with some dif ficulty, two elevens ; the bowlers pitched their balls with scientific precision , the batters defended their wickets with great skill ; short and long stops were on the alert ; in fact all the performers acquitted therns2Ives most admi rably. As soon as the first innings were over, one of the party, who had been most active in the display of his athletic powers, approached the Duchess's c-rriage in the 1 expectation of being complimented on his exertions; in stead of which one of the suite asked the gentleman, to his utter dismay and confusion, when the game of creekay was going to begin !—Sportsman in France. (SATURDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.--The news from China, published to day in anticipation of the overland mail, caused a feeling of e!kappointenent, and an additional heaviness in the furida, as it appears that our differences with the Chinese autho rities had not been brought to a settlement at the date of these advises, and that there had been a considerable mortality among the troops at Chusan. These gloomy impressions, however, rather diminished, when the state of matters was more maturely considered. It was then seen that Lin, the greatest enemy of English interests, bad been superseded and disgraced, and that the Hone merchauti, who certainly should be more accurate judges of the intentions of their Government than any class of foreigners, were evincing by their proceed ings a confidence in a speedy errangenient. The character of the advises by the previous arrival wsa so very flattering, that people were looking forward for tco much being done at once. Considering the haughty and repulsive character of the Chinese and their past exclusion of foreign interference, the progress made by Captain El liot is really more than could have been reasonably ex pected so soon, and we ought to be surprised rather at the advanced state of the prclimineries toward3 negotiation shown by the accounts now received, than that snore had not beer accomplished. It would, how......ver, be unwise for those interested in Chinese produce to trust to the early adjustment of our differences with the Court of Pekin. Chinese cunning is so notorious, and the memorial of Lin exhibits so much of the national duplicity, that it would be rash in any one, without better information than we possess at present, to forts a decided opinion as to the early result of the dispute between this country and Ckina. TIMES.—The English stocks aro still in an unsettled state, and although the accounts from the East ladies are looked upon as unsatisfactory, and caused a temporary de pression in prices as compared with yesterday, yet when the French mail arrived in the afternoon bringing better quotations, a reaction of a trivial nature occurred. The Indian papers just arrived contain some particulars relative to the commerce of Bombay. A table is drawn up of the imports anal exports in pounds sterling, from the Custom-house returns, the results being obtained by reckon ing 2s. to the rupee. The totals for the year 1840 are for imports, 264 fur the number of ships ; 120,504 for the tonnage ; 3,209.080/ for the value of merchandise; 879,515l. for that of treasure ; 45,3901. for that of horses, the total value being 4,067,645/ ; while for the exports, the number of ships is set down at 237, the tonnage at 112,939, the several values as follows—via , merchandise at 3,666,895/. ; treasure, 373,1491. ; horses, 16,6351. ; and the total value at 4,076,479/. It is to be under stood that these statements merely refer to English ships, since a separate account is kept for native vessels. The value of horses set down, both as articles of import and export, is very large. The greater part of these brought to Bombay aro from the Persian Gulf, Scinde, and Guze rat, valued on an average at about 15/. per head, the low ness of the average being caused by toe number of ponies found among these horses. The large amounts of trea sure exported and imported are attributed in a great mea sure to the efficiency of the Bombay Mint, the machinery of which works off 35,000 coins par hour, though the makers had only reckoned on its working off 14,000. About 5,000 tons of coal, at a freightage of about 21. per ton, are annually imported into Bombay, and used almost exclusively by the Company's steamers, though it is observed, that on account of defective arrangements at home, scarcely more than two-thirds is effectual in raising steam. Great losses are, it is said, sustained, on account of the pilferings of the native boatmen, whose office it is to carry goods between the ships and the shore, both on the occasion of shipping and landing goods. The amount of injury caused by these depredations is estimated at about 3.00(11. per annum, exclusive of the pillege of opium, which causes a loss, it is rsekaned, of from 4,0001. to 8,000/. Hence the formation of a Company of re. sponsible wharfingers is looked un as expedient, especially as such an association has been already formed at Calcutta, where it has been found successful. Another defect at Bombay is tho absence of wet docks, although the rise and fall of tide is from 14 to 18 feet, and the locality abounds with fino building-stone. A hope is expressed that the construction of the wet dock for the steam flotilla of the Indian navy, which iv about to take place, will speedily be followed by other docks fitted for the commerce of the port. The account of the Bombay Money Market gives as the only sales of Government securities, 5,000 rupees of the 4 per Cent. Loan of 1832-3, at 102 rupees 4 aortas per 100 siccas. end a small amount of the 4 per Cent. Loan of 1835.6 at 97f per cent. The bills on Bengal were less in demand, a sale of 5 lacs at the Treasury averaging 8 minas disconet, while the exchange on Loziion was 2} to at sic months. With respect to the exchanges, com plaints are made at the alteration of the rates by the Supreme Government, without reference to the state of the Money Market. The rates referred to are those at which the Government is prepared to grant advances against shipments for England. For instance, the first announcement this season fixed the rate et 2a. ld , when, without any previous intimation, a notice was published raising the rate Id. higher. The effects produced by this are compared to the evils caused by the Bank of England's capricious tampering with the currency here. It appears by the same papers that the Victoria arrived on the 14th of December with the October and November POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE MORNING PAPERS. The Morning herald of this day, alluding to the affair of the Caroline now occupying the attention of this Go vernment and the United States, observes :—" Thu whole question upon which Mr. Fox has a right to interfere is simply this. Was the destruction of the piratical vessel Caroline authorised and direct, d by the G )vernment of Great B. itain, or of Canada, which amounts to the same thine ? If so, the question is one between the two Govern ments, and not between the Federal Government at Wash ington, or the ,State Government at New York, and Col. M'Leod, who, if he did wrong, only carried into effect the orders of his Government, which is, therefore, the party really responiible. This is the ground for the British Go vernment to take—this is the ground to stand upon." The Morning Chronicle remarks, with reference to Lord Stan ley's Irish Registration Bill:—" If the people of England allow Lord Stanley's Bill to pass, they do, to all intents and purposes, fling defiance into the teeth of Catholic and Liberal Ireland. The die is cast, and from that moment the union of Ireland with the British Crown depends on military force—on the array of British bayonets and the Orange militia of the north. From that moment it be comes certain that if a war should arise, and a hostile army should effect a landing on any one point of the ex tensive coast of Ireland, with the exception of the pro vince of Ulster, that hostile army would be received as friends and liberators by a numerical majority of the population." The Morning Post thus expresses itself en the sul-ject of Lord Morpeth'a Irish Regis tration Bill :—" It is a proposal for the abolition of ad mitted fraud, and 3et only a conditional proposal. It. is in the nature of a bargain with those who detest the fraud, They may •save the fraud removed, but they must pay a price for it, and that price must be the abandonment of a certain part of the representative constitution as fixed no longer aeo than 1832." The Times, speaking of Mr. Lat.ouchere's measure for the better regulation of rait ways, observes :—" It relates exclusively to the protection of the public safety ; and, if carried with such amendments as are necessary to effectuate its leading provisions, will do all that legislation can, or, at all crews, as much as in the present state of knowledge it is prudent to attempt, to wards securing travellers against the premature opening of railways, the employment of improper and unqua lified persons in the management of engines and trains, and the neglect by directors of railway Com panies of prudent or necessary precautions." Tire Morning Advertiser hai the following remarks on the Monmouthshire election :--" The Monmouthshire election takes place, we believe, on Tuesday next, and a new candidata has started in the person of Charles Octa vius Swinerton Morgan (what long mimes these Welsh men have), and it is more than probable that lie will win it; bat be 't observed, that the contest is not a party, hut a family one. In the count• the Beaufort and Misr gen families are predominant, and Mr. Banbury Tracey is simply supported by the Liberal interest, not exercised during the last hundred years. We do not flatter ourselves that he will be successful ; but if he be so, the triumph of Liberal principles will exceed anything which has occurred in recent elections. Mr. Morgen's principles will be easily gathered from the fol lowing extract from his address. How supremely ridi culous they are it is not necessary for us to expose :—" As I have not hitherto had an opportunity of publicly evolv ing ray political opinions, I beg leave to state, that I shall be ready to support the agricultural, commercial, and ma nufacturing interests against all innovation 1 that I shall ever be found a true and steady friend to our present in stitutions in Church and State ; and should you honour me by electing me your representative, my earnest endeavour will be to watch over your local interests." M. MINASI.—Having availed ourselves of re peated opportunities of expressing our admiration of the exquisitely beautiful pen-and ink drawings of Mr. Minasi (now residing at No. 113, Praed-street, Paddington), we feel deep regret in stating that this talented artist is at the present time struggling with the accumulated evils of po verty and advanced years, for want of that patronage to which his performances—unequalled we believe in Europe in the particular branch of the arts which he has carried to such perfection—have so justly entitled him. He has re cently experienced a severe attack of illness, which has crippled his pecuniary resources, and temporarily impaired his physical energies, without diminishing his enthusiastic attachment to his profusion, or his power of communicat ing to others the meanis of imitating the productions of his genius. We understand he is endeavouring to esta blish a school for teaching the art of pen-and-ink drawing, and wo cannot permit ourselves to doubt that he will soon have a sufficient number of pupils to relieve him from his present difficulii,s, and to afford him a prospect of passing the evening of his life in comparative comfort. In the r m a t eeioni admired p d i ,Ias9si, in ofs raadnmk t e n admirable bd n l name property of humanity, to the nu rpaewrgws to his assistance, and to evinc e , by somethin g i:tve m e s eenp c, fo n r and‘4 t ' h a a rd n empty praise, their estimation of a man whose first-rate skill as an nrtiit is only equalled by the excellence of his e s 11 . 11 ri T t ' fe l o l g al e ven ; i tt E: i 1 N: v a l e ir r . r . l vb i o:of:atrnn:Lfei immense mt.coba:bu:::eieli majority, h s yo 11 5,w c i r ar mor s a r 1c . h a A ra t c , t B er A . s y defeated ei t n h ai i et odLni at the ei general appointment;iet e n r e e r s a t l , comes forward on the Tory side. On that occasio the numbers were, for Grimston, 361 ; Mutikett, 348 ; Cab bell, 219. The nomination is fixed for this day. The. reason assigned for the Hon. Mr. Grimston's resignation of his seat for St. Albans is, that he means to exchange the Senate for the Church. COPYRIGHT BILL.—The majority against the second reading of the CopyriOtt Bill would, we under. stand, have been increased by four, but that Mr. B. Hawes and Mr. Briscoe were counted as voting for, in stead of against, the Bill—they having by mistake gone into the wrong lobby. THE COPYRIGHT BILL TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. Stn,—Though Mr. Sergeant Talfourd has lost his Bill, he may yet introduce another, which, as I think, will be useful both to the public and to authors. It is an Act to render it imperative on publishers not to allow the true date of the title-page and preface of soy scientific work to be altered, except when alterations are made in the body of the work. Publishers should also be obliged, when a work is stet eotyped, to introduce that word, and the year in which the plates were cast, in the title-page ; end they should not be permitted to alter that date till a genuine new edition was produced. The effect of these regulations would be to prevent old works on sciences, which are undergoing almost daily changes, from being given to the public as new editions containing all the latest improvements. This would be a manifest advantage to the public, while the frequency of real new editions would bring some litt'e remuneration to the author. who is now often doomed, not only to see his works passing through several nominal editions, and in consequence selling extensively, without his deriving the slightest advantage from them, but to be blamed for errors and omissions which he has no power to correct or supply. I remain, Sir, &c. J. C. LOUDON. Bayswater, Feb. 6. DESTRUCTION of CAMBERWELL OLD CHURCH BY FIRE. Lest night, a few minutes before twelve o'clock a light was observed by a policeman on duty in the gallery of :he above venerable structure ; and, supposing from the flek ering of the flame that it was thieves who had broken in, he informed the clerk, who resides adjacent to the church, of his susiicions. The clerk lost no time in procuring the keys, aad on opening the church doors it was found that the gallery was on fire, near the organ. The flames, owing to the sudden opening of the door, spread with greater r,- pidity, and communicated to the organ, belfry, and the other portions of the fabric. The clerk then secured the books with the greatest difficulty, the smoke being so dense as to nearly stifle him. The policeman raised an alarm, and roused up the inha bitants residing near the spot. The engine was g , t out, but no water could Ise procured to work it. An express was then sent up to the different stations of the Fire Brigade Establishment for the engines belonging t© them. The flames at this time burst forth from the windows of the building, and had a most beautiful ap pearance, the whole of the interior being one mess of fire. No water up to this time could be procured, and the opinion among the bystanders and firemen who bad arrived was, that the fire intuit burn itself out. The church is surrounded by a yard, and has a beautiful square tower, with a peal of eight bells ; the whole of which, together with the church orvin, &c., have fallen a prey to the devouring element. About two o'clock the peal of bells fell with a loud crash, which were soon after fol. lowed by the roof, and nothing is left standing but the bare walls of this immense edifice, which was capable of holding between 1,000 and 2,000 persons. No water could be procured, and out of six engines which had ar rived, two left, there being no appearance. of any vrecr. The flames continued burning furiously for some time al. ter, and at the time this account was written (half Tait two) the building was burning from one end to the other. On mAing inquiries of the proper authorities, no account could be obtained (:f the calls:! of this sad calamity, the clerk saying that everything appeared safe whet, the church was closed after evening service. . (From the Hampshire 7'elfgraph.) PORTSMOUTH, FRB. 6..—The Inconstant, ,t6, Captain Pring, sailed on Tuesday, from Plymouth fur the Mediter ranean ; and the End piton, 36, Captain the Hon. E. Grey, the same day, for the East Indica. The Iris, '26, Captain Nurse,: arrived at Plymouth, from this port on Monday, on her way to the Coast of A ft ica. The Warspite, 50, and Vindictive, 50, arc both pro ceeding fast at this port, for commissioning. The Lizard, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Estcourt, sailed to-day for Malta, touching at Plymouth and Falmouth. The Liverpool steamer, for Alexandria, left Southamp ton early on Monday ; she had fifty passengers on board fur India, of whom eleven were ladies, i❑ addition to other passengers for Gibraltar and Malta. 'rho voyage from Falmouth to Alexandria was per formed by the Oriental in 12 days 91- hours. She '.4.5 4 days 2i hours from Falmouth to Gibraltar ; 3 days .22t hours from Gibraltar to Malta ; 3 days 13f hours from Malta to Alexandria. She is now returning Irons Egypt, and brings to Malta letters, which reach Portsmouth. through France, in the short space of 36 days, from Bombay. THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—The vessels which were an nounced to sail on the 30th ult, are nut yet ready for sea, nor is it expected that they will all take their ve parture during the present month, as it is intended that about ten days shall intervene between the starting of each. The Soudan will precede the Albert—each of these vessels being now engaged in taking in their stores. The Wilberforce was not to sail from Liver pool till last Monday, calling at Plymouth, to take in her complement of marines, who are all volunteers for this particular service. The whole of the crews are complete, and, with the officers, are sanguine for the success of the undertaking. On Sunday the 13th ult. a farewell ser mon was preached at St. Bride's, Liverpool, by the Rev. J. if. Stuart, minister of tho church, to the principal part of the persona composing the expedition. In Harbour.—Queen, Victory, Indus, Excellent, Royal George, Tweed, Rapid, Alban and Echo steamers. At Spithead.—Pelican. FROblUTIONS AND APFOINTMENTS. PROMOTION,--Second Master W. Jeffery, to the rank of Muter. APPOINTMENTtl —Commander--St. Leger Cannon, to the Calcutta. Mates—J. F. B. Wainwright, B. E. Hawke, J. F. Forster, and P. W. May, fur instruction at the Royal Naval College. Clerks—J. Wiggens, and Wm. Burney, to the Indus. Volunteer Ist Gass—Francis M'Kenzie FrAser, t.) the Inconstant. Boatswain—George Busman, from the Carysfort to the Pique, vice Scott, deceased. Mr. J. Fincham is appointed Foreman of Plymouth Dock., ard. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PonTemouru, FED. 6.—The City of Poonah, Rogers, sailed on Monday last, for Madras and Calcutta. The Overriasel, Blom, arrived on Wednesday last from Amsterdam, to take in the cargo of the Helena Christina, for Batavia, the latter ',Timid being reported unseaworthy The Tweed, Capt. Douglas, still remains in the har bour awaiting Admiralty orders : and the Pelican brig, Capt. Napier, at Spithead. The latter in want of petty officers and able seamen. The crews of the Iris and Pel:can have given a d:ty's pay to the widows and ,rphans of the lute crew of the Fairy. The appointment of Mr. Enislie, as Acting Assistant- Surgeon of the Queen is cancelled. The title of Physician-General of the Navy has been abolished, and that of " In:pectur-General of Naval Hos pitals and Fleets" established in lieu thereof. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed that troop ships wear the colours worn by her Majesty's ships on the stations they may be from time to time employed. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS Th• following aro th• results of " A Table of Mortality is the Metropolis, showing th• Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in th• week ending Saturday, the 30th January, 1341," The Table is issued front tie Office of the Registrar-General CAISM. OP /PEATY. Weekly Total. A verage 1836-9-40. Epidensie, Endemic', ant Contagions Diseases 200 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 173 151 Diseases of the Lungs, and etker Organs of Respiration no 2‘6 Dis,ases of the Heat and Bloodvesiels 22 18 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 77 60 _gestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 6 4 Chilabed, Diseases of Ow Uterus, ice. 6 .1.' ) 9 Diseasor of the Joints, Bones, and Aluselos 8 ti Diseases of the Skin, tac 0 1 Diseases ef Uncertain Seat 114 103 Old Age, •r Natural Decay 103 71 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intempei once 30 25 Causes not s pecified .)— ... 8 Deaths from all oausei 1107 - Arerage Weekly Deaths .. 926 Deaths in the A.eeragaWeeklv Week. Deaths,183S-9-4 - 0. Western Districts ..... /44 ...... 1'49 North Districts 173 163 Central' Diitriets 237 190 East Districts 277 ...... 211 South Districts ... 274 233 Total........ 1107 9tZ It is stated that under the term Metropolis aro com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the oat parishes within the bills of mortality—and the parishes of it. Mar) lebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Pulbam ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington ; St. Mary, Stoke Newington; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary- le hew ; Camberwell ; Greenw ich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for 183$, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the three years by 156. General Register-office, Feb. 4, 1341. --- The last steamer from Gibraltar and Lisbon, we believe her name is the Tagus, arrived at Falmouth on Friday last, the 29th inst., but bar mail only reached Lon don, to be delivered to the public, .;,on Monday the 1st inst. Had this vessel been permitted to come to the Motherbank direct. she would have arrived there bef, , re eight o'clock on Saturday morning, and her mail would have reached London, in the usual course, at two o'clock, on that day ; and forthwith have been delivered to the merchants. Many letters would butte been answered that afterno t :n . by the mail steamer, which left Falmouth on Monday morning. but by the folly of preferribg a Western Port, many valuable ivurs are lost.—Ilampshire Me graph. In Chichester and its neighbourhood the frost has returned with increased seserity. On Wednesday morning the thermometer stood at 10 degrees, and nn Thursday morning the mercury was two degrees lower, viz., 8 degrees, or 24 below the freezing point. One day last week, as the three o clock railway train wrs proceeding from Cardiff, when it had nearly reached the Llandaff station, and was going at a rapid rate, one of the passengers jumped out and fell flat on his face. There was a great outcry, every ent! thinking the foolish fellow had lost his life, but lie rose from the ,zround , pnarently unhurt, except a cut Oil his face. • fled he fallen ba,ck instead of forward the wheels must have cut him to pieces.—Carnaryon RETIREMENT OF MR. JUSTICE LITTLEDALE. During the early part of Saturday, either from the cold nuss of the Court, or the want of interest in the proceed ings, there vvero not more than eigkt or ten gentlemen of the bar in attendance, but about two o'clock gentle men wore entering the Court at every door, and 'it was coon whispered about that the judicial career of .'dr. Justice Littledale was drawing to a clu.e, and - that those : who had so long practised under him, who hdd for many a long year been in the habit of receiving his kindly smiles, and of looking up to him as a pro found lawyer—a most upright and impartial, most at tentive, pains-taking, indefatigable Judge—most amiable, considerate, and kind man—were anxious to show their respect and regard for him by being present on the occasion of his leaving the Bench for ever. It may be said of this Learned Judge that he overflowed with the milk of human kindness, and that it was impossible for him to do an unkind act. Until nearly three o'clock the Court rapidly filled, and five mi ntLes before that hour the Attorney General took his seat. The following gc-ntlemen were then sitting in tile front row .—The Attorney-General (Sir John Campbell), Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir Wm. Follett, Mr. Cressiwell, Mr. B. Andrews, Mr. Crowder, Mr. Erie, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Alexander, .Me. Armstrong, S.•frgeants Bempas, Goulburn, Ach,rley, Ludlow, and Talfourd. The Learned Gentlemen were occasionally talking together, but we fancied we could perceive in their manner a feeling of re• Bret for the cause that had at that moment so completely filled the Court, for overy inch in it was occupied We also imagined that the Learned Judge himself, for the first time, did not appear to be at all atten.ling to the subject then under discussion—there was a little restlessness of manner about him that bore a strong contrast to his usual patient demeanour. Between three and four o'clock Lady Denman and a large party of ladies critared tho Court. Her Ladyship immediately preseraci her hand to Judge' LittIttiale, who had been so completely absorbed they he had not at first scan her. Some of the arguments being brought to a close, Lind Denman said—We had doterrnined not to sit after four o'clock this afternoon ; we have sent to my brother Coleridge, who is anxious to bo here. Tim whole bar and the spectators then rose, and thst Attorney-General, in a moat clear and distinct manner, though evidently labouring under very strong emotion, said— " Mr. Justice Littledale—It having been intimated to the bar that we are not to have the satisfaetion of again .seeing you on the bench, I am deputed by their unania. moos votco to express to your Lordship the deep sorrow they feel at this separation. " Notwithstanding their entire confidence in the residue of the Court, they most sincerely regret that they should be deprived of a Judge of such profound learning, distin guished acuteness, and spotless integrity, who, during the many years he has occupied the judgment-seat in this Court and on the circuits, where he has uniformly dis played the utmost impartiality and independence, yet, from the kindness of his nature, has never given any offence to any human being.. "Though still in the enjoyment of those high faculties which it has pleased God to brstow upon you, they are sensible, from your eminent srrvices to your country, that you are well entitled to that dignified leisure to which you now . ‘ , .r.icefully retire. " I•l that retirement wo earnestly hope you may long enjoy health and happiness. We rejoice to think that you will find occupation and delight in the renewed pursuit of those abstruse as well as elegant studies in which yon early gained distinction, and which hare been interrupted by your devotion to your pro. lessional and judicial duties, " We beg leave to assure your Lordship that you carry along with you the gratitude and good wishes of every member of the profession of which you have been long a distinguished ornament, and that we shall ever speak and think of you with respect and atf,ction." Mr. Justice LITTLEDALK then addressed the Bar as fol-. lows :— " Mr. Attorney-General ani Gentlemen of the Bar— I beg to express my most sincere and grateful acknow lAgments for the favourable opinion you have been pleased to express of my conduct during my judicial life. " In retiring from my present situation I have deeply to regret that I quit my professional intercourse wirli the members of the Bar—gentlemen of the greatest learning and knowledge of their profession, as well as conduct and libf , rality in the practice of it. From the kindness and httention they have always evinced towards me, and from th it great ability, I have always derived the greatest be nefit and assistance in the investigation and cbscussion of all the subjects witch have come before me. " It is now upwards of fifty-three years since I first be gan my legal studies, and I have been in my present. situ ation upwards of sixteen years. At the advanced period of life to which I have now attained I sin desirou.s of being relieved from the labour attending it, it,: I am greatly afraid that neither the mind nor the body will longer be equal to the exertion. Permit me, however, to express ihy gratifiertion that in thus retiring I carry with me the e►teem and kind feeling of the gentlemen of the bar, who have been to kindly pleased to express their go,,d wisia,a for my future happiness. And now, Gentlemen, permit me to ex-. prPsa to you nty great desire that every good may attend you, and that the bar of England may always maintain that high character for integrity and learning which has ever distingu , shed it. Gentlemen, I ❑ow leave you— Farewell. The Learned Judge then left the Court, bowing to the last, the same courtesy being returned 'ny the whole bar. THE ARMY AND NAVY MATES OF FRANCE. Tile Journal des Debate states that the credits demanded by Mar.shal Soult for the service of the war department merit serious consideration, inasmuch as the use the Mar shil intends to make of those funds is the result of the iiistern of defence adopted after the Treaty of the 15th of July, and according to the opinion prop , uticed by the Committee of Defence of 1836. The Minister of War demands 75,000,000f. for the construction of four fortresses and one fort, and for the repairs of 32 fortresses, ;even forts, and two castles, divided between the points which req&re to be defended. The four new fortresses are Voui tiers, upon the direct road from Luxembourg to Rheims, destined to form an enti epot to reinforce the large passage left open for an in vading army between Sedan and Verdun. The construc tion of this fortress is estimated at 9,000,000f. Langres, considered as a strategetic point of great importance, is to become a position of the first consequence for the defence of the kingdom, as well for the frontiers of Ow Jura as for the interior ; it will cost 7,000,0001. Tirann, which will connect Befort and New Bris4cii, will cost 6,000,000f Les RollSliCri, to serve as an entrepot for the line of oPera tions towards Paris by Auxonne and Dijon, will coat 5,000,000f. The new fort of Glaizoles will cost 1,590,000f. ; it is intended to defend the head of the valley of Barcelonnette. The sum total required for the new fortresses to be erected amounts to 28,500,000f. Tire most considerable credits to be applied to the re pair of fortresses are the following :—Cherbourg, 8,000,000f. ; Lo Sarre, 5,000,000f. ; Toulon, 5 000.000f., for new naval establishments ; Bayonne, 2,000,000f. ; Brest, 2,000,000f., to erect detached forts ; Sedan, 2,000,000r., to strengthen the fortifications on the left bmk of the Meuse. Dunkirk, 1 ; 530,000f. Grenoble, 1,000,000f. The cost of the various military buildings required by the engineer department is estimated at 74,500,000f. ; this will include new stables for 27,500 horses, additional barracks for 50,000 infantry, military hospitals to contain 30,000 additional beds, new magazines to contain 900,000 metrical quintals of grain or flour, new powder magaznes for 1,500.000 kilogrames • in fine, a penitentiary for 300 convicts and 14 provisional prisons. • The Minister of War demands altogether 254,000,000f. r,r extraordinary works, comprising 140,000,000f. ler the fortifications of Paris. The Minister of the Navy requires 44,000.0001. to com plete the breakwater atCherbourg, antbto construct a new arsenal in the town. 1,000,0001 for the construction o f quays around the new blsin at St. Malo. For the con str-ction of fort Bayard, intended to defend the roads at the Island of Aix, 2 500 0001. For an addition to the arsenal at Toulon, 3,000 cool. In fine, 1,500,000f. to enlarge the barracks in the harbours of Brest, Rochefort, and Toulon ; in all 52.000,0001. The Minister of Public Works will have to expend 188,269,000f. in the year•1841, and 21 4 .8,269,000f. iu the years 1842 and following, These credits are intended to finish the Royal roads and maritime ports in Corsica, to improve the internal navigation of the kingdom, to osta blish neiv canals, which will cost more than 68,,000 and to make rail-roads, which will cost 40,000 0001 In fine a!I those credits will require a sum tofal of 722 538 000f. The different committee', adds the Journal des Debats, rppointed to re port to the Clamber of Deputies on the law brought forward to legalize those credits, assembled in their committee rooms, and appointed their secretaries after an uninteresting debate, in which General Paishans, who was appointed secretary in the 8th Committee, ob served, that after what had just taken place on the coast of Syria, it would be impossible to leave the coasts of France 'without del nee, and that although he was aware that the Government was occupied with the subject, he regretted 'that no bill had been intr,duced,for that purpose , . '1 The project of law, calling out 80,001 recruits of the class of 1840, will have for itsobject," vya the Journal des Debuts, " to add, after deducting the 7,725 men destijed for the navy, about 65,000 men to the arms, and raise its effective force to 505.000 men. The Minister of War intends, in the course of the session, to present a• second project of law, which would authorise him to levy Also ti:e. contingent of the class of 1841. In this manner the Chamber would ♦ote the Contingent law at the seine time as the Budget, and grant the Minister the funds and men necessary to place the army on the footing which it had fixed. The census returns would thus be prepared at the commencement of the year, and the levies effected during the good season. This measure, adds the Debats, will place at the disposal of Government all the men whom cireunistances might render it imperative to call into active service. MR. i . racei G t :\ iA ueirs D ewad s ia; • 0 0 s an: ThetEut ha the C l l i ndy c i i i(A,IitiorfrteyecEir practice tbe A l:ti T ch ce ecoiu4de authority,nofWALSALL.ttthjahaeet cketio resisted. But who would have thought that, after such a victr ry, Mr. Gladstone would have consented to anything iyia dig.? Who would have imagined that he would Lave submitted to be chaired around a stable-yald? Yet such was the case. The orbit in which he moved was the George Inn stable-yard. Followed or surrounded by his committee and a few stable-boys, who had been hired to crack their lusty throats, the farce concluded, much to the gratification of Mr. - Gladstone, who seemed dreadfully ap prehensive of threading the public streCts, and fearful, poor fellow, of public tumult.—Manchester Times. `MONMOUTH ELeCTION.-Mr. Octavins Mor gan has, at the eleventh hour, come forWard for Mon- Jr:outli• The county has not b , en cintestod for nealy a century. The logar D n. uke of 1.3e4ufurt is moving h;;aren sod earth for TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Being a subscriber to your papir I take the li berty of trwabling you with an account of an arrival here to-day, the early information of which, if worth your in sertion, yea ma y i n your own way, my only object being to make known a little the merits of cur harbour. The steam-packet the Dcvor left Ostend yesterday at noon, with a strong wind, easterly, - for Dover, but on et-- riving there found so much sea at the entrance of the har bour as to deem it unsafe to make the attempt to eater. They accordingly bore up for Rye harbour, which they . entered to-day, at eleven oVock, with the greatest ease . and safety, thus giving one proof of tine favourebl, an d su perior situation of Rye harbour over any other upon this part of the coast for a harbour of refuge. The little money lately laid out upon works at the entrance of the har bour, by the recommendation of Mr. Cukitt, has improved the entrance to it so much as to show clearly that a very small sum indeed (compared with the estimated expen,e of making a harbour of refuge in the sea) expended in continuin; the works further out, would soon talk(' it a harbour of refuge for all descriptions of vessels, except of the very largest class, at nearly all times of the tides. and in all sorts of weather. The packet had about 20 passengers on board; arnoi:gst them were two servants of the King of 13,1giurn, with a quantity of luggage, and a person wiih Government de spatches, who was immediately forTarded to DJvf-r Rye, Feb. 7. 1841. WRECK OF THE W ESTMINSTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,--I beg to acquaint you tort th , ! prifielpal produce on board this ship was tea. which, after the 'wreck, was brought into the London Docks, where it was found to be so saturated with sea water as to be unfit even for expor tation (being more like dung than anything else); hence the merchant was obliged to put his wits tO work to make the best mart of it he could ; and, after compromising with the Customs for a low rate of duty, according to 'an old Act of Parliament, washed the tea with Thames water, and dried it in malt-kilns, and advertised it for sale on Wedneday lest. But the trade, as is their usual cus tom, unanimously refused to buy the trash, justly alleging it to be unfit for use. This sonic stuff is intended to be again pressed for sale on Monday next; but I hope the trade of London will again come forward as on the former occasion, to prevent this unwholesome Margate salted tea (in itself ten times worse than the British leaf) from pastiag into, the teapots of the poor, and of the union workhouses. I hold it to be a respon•ibile duty on liberal journalists like yourself to protect the public against such frauds, and by your noticing it in any way that may tend to the good of the poor and public g enerally, you will oblige your most obedient servant, IW BERT ARCHER. No. 23, Bridge-read, Lambeth, Feb. 6. The following narrative of the loss of the Indian Oak is froth a letter kindly sent to us, end written by one of the sufferers: it is dated " Chusan, Oct. 21, 1840. " On the 10th of August sailed from Chusan in the transport Indian Oak, and, regret to say, was wrecked on the Great Loo-ehoo Island on the 14th, during a heavy . gale. It was fortunate the Old Oak was a good teak ship, or I fear few would have lived to tell the talc. We struck between ten and eleven a.m., and shortly after lost, our rudder, which took with it part of our stern. We cut ae-ay the main and mizen masts to case the after-part of the ship, her back being broke a little abaft the chest tree, and the ship over on her beam-ends, with the sea making a clean breach over all, and with it the cop. per and sheathing of her bottom, front which, ssbile sticking on the outside of her quarter, we were in great clanger' of being severely injured. After being forced over two or three ridges of rocks, our only hope appeared in getting a line, and with that a hewser, to the reef; but all our attempts failed, Two men got on shore much bruised and injured, and, on the tide corning in, were taken up and kindly treated by the natives, who at this time lied come down in numbers. We had little hope of the ship holding together during the flood, as it was blow ing a perfect hurricane ; our only chance was in the after part of tee ship holding together ; it was now impossible to hold on the outside of the ship, and we all got under the poop, supporting each other in tire beat tiny we could, as the deck was perpendicular, and the ship resting on the main end mizen chains. About midnight the wind in some measure abated, and the tide having receded, tee found the wreck had been thrown considerably up on the rocky ledge, the water under our lee masts sm , other, and not more than five er six feet deep, cecept in holes. We now piped all hands on shore, and with the assistance of the mizen-mast gaff and boom, which still held on and formed a raft, all hands got safely on shore on the reef with the exception of a few bruises and cut feet. We marched about a mile over the rocky ledge to high water mark, where we were met by the kind and hospitable islanders, who supplied us with trot tea and rice and treated us in the kindest manner. One of the principal men seeing me shivering with cold, having no thing en but a shirt end linen drawers, took off h;s warm cloak and threw it over my shoulders. After resting short time we commenced our march through extensive paddy folds about a mile, w hen, on reaching the borde!'e of a town, we were lodged its a comfortable building or court-house, and, after being again regaled with but tea, fowls, rice, and eggs, and a dry suit of clothes each, we laid down to rest, after twelve hours' drenching on the outside of the wreck. These kind and good people treated us with uniform kindness during the whole period of our sojourn of forty , six days, and built, use: junk of from 150 to 180 tons burden, to take us on to Sin gapore, where it was our intention to have gone had' our own launch failed to reach Chusan, to which place the was despatched under charge of the chief officer, and fortu nately arrived safe. The Commodore immediately sent her Majesty's ships Cruizar and Nimrod to our relief; the former was immediately sent back with the letters and packets. We Cully left on the 29:h of September in the Nimrod and junk, and arrived on the 5th inst. at Chusan. The kind Loo-chooeis supplied us with every thing needful during our stay, and a month's provision for all hands in the junk. Her Majesty's ships during their stay was also supplied with water and fresh supplies, for all which these good people would receive nothing in the shape of payment. I had nothing to offer in retu:n but a telescope, and they were presented with another by. Captain Barlow, with twelve copies of the Penny-Ma. gacine, one print, and a looking. glass. Most of ettiebag vage was saved, but all snore or les s dama ge d . "—B om b ay gage was saved, but all snore or less damaged. "—Bombay Times. ROBERT ENIMET.—" About the same period I. formed an acquaintance, which soon grew into intimacy, with young Robert Emmet. He was my senior, I think, by one class, in the University ; for r, hen. in the first year of my course, I became a member of the Debating Saciety — a sort of nursery to the authorized Historical Society_ I found him in full reputation, not only for his learning and eloquence, but also for the blamelessness cf his life, and the grave suavity of his manners. Of the politiCal tone of this minor school of oratory, which was held weekly at the rooms of different resident members, sonic notion may be formed from the nature of the questions proposed for discussion—one of which I recollect was, Whether an aristocracy or a democracy is most favour able to the advancement of science and literature?" while another, bearing even more pointedly on the relative posi. tion of the Government and tha people at this crisis, was thus significantly propounded :—" Whether a soldier was bound, on all occasions, to obey the orders of his command ing officer?" On the fur mer of these questions he ( ffec‘ of Eoimet's eloquence upon his young auditors was, I recollect, most striking. The prohibition against touching upon modern politics, which it was subsequently found meet, vary to enforce, had not yet been introduced ; arid Emmet, who took of course ardently the side of democracy in the debate, atter a brief review of the republics of antiquity, showing how much they had all done for the advancement of science and the arts, proceeded, lastly, to the grand and perdous example then passing before all eyes—tire young republic of France. Referring to the circumstance told of Caesar, that, in swimming across the Rubicon, he contrived to carry with bin, his commentaries and his sword, the yOung orator said, "Shia France wades through a sea Of eorm and blood; but while, in one hand, she vrieldis sword against her ritgressors, with the other she upholds . the glories of scienee,and literature unsullied by the ensan, guined tide through which she struggles." In another of his remarkable speeches, I remember his saying, " When a pe4ple, advancing rapidly in knowledge sod power, per ceive at last how far their Government is lagging behind them, what then, I ask, is to be done in such a case? What, but to pull the Government up to the people ?"— Thomas Moore's Memoirs. NEWSPAPER TWADDLE -Lady Langdale was sitting next to Lord Hill the other evening after dinner, and on cracking a walnut (th e s ki n o f w hi c was beauti fully varegated) observed, it was like the uniform of 'the 1114 hussars ; upon which his Lordship replied, with . some pettishness, that he was thoroughly sick of the Ele— venth, and all that belonged to it. We do not wonder at the re. sly ; but i3 it not his Lfirdship's own fault ?— . Alligator [ What likeness there could be between the skin of a walnut and the uniform of the Eleventh, it is not easy to fancy ; but the cracking of the nut might have suggested a simile, tilt walnuts, like officers of the Eleventh, are broken for the good that is in them. A Cockney punster would give the thing another turn, and say, that walnuts, like the of. freers of the Eleventh, were broken for their hernel Examiner. - ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAMES OF COUNTRIES. —The following countries were named by the Phienici,ins, the greatest commercial people in the ancient world. These names, in the Phoenician language, signify some-; thing characteristic of the places which they designate. Europe signifies a country of white complexion, so named because the inhabitants there were of a lighter complexion than those of either Asia or Africa. Asia signifies b.'- tleen, or in the middle, from the fact that the geo graphers placed it between Eurupe and Africa. Aries SigniCS the land of corn or cars it was celebrated for its abundance of corn and all sorts of grain. - Si beria signifies thirsty. or dry—very characteristic of tee country. Spain, a country of rabbits or conies. This country was once so infested with these animals, that they sued Augustus for an army to destroy them. a country of pitch, from its yielding great quantities of black pitch ; Calabria also, for the same reason. G am ], modern France, signifies yellow-haired, as yellow hair characterized its first iniiabi.ants. The EogliTh of Cale donia is a high hill. This was a rugged mountainous province in Scotland. Hibernia is utmost or last babita tion; for beyond this, westward, the Phoenici a n s never ex ten,.'ed their voyages. Britain, the country of tin—as there were great quantities of lead and tin found on the adjacent Islands. The Greeks called it Albion, which ,, t 1 s . n o i l g o e u r : e n s tl . t o c a s tl i Sardinia ts ire gr a t s n aensi the c i t . l s ° 0 7 (f o o t t : s i s t it s ce e l: t . I l i c :;o nm a i :, ' fia h i i s i t : t .aw l ( i ) h e r wi ch it IrLsenAlcs. s7.13,.03r 1 - uv I vi, e ;_, r eirii ; y l e a v j t e e s rd ty ,y anti tndr P ti r i Prince Albert n A t l e e t Chapelatten d 131, at, sct.• the James's. ' e s S ) : rmon WaS preached by the 1 , 1 , who Prayer ssons by the Rco. Dr. Rnapp, and the p( , r , was read by the Bis'`lo 1 a °f' London, th Chant S w Dlir r s . Sleuth, Dupuis' v ice King ; the S tnctus and Responses, Davy ; th e ) b „:; theta, ,• (-;')•1 our hope and strenAth" (Greenv and sung by Mtssrs. \V Knrvett, Hjbbs, J. 13 S I 1;.; • i r g r e h :n n 1 1 1 1)7. lion. S uite u (Id Murray, tie Cti,ipman. Sir George Smart presided at the or ~IiCn' a nd Earl C,,)ow ( i ! e f ite.,a A se, l: , , a : 13 , I G 1.1, : iu o tr rge L o t. o r. r t i l e o l x , Colonel WyhIC. (Ica. the Queen anu Al:oert, attended heir b). beuoe, Pali -hiss', to t ".;" h te g . i. WiViectilit•I•ttoy '11,313rIeb°L):11jeCS • Viscount Melbourae. and Viscount Duncanoco audie:.ceA of her :11.,j , . , st: *Li Saturday. • The Royal party at Buckingham P,OcLib Saturd.ty evening her Royal II41,1"' of k (.11 t, loco ant Mei h C ( 11 1.2 °ou r a n '' e .t , e8:: L ii a : c 'il y liovvard, S.r George and Miss Ao‘on. Her M . ijesty the Queei. Dowa,fer arrived At, residence, M a ri.ioruu g h at 1,:tr.. pas t five c' r on Saurday afternoon, with jer suite in so ers . 1 ca„, riages and four, from Sudbury Hail. He r suite included time Countess of Siicfa•..id , 119 ' ). I Harriet Mitchell, EJI Banc, Earl of D,nibigh. `);;, of Sheffield, Sir An Irew Barnard, Hon. C 3 P p itI r Curzon, R. N., said the Rev. J. Ryle Wwid• • Goings of .Cambrdge paid a visit to her MajcitY • terday. , • d e d The Duke of Cimbridge and Prince Georg eatt" Divine Service yesterday morn' in or )sveuor C1131)" n 6 South Audley-strcet. ' (0 1, ' 4 1 A Cubinet Council was held at the Forj u gn "'„ - he Saturday afternoon. It w a s attended by t Ministers. The Council sat three 'hours. A Deputati,m from the 13ri:ish vincial Medical and Surgi,ta2--, ,and the Narth 0' 1 0 1. land M , dical AsiviciAtions, clusistin , of S .,21144t ,,org. fourd, M P. ; Tnotn is Wakley, E , M.P' ; ;t j' etil° Webster, M D ; 'Messrs. E. E ' ra s .c1 W. Farr,.' r.,1 Carter, anil W. E d es , John Russell on Saturday at the Colonial Office. rs Dr. Lushington, and W. Clay, Eq., the borough ot. the 'rower Hamlets, accoinpsnr,"corge John Barad!, Esq., Treasurer and Chairman, uiliack, Odor . , Esq. ; Messrs. Waite, Wallis, 11 311 ', CO' had an interview ol" - Morse, and Ward (Accountant to the CourY; o f tnissioners, and George Offor, Esq. on be 1141 ', flOr t Deputation front the Commissioners Of the Tol e ' n uio"' lets Court of R"qucsts, presented to the P' 14r i;leel°' Norrnanhy, on Saturday, at the Home OffiL'e' IgbO Ure rial relative to the evil under which the Court for want of a prison for fraudulent debtors. with 08 The Agent for Jamaica had an intervie w Chaneellarof the Exchequer, on Saturday , a t Oa' residence in Powning-srect. Captain Seymour attended a t Apsley 11°a-cele ebb early part of Friday evening, to make -part of her Majesty and P r i nce Alb e rt, atter -c • 'of the Duke of Wellington. L'"" Mr. Mildmay, M.P., had an interview ""- John Russell on Saturday, at the Colonial-oilitocr 'I Marquis of Lansdowne h a d a dinneP.r'' • dy terdi a ty at Landowne Hodge.' •• • H o tel L Munro has returned - to Farranoe's a tour. -sap • 0 or (From a Sunday Paper.) a ltere d ' SO . At a late hour last night .( Saturday) 1 31 .-- ( . 10 111- 01 postponement had been made in the cards o' out's' . 0 1 issued by the command of her Majesty to th e ° , 00 0!; 0 0 distinguished guests invited to the august Caret s grand banquet, in celebratio n o f th e b a ptism ° e i s sia' P 'so Princess Royal. The cards are i ssue d, 33 i ti s itie;', in the - name of the p r i nc ip a l E quer ry in 'a ts ta ' e a0 1 having received the Queen's comman d s to the ea te s Qd The noble guests will, i n a ddi t i on to th e King 1° ,1 f $P3' 01 of the Bel gians , i nc l u d e t h e mem b ers o f t he 1 4 ° 1- pal‘ c a , (with the exception of his Royal Highness tbe a3 011 1 e Sussex, wh o , it i s f eare d ; w ill not b e a ble if °- are by sition to be p resen t), th e F ore i gn Arnbassadoes,:p,J0,0 • binct Ministers, and a select party of the Pr inc :0 10 0 s , lity: It is rumoured there will be a full dress I°. 0 01 0 amore extended scale in the evening, but for lO te not vouch. bas P" ' Her I'llsjesty the Queen of the Belgians n „ d o,iia a series of very beautiful robes, composed a Pr. ",, - f tb` of the most recherche manufacture, for the use r' be fast Princess. a 00 f For nearly a century it has been customary to °oleo baptismal ceremony t o performed 'Within a o f S s of birth of the Royal infant, and the last Prineei v aa , d o (afterwards George IV.),• born August 12 ',, it baptized on the 8th of the following month; prie r i "; r es' believe, with alt the succeeding Princes and t he tb° .The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated her ° , 0 9 0 Council Chamber of the Palace, the bit(0 4 " - , at " 0 4 Queen was thrown open, and the counterP$ 11- bris t ' l l tir e Charlotte's state bed, an the occasion of tb e „ - s of of the late Duke of York, which was comP O4 ' s ot ' 3 0 0 lace of inimitable wotkrnar.s4 (which al°°,,eso °s` thousand seven huudrrd anal eighty pounds) - . the occasion. 0' 0 1 0' • Several costly mementos of this interesting:, g)1' 1i' customary at such events t o be presented by • distinguished sponsors, are nearly completed by n s0 principal goldsmiths. Le ere c t e lrs , The fashionable and Court modistes St t" vire ° the town are busily engaged in co mpleting t b° to costumes to be worn on the occasion. casiag s ee Sunday Morning, One o'Clock a.m. r 13' heavy gale of wind still prevailing, and the gen e- ttb , d s/ the weather, it is doubtful whether the Ii 164 $ 11 / dli' C:' gialis can arrive in this country before TO' „al' a di more doubtful whether his amiable con s011 pony him ai r i3 • ARRIVALS. „' r )4r' • The Viscountess And o v er , i n H ar ley siee e v ", 'ol 1, 0 0 Thomas Hope, in Man,Iield• street, from ..reet;Jor Fremantle and MiSe Hervey, in S ta nhopes s o r oO ti e r q 1-1 Redesdale, ha St. James's place; Mar Ma of rti° vii,‘114 Suffolk -street; Sir Samuel Crompton, in los ei 1 ,0 1 1 H ' Pion. Edmund Byng, in Cisrges-street re in Hertford-street ; Lady Mackenzie, inti cr nstr e or . Capt. Osborne, at the 13ath Hotel ; Mrs. e Co i f re el Hill.strect ; Lord and Lady Ernest 13 r uce i'rler fi tfe e , street ; Mr. Packe, et Lady E. Reynell'a. .00'504 Mr. Beresford, at Mrs. Ladbroke's, in Gr° 5 saird Lord De Lisle, in New Burlington-street,, c11101),res0 broke, in New Burlington-street Madatn °19 110 6 01: in South-street ; Baroness de Cetto, i ° cot - ,0' . Lieut.-Gen. Sir C. Daibiac, at the AlbanY; os) (0 13 , tors. s', , 0 0 in Piccadilly ; Capt. Jones, in Harley st. ; , , e a s Wimpole•st. : Mr. Auriot, in Park-st. ; D i c y ,s0 04; in St. James's-square ; Earl Powis, 13(34" Thursday last, from Powis Castle.; Dowagermo. champ Proctor, in Hertford-street, Mayfair; . stone, in Manchester-square ; lion. CaP t ‘ l0 slse' c o ri , R. N., in Hertford. str ee t ; M a j o r- General oe lli ve r lr l' Gloucester-place ; Mr. H. Villeboys and Celegel'j Gloucester-;,lace ; Lady' Agnes Bullers_ 1. -t in tec t " s oor„ Lady Matilda ‘Vyny ar d, in - Upper 13r0°'„Or°, . : Delany, in Belgrave-square; Mr Davids on, 1 - 1 0 "'sfo r street; Mrs. C o l one l Affi.'ek, in Park-street; ( Rodeo, in Park-st ree t ; Dowager Countrs,:epor'ipir i N ra ia l: ci ar u k is -la c ne bLII N ( 1 ) c. id N e l ie a y rs , l i a t a l li c , a il t( i ) .1 n p . i g aer d G e: s ier fa is if o ' clif t i, rc t o 4 ; orpi and she Cou n t ess N e l son . i n G rea t Cum b a n 1 1 from Godmersh am P ar k, Kent ; Sir Willi‘tliFate;, Chesterton, in Seamoip:place, Mayfair, fret:1'050 e e e ft • Rutlandshire, this sett of Lord and Lodi en vy Earl of Bandon, in Connaught place ; Mon t i , o p Bart., in Grosvenor-place; Lord and L auY A j tre,Y el f Handlton•place ; C o lonel Scott, in Hertforu gigh; toot lonel Gordon, in South Audley-etreet ; George aod Mrs. Dawson, with their it's-ois i l , gore, house Lady y e bnE irdmi i ad n ;lalg . ;Fed lj .,;.6„, ; Nr: i jdi r Nsosabo G :s1B,dt r uh t N i t s .l Grosvenor- a,i str eet, nfir,d) f ro r ari coltAti ditto' 'Powell ..rid L. C. Powell, Esq., at ditto. fr fro_, • 0 0 ,10f ° eld Cambridge Abbey ; Sir Richard and Lady Pulestsu • •he ditto, from Chesser. • seses. tli °1 • 0 F,It s nu t' ; h e STEAM -1 IN Vic French s:t am pagurbots are 4' dying hard e ll• a s are evidently near their end, machinery 50t d i.- , 1 l i ` t - s r st," t sio during this winter, been generally two p o en ol r0 0 riving here ( Alexandria) from Syria ; 311 01 41 0 ig has not sufficed in the present case (th, , e t he 0 0 ,10P week) to enable them to favour u3 w it " titn e b s0 France and England. John Bull has 0° V 7( tea making hi; arrangements. ASTHMA BREAST PLATE. --- eu , 1 11 been invented by Charles Henry Aake r ` e "..'sefi' l seo t iab e , Majesty's Navy, for the relief o f perS°: 1 :, t he C tr ito asthma. The merely suspending it ig ni t he lO pe o 0 0 0' the inhaling of the warm air through• ' n sail is 00 00 lips ::re to I e clased), is said to effectual relief to the sufferer. Tire light e s ir , 0, • 1 ,0 , dle, mid on entering a dwell•ng f om na l p'' P s c tif lamp is no 10 ig r retprited for its nisciicr ally ed re 0 5 0 for a laatein to light the ▪ j si t by merely d,oppioes th ,, ont slide. ' sner p tent, and will probably be 1.diyted „, d iifli'cted with that complaint. ont'c It Co VENT GARDEN Ds EAT gri n $5, slimmer Night s „Dream, which hod b e ,, c if ,bt, Performance at this theatre on SaturdaY:Iir., clreodioly out any previous intimation Lo the p d u io ' cc *lc • Co ;IP The Critic' and Brother Bea. The a u cop on 3 o r dde t1 00 1 0 " ; gave vela to their diappoiatmcnt, NO° f t he %trC 1,,C 1 ~i be e y the to sai l d ias t ' i c le `i fn . o a e : si n rs e 00,er fc i r c r (A w: ki a ,: r d d al a nA n e d v stated estri8 that did the not fi r e ; 1 5 c , tdi e the yconoo5f time again hour s hed 0? f the A casioned solely by the lateness 0 Lie beg~• s i, information had reached the theatre:,0_1A,..„ te ,,0 setae time to add, that checks tor M r . u y al e be given, or the admission mom., 01,0,14,,,yoso , a ke ;a ss, or gentleinall who chose t0.00 the inoney-tskers. qaellsd tb 2` ,..ec at• i the entertainments of the evening PF,'" and quietnees." i w il "a d i g i tben'outifserni}})a°tin'etechdetroe°tulc:e:'Ipulleueb:l'ic ' With a t; Hite of L it With it hi 11 1 , cG Lhr rfki 'tel t i '•' , ,, ITN, LONDON. MONDA Y, rEnntrAns 1311. r:C EV _E V a l t. I l k r " I