The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-23 00:00:00

MORNING SUN e one so, SUTTEE. RAJA OF I ATTARA. GREAT MEETING in MONMOUTH SHIRE TO ADDRESS THE QUEEN. On Monday the 20th irst. a meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Monmouth was held in the Town-hall at Usk, for the purpose of addressing her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on the birth of the Prince of Wales. T. Homfray, Esq., High Sheriff for the County, hav ing taken the Chair, the Under-Sheriff, Mr. T. J. Phil. lips proceeded to read the requisition, which was signed by upwards of 600 persons. The HIGH SHERIFF, after stating that he had received letters from C. 11. Leigh, Esq., the Lord Lieutenant of the county, Lord Granville Somerset, M.P. for the county, and other gentlemen, regretting their inability to attend, opened the - business in an appropriate speech, and called upon Mr. Octavius Morgan, M.P., to propose the address. Mr. MORGAN expressed a hope that he might not be deemed presumptuous in taking so prominent a part in consideration of the position which he occupied. It gave him great satisfaction to see so numerous and so respect able . a meeting assembled together for the purpose of testifying their joy at the birth of the Prince of Wales, which was an event to be felt most deeply by the inha bitants of this county, because, although according to law—some law of Henry the Eighth—Monmouthshire might be called an English county; yet no one who is acquainted with the history, habits, manners, and cus toms,Of its inhabitants, independent of the strong fact of the Welsh langnage still being spoken in its pristine purity, could say' that it was not essentially Welsh.—(Hear, hear.)• There are several gentlemen in that assembly who derived their descent from the ancient Princes of Wales, and to them the event they were now assembled to celebrate must be a peculiar source of interest and gratulation.—(Cheers;) Mr. Morgan then reverted to the heroic deeds of the former princes of Wales, and mentioned Henry V. and Edward the Black Prince, and he concluded by expressing a fervent hope that her Majesty's reign might be long and prosperous ; and that her ivory sceptre surmounted by a dove, might ever continue to be the emblem of peace and virtue.—(Cheers.) Sir BENJAMIN HALL, M.P., seconded the motion of his Hon. Friend, and expressed his entire concurrence in the satisfaction that gentleman had expressed in the nu merous attendance of the inhabitants of the county that day. He was well aware that there had been a difficulty on some occasions in obtaining large county meetings— but if any person had for one moment doubted the sin cerity of the attachment of this county to her Majesty's person, and their loyal desire of makingknown their feel ings of dutiful affection, they had only to inspect the nu merous signatures to the requisition, and to behold the at tendance at this meeting, when all doubts must imme diately vanish from their minds.—(Hear, hear.) But if there was one spot in Great Britain which more espe cially might be expected to rise simultaneously for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects for which they were assembled it was the county of Monmouth. —(Hear, here, and cheers.) They then stood upon ground associated with some of the most ancient and interesting records of England and Wales. He would not oc-zupy their time by mentioning many well-known facts, though he might remind them that in the town of Usk, in which- they were assembled, was born Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, great ne ph ew o f t h e cele brated Black Prince (to whom his Hon. Friend had already alluded), and with whose memory so many chi valrous associations were connected. In the town of Mon mouth was born the valiant King Henry the Fifth, whose life was preserved on the field of Agincourt by two in dividuals (who were natives of this district), at the sa crifice of their own--(Cheers)---and it may not be generally remembered that the Princess Morfydd, the Royal Heiress of the last King of Gwent, was the im mediate ancestress of Rhys ap Tudor, Prince of South Wales, the descendant of Cadwalader, and from whom Henry the Seventh, and consequently her Majesty and the Infant Prince, derive their Cambro-British origin.— (Hear, hear.) It is a curious fact, well known to those who had searched into the ancient records of the Princi pality, and had giv9 their attention to the literature of Wales, that twelve hundred years ago there was a Welsh prediction—that the descendants of Cadwalader, the last King of Britain, should cease to sway the sceptre of that kingdom, but that, after the lapse of, centuries, it should again return to them. This prophecy was ful filled about 450 years afterwards in the person of King Henry the. Seventh, and thus it appears that our present Prince of Wales has an undisputed right to that title, not merely by patent but by lineage— (Cheers)—they might say as Fluellyn did to Henry V.— " Not all the waters of Wye could wash the Welsh blood out of your Majesty's body"—neither can all the waters of Usk obliterate the proud remembrance that, in the veins of the present Queen of Great Britain, flows the blood of the Royal Heiress of Gwent.—(Applause.) As regarded the immediate object of their meeting—if the birth of.sp,lleir Apparent, and the happy recovery of the motheP,' vas in private life a subject for congratulation and rtjoieing—of how much more interest must be an event like the present, in which not only a few indivi duals but the whole community were so deeply con cerned. He hailed the birth of the Prince of Wales as a good omen for the country, and as a guarantee that the Constitution under which they lived might be continued to them ; and he prayed that her Majesty might long be spared to rule over them, and to guide and direct her Royal Son with that wisdom and virtue for which she herself was so eminently distinguished. He trusted that as his Royal Highness advanced in years so might his attachment strengthen for his Principality, and that he might ever be disposed to lend his powerful aid in pro moting the best interests of its inhabitants. If they might credit'the words of Shakspeare they must believe that his illuytri(ius predecessor, King Henry V., was proud of hid Welsh birth. May his Royal Highness be equally proud of his Welsh descent ; and if, hereafter, any honest Welshman should venture to address him in the manner Fluellyn is reported to have spoken to his Sovereign, and say--" I do believe your Majesty do not scorn to we ar y our l ee k upon St. David ' s day," that he will be disposed to answer (if not in the words, at least in the spirit, of King Henry)—" I wear it for a memo rable honour—for lam Welsh, you know, good coun tryman. —(Great cheering.) Sir B. Hall concluded by secon ding the address, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Sergeant TADDY proposed the Address to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on whose virtues the Learned Gentleman expatiated, and congratulated the me eting on his Royal High ness having directed his at tention to the laws of this country, and having in every respect endeavoured to make himself an Englishman. The Gentleman also expressed his hope that by the separation of this country from Hanover peace would be maintained. Mr. W. A. (late Memb er for. the county) waLums was received with much enthusiasm, being his first ap pearance in public since his late dangerous illne ss . H e seconded the motion in a speech which excited great in terest, but which was not entirely aud i ble in the position in which,we were placed. The Address was carried unanimously. Mr. BAILEY, M.P., moved, and Mr. HaNnuay WIL LIaMs seconded, an Address,to her Royal Hi ghness the Duchess of Kent, which was carried unanimously. After which B. HALL and Mr. Sergeant TADDY proposed a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff for his con duct in the chair, and the meeting broke up. It was extremely gratifying to witness such an assem blage or gentleman from all parts of the county, and the unanimity which prevailed on this interesting occasion— especially when it is remembered that alarming disturb ances took place only ten miles from the place of meeting two years ago. There were a few Chartists present in the Town-hall, but they did not in any way interfere With the harmony that prevailed. ACCIDENTS THROUGH THE FROST. - - - Yesterday morning, about a quarter past seven °'clock,,,a young man of the name of Th eo phil u s Watson, who resides in the Belgrave-road, Pimlico, was about to proceed to the South Western Railway termi nus atNipe Elms, in a boat belOnging to his brother, which wna.lying- in the Thames near the White-lead works of Messrs. Grace and Freeman ; he had placed a large parcel in the boat, and had just put one foot upon the seat, whey, owing to the slippery state it was in, his foot slipped and he fell backward into the w a t er an d sank to ri se no more. Ho was an excellent swimmer, and has frequently swam across the Serpentine in Hyde Park. On Tuesday an elderly lady of the name of Orpwood, who resides in Peter -street, Berwick -street, Soho, while walking alon g Compt on - s t ree t, t ro d upon a slide made by acme boys in til e gutter, and falling. down broke her arm. le.sterd-ay morning about tight o'clock, a young man of the name of William John Harmer, a Wfroltibeate . r, oho riwities i n E xmou th- s t ree t, S pa -fi elds, as walking along elerken‘vell-green, near the church, when he trod upon a vivee of ice which was lying upon the po the aveme t, Which caused hi m t o f a ll w i t h great violence he.wa.s picked up by a gent l eman qu i te troun stunnedg, who assisted to get him home, when it was found that he had broke his right arm and al s o hi s l eg by the fall, beside r ' e kiving a severe' fracture of the scull. He lies at the present time without the least h - ,yes of recovery. ------- -An Oxford -student joined without invitation a party dining at inn. Aft er d i ning, he boasted so much of his abiliti(s, that one of the party said, "You have told us enough of what you can do, tell us some -thing you cannot do." " ' said he, "I cannot pay • wy share of theretkoning ! had published that, and he rejoiced 'that he had Sir IL WILCOCK thought that Mr. Martin' had no right to publish the letters ; even if he had picked them. up in the street, without having consulted him (Sir H. W.) on the subject. Mr. WEEDING disapproved of the conduct of Sir Henry Wilcock in communicating with the Government; he should have written to the Court of Directors. Mr. SILEPITERD defended Sir H. Wilcock. Mr. BROWN thought Sir H. Wilcock entitled to the thanks of the Court for his conduct. After mutual explanations from Sir IL Wilcock, Sir IL Lindsay, and Mr. Weeding, the motion was with drawn. Mr. MARRIOTT gave notice, that on the next Court day he should bring forward a motion on the subject of the Suttee which had recently taken place in the terri tories of the Nizam. Mr. WEEDING and Mr. SALOMONS both urged the Direc tors to interfere with the native Powers for the abolition of Suttee. Mr. FIELDER gave notice that next Court day he should move for the additional documents which had been transmitted to the Court of Directors by Mr. Wil loughby and Col. Ovans relative to the affairs of the late Raja of Sattara. Those documents he understood fully exculpated the members of the Sattara Commission from the charges which had been so freely brought against them.—The Court then adjourned. LATEST MANCHESTER BETTING. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.—The attendance for the period of the year was cer t a i n ly go od this fore. noon. THE CHESTER TRADESMEN'S PLATE.—The entry closes on New Years' day. Offers were made to lay 20 to 1 on the field, or take 8 to 1 Mr. Scott's stable wins. Several horses were offered against ; but we did not see any thing backed. THE DERBY.—The Premier was backed for 50/. at 8 to 1 ; three pointi more, to a little money, was of fered against Chatham, 12 to 1 was wanted ; 400 to 100 against the two might easily have been had. 25 to 1, bar the two, was offered. Parties being open to take 30 to 1 about either the Lord of Holderness, Balankeele, or Robert de Gorham-200 to 7 was, at the close, laid against the first-named horse ; 40 to 1 was offered against William de Fortibus ; 500 to 15 against either Meteor or the Dirce colt was freely offered ; 500 to 10 against Moss Trooper was offered ; 12 to 1 in ponies against Balankeele and the Lord of Holderness was offered; also 200 to 6 against Honest John and Lord George. We thought 1,000 to 20 was offered against Master Thomas. THE aucs.-500 to 100 was offered against Passion; takers of 200 to 10 on the Duke of Richmond's filly. THE ST. LEGER.—Offers to take 20 to 1 agst Chatham. GREAT FIRE IN MANCHESTER.— DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY TO THE AMOUNT OF 30,0001. MANCHESTER, MONDAY.—One of the most destruc tive fires broke out this morning which has been known in Manchester for many years, the flames spreading with such rapidity that within a few hours after the fire was discovered, damage estimated at more than 30,000/. was done. The building destroyed is a warehouse situated in Piccadilly, near the heart of Manchester, and was occu pied by Messrs. Patchett and Jones, who have for some years carried on business under the style of " The Union Carrying Company." Messrs. Patchett and Jones were canal carriers, and the warehouse which was orig inally built by them, but h a d b een recent l y so ld to L or d Fran cis Egerton for 11,0001. was erected, for the convenience of their business, over the Rochdale Canal. The premises were discovered to be on fire about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock by some persons casually pass ing, who observed smoke issuing from that part of the warehouse situate immediately over the Rochdale Canal, and the alarm being given information was transmitted by the police, and through several other different channels at the same time, to the superintendent of the fire police. That gentleman displayed his usual acti vity, and was on the spot with his first engine in about twenty minutes after the alarm was first given, and four other engines followed in quick succession. The supply of water both from plugs in the street and the canal was good, and the engines were brought into play in an incredibly short space of time. Short as the time lost had been, however, it was too great to leave a chance of saving the property. The goods in the warehouse, which were of immense quantity, and supposed to exceed 20,0001. in value, were of an extremely combustible na ture, consisting principally of cotton, corn, and groceries, and the flames having, it is supposed, got well hold of the cotton, which was in the l ower p ar t o f t h e b u ildi ng, when the fire was first discovered, spread with a rapi dity almost unprecedented. The whole building was wrapped in flames by the time the engines got into play; and under these circumstances the exertions of the fire men were directed to saving the surrounding property. In a few hours from the first discovery of the fire the whole of this large pile of warehousing was a heap of ruins. The eastern gable, in falling, carried away some portion of the roof of Mr. Gibbon's warehouse, on the opposite side of Auburn-street, and otherwise damaged that pro perty to the amount of nearly 300/. The shop of Mr. Brown, and the warehouse of Mr. Occleston, on the opposite side of Piccadily, were several times on fire, and received considerable damage also. The stock of Mr. Holmes, commission-agent, and that of Mr. Hawks worth, saddler, were totally destroyed ; the latter not being insured. The amount of loss has not been ascertained. The value of property destroyed in the warehouse of Messrs. Patchett and Jones, we have already stated as estimated at over 20,0001. Whether it was insured we have not heard, but there is reason to believe not, as the property consisted of goods consigned to them merely for carriage, on the understanding that all risk was on the part of the consignees. The origin of the fire is not known with certainty, but we have already stated that the warehouse is built over the Rochdale Canal, and in this tunnel was lyinc , a boat load of cotton. Here, it is most probable, the fire com menced, as the boat was discovered to be on fire at the time the alarm was first given. The captain of the boat his wife, and son, were all sleeping on board, and were aroused by the clamour in the streets adjoining. All three, on being made sensible of their danger, jumped, almost in a state of nudity, i n t o th e cana l , and were got ashore. The captain was severely burnt while in the water, by a quantity of floating wool which was on fire, and now lies in a dangerous state at our infirmary. The ruins of the warehouse have choked up the canal, and its navigation will consequently be impeded by it, probably for several days. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER.—Owing partly to the season, and partly to other causes, there was almost a suspension of demand yesterday, and little or no business was done, except in very small parcels, to supply immediate wants, or forced sales to meet still more pressing pecu niary necessities. In the latter case, of course, low prices were submitted to. Some excitement has been caused here by the announcement of the failure of the house of Taylor, Boggs, and Co., of London (Gardner, Boggs, and Co., at Liverpool), who were largely engaged in the trade to the East Indies. We understand that the engagements of this firm amount to upwards of 1.50,0001. (reports varying from 160,0°04 to 190,0001.), of which a considerable proportion is owing to parties in this town. The failure is ascribed to the very unprofit able state of the tr a d e with the East, and the great loss on produce imported, especially East India cotton, of which the house were holders to the extent of 20,000 bales. The stoppage of this firm has caused one failure in Manchester, namely, that of Messrs. James Hobday and Co., muslin manufacturers, who are creditors of Messrs. Taylor, Boggs, and Co., to the ex tent of 6,0001. ; and whose engagements, we learn, amount to about 24,0004 We are happy to hear, how ever, that their assets are considerable, and that there is not likely to be much eventual loss from their failure. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, DEC. 20.—The demand for flannels still continues steady, and prices are very much the same as they have been during this last month. There is no change in the wool market, either as regards prices or quantity sold. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, DECEMBER 21.—The state of business remains much the same as for several weeks past : at any rate it is not worse. As a market, there was very little done in sales, all parties evidently looking for the new year, when hopes of a revival are entertained. In fact, stocks generally are very small in saleable goods, and are likely to remain so, as long as the manufacturer pursues the prudent course of making to order. Prices, consequently, are firm. Warehouse business is flat ; but this is usual for the reason of taking stock, and preparing for the spring trade. Bad as things are, there is no cause for despair in this district. SLAVERY IN RUSSIA. On the same day that we have to announce that Russia is a party to the treaty for abolishing the slave trade, in which she has little or no con cern, the Tory Times contains the following de scription of Slavery in Russia :—" An instance of a noble, who had his female serfs flogged for in toxication, being an ultra-Liberal, a violent de mocrat, a disciple of Lamennais in his library, is a good illustration of the small effect that the culture of the Russian nobles has on their social state. Gild it over as it will the original barba rism is not to be cdncealed, as is happily ex pressed in a remark cited by Captain Jesse : Il faut toujours attendre, dans un connaissance Russe, de voir un jour le peau de Pours.' "This is the condition of the enlightened class, which is further illustrated by the state in which they allow the other class to remain--a class from whom every particle of moral or intellectual light seems to be carefully excluded, except in those few instances where;froni accomplishments in the serf, the lord hopes to derive a profit. Among the unfortunate body of serfs there seems to prevail one unmitigated system of barbarity, the slavery of their minds, being worse than the slavery of th eir bodies. N o t . one of t h e t h oug h ts w hi c h elevate roan a b ove t h e l eve l o f an astute an i mal * PPears to e x i st am id t h e utter darkness. Their habits are most filthy an d revo l t i ng to t h e repul sive degree;the one shirt i s worn unw a s h e d f rom Easter to E aster, their pleas ure i s b u t b es ti a l in toxication, the ery feast being disgusting honouro f g t o h r e g i e and r deceased relatives over the tombs, a continual swill of the national spirit called votka ' For the serf there is no hope of evati • an e on above hi s degradation ; the notion of emanci pation, which once existed in a few li beral minds, seems now to be wholly extinct; and even if this slave can acquire exten sive wealth, he is liable to be called on to per form the most menial offices at the table of his master; he is incapacitated from purchasing his freedom, and" the lord takes a false glory in exhibiting to his f riends the wealth n t 1 • o s de pendent, not with the honest pride with which a proprietor would show the prosperity of his te nantry, but under circumstances that prove his willingness to make their villenag-e conspicuous. The religion of these serfs (as well as of many that are not serfs) is a superstition of the most degrading kind, little more than a reverence for charms and usages; for, as fur a high er object, it seem by no means clear to the pea sant of Russia Mich is the highest, the Deity or the Emperor, a doubt which all pains are taken to foster, since there is not a posthouse where the Imperial arms are not made almost an object of worship. An adoration similar to that of the hat, which Gessler endeavoured to introduce among the Swiss, is adopted with great compla cency by the Russian serf; if indeed the name of complacency can be given to a state of unresist ing dulness. Nor does it seem, from observations which Captain Jesse has made, that these serfs are merely slaves of the soil, though legally they cannot be sold without it. Many expedients are used, he says, to evade' the prohibitive ukase, which of course render the serfs slaves in the extreme Havannah sense of the wortl.7 ~~ \o \ THE SUN, LONDQ, Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bro., 211. bound, -- MADAME DE SEVIGNAIf, AND HER CONTEM ng PORARIES. Comp SKETCHES of above ONE H isi UNDRED of the MOST. EMINENT PERSONS of HER TIMES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., THE MAN OF FORTUNE By MRS. GORE, Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters," " Mrs. Army tage,' " The Peeress," &C. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlboronh-street. THE REVOLT OF THE FRENCH PEASANTRY. This day is published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., TIDE JACQUERIE ; or, The Lady and the Page : an Historical Romance. By G. P. R. JAMES Esq., Author of " The Huguenot," " Henry of Guise," &c. " The Jacques and their savage leaders, and the lords and their followers, who opposed them and perished, form a fitful and dreadful tragedy ; and the final overthrow of the peasant force, with its Parisian and other allies, at Meaux, and the catastrophe which closes the narrative, are in the very highest style of this class of writing, and well worthy of the popular reputation of the author."—Literary Gazette. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. This day, medium Bvo., with upwards of 40 Illustratio ns , 21 s . 110WITTS VISITS TO REMARK ABLE PLACES. Second Series, chiefly in North umberland and Durham ; with a Stroll along the Borders. " A book which has afforded us much gratification —a geod one to sit down to of a winter's evening."—John Bull. " Mr. Howitt's book is written in so pod a spirit, that were it much less amusing and instructive than it is, we should feel justified in warmly recommending it to public attention. The sentiments expressed are those of a mind thoroughly imbued with pure religious feelings."—Atlas. " A volume of un i versa l an d l ast i ng i nterest.... ..... A musing without a shade of frivolity—and instructive without the slightest appearance of pedantry."—Britannia. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. Just ready, embellished with Portraits of Dr. Dee, Paracelsus, and Cagliostro, THE CONCLUDING VOLUME OF MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS. Comprising:—Tho Al c h ym i sts , P retended Ant i quity of the Art, Avicenna, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Raymond Lulli, Roger Bacon, Pope John XXII.. Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, Dr Dee and Edward Kelly, The Cosmopolite, Sendivogius, The Rosicrusians, Alchymieal Writers of the Seventeenth Century, De Lisle, Albert Aluys, Count de St. Germains, Cagliostro, Present State of the Science, &c.— Fortune Telling, The Magnetisers, &c. By CHARLES MACKAY, Esq., Author of " The Thames and its Tributaries, &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinery to her Majesty. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain "ng LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, ,re now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS TRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions nay receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI VIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO £llO £7O 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 120 HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a short time 25,0001., 18,000/., 9,000/, 5,0001., 3,6001., &c. &c. &c., to London ; 3,600/., 800/., and 7001., to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,600/. to Beverley; 3,600/. to Halifax (Yorkshire); 1,200/. to Portleaven Harbour; 900/., 700/. and 6001. to Li verpool ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. to Hull ; 9001. and 600/. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford (Not tinghamshire); 6001. to Bideford; 6001. to Cork; 600/. to Bradford ; they shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the next Distribution to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Direct for Prospectus and Particulars, without delay, either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. • perty is now as mu respeetea as it was ten or iiirenty years ago'; that the law by which alone their property can be protected, continues to be equally honoured; and if they are .convinced that there Is •no diminution in 'the power of coercion, and no increase in the power of resist ance, they will act consistentl y i n continuing the present system. If they are not so satisfied and so convinced, the sooner they alter it the better. They agree with us in opinion, at least they professto believe, that the interest of all classes is id4inqal. It cannot be f or t h e i r i nterest, thQo l 4,"that the manufact urers an d the arti sans• should suffer their present hopeless dis tress. WoCan see that it is not for their interest. The multitude begin to question their title to Own the'land. The opulent manufacturers and capitalists, heretofore ranged on their side, and ever over-zealous to protect the present right of landed property, begin to call it in ques tion, and side with the multitude. Under the existing law and practice, as to the land-tax for example, a great number of the present holders of land, such as the Asneun- TONS, the ARKWRIGRTS, and the PEELS, have purchased it, and they have given an increased sum, because the land -tax has not for many years been levied nor demanded to the full ex tent. If on the whole of the landed property now possessed by Sir ROBERT PEEL or Lord ASHBURTON, the land-tax, to the whole amount of 4s. in the pound on the actual rental, had always been paid, the Noble Lord, or the father of the Right Hon. Baronet, would have given so much less for their estates. This is the illus tration ; the fact is, that the land-tax, unjustly evaded by former generations of land-owners, has become incorporated with the price of landed property, and has been purchased by many of the present landlords. To levy it now to the full extent would be taking something un justly from the BARINGS, the ARRWRIGHTS, and the PEELS, for the benefit of the more ancient proprietors, whom the industrious merchants and manufacturers displaced. Nevertheless, so great is the hostility now felt towards the landowners, in consequence of the distress caused by the Corn-laws, that we find the journals of the capitalists in the manufacturing districts, and the capitalists themselves, attack ing this purchased property of the PEELS and the BARINGS. The Manchester Guardian of yesterday, for example —a very cautious journal, a very moderate Whig= journal, not a go-the whole-hog journal, but the determined enemy of the Chartists—has a long article on this ques tion of the land-tax, in which it asks, " What right have the landowners to evade the payment of the entire sum of 4s. in the pound, which was originally fixed by law, on the entire rental V It calculates that the land-tax, justly levied as originally enacted, would at present amount to no less than 8,000,0001. a year; and it concludes that the present landlords, who, as we have shown, have given more for their land in conse quence of the practical exemption, should be re quired to pay this 8,000,0001. Such opinions strike at their present right of property ; such opinions are now very prevalent in the manufac turing districts; they are entertained by numerous and respectable capitalists, and lessen the se curity of the landlords' property. Some few specimens of the language used at the late Manchester meeting, will justify our re marks. We can assure the landed aristocracy that they are especially worthy of their attention: "It is the almost universal conviction of the operatives," said the Rev. J. Waddington, " that there is provided in the bounty of Providence bread enough and to spare ; that the famine of the necessaries of life is artificial ; and that markets are closed against the produce of their labour in order to keep up the rents of the lords of the soil, and to increase the value of the tithes. They may be found sitting in their damp, cheerless, and poverty stricken cellars, surrounded with their children, meagre bellied or sickening before them under the power of dis ease, and as they brood'over their miseries they compare their lot with those whom they regard as their oppressors —pampered in luxury, and, as they believe, as regardless of their wretchedness as the rich man in the Gospel was insensible to the sufferings of Lazarus who perished at his gate full of sores. . • . So far as in me lies will I expose these scenes of lamentation and woe ; and, fellow -countrymen, if after these disclosures, ghastly want could lead to disorder, to tumult, to pillage, or to bloodshed, for one, I am guiltless of the consequences ; the inquisition for blood will be made on those who suffer, such a mass of wretchedness to remain without the adoption of the only adequate means of amelioration." —(Applause) " If," said Mr. Bright, the Delegate from Rochdale " to work without wages was to be a slave, then there were hundreds of thousands of people in this country as much slaves as any that ever went by that name in the British Colonies.—(Hear, hear.) So far as uncompen sated labour formed a ground of complaint, or a cause for sympathy, the Englishman had as good a right to complain, and was as fit a subject for sympathy, as the negro in the Weft Indies. He would take the case of one of the flannel-weavers, for there was nothing like taking individual cases to see bow a great principle applied.—(Hear, hear.) If the flannel-weaver made a piece of flannel, the raw material being his own, had he not as good a right to that piece of flannel as the Duke of Buckingham had to the acres on his estate ? Undoubt edly he had, and a vast deal more—(Cheers)--because there were certain things which the Duke of Bucking ham could not do with his estate, whereas this man could do what he pleased with his flannel.,.; The Duke could not allow his land to lie falloW.—(Hear, hear.) The aristocracy had no right to do that with their land. Their title to their land did not rest upon so good a weaver h rt a o d ghisroiplm on ieceoftlannel.--(Cheers.) ground as a the n American his land a quarter of wheat, would he not have as good a right to it as the Duke had to his green acres, or the weaver to his piece of flannel ? But when the weaver at Rockdale ex changed his flannel for the wheat of the American, and attempted to bring it home for his use, who stopped him in the way, and said he should not use it ? Why, the Duke of Buckingham, and the rest of his class.—(Ap plause.) Ay, that class had passed a law to prevent the weaver and his family from using that to which he had an undoubted right. He (Mr. Bright) declared that the Parliament had no right to make a law like that. . . . With respect to this unjust law—:_hould it be tolerated? There was no moral law which would condemn a man for an invasion of the Corn-law He (Mr, Bright) would have no scruple whatever, in introducing, in violation of that law, any quantity of food i n t o t h is country for the wants of people Misery was seen in the house of every poor man. Poor men he was ashamed to call them, but, that was the term now applied to every working man. Misery was to be seen on his threshold; haggard destitution, and extreme poverty were the most prominent things in his family. The consequence was, that discontent had so pervaded the country that scarcely any working man would lift a finger in de fence of those institutions which Englishmen were wont to be proud of. Neither the monarch nor the aris tocracy were safe under such a state of things —a state of things that would blast the fairest prospect, and destroy the most powerful nation that ever existed. What could be done to upset a law which was fraught will] so much evil consequences ? He should be the last man in the world to encourage force—(Hear, hear) — hut, notwithstanding, much good could be effected by moral force and the power of public opinion, exercised and brought to bear on the question in a peaceable man ner.—(Hear, hear.) When the Church cess was to be abolished in Ireland, how was it done ? Was it by phy sical force ? No. Force was exereised by the Govern ment in upholding the cess ; it cost Lord Stanley 28,0001. in law and other expenses, to collect 12,0001. of a cess.—(Cheers.) Yes, passive resistance; that was an opponent which no Government could withstand.— (Cheers.) Undisciplined mobs might be mown down by her Majesty's troops, but they could not get hold of " passive resistance." They could not fight with such a phantom.—(Cheers.) The troops would now find plenty of spectres to kill, no doubt—(flear, hear)—but passive resistance--that was a spectre which they could not take aim at.—(Applause.) "Mr. Brotherton (to make one quotation more) was con vinced, that, if the people of this country but understood the extent of their wrongs, they would rise up as one man and manifest their indignation.—(Applause.) He felt astonished that any Legislature, professing to be a Christian Legislature, or any country, professing to be a Christian country, should pass such unjust laws." At all the late meetings the more vehement the language the greater was the applause, and if the speakers had gone much further the auditory would willingly have gone with them. We warn the landowners, that, with reference to them and to our institutions, an alarming state of public feeling exists in the manufacturing dis tricts. There is an increasing disregard for the law, and a concentration of hatred and indigna tion on those who make it. The land owners may possibly survive the sad con flagration they have kindled, but they will not escape unscorched. Public opi nion, though it be armed with no sword, is the real guardian of all our rights. Unsupported by it, laws are mere pieces of blotted parchment. The landowners, as legislators, cannot continue, therefore, to inflict distress and outrage on the manufacturers witholit becoming practically con : - vinced, by their own insecurity and sufferings, that their best interests are jdentical with those of the rest of the4eonangunity. •The only way by which they can be prospOrOns , is, to act justly. We have not thought. it necessary to offer any comments on the scheme for reforming the Corn-laws, recently announced in the Globe as having received the assent of the agriculturists, and as likely to be submitted to Parliament by the Cabinet, because the scheme appeared to us destitute of authority. When objections have been urged to the present system, and a fixed duty has been proposed, the Tories have exult ingly pointed to the great quantity of corn which has been imported under the system at a duty of ls., and have boasted of that as one of its hap piest effects. When prices rise very high, it allows corn to come in at a nominal duty. The proposed scheme would annihilate that argu ment in its favour, by placing the lowest duty, whatever may be the price, at 4s. the quarter. The Tories will not, we opine, venture to destroy the single, and by them much praised, advantage of the present system. Sir ROBERT PEEL, too, has frequently de nounced a fixed duty, because it could not be maintained when prices were exorbitantly high. A duty never to he lower than 4s. would be a fixed duty to that extent, and Sir ROBERT must eat up all his thunder against a fixed duty, or hurl it against the scheme suggested in the Globe. It contravenes, in fact, the principles avowed by the present Ministers ; and we, there fore, do not believe that it emanates from them. Proceed, however, from what it may, it is so di rectly at variance with that total repeal for which we contend, and falls so far' short ofjus tice, that it shall meet, should it be brought for ward by any competent authority, with our stre nuous opposition. The Tory Journals assert that the present Mi nistry is pledged to the principle of protection to agriculture, and the sliding scale. They endea our to excite some little hopes, however, in the public, by stating that the sliding scale may be improved; that the Ministers are not pledged to the details of the law, and that these probably may be altered with advantage. If that be Sir ROBERT PEEL'S opinion, as we believe it is, it is not the opinion of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM. His Grace has, at sundry " ordinaries" and " Farmers' Clubs," declared stoutly for the whole law, and advised the farmers to suffer no alteration in it whatever. His Grace is con sistent. Who can tell where alterations will stop when they have commenced ? He is the Lord ELDON of his party, and is well aware that it is much easier to maintain a dam unimpaired than to prevent it being totally washed away after making a breach in it. The authority of the law mainly depends on its sanctity; to propose alterations in it, is to admit, to a certain extent, that it is a bad law, and, so . far, to plead guilty to the charge of those who con demn it. For the Pro-Corn-law-men there is no safety but in sticking to every tittle of the present law, averages, jumping -scale and all. By pro posing alterations they will brand it as some thing less than the incarnation of wisdom. When it is admitted that the scale is not correct, that the averages are not well taken, we should like to know what the law is sepa rate from these details. The principle of protection to agriculture, as it is called, is en tirely a pecuniary question of degree. The most unrighteous of the unrighteous landlords do not ask for a protecting duty of 20s. when wheat sells at 80s. The exact sum now fixed on is a just pro tection for the agriculturists, or it is not. If it be just, why alter it? To propose an alteration is to admit an injustice on one side or the other. Apart from the details, there is no principle in the law, and when the Pro-Corn-law men give up the details, they throw the principle over board. Many of them admit that the law can not be maintained as it is, and they may be as sured that they cannot alter it without bringing about its total annihilation. CI 7:3901(1 The Gazette de Frariee - itutitifte - God:We've' are the only French Journals opposed o'llle-forti fication of Paris—the darling project. of M. ODILON BARROT and King Louis PHILIPPE. These papers, though differing widely .upon other .questions, have always had the sagacity to Ob serve that the fortifications were intended, not to terrify the enemies, but to enslave the people of France. We were therefore prepared for the able comments which their respective columns of Monday contain upon the bellicose epistle ad dressed by M. ODILON BARROT, to his " Dear CHAMBOLLE," the editor of the Siecle, which appeared in The Sun•of yesterday. The follow In is an extract from the article of the Gazette, which entirely corrOliOr . atesour views : We are opposed to no measure calculated to defend our territory, and maintain our nationality ; but the fortifica tions of Paris do not do this. The for tifications will weaken France, giving the present Government the liberty to be arbitrary, and consequently enabling it to persevere in the false systems which produce discord and divide the French. The ocean and the desert may serve as cuirasses for England and for Russia, but the force of France is in the sympathetic spirit of her thirty-three millions. A national representation is worth more to France than walls, and would give us fourteen armies, instead of fourteen bastiles. Every system of monopoly is one of division, and by excluding independent opinions from the representation you are forced to take up a militant position. To fortify the existing monopoly with walls, is to perpetuate division. National unity, and not fortifications, can preserve France from invasion, despotism, and anarchic passions— the three extreme evils. England is materially the most powerful country in the world; an hundred and twenty millions of men obey it, and thirty thousand vessels quit and enter its ports: but its very Constitution is menaced by the system of exclusion which it keeps up against Ireland. Russia has her deserts and her 800,000 soldiers ; but despotism which makes her force causes also her weakness. Unity, under a popular monarch, can alone enable France to match them. The Commerce is particularly happy in its remarks. It proves by .quotations from the speeches of M. ODILON BARROT in the Chamber of Deputies, that if in 1830 he was the actual originator of the project for fortifying Paris, he thought but very indifferently of it in 1833. In fact, in the latter year he opposed the fortifica tions tooth and nail. The following extracts from a speech of his, delivered in the Tribune, will : place this fact beyond contradiction : „ l We afe'iibt 'agreed about the necessity of permanent . fortifications. - 13ofia . parte himself' recoiled from before the'popular susceptibility . which such a scheme naturally caused, and before that jeoous spirit of liberty, which • ought to be respected. Governments are often drawn • into their own despotic systems of violence. Violence on one side begets the same on the other, and the avenger then seeks after means of security and force ; these are to be found in national sympathy. In such circumstances what would be the fourteen bastiles round Paris, each with its garrison shut out from the population, and hav ing it in its power to intercept all communication with Paris ? Paris may thus be blocked, and military inac tion may paralyse every effort of the national will. • , If you wish to put troops into twenty or thirty forts, it will be necessary to disseminate an army, and then you will just attain the a i m w hi ch you desire. Instead of leaving the army free to act upon the rear of an enemy, you will concentrate it into the forts around Paris, and thus leave all the populous departments to the mercy of an enemy. And the principal advantage to result from the fortifying of Paris, that of leaving the army free to operate, will be completely lost by a system of forts, which will absorb the greater part of the army, and pa ralyse its movements. Suppose,that after y ou h ad called all the enemy's forces to aris, they had the best of it in an engagement, and that you had staked and lost all in one throW, what would be the consequence ? The * enemy Wotild'garrison your forts. In 1814 and 1815 the foreign GeneralS felt that the soil of Fran ce t rem b led beneath their feet; they were anxious to withdraw and give terms. Had they had forts round Paris to garrison, they would have im posed much severer conditions. Here then we have the important admission that, in the case of a' successful foreign inva sion, the fortifications of P'aris would only serve for garrisons for thb' t i rogp§., But o f what importance is it to . Lyons, Bordeaux, Nantes, Toulouse, and all the other great and wealthy towns in France, whether or not Paris be fortified? Would they fare worse- if Paris was not defended by a single gun, than if he 2,000 pieces of artillery now preparing , by Louis PHILLIPPE, bristled upon the ramparts of the Capital ? Most unquestionably not. Speaking with reference to the operation of the centralized system of government, established by NAPOLEON, it is usual to regard Paris as a synonyme for France; but an invading army would break up that system the instant it set foot on the French soil, and then Paris would be , ' THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. LAST NIGHT OF PERFORMING BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. THIS EVENING, DEC. 23, Will be repeated Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flaying, Mr. Clement White Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Adalgi sa , Mi ss R a i n f or th ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble. After which, CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes the Twelfth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley; Eudiga, Madame Vestris. Doors to te opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Ci rc l es , s s . ; S econ d P rice, 2 s. 6d. ;Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for'the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Feur, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so!ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, I i 7. New Bond-street. On Monday next will be produced the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled Guy Earl of Warwick ; or, Harlequin and the Dun Cow. NEW STRAND THEATRE. SPLENDID CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES. Monday, Dec. 27, and every evening during the week, Mr. JACOBS, the ROYAL VENTRILOQUIST and GREAT MODERN MAGICIAN, whose performances during the last two seasons created a great sensation, will, for a third time, haie the honour of submitting to the public his unrivalled and truly pleasing performances. His NECROMANTIC TEM PLE will be found superior in every respect to those on former occasiolis. His Ventriloquism has undergone considerable change and improvement; in the delineation of the various characters he is the first in" Europe ; a great treat is afforded to the audience in this department. Mr. Jacobs, in addition to his own intere s ti ng en t er t a i nmen t, has added hese of Mons. ROSSEAU, the celebrated FRENCH EQUILIBRIST ; Herr KREUZER'S PHAN TASMAGORIAL DISSOLVING PORTRAITS, which arc on an entirely new system e and the Classical Experiments of the PATAGONIAN WONDERS. . The tout ensemble forms a Combination of Talent not to be surpassed. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven. Boxes, 2s. 6d. Children, Is. 6d. ; Pit, I s . 6d., Child ren , l s . ; Gal lery, 61. Half-price a Quarter to Nine ; Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, no half-price. Carriages to be in waiting Ten Minutes to Eleven. POPULATION RETURNS. We have had so many inquiries for The , Sun, containing an abstract of the Population Returns, that we shall republish the tables, with consider able additions, on Saturday next, the 25th inst. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, - PRICE SIXPENCE. THE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Dec. 23, 1841. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Constant Reader," who refers to the letter of a Cor respondent at Bayswater, must be a very inattentive reader, elselhe would know that the " abolition," which he properly deprecates, never was recommended by any correspondent, or any writer, in The Sun. Our respected Correspondent "H. P." has misappre hended the scope of our remarks on Chartism and Puseyism, which were intended to show from both, that men's opinions are as unsettled in religion as in politics. THE WEATHER.—Noox, DECEMBER 22. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 32 j Highest 33 j Lowest 28 Barometer 29.71.—Wind W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 30 minutes after 8 I Evening 2 minutes after 9. e, - - - s 44 92, Arto.pa s, t • • zrEoTAP'kiicritsciLetzo . 54 4 v .- = - • -ew • • collt /Mt LONDON: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1841. The landowners under the skilful leadership of Sir ROBERT PEEL, have triumphed in Parlia ment, and at the elections. They are the mas ters of the Government. The wants of the State, and the distress of the public gave their opponents more power against them in 1841 than at any former period, yet could these opponents make no head against them. So far as the Corn-laws are concerned, they must, therefore, always have been masters of the Legislature. In fact, the late Ministers deferred to film on this point, and were completely_ defeated the instant they went against the landlords. Their sway in the Legislature has long been paramount, and they are responsible for the condition of the country. We do not ask them to look at this condition in reference to the decay of the manufacturers, for that will, we believe, give them satisfaction. We do not appeal to them because the people are distressed, for they avow their wish to humble and degrade the democracy ; and the more the people, are reduced, the better the landed aristocracy will be pleased. But we ask them to look at it in relation to their own secu rity. If they are quite satisfied that their pro- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1841 - nothing but an inland fortress capable of being reduced at any time by a simple blockade. Neither our Contemporary the Chronicle, nor the French papers from which we have quoted, appear able to account for so remarkable a change in the opinions of M. ODILON BARROT. Can these Journals have forgotten that the KING, shortly after the Republican Deputy's display of opposition to the fortifications in 1833, discovered a wonderful aptitude for place in the brother of that gentleman; and that his MAJESTY'S choice of so worthy a servant had a most mira culous effect in cooling the patriotic fervour of the declamatory Deputy? For our part we re member perfectly some such circumstance, and were not a little struck with the effect produced. To make the dumb speak is sometimes hardly more miraculous than to silence the babbling, and the latter wonder the KING of the FRENCH, by the magic of a few words, effected in the case of M. ODILON BARROT. Since that period we have found him in all political relations an altered man. The Court has drawn him within its magic circle, and latterly he has essayed with some effect to mouth its sophistries. At the present moment we can discover no difference between M. THIERS and M. ODILON BARROT, and would just as soon see the former in the Cabinet as the latter. The Madrid Papers of the 13th instant contain no news whatever. The Five per Cents. were done at 331, for cash, and at 332 35 331 I j I 341, at different dates; the Three per Cents. sold for 221 for cash, and 23k, at 60 days ; the Four por Cents., at 22 for cash ; and the debt bearing no interest, at 61 3-32 k k, at different dates. _ . The whole of the French Journals have reached us. They contain no •neWs of im portance. The trial of M. DUPOTY continues to excite the attention of the Opposition Press. It was reported that the Court of Peers had con demned DUPOTY by a majority of 136 votes to 23, and that he would be condemned to ten years' imprisonment in the prison of San Miguel. The Moniteur publishes the return of the produce and consumption of beet-root sugar manufactured;in France in 1841. According to that document the number of ma nufactories in activity was. 366, and the whole quantity produced 8,365,205 kilogrammes, of which 4,409,959 were sold for:consumption. The duties levied thereon amounted to 5,467,120 f. Private accounts from Bayonne of the 16th inst. state, that warlike preparations were still making on the fron tiers of Spain, although the march of troops to the south had been suspended. Marshal Saldanha, the Portuguese Ambassador at the Austrian Court, passed through Bayonne on the 14th, on his way to Vienna. A Ministerial paper says this morning, that the sen tence of the Court of Peers will be published on Wed nesday or Thursday. The Gazette• du Medi of the 16th, says "M. Dupuch, the Bishop of Algiers, arrived yesterday from Bordeaux at Marseilles, on his return to his diocese. We are assured that the Prelate had scarcely alighted from his carriage, when he received a telegraphic dispatch, in viting him to proceed immediately to Paris. It will be recollected that the Journal du Cher has announced that M. Dupuch was appointed to the Bishopric of Bourges.—Constitutionnel. The Journals of Upper Italy are full of complaints of a continuation of bad weather, of which there are few examples. The Milan Gazette mentions every day the non• arrival of the French Journals, in consequence of the interruption of the communication between the South of France and the North of Italy. The same is the case in the South of Italy ; and the Journal of the Two Sicilics mentions deplorable accidents, caused by the overflowing of the - Sangro, in the interior of the Abruzzo. The Phare de la Marine says----"We have this moment learnt that a terrible disaster has happened this evening on the road from Valgones to Cherbourg. The yarn manufactury at Pont-la-Ville has been entirely des troyed by fire, together with its dependencies. Several neighbouring houses have I.ce.ei consumed in the dread ful fire."—Commerce. We find in the Constitutionnet the following version of what has recently occurred in Monaco:—" The people of Monaco have gained their ends. The monopoly of corn is abolished throughout the principality by order of Florestan 1., but there has been a species of insurrection which threatened to be fatal to the Farmer-General of the monopoly, M. Chapon. The populace attacked his house, and committed some depredations. M. Chapon made his escape through a back-door, and gained a Small port, where he embarked in the French Govern ment steamer Tenare. His brother-in-law remained concealed for several days, but at length managed to save himself. The PrinCe has shown great affability and liberality. He. is about, .to dismiss the old Governor, who has incurred the hatred of his subjects. It is be lieved that ,he will be succeeded by the son of General Partouneaux, who resides in the principality. The King of Sardinia is alarmed lest this petty revolution should speead into the neighbouring countries, and has sent some Carbineers to the frontier of Monaco." The Infanta Donna Luisa Carlota. entered, Burgos on the 7th inst., accompanied by her consort Don,Francisco de Paula who went to meet her Royal Highness, at tended by the authorities of the town ; the National Guafds, and two regiments forming the garrison, being under arms on the occasion. The Prince and Princess reside in the mansion of the Marchioness of Barrio Lucio. A letter from Hanover of the 9th inst. states that M. de Lutken, one of the King's Privy Councillers, and a strong advocate of his Majesty's new measures, had been attacked one evening in the street, and severely wounded by a large stone. The assault was attributed to feelings of political vengeance. " M. Sieveking, of Hamburgh," says the Siecle,"has entered int') a Treaty with the British New Zealand Company for the purchase of the Chatham Islands at 10,0001., fur the German Colonisation Company ; and if this Corporation is fully organised by that time, the Treaty will be exchanged at London on or before 12th March next." . A letter from Helvoetsluys states that, on the 11th instant, the Swedish brig Fanny, bound from Hull to St. Übes, was totally wrecked on the Ooster. The cap tain and two sailors were saved. Two men were thrown ashore lifeless, and four more were believed to be drowned in the vessel. The elections of Deputies to the Constituent Assembly of the Canton of Geneva are finished. Out of 11,396 electors inscribed on the list, 7,226 have exercised their right, making an average of 63 out of 100. The differ ence between the numbers of voters in the city of Ge neva, and the country districts or colleges, amounted to next to nothing, those in the city being in the proportion of 63 to 100, and those in the country 64 to 100. The Assembly was convoked for the 17th inst. The Federal remarks :—" Judging by the ensemble of the elections, the great majority of nominations to the Constituent Assembly have been acquired by the conservatives and the moderate progressive party." "It was rumoured on Saturday in the diplomatic cir cles," says the Temps, " that the Baron de Benkendorff, Minister of Police in Russia, had fallen into disgrace, and been dismissed. He is a brother of the Countess de Lieven. In the eyes of certain persons this disgrace is an indication that our diplomacy does not advance in fa= your at the Court or Saint Petersburg. The Emperor Nicholas is said to have decided that in future there shall be no •Rulsian .Ambassador at the Court of any power, but only a Minister Plenipotentiary." —On this subject we fin& the- followieg in the Constitutionnel :—" We are inforniedltUt a,revplution has been effected in the cabi net at Se.:l i iiersiartr, Several Ministers hav e b een su perseded: "ObVird' t 'Pahlen and the brother-in-law of Princeini t ie4Pri*lV¢ bVen called into the new Cabinet. It is affitinerd'tiiiii Ciiunt Pahlen will not be succeeded here by an iArelansiadOr, but by a Minister Phmipoten tiary only, in the person of M. de Boutenief, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople. This is a serious change, as it obliges France 4ohave only a Minister Plenipoten tiary at St: PeterSburgh. The unfriendly feeling of. Russia towards France, has long been apparent, and it is to be regretted that France did net take the initiative in this matter. i kTi•anee must b e no more t h an a secondary powerltill6 'eyes of R uss i a ; or h as the Emperor Nichohibildilfli affected c on t empt , some hidden motive which . 6l#PG6Vernment, as it appears, has not sufficient ability to discover ? The Baran de Barante, by this au tocratic decision, is thrown out of employment." Marshal Saldanha, Portuguese Envoy E x t raor di nary to the Emperor of Austria, passed through Bayonne on the 14th inst. on his way to Vienna, intending to pass by Marseilles and Italy. Lieut.-Gen. Espeleta has also vi sitad Bayonne. • • , A letter from Strasburg, in the Augsburg Gazette, says that a letter has been received by a commercial house in that city from a high functionary of the French Government, stating the intention of the Cabinet to in stitute negotiations with several German Governments, for a mutual modification of Customs' tariffs. The French Government proposes, it adds, to reduce the en trance duties on cattle, and requires that the duties on. French wines in other countries shall be lowered. The Patriota of Madrid states that amicable feelings have been renewed between the Spanish and French Cabinets, and that the intercourse of the two Govern- ments is on a very satisfactory footing. ::The Carlsruhe Gazette states that a shock of earth quake was felt on the 10th inst. at Zwingenberg, near that town, whore the walls of the chateau were cracked by the movement, and several stones displaced. BOURSE—Penis, MONDAY, DEC. 20. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price, Pricy. wench 5 per Cents 11.5 40 ... 116 40 ... 116 35 ... 1 16 40 div. 100 00 ... 1. 0 90 ... 100 90 ... 100 g 0 3 per Centr. ex 4 per Cents 7,,, 15 .. 78 25 ... 78 IS ... 7 8 20 Loan ex did 76 so „. 79 80 ... 78 8J ... 78 fie . .......:1 0 1 1 6 4 3 ? 0 " : ......501:0 :.... u M I 13R r ) r of trance Latfitte Bank .5 1 :1 1 )0 100 01 1. s t a a r r e e: t 1 0(. 04 )., 2 792 50 ... 792 SO ... 791 50 ... 7J5 50 4 eigtan B ank Belgian S per Cents., 1840... 19 ... 103 ... 102% ... 102% : 54 1 41 ...: i : 54 1 54 ... ... ... . . : 1 54 1 51 1 . • 1 5 1 46 V 411.11 Active Passive New Deferred Neapolitan, Roman.... RAILWAY BHAItEh. St. Germain 770 ••• 785 ... 770 .. 785 ve,...,tft5.i....0.... ............ Rouen 4's •.. 455 ”. 452 50 ... 455 Orle ..-, /• • ••• 480 ••• 480 ••• 180 ••• 459 ItrobtugtOtiale6 2'23 76 ~, 224 i P , 223 7 „, 22p 76 MORNING SUN SUMMARY OF NEWS Oit AND petbitc epttlioll. 7 - 0 0 n oiJ3 9O P ii PI ,° " Who runs may read." 11 € s POREIGN. The French J o ur na l s o f M on d ay 'l;4 are occuied the trial of M. D u p o t y , Edi tor of the Journa l £ l'euple• The Courrier Fran ca i s , remarking upon thei of 't nramY d this trial, says :—" It i s certain that the MiniSters an . their families openly express an opinion that M. DuP° t Y ought to be condemned, and leave it to be inferred that f tog the existence of th e C a bi net i s attac h ed to t h e success 0 r i9f the accusation. The whole weight of the Governrien;qo is thus brought to bear upon the Peers. Will they show;,ioo that they are beyond the reach of such deplorable and 71 4 powerful influence? Will j ust i ce b e greater than fear? Up to the last mom en t we w ill not d esp ‘ 4l air. It not {Ur ` ciff , us to trace to the J u d ges th e line which they ongl! t ' d follow, but we entreat them not to forget at this soiewn:fut moment that M. Dupoty is an adversary of the Govern-,, ment, and that the Government desires his condena' nation." It was privately reported in Paris on Monday that the Court of Peers had actually voted the condemnatio n, ° Dupoty by 136 votes to 23 ! Atrocious as this report Is: we can hardly doubt it s correctness, f rom our a cquaint ance with the infamous composition of that servile and most despicable Court. The France says that the idea of th e Ki n g of Prus sia e visiting the Co ur t of St. James's f o r th e chri ste ning ° the Prince of Wales is totally erroneous ; that his. Ma ; jesty and the Q ueen w ill live quite retired all the wil e at Charlottenburg ; an d t h at t h e recent d ea th of Queen Dowager of Bavaria, her Majesty's mother , l'izm prevent any fetes being given at Court. s pot King Ernest of H anover cont i nues to p l ay t he de to admiration. According to the Hamburgh Corresponao, ent the Opposition Members of the Second Chambe r the States General of Hanover, who have not been a i d lowed by the Gover nmen t t o t a k e t h e i r seats , h a ve quit ted the capital, and returned to their constituents. The snii; plementary Deputies hav e b een ca ll e d on to Sit in th e stead. The lithographed F renc h correspon d ence from sesia says, that it is agitated whether it might not be advisa, to to prolong the t erm o f th e Q ueen ' s m i nor i ty from 14 n. 18 years of age. Th e di sso l ut i on o f t h e S en ate was other proposal. Both were resisted by the Govern me . A letter from Vitto r i a , o f th e B t h instant describes. 0 a lively manner the joy of the people of that city on b f ei t n i ; relieved from the st a t e o f s i ege , t h e ar bi trar y rule (;) t he military commis - sion, and the' further payment °. ho mulct with which all householders had been visited w took part in the affair of the 4th of October. At Barcelona a surv e y of th e c i ta d e l h as been °l o p e ' and an estimate formed, that it would require 4,0 00, 001 v reals (40,000 i.) to co m pl e t e it s ' d estruct i on , and. n (, 1,500,000 reals (15,0000 to repair it. The inlinb c , tt S le ir of that unfortunate c ity seeme d h eart il y t i r ed 01 had political exciteme n t, f or it i s s t ate d, t h at o ut of ba a 30,000 electors of the Ayuntamiento, only 1,0 00 00 , come forward to give th e i r vo t es on th e late nee° and the Republicans were left in a minority. W yly The Madrid Gazette contains two decrees bl illustrative of the state of Spain—one removing ro ls Oviedo to other towns six canonigos, whose ci.n! rtin g could not otherwise be settled ; the other comp, ol re .. " of the excessive number of applicants who &O s g, sent themselves for situations in the post-offices , t a pir no doubt, from the general belief that no P i arj or ing aptitude was required for these o ffi ces," and u e kn ow that candidates must produce certificates of their d spy ledge in at least arithmetic, Spanish grammars all,nrv nish geography. Those who in addition possess a,o reign ledge of accounts, general geography, and anY, I ° ece ive languages, are informed that their claims Will r particular consideration. PUBLIC OPINION. the We quote the following remarks, suggested hY,.:_s coming season of Christ mas , f rom t h e M orn i n g Chron ic m at " Beef is dear i n L on d on , says t h e P ost , for Chri s tha t is coming. The increased demand is not, we fe ar ' the of the millions. Little matters the price of beef s a ir poor wretches that beg herring-brine to flavo ur t"- sk potatoes. Little does it avail them, either, that ge l s' is only three times as dear as, in dear times, that civ et Cincinnati. But is it not atrocious that, in sl ic d , on cumstances, there should be a duty of 12s. per e e hibi" salted meats, and of fresh meat an absolute Pr_nser tion ? No light can beam for the poor, on the 1 3 :"" e of bially dark days before Christmas, while the gripes T monopoly is u nre l axe d. Wh at cares i t f o r Christenor, The voice of Hi m w h o th en was cra dl e d in a ela d s ilf taught the simple prayer to give us this day ou r bread. May H eaven h ear i t 1 for monopoly will ° c ave Thanks to the Tories, who have shown such on e e dy sympathy with th e p eo pl e , an d d one so m uch to re re ar to their distresses, the p oorer c l asses bid fair this Y e w ill enjoy a right merry Christmas. What rejoiciq Ida ? there not be at Paisley . ? What feasting at Spita/us''wig What fervent expressions of gratitude to Miluste r osai" there not be offered up by the mechanics and thetr a cea , lies in their cellars at Manchester ? Kindly ended `'d siderate Tories ! How readily have they not rest — ed 4 1 to the prayer, " g i ve us thi s d a y our daily t b h r i e s , but 4 They have given u s o ur b rea d ; an d no t onlY,-;" pkilar' A they have e x p ress ly comm i ss i one d t h e D u k e or l't b j: ham to see that we procure it in the orthodox fag" - „ a s/ 19 'd The Post administers a gentle reprimand to the "Pte" pous hosiers of the midland counties" in the folloW . , r , set terms :—" When we took the libeity of adminis t ` he ing a gentle reprimand to certain pompous hosiers of t,,„ midland: counties for meddling in matters which trir i did not understand, we were assailed by some Ll 9n i , n ° d critics as though we had done the stocking-ma their cause a great injustice. But the comnall ue- e JO' we bare received from the districts in which th f es s torP pier - statesmen are well know n , tell a very differe l ,'" e , p ous They commend our pl a i n s p ea ki ng about these tit personages, and assure us that we have give s e ie h then" reproof to arrogant and grasping men, who t" net eery selves entitled to' complain because they ha ve f distress th merely ingthe b i e r e o ao w a n e s t v h a e y r . e i l a l h a ese de m pr e e n asi c o o a mp io lain ° de froin 0 , tra el,, , it is which they have derived enormous profits. S ti , r he i r ough not too much to expect that they_ should take har e ae' with the smooth, and be thankful for what tlieY he . cau se quired, instead of trying to set the country in a fi ance b e en."' their gains are nous less enormous than they have „ ir it of The above passage breathes the true aristocratic serdoiept the flippant and fashionable lady's maid. It i i s v r es t-end' of the airs of a housekeeper's room at the s sneer The " pompous hosiers" indeed How we: re pees u : o ira: e4 becomes the chronicler of the " arrivals and deP e alw ays of its aristocratic masters and mistresses ! W e sits , on defer respectfully to our Contemporary's matters of dress and etiquette ; but with equa l e - r aics,! , we must beg to protest against its politico-econ_,_es. tracts, which were anything but " Tracts for the Pf' eat is Speaking of the proposed Commission for In s gating, ,the Exchequer bill fraud, the Herald CoseYol - We entirely approve of the constitution of the o w mission. True—it comes upon us like an ex b eg with tion—with a vengeance— o f th e t r i s t e a dage ' e l horse" cutting_ philosophy reco mmen d s th e victims u he sta ble stealing, to—(when the st ee d i s s t o l en )—' shut t w ith it door.' But here we have just had to sit down e figil. loss not of a steed,' but—of a sum which, in lb w s re" rative phraseology of th e b e tti ng - room at Tatterla This presents precisely the value of 16,000 ponies; cost of number of nags i s s o, l arge , or sa y that th„ to find „is' them (400,000/0, is so enormous, that it is we it was 1 4 the stable-door is to be shut at last. And really ii rge• • 0 1 high time that it should be. The recent frauds r e - rho l a ig tised in the revenue, have gone pretty far to red ue si ori First Lord of the Treasury to that melancholy V.- ) t he in which he would not have had a horse left 1 . 0 0 _„ 1 ., stable' to walk out on rainy day'—if acertain stu d Spring Rice had had charge of the Exchequer ts much longeri' • begt;bagr,tictleh,etesetssd ton l s n h a ire lea m di e thus sneering at the Chartists B e their politiy r wands as rational and justifiable as they are notori ously _ ir o b. 1 ,14 the reverse, the Chartists seem to imagine that tnc ,.esen s suggested7i,nTunes t takes the late North.a.o2s jects will be best gained, not by temperate and able appeals to public sympathy, but by tt course N orte , instead of gaining them a single respectable suPitunitY must terrify every orderly member of the eon' it from giving them the slightest countenance. Perhaps, we is well that it should be so. For ourselves, thallerhs. shall never cease to advocate the just rights of t nu Chsrtists ing classes, we can tr u ly sa y th a t those of na hlie who persist in obtr u di ng th e ir own case at eve,rY tr i eu hle. meeting in the kin g d om save u s a vast deal o' ass d Were they. possess e d o f or dinary discree t 4 neees prudence, we might possibly b e subjected to t" s. sity of refuting and repelling their pretensi en t and` they now manage matters, exciting areclbus fr wor k ' disgust in every impartial spectator, they, , that ing, their own ruin much more effectivt:lY, any hostility of ours could hope to ac lll6 :a that 'l 6 g Wo hope the Chartists are by this time convinced the y the Tories, instead of being—as they once imagin e rs t hey were—their friends, are their worst enemies. of their ,sri be not fully persuaded of this truth, we despair of oleo , ever being enlightened. The Tories merely than tha t 0", as their tools, and had never any other notion tiler ilea of just playing them off against the Whigs, shaking themselves clear of all alliance with thou: ev e... ;i.a sA t. Chartists displayed a woeful want of sagacity ln necting themselves, even for an hour, with th. They estranged many of their friends, and latt o L cu id . selves open to the justifiable taunt, that men w` t heir be fools enough to allow themselves to be g ulled nY P truste4,4ood natural enemies, *ere certainly not fit to Ls , I„ erae d ,oina with,the slightest addition of political power. ,‘ in` by the past, we trust the Chartists will heneefortn liament, "" , Jf`••,`, common cause with the Opposition in Par , 11 whom they have many more points in common than , ever had, or ever can have with the Tories. be en"" an( The Advertiser says—" , lf no man ought to pelled to pay Church-rates, whatever. is to . be cop hurdles, or buted for the purpose of beautifying of e tew voluntarily—if, we say, no man should be f o rced PP, the extension of burial-grounds, ought to be contrtoi Roman a C h c u a r t c h h ol i i m ea p o to s t b s , e least subj e o e f te a d l I t o ought s stun. They derive no benefit whatever from they never read her prayers ; never hear her ua at never receive her sacraments. Surely it isn°b to tk e Church's ministrations ; they never cross her thsreersrohoLds ;; they support their own ministers, and contribute keeping of their own places of to t he pair. Nor is this all. It is degrading that they legalssenct,e7rsr; L should thus come annually forward Church, and a reflection onwCwhsujur Dissenters. their hands into the pockets of Chur en inch Mother 'Where is there the pocket into w indeed must be a very extraordinary man I tches. the Old Dame ' s c u keep his pockets clear of nt to the grave, does not contrive to thrust her übiquitous hand_sw?„.o.-Ige through life, from the cradle ess. s : h i: c a n stateo of : ti e; our progress baptism her hands are stretched out for a f eel';_2 _„ as d _ riage, she cries out, "pray remember the Parso n she taxes us with the most rig, - id punctili :n ; 3 14 8 C C N e ew 4 i Lo r 'g A J„ () et Jah 7, 4 ; I; tt o . b i e j tt k W er f l °4ll Iled to 11.1.1 S ,b ry 0 %ou The eh , ste bftnkr LI k v , , I T h e 01*, ,„ ' Si q JJ