The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-12 00:00:00

MORN. ING EDMON. 0 CORRESPONDENTS. The letter o f J J. W., a Bethnal-green Chartist, would sub ject - , s to a prosecution. He should lay the facts of which 1- .e is in possession before some Liberal Member of the House of Commons , and if he can substantiate them sa tisfactorily, no doubt they will be made the ground-work of a motion on the subject. NOTICE. " THE CHINA SUN," Which was RE-PUBLISHED on WEDNES DAY LAST, with the LATEST NEWS from CHINA, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at the Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. IN PROGRESS, THE RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WIT H A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Empire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bro., G lt E V I L L E, Or, A SEASON IN PARIS. By )IRS. GORE, Author of " Mothers and Daughters," " The Peeress," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. VNDER the MINAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 12 . Will be presented Shales ore's Comedy (with Music) of 03 THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbeit ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Ann Page, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly-, Mrs. C. Jones. After which, The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be repeated, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mo•.tli ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. To-morrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with The New Pantomime. Doors to be (opened at half-past Six—the performances to .!rrnotence at Seven o'Clock. _ _ _ Tinket-s and pia( es for the Bow; to be taken of Mr. Grogan a; the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets niay ne had oporlapplication. Dress Boxes, 13. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second ( ire!e:, ss. ; Second Price, 'ls. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. ; Gallery, Is. l'rivate Boit to be had so'ely of Mr. Audi e rrs, bookseller '67, New Rond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Triumphant Success—lmmense Novelty—Crowded Houses— Second Night of Ains.vorth's Tower of London. THIS EVENING, JAN. 12, Will be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled TILE TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaax ivans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Cruikshanks. After which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE; OR, GOOSE' GANDER AND THE SPELLBOUND GOSLINGS. In which the unrivalled Artistes, the Boleno Family; Air. Sonthby, the Original Closn ; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astwnishing Gymnastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Fran enni's, at Paris, will perform : concluding with . Brunning's Gland Dioramic Synopsis of Syria. HI(III WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Meriting II mantes after 5 I Evening 2A minuteelafter 5. II- ''''' • . -f.,7-.---, .e. , , !, y -fra 4 .-;:.:;,, .._ ....- ---,_ , ~„,, ~,,,4 „ - - 71 ---.. ......o.kg ZI LONDON: TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, IE4I. A diversity of opinion connected with adverse conduct in different classes, lying at the bottom of most of our disputes, and leading to confusion, re volution, and anarchy, seems now prevalent in society, and worthy of public notice. Believing with AKENSIDE, that "action treads the path in which opinion says it fdlows good," we conclude that action will only be just and proper when opinion is correct and true, and that our internal policy consequently will never be good till our theories of Government are well founded. The public can only hope for an approximation to una nimity, for agreement and peace, by first discovering the true pi inciples on which social institutions ought to be framed. At present, however, there is not merely a difference, there is a complete contrast in the views of different classes, and to that we pur- pose now to direct attention. No inconsiderable portion of well informed and reflecting men, such as Mr. MARSHALL and Mr. STANSFELD, of Leeds, contend that the suffrage ought to be more extensive. The Chartists affirm that it ought to be universal. " Universal," say all the men of property throughout England, say all the opulent members of the Protestant Church ; universal, say the lordly owners of the great facto_ r . ce of Manchester and Glasgow ; universal, say the ship-owners and great merchants of London " Uni versal Sufliage I what, would you give the power of making laws, or of choosing those who are to make lAws, into the hands of the priest-ridden, lumper-fed peasantry of Ireland, into the hands of the tattered inhabitants of our crowded alleys and closes, who know not how to read, and are not worth sixpence b-yond their labour I To talk of placing the power of making laws for this great empire, with its vast commerce, of the ramifications of which these persons never heard, and with complicated relations, both internal and external, which they cannot possibly co:nprehend, 's truly absurd." " N ot more absurd,'" re ply the Chartists, the inhabitants of our alleys, and the poor ragged peasantry of Ireland, " than for you gentlemen of Manchester and London, than for you country squires and opulent Prot es t an t par sons to claim the exclusive power of making laws for us, with whom you have no sympathy, o n whom you even look with aversion, of whose affec tions, joys, and sorrows, you know nothing—to whose habits of living you are strangers ; you might, with equal propriety, pretend to make laws for the Hindoos as for us Catholic Irish, or the hard-working, half-starved weavers and spinners, who dwell in garrets or cellars, and c rowd into I narrow and con fi ne d alleys for warmth. " Thi s s the real point at issue between the classes. The rich and the intelligent shudder with horror at the very idea of the poor and the ignorant making laws ; but the poor, and perhap s they were the ignorant, now declaim, with equal vehemence, against the rich and the intelligent exclusively making laws for them. How are these classe', how are their conflicti ng opinions, their adverse interests to b e reconciled % Why should property legislate for numbers, or why should poverty make laws for wealth ? We pretend not to answer the question, but it puts the diffi culty before the public which must be surmounted before there is the smallest chance of again bringing the different classes into all harmonious obedience to the law. Custom we admit is entirely in favour of property making laws for numbers. That has hitherto been one principle of our Constitution, and property has not been consided safe unless it re tained the power of making laws. It has, how ever, used the power harshly and unjustly. The condition to which industry is now reduced, its COntradlitiriguiAcd from property, has gene- Med neW ideas and new thoughts in those who , have no property, or comparatively little ; and they now generally contend against the ancient custom— the ancient principle—of property having the exclu sive power and privilege of making laws. This is for them a comparatively new idea, but it has al ready taken deep root, and grows and spreads every day. We believe that there is not the smallest chance of rooting it out from the minds of the mul titude. But it must be rooted out, or property must give up its ancient privilege, or there can be no hope of ever again seeing the classes live to gether in their ancient harmony. We have indi cated the source of the difference of opinions be tween the different classes—it is for practical statesmen to consider whether they can dry up the source, or what must be done to prevent the con flicting actions which will arise from such conflict ing opinions ? We have on two or three occasions lately, par ticularly on the 28th ult., directed the attention of our readers to the order and decency with which the great body of the electors of the United States had voted in the late election of President. There are no religious tests in the United States ; there are some restrictions as to residence, but none as to property ; the greatest approach to Universal Suf frage that ever was known exists, and the result was the collection of 2,400,000 votes without a riot or a scuffle. Having reminded our readers of these facts, we now beg them to turn to another part of The Sun, where they will find amongst our extracts an article from the '1 imes, the latter part of which de scribes an election at Newfoundland. There the poll was closed without making any return, the Magistrates were unable to suppress the riot, one of them was knocked down and his skull frac tured, and two houses were destroyed. But we need not repeat the impressive lesson narrated by the Times, except to close with its moral : such are the results of a " community of enfranchised Pa pists under a Protestant Monarchy." Before the Papists could be enfranchised they must have been enslaved. There are Papists in the United States ; they have never been enslaved, and they are as orderly as the Methodists or the Episcopalians. Papists have more freedom in the United States than in Newfoundland. It is not, therefore, freedom, hut the pre-existing slavery which is the cause of their turbulence under our Protestant Monarchy. In the Protestant Mo narchy the Judges, the Commanders, the chief offi cers are most probably Protestant. In the United States little or nothing is said about a man's reli gion. Under a Protestant Monarchy the Papists are provoked by present inferiority, and a sense of past wrongs, into an attempt to imitate their oppressors, and obtain power by coercion. In the Republic they are not excited to such outrage by any sense either of present inferiority or past de privation ; and in the United States an election for the Chief Magistrate is conducted with the greatest order ; in Newfoundland the election of a Member of the House of Assembly terminates in a bloody riot. These events teach us that the mode to avoid such riots is to do no wrong. Do not exclude the Papists, do not condemn a great body of the people by political exclusion to inferiority and degradation, and all the incentives to outrage and riot, which grow from such exclusions, will have no existence• But the statesmen of a Protestant Monarchy, and the public writers of such a Monarchy, have sup posed, and still suppose, that the only way to avoid outrage, is to degrade a large portion of the people by law on account of their religion, or on account of their poverty, and so excite anger and discontent. They set the example of having re course to violence to obtain their ends, and they reckon, but without their host, that their example will never be followed. Untaught by the results of former vicious intemperance and vicious coercion, which always led to riot and outrage, our ultra ' Protestants, or ultra-political knaves, are even now engaged in demanding the re-enacting of those restrictive and degrading laws, from which alone have flowed the evils they weep over. The worst consequence of their vicious system is that, after it has degraded the people, it has a pretext for con tinuing the degradation. The evil perpetuates it self, and increases with time. It should be stopped, therefore, at the outset, and no temptation of pro mised advantages should encourage men to begin it. The contrast between the election of the Presi dent of the United States, and the election of a Member of the Legislature for Conception Bay, Newfoundland, reflects no honour on the Protestant Monarchy, and no disgrace on the Republic, which has no State religion. New foundland has the benefit of our institutions and our example,—the United States has framed her institutions according to her wants. The United States are peaceable, with 14,000,000 of people ; the little community of Newfoundland is split into factions, and the people crack each other's skulls, in all the rage of intolerance, during a contest for political power. Whether the Protestant Monar chy or the irreligious Republic be the better Government of the two, we must leave our readers to judge. It is plain, from our Correspondent's letter from Walsall, and from the first number of the Walsall Letter-Bag, which has reached us, that the Anti- Corn-law party are prosecuting the contest at that place with great spirit and great success. It de lights us to see that a Non-Electors' Committee has been formed to influence the electors in favour of Mr. SMITH by all legal means. We hope that their example will be followed by the women, who have much at stake in this contest, and ought not to be silent or inactive. We know with what reluctance they mix in po litical matters—we are aware of all the just repug nance there is to ask them—but in a contest like this, in which life or death, abundance or starva tion, are involved, they ought to encourage their husbands, brothers, and friends to vote for the anti-bread-tax candidate. Let them remember that infants of both sexes are now exposed to severe toils—in the agricultural distrists, weeding or pick ing up stones—in theman h u ic fa h e t t i u le r r i e ng is distrists,t no oritehtesr, piecin g an d knotting_irom w chance of relieving them, but by obtai n i ng good wages and pl enty o f f ood for their parents. The condition of the children of Britain should move every mother's heart to exert herself to insure the success of Mr. SMITH at Walsall. We see, by our Correspondent's letter, that there is one class of tradesmen who fear the COllSC quences of the repeal, and he properly recommends that the League should direct its attention to the point. It should endeavour to p rove to the tradesmen, that though the receivers of rent may and must suffer for a time, yet the farmers w ill benefit. They will have less to pay for seed corn, for every thing they have to buy, and for every thing they consume, and will, very speedily, if not immediately, benefit by the repeal. There is no reason whatever to suppose that the quantity of Our agricultural produce will be less after the repeal than at present ; that the farmers will not have as much or more to give in exchange for the production of the manufacturers as now ; and no reason therefore to suppose that their cus tomers will suffer by the repeal. The farmers have been made the victims of the landlords' cupidity, and it might perhaps be as well if the League should give them an assurance that it wil l stand by them in endeavouring to obtain any rea. sonable compensation for losses, should any be THE SUN, LONDON,TUEsDAY, JANUARY 12, 1841. consequent on the repeal, in cases where leases have been entered into under the faith that the present law would be continued. We honour the British agriculturists, we detest the cupidity of the owners of rent and rent charges, and while we think the League should do all it can to re assure the former, and encourage them to make common cause with the manufacturer, as they have a common interest, in order to get rid of the Corn law, it should go on boldly, setting the latter at de fiance, for their sole object in keeping up this law is to enrich themselves at the expense of others. Nor have the farmers been so prosperous since the Corn-laws were enacted, as to make it a diffi cult task to persuade them that it is disgraceful, as well as disadvantageous, to be the instruments for levying a tax of 275. per quarter on the food of the labourer, in order to hand it over to the receivers of rent and rent charges. We have no doubt the League and the active agents it employs will work these points well on the spot, and convince both the farmers and the saddlers' ironmongers that they cannot possibly lose by the change. They have powerful reasons for exerting themselves. If the election of Walsall be carried against the League, it may give up all hope of repeal this year; if the League can carry the election, there is good reason to believe that the Ministers would then feel themselves constrained to undertake at least a modification of the law. Re pealers throughout the kingdom, as well as at Walsall, you are all on trial, and your reputation is at stake ! The following extract from the Monmouthshire Merlin sets at rest all the speculations on the sub ject of the treatment of Mr. FROST. It is what might be expected, and is 119 otherwise than credit able to the authorities::— JOHN FROST.—A letter has this week been received by the family of John Frost, in Newport, dated Port Arthur, 4th July, in which he gives a de tail of his voyage from the Cape of Good Hope, whence he dated his former letter, to Ho- bart Town, and from thence to Port Arthur. The contents of this letter, which we have from the best autho rity, will serve to set aside the contradictory speculations of the London papers. Frost states that, on reaching Hobart Town, on the 30th of June, he was given to understand that some ameliorating arrangement had been determined on respecting him, Williams, and Jones—that they were not to experience the rigours of a penal settlement. Without being allowed to land, they were sent from Hobart Town to Port Arthur, where they arrived on the 4th of July, and were brought to the office of the Commandant, where the rules for their future government were read to them. These rules Frost describes as stringent, but nevertheless such as he shall be able to comply with. He states that there was a marked distinction made between himself and his companions and the other convicts—that while the latter were sent off to the hard occupations to which convicts are consigned, they were employed at less onerous toils, that Frost was taken into the office of the Commandant, that Williams was employed in a subordinate, though not a laborious capacity, on the public works, and that Jones was appointed to a convict school. The letter appears to have been written in a spirit of hope and exhiliration, but no allusion is made to the extension of a free pardon, which the Standard has assumed. We feel absolutely ashamed on being again compelled to advert to the conduct of the Earl of CARDIGAN. The history of the 11th Hussars for the last twelvemonth is a disgrace to the Govern ment, and indeed to the people of this country. The system of oppression and insult so ruthlessly persevered in by the Commanding Officer, the hu miliating submission of brave men to his tyrannical orders and caprices, the apathy of the Commander in. Chief to the indignities inflicted on gentlemen placed under his protection, and the tardy, forced, and equivocal censure of acts, any one of which would have ruined an officer without aristocratical patronage, are, we believe, unequalled in the most despotic Government on earth, and can no longer be endured in a free country like this. If Lord CARDIGAN is not removed from the army be fore the meeting of Parliament, the representa tives of the people will be compelled to adopt resolutions which will be productive of other results than cashiering his Lordship, or even dismissing Lord HILL. Enormous taxes are raised for supporting an efficient army, and while operations are hampered in India, but more especially on the coast of China, for want of troops, we have at home one regiment at least (how many more, we know not) which is totally unfit for service, because Lord HILL persists in subjecting it to the misrule of a commanding officer already removed from another for misconduct, by an order of WILLIAM THE FOURTH. Lord CARDIGAN is comparatively not to blame. He is spell-bound, like those unfortunate persons in high life who are addicted by nature to thieving, and whom no exposure, no disgrace or punishment, can wean from their low and pilfering habits. The punishment, therefore, must fall on Lord HILL and the Government, who allow an incorrigibl e offender to debase and disgrace the British army. Let any man read the account in another part of The Sun relative to the last act of the Noble Earl, and deny that the time is fully come for his second removal. Dr. SANDHAM is a medical officer of long standing, has been in India, we believe, for many years, and is an honour to his profession ; yet, after every endeavour to suit his conduct to the temper of his Commanding Officer and avoid a quarrel, he has been at last compelled to remonstrate, and ask a temporary relief from the galling bondage. If this last fit of extravagance does not open the eyes of Lord HILL, we have no doubt it will convince Prince ALBERT that he and Lord CARDIGAN cannot remain in the same regiment. , It appears that on Friday the Lieutenant-Colonel had a short interview with his Royal Highness at Windsor, the result of which will probably transpire in a few days. Let us hope, for the sake of the army, that the result will be such as every man of honour and independent spirit anticipates. Among the mass_of private intelligence from China brought by the overland mail, were a number of let ters addressed to commercial establishments and indi viduals, which only . now begin to be communicated to the newspapers, and which represent, we regret to find, the success of Admiral EL LIOT'S expe dition to the mouth of the Peiho, as likely to be less successful than the first accounts led us to believe. In a word, they represent the Gallant Admiral as bamboozled by the Emp eror o f CHINA, who i s sa id t o b e as wily a diplotna list as LIN himself. The verbal concessions made to the Admiral, are stated to have had no other object than to remove the British fleet from a position in which it could dictate terms to the Celestial Government, and where its very appearance for any length of time would open the eyes of the Chinese to the weakness of the tyranny which oppresses and enslaves them. We ourselves stated that any retrograde movement of the British forces, before due satisfaction was ob tained, would be attributed to fear, and the follow ing Imperial Edict, forwarded to Canton, after the conference with the Admiral at the mouth of the PofEthßelA,Lth mE.D.InCoTt. .the 20th year of Peiho, proves t h at we were not in the least mistaken : " On the 9th " d l a M y Taouk wang, (Oct. 4, 1840), the Governor of Canto-II opened the following despatch from the Privy Council:— " On the 22d day of the 9th moon (Sept. 17), the fol. lowing Imperial Edict was received " Lately, because the English barbarians came to Teensin, and presented a document of complaint ; ar d I, perceiving that its style was respectful and 01) r:client craving, with the utmost degre e o f earnestness, for the' bestowal of Imperial favour and kindness, it wa• right m e to order Keshen t o prepare, with t k e greate at atten for tion and care, a perspicuous edict, forbiddi ng a ,e English to cause any disturbance or confusion, but to allow them to go to Canton, and there to knock heads, and state their complaints, and if really any just causes, Aif complaint ce.. Feared, the said great Minister should certainly in their behalf make and transmit a report, and beg for the Impe rial favour. " It is authenticated that formerly Keshen reported, saying that the said barbarians heard and received the Im perial instructions and commands. Now the whole of the English squadron have already moved their helms, and returned to the southward, after having made a report, saying that along the whole coast hostilities should cease on both sides, and that they dared not produce causes of disturbance ; but if they were at tacked, then their power and strength would make it diffi cult for them to restrain from returning the blow ; and one-half of the Tinghae troops also may bs first with drawn.' The said barbarians, for their former disobedient and disorderly conduct, which, although it has been caused by excitement, is deserving of that indignation which sets the hair on end, and raises the cap from the head—ought to have been immediately exterminated had they conti nued it " At present, Treenchou, in Fuhkecn, Taepoo, in Che keang, l'aoushan and Sungming in Kcangsoe, all seaport towns, have successively, with their thundering cannon, at tacked the barbarian ships, and crushed their daring spirit ; and the said foreigners having already assented, or ex pressed their desire, to come and represent their complaints and beg for imperial favour certainly the causes of what has passed must be searched to the bottom. " To-day I have directed Keshen to assume the rank and power of an imperial envoy, and to travel post-haste to Canton, to inquire into and manage the circumstance* of the business; after his arrival there, he must certainly manage and settle everything securely. " Yet I am apprehensive that the Governors and Lieut.- Governors of the maritive provinces may be ignorant of the present state of circumstances. I, therefore, espe cially order E Lepoo, &c., to send five a hundred leading proclamation that all may accordingly obey, and that it may be seen at all important passes; and that they may acknowledge the same in fending and warding off. If one or more sails of those barbarians' ships are anchored at sea, it is not necessary to open fire upon them ; but it is of im portance to keep a strict guard, and not :o be the first to attack ; but the severest and most secret arrangements must be established ; there must not be the least appearance of disorder or remissness ; this is of the utmost importance. I order that to.dAy Keshen's original document, with the English barbarian's rough draft (takaou, not a respect. ful term) with the said barbarian's reply, be copied and sent to E Lepoo to be by him examined, and let these or ders be forwarded at the rate of 1500 a day, that all may know them." Here the Chinese arrogance is more offensive than ever. The EMPEROR makes the performance of the Ko-Tou, or nine prostrations before the yellow screen, the preliminary step on the pat t of the English to any negotiation. The very Com missioners who arc to examine their claims are commanded to treat them as a race of barbarian tributaries, not as conquerors, and to regard their resistance to the former Imperial edicts relative to the opium trade, as deserving of death. It is not imperial justice which they are made to demand, but imperial clemency which they are represented as having most humbly implored. The EM PEROR also states that Admiral ELLIOT had consented to withdraw half the Bri tish force from the Island of Chusan a statement which it would be highly derogatory to the talents and character of the humblest officer attached to the expedition to suppose contained a syllable of truth. Still we begin to be rather ap prehensive that the expedition has not realized time hopes which we had a right to expect from it. But as we hourly await the appearance of the offi cial despatches, we shall conclude for the present with the following extract from a letter from Chu san, which contains matter enough for grave con sideration on the part of Lord PALMERSTON, and the people of England : CHUSAN, SEPT. 39 Here we arc, regularly taken in. After coming all this distance with an ample force to arrange the existing dis. putes between the British and the Imperial Governments, we are referred back to the local Government of Canton, and old Lin, who the Emperor admits has deceived him, is to be judge of his own cause, and again allowed to transmit his version of the affair to the Court of Pekin, so that between Lin and Pin (the former stumbling blocks) the references of the worthy Commissioner to the Emperor, and those of the Admiral to Lord Auckland, we bid fair to remain here until orders from home requiring the abandonment of such ab surd half measures shall arrive. The negociations at Can ton will, as in every othcr•instancc of Chinese diplomacy, be conducted on their parts with every sort of dissimulation and evasion. Procrastination is one of their chief cards —Talleyrand himself would scarcely be a match for either of the Imperial statesmen, much less our sincere, candid, straightforward Admiral who we fear will be weathered upon by his Celestial Majesty. The ruse of getting the expedition to remove from the vicinity of the coast during the north-east monsoon is excellent. The cunning rascals know very well that whilst it continues —4. e., from October until March, no sailing vessels could again return here, so that, except ing the steamers, they would remain unmolested by us in this locality until next summer. You will have all sorts of accounts home respecting our won•. derful success, but, depend upon it, the payment for the opium, and the resumption of trade, are as distant as ever, and should even the bait take of our accepting, Lantao for Chucan, the consequence will be a mere return to the an noyances and extortions so long suffered by us from the local Government of Canton ; Lord Palmerston would in less than 12 months be obliged to send a less compliant officer to the:mouth of the Peiho, with orders more stringent than those which, from the fact of our being so easily jockeyed, appear to have influenced the Admiral. None of us could imagine that, after all the expense incurred for obtaining redress from the Imperial Government, the affair would end in our being referred to the cause of the dispute (the local Government of Canton) for satisfaction. All will laugh at us, and the result, so say those amongst the shore going men who know the Chinese character thoroughly, will be a vexatious failure : this, when we really had an op portunity of obtaining a proper and dignified position, is most discouraging. Lisbon papers of the 4th instant have been re ceived by express from Falmouth. On the 2d Majestyordinary Queen D onna M ARIA , lary s ess i on o f t h e C ortes. o h p e r e n A e l d o n t Faithful personle o She appeared in excellent health, and was escorted to the hall of the Cortes by a squadron of the 2d Lancers and some companies of Municipal Guards. The senators in attendance were few in number —not more than two-thirds of those required to constitute a Legislative Assembly having arrived in the capital. The QUEEN was warmly greeted, and having taken her seat on the Throne, read in a clear and audible voice the following speech : " Gentlemen,—During the brief interval that has elapsed , since the closing of the last extraordinary session and this day, on which you arc again called together by the funda mental law of the monarchy, an unexpected and most serious political occurrence has placed my Government in a situation to require more than ever the convocation of the national representatives, in whose patriotism and wis dom both I and they fully confide. " It is painful to me to have to announce to you that the Government of her Catholic Majesty has, in reference to the question of the navigation of the Douro, presented an unjust demand, to which it was not possible for me to ac cede, and which has given ground for serious fears of an intention to break the alliance and friendship which, to their mutual advantage, have subsisted between the two nations. " I have found myself, therefore, under the necessity cf taking such measures as circumstances demanded, in order, in any case that might arise, to maintain inviolate the Con stitution of the State, and preserve the dignity of th e Crown and national independence, in the hope that we may succeed in removing unjust suspicions, and put an end to a misunderstanding which, without foundation, has been created, --7- I . fittho face of such an occurrence, my Government could not but communicate, as it effectively did, to the Government of her Britannic Majesty the state of this affair, in order to claim, Whehiever it might he 11cCC9 nary, the fulfilment of the treaties of alliance between the two Crowns. And, in order to prove the tair. ness of our proceedings, my Government subsequently declared that it would accept the mediation of her Brßamie Majesty, if the Spanish Government on its part would also accept it. I con sidered it, however, indis pensable to have recourse at once to the extraordinary means which the constitution of the State affords to G)- render you an account l o ' f la t c h e e i r c e ri r ti n t m e a zt a , i n i s n t them by laying beforew the hich h e cnhtrtyh they in y may state ay m aokfed ofe_ n a -r n tl y c f ' o t reig n aggression. My Ministers will use measures of prevention they may be stabmitted to ycur approbation , . have a v e documentary adopted,t h report e of wholeth e " The efforts which this occurrence has rendered in. dispensable hare unfortunately impeded the definite orga. nization of our financial system, which demands ro much the attention of the Coital, and which I th , retort) re commend still more earnestly to your utmost solicitude. " It is proper, t oo , t h at the ChAmbers occupy them— selves with the discussion of our commercial relations with different countries ; and my Government will soon lay be fore you the Treaty which has been made with the United States of America. " In the interior of th e ki ng dom public order has been Maintained, and the labours necessary for the execution of the organic laws voted by you in the last session arc pro ceeding. " In the ultramarine provinces industry is beginning to revive. My Government will, at a suitable opportunity, propose to you such measures as it may deem most expe dient for the benefit:of that interesting portion of the mo narchy. " The manifestation of public spirit throughout the whole kingdom has been such as was to be expected from the Portuguese nation, which will ever preserve the glo rious name transmitted to it by our forefathers. " The session is opened." It affords us pleasure to learn that notwithstand ing the base efforts of a popular faction lin Portu gal to create in the hearts of the Portuguese a feel ing of hatred and distrust of this country, when the repose of the Peninsula was threatened it was to England that the Portuguese Government first looked for a friendly mediator. That the Spanish Government, after the proofs it has had of the dis interested friendship of Great Britain, should have offered to leave the question of the navigation of the Douro to British arbitration, would hare oc casioned us no surprise whatever. Nothing would have seemed more natural —more a mere matter of course. But the case is different when we find that the first proposal for such arbitration came from Portugal. But independently of the confidence which this offer o❑ the part of Portugal proves it to repose in the good faith of England, it argues a disposition on the part of the Portuguese Govern ment to arrange the navigation of the Douro on a liberal footing. It is already well known to the Cabinet of Lisbon that England cannot support the view which Portugal has taken upon this question. More than once has it been intimated to the Portuguese Ministry that the British Cabinet disapproved of the selfish and illiberal proceedings of the Cortes, with respect to the Douro 4aviga tion. We may therefore conclude, with a high degree of probability, that the Portuguese Govern ment not only wishes to settle the Douro question amicably, but that it desires that the final arrange ment shall be on as liberal a footing as a commer cial country like England shall judge to be mu tually beneficial to the commercial and agricultural interests of Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese Government has resolved to perform a tardy act of justice towards the British officers who served in the Portuguese army from the French invasion to 1820. Their arrears of pensions, amounting to 320,0001. sterling, are to be paid in ten four-monthly instalments. The following is the latest shipping intellitrence : Arrived on the Ist instant, the Trinculo, British brig of war, from Madeira and Gibraltar. The brig Homer, of Sunderland, J. H. Nixon, master, from Odessa in 111 days, and Malta in 59, bound to London, laden with wheat, put in, being very leaky, and short of provisions, is yet under quarantine, and will probably, after receiving pra tique, be obliged to discharge her cargo. The Iberia steam packet, from London and Falmouth, with the mail of the 26th ult. On the 2d the Tagus steam-packet, from Gib raltar and Cadiz. A rumour prevailed at the former port that the British ships, Bellerophon, of the line, Pique and Castor frigates, and Zebra brig, had (without date) en countered a heavy gale of wind off the coast of Syria, the titter being entirely lost, with three of her crew ; the line of battle ship was obliged to throw her guns overboard, the Castor rolled her masts over the side, and the Piqpe sus tined the loss of mainmast and bowsprit. Sailed on the 2d, the Iberia, for Cadiz and Gibraltar. Foreign ships of war in the Tagus--Trinculo, British ; La Coquette corvette, French ; Brandy wine, United States; and Marie Louise schooner, Belgian. The Paris Journals of Friday have been re ceived, but those of Saturday are still in arrear, owing to the stormy state of the weather in the Channel. All the news in these papers will be found under the head " France" in another part of 77w Sun. The latest arrivals from Madrid are to the Ist instant. On the 31st, the Duchess of VICTo aIA entered the capital escorted by forty horsemen. The pres 3, both Ministerial and Opposition was crying out for a war with Portugal. Six steamers of 400 horse power were ordered by the Spanish Government to be built at Passages. The capital was tranquil. Fives 28 for cash. We received last night the French papers of Saturday. The news brought by them is not im portant. On Friday the Chamber of Deputies met, and after a brief discussion on a Bill rela tive to judicial sales of property, broke up, as, on a division, it was found there was not a suffi cient number of Members present to form a House. The Journals, in general, are very mo derate in their tone, and are occupied chiefly with articles relative to Spain, the late accounts of our operations on the coast of China, and the re ported collision between a vessel belonging to the East India Company and a ship belonging to Bordeaux, to which they attach much importance. Despatches had been received from Marshal VALLEE, dated Algiers, Dec. 22, but they contain no news of importance. The colony was said to be perfectly travquil. In the Court of Assize at Paris, M. THORE, author of a work entitled " The Truth on Democracy," was condemned to one year's im prisonment, and a fine of 1,000 francs. The fol lowing are the only extracts worth quoting _ _ The Messager of Friday evening says that the French Government had received news from Alexandria of the 24th ; from Beyrout, of the 7th ; and from D t manus, of the Bth of December. At the latter date Ibrahim Pacha was at Damascus. On the Ist, the troops from Adana, Aleppo, and other places, had re joined him, making his army amount to 40,000 men, of which 20,000 were regular troops. On the 24th of November an Emir of the Mutualis having endea voured, at the head of a corps of 4,000 men, to excite a rebellion in the Haurao, Ibrahim Pacha attacked and destroyed them. The prisoners were all massacred. The desertion from the Egyptian army was diminished, but Ibrahim had been forsaken by another chief of the Druses, who heretofore had rendered him great service. Letters from Spain, of the 3d instant, boast of the tranquillity of the capital, and the favourable commence ment of the year. The priest Perez de Arellano, who exercised, up to December 31, the functions of Apos tolical Nuncio, though destitute of sufficient authority, had been ordered to leave the capital by the Duke of Victoria. A squadron of twenty horse was appointed to escor t him to the frontiers. The documents to this effect are published in the Madrid Gazette of the Ist. ARMING OF RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA. —The Deutsche Blatt says, according to letters from Warsaw of De cember 20, that a Russian army of 120,000 men, with 420 pieces of cannon, is to be collected on the left bank of the Vistula by the first days of May. It is to be under the command of Generals Krentz, Rudioger, Prince Sokobocoski, and Kajzacof. Under date Berlin, December 22, the Gazette of Eberfeld says that orders have been given to put all the Prussian fortresses, even those of the north and cast, iu a state of defence. IRON STEAMER.—The iron steamer mentioned in the following account, taken from an American paper, is one of the largest iron steam-vessels afloat, her dimen sions being► about 170 feet long, and 28 feet beam. She was built by Mr. John Laird, of North Birkenhead, for A. Pope, Esq., of Mobile ; and from her light draft of water and speed, is particularly well adapted for the Mobile river.—" Iron Steamer.—The new Iron steamer, W. W. Fry, was ready to sail from Louisville on the 12th inst. for Mobile, touching at New Orleans. The Louisville Journal says of her, We can assure the citizens of Al barna, that they will have in her the noblest steam craft ever launched in American waters. Her hull is entirely of iron, and is divided into four water-tight Compart ments. The iron ribs arc nine inches thick, and the outer iron covering half an inch. She is superbly finished, ap pointed, and furnished. Her berths are unrivalled mat tresses of curled hair. On a trial run she showed that she possesses great speed.' "—Liverpool Albion. TII E PRESIDENT'S AIESSAGE.—Thi S dOCII- Ment Itas not yet reached England, the strong easterly winds which have so long prevailed preventing the packet ship Sheffield, which is expected to bring it, firm, working up Channel. If neither the Sheffield nor the Toronto, ex iceted eft Portsmouth, should arrive on or before Thurs. ,lay, the Royal mail steamer Caledonia, which was to leave Boston on the Ist instant, and which will be due at this port on Thursday night or Friday morning, will most cer tainly bring copies of the message, and three weeks' news besides...-Livelpool Albion. THE AGGREGATE NIEETING OF IRISH It E -11',EMERS.—We publish this morning a portion of the sig. , iatutes attached to the requisition for the Great Reform Meeting of the 15:h. As a rranifestaton of strength and determination, of energy and public spirit, on the part of the Irish Reformers, it far exceeds anyth'ng of the sort we ever recollect to have seen in print. In every respect it is a most important document, end not the less so because of it; pledging the requisitionists to continued exertion until the rights of the Irish people having been completely vin dicated and triu-npliantly achieved. —Dublin Freeman. [To this requisition we find affixed the names of 34 Peers, one Bishop (Twain), the son of a Noble Marquis, 11 Hon , urables, one of the Tory family of Trench ; one Roman Catholic Bishop and 9 Bishops, 20 Baronets, 2 Counts (d e Salis and d'Alton), 49 Menthe's of Parlia ment, 42 Deputy-Lieutenants of counties, and some thou sands of names of gentlemen of station, property, and in telligence throughout every part of the sister country. The whole list occupies nearly six columns of the Dublin papers, presenting such an array of names as no public do cutnent hitherto signed in Ireland could boast of.] An instance of the severity of the weather at sea, was afforded by a flock of wid geese being seen, on Monday morning, as far inland as the top of Muirton Locks. They alighted on a turnip field, and one of their number PM 11110t...171Vellted$ COuriAr. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. It is satisfactory to notice in the latest accounts from Turkey, the marked symptoms of improvement that have begun to show themselves in the general commerce of the Sultan's dominions, since the successful termi nation of the war in Syria. The Foreign trade of Con stantinople is expected to become particularly active, and the shipments of produce to and from Trieste, which bad dwindled down a year sines to a very low ebb, have already become more considerable. The mercantile interests feel mote confidence in the stabi lity of the Ottoman Gove r nment, and are gratified at its improved standing in the scale of nations. The consumption of Tea in London is already in creasing. The acceptance of the agency of the United States Bank by Messrs. Morrison and Shaw seems to have given much satisfaction in the city. The Funds closed heavily this afternoon. Consols for Money and Account at 89,1 ; Exchequer Bills at 9s. to 11s. pren.iurn ; India Bonds at Bs. discount ; and the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 98} to India Stock was firm at 246 to '247. The news received to-day from Lisbon, to the effect that the Queen, in her opening speech to the Cortes, had expressed her willingness to accept the media tion of Great Britain, had but little influence on the market value of Portuguese Stock, the New Five per Cents, being dull at 32 to i t , and the Three per Cents. at 20. Spanish Active Bonds were also heavy, at at about 24 to which is a trifle lower than on Sa turday. The Passive Stock was at q- ; Mexican Stock was at 281, and Colombian at 24 to 23a these prices showing a slight reduction. The Railway Shares were not quite so buoyant to day, and to effect sales lower quotations were taken. (From The Sun of Last Night ) We have a very late delivery of letters and papers this morning, owing to the roads being heavy. LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, JAN. 9.—The sales to day are 4,000 bags, of which 150 Bahia at 87id.; 10 Ma ranham 61d. 81.1.; 50 Egyptians told. 121 d .: 300 Surat 5d., and the remainder American, at steady rates. Sunday, no arrivals from New York. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 9. We have had a fair amount of business doing to-day at steady prices, and the market closes firmly. Manchester and Leedi 82 ; Ildves 31 to 311; ill-nicheFter and Bir mingham, 26 ; do. Extension 3 to ;_q ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 29.7“ Hull and Selby, 441 ; Eastern Counties Debentures 5 13-16; North Midland, 83 to 85 ; Halves , . 41 to 42; Midland C o unti e s, 82 to 84 ; Quarters, 151 to 16 ; London and Birmingham, 173 to 175 : Soutb Western 59 to 591; Manchester and Salford Bank, MI, Accounts in the French Papers from Marmorizza (Asia Minor), of the 18th December, state that the English fleet and Austrian squadron have been for several days past assembled in these roads, to the number of thirteen English ships, two frigates (Austrian), with several smaller vessels. Commodore Napier arrived on the Bth with six ship.;, and was on board the Powerful. He was saluted by the different ships. Several transports sailed yesterday fur Beyrout with Turkish troops on board, and on the 14th the Crescent sailed for the same destination with several Austrian officers. It is said that 300 sub officers of the same nation are to embark at Trieste. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, Jan. B.—The prices received from Paris of the sth inst. were lower, and our National Funds did not maintain the high prices of yesterday, all of them lowered, the Actions of the Society of Commerce excepted ; they were much sought after, opened at 158, and remained at 1581 159 after the closing of the Bourse. Some sales of Ardoin's Spanish caused them to fall per cent. ; they remained at 22i after the close ; Cou pons, 18,1. A report prevailed in the Bourse of Amsterdam that his Majesty Frederick William, to facilitate the financial ne gociationa still pending between Belgium and Holland, had resumed his personal pretentions on our country. Tbk report is also in circulation at the Hague. A letter from Frankfort of the 4th January, in the Grt zettc of Cologne, gives a positive denial to all that tilt French Journals state on the pretended project of an a! liance between Russia and France, and that the said alli• ante, says the letter, will not frighten the German State. as well as England. Accounts from Constantinople state that when the Ad miral perceived that the Circassians were taking the for tress of Ghcicngik, he opened on them a terrible fire, bu all his efforts could not prevent the fall of thitplace. The, remains now only the fortress of Anapa to be taken, whirl' the Circassians arc on the point of attacking. A letter of the 31st December states as positive that Mehemet Ali hai obtained the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt. The decision of the Divan was about the 17th of December. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 85g4 fur the Ac count, are rather flat at present, and may be quoted at 891 ; Reduced, 90k ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 pram. ; Bank Stock, 1631 1641 ; India Stock, 244 246. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is heavy, left off on Saturday at 241 a, at present 244-; Deferred, 121 k-; Passive, 6k ; Portuguese same as they left :off, 321; Three per Cents., 1.02 ; Brazilian, 70} 711 Colombian same, 231 24 ; Mexican same, 284 29 ; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. 508 ; Five per Cents. 98 : 1 4. - SHARES.—Great Western, 28 29 prem. ; New, 13 14 prem. ; London and Brighton, ; Blackwall, 44 34 dis. ; Birmingham, 83 85 prem. ; Southampton, 58 59 per shire ; Croydon, 124- per share ; Green4ich, 8 9 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 dis. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 14,1 14 dis. The Lisbon mails have arrived, by which we learn that the Cortes was opened on the 2d inst. with a speech from her:Majesty in person, which exclusively relates to the Douro question, and i❑ which her Majesty leaves the abova ques tion to the mediation of her Britannic Mjesty. It also appears that the Portuguese Government his come to the resolution of paying the pensions due to the British offi cers who served in the Portugese army during the Penin sular war up to the year 1820, amounting to 320,0001. sterling, in 10 four monthly ins!alments Exchange upon London at 30 days' sight, 52 to 53 per milrei. The above mail was brought by the Tagus steam-packet. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and South Western 3B - .. to ' North Midland, (New) York and North Midland iNtrivEs. Real Del Monte, Registered ... 63} — Ditto Unregistered PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 9. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 974 Grand Canal Stock ...... ... Ditto Reduced ...... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent,., 87L Ditto New, 1830 3. per Cent. Debs. - i Royal Canal Stock To the present time the British Market is heavy, and Consols may be quoted at 89. a ; 1 2 - for the opening. Little has been doing in the course of the morning. Reduced, 90 ; Ex chequer Bills, lower, 11 9 premium ; Bank Stock, 1641 ; India Steck, 246 247, better. In the Foreign Market very little business, except in Spanish Active, which may be quoted at 24+ -il ; Mexican, 281 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 20, have been 201 ; i n the Five per Cents. nothing done; Dutch Two. and-a- Half per Cents. .50+ ; Five per Cents., nothing done. ' Ia the Share Market very little doing, all are Lower. Great Western, 92 ; Ditto, New, 62i ; Ditto, Fifths, 10 ; London and Brighton, 434 ; London and South Western, 57i ; North Midland, 40 ; York and North Midland, 71. No further arrivals to the present hour. CLOSING PRICES. _BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 894 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 894 Ditto Old Annuities 3 per Cent Red........ 984 Ditto New Annuities , New 31- per Cent .. ... 97L Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2,0 9pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto .500/ 9pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pin Jan. 1860. l3 1-16 Bank Stock for Acct ... 164 Oct 1859 — India Stock for Acct -...— Jan. 1860 ... - FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. 62A Belgian, 5 per cent 9Bi Ditto, New Ditto..... Brazilian Bonds .... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per cunt Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 24,i Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —f. — e , Greek, 1825, spereent. Exchange —f. — c , Mexican, 5 per cent.... 286 French,3 per cent —f, — e , Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21- per cent 5Ol Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, .5 per cent..... 95'4 SHARES. ~.4 Eastern Counties Railway Debs. (2 paid) 5i Great Western Railway (65 paid) 94 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) .., . ••• 63i Ditto Fifths( 4 paid) lO London and Brighton Railway (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (22k pd) 181 London and South Western Railway .....-- 575 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 124 North Midland Railway (iOO paid) — Ditto New Shares (40 paid) South Eastern and Dover (28 paid )... York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 71 We hear that Mr. Justice Coleridge's last cir cuit is likely to come before Parliament—we shall not, therefore, add another word, save the expression of a hope that some reiormation of the system :sill be attempted.-- Wcsterit Time 3. Sir Fraueis Burdett intends leaving town early in the week for Stowe, in order to be present at the annual Conservative festival, which takes place at Buckingham on the 13th. The Earl of Orkney and several distin guished persons are expected at Stowe during the week. There will be a grand Conservative ball at the Town Hall on the ]sth. A CUMBERLAND PlE.—Many a cockney eye has, era now, gaz , d with astonishment on the wonders of what the Cumberland bard has so graphically described as a " top stan'ing pie ;" but few of them have looked upon one of such rare dimensions anti exquisite workmanship as that which a few days ago was placed upon the table of the Chief Tithe Commissioner, as a present from some of his many kind-hearted Cumberland friends. It weighed six stones, was two yards and a quarter in circumference; and contained two geese, two turkeys, two hares, a brace of partridges, a brace of grouse, a brace of black game, a pheasant, two tongues, and several smaller birds, berdes all the seasoning and other provocatives to an appetite. The gift was accompanied by an Address, "To William Blamire, Esq., Honorary President of the Inglewood Agri- • cultural Sooiety.".. Carlisle Journal, MORNiNG EDITION COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert took the diversion of coursing this morning in iii Home Park and Slopes, attended by Lord Afire Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Dr. Pretorius. Prince George of Cambridge, the Earl of Errol. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and Lady Fano' Cowper will arrive this evening on a visit to her Ma jesty. The Earl of Uxbridge will have the honour of dining with the Royal party at the Castle in the evening• The Rev. Dr. Short and Sir James Clark left the Castle this morning. Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent have not left the Castle to-day owing to the unfavourable state of tit° cather. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridg e left Cambridge (louse at five o'clock yesterday after' noon on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. His Excellency Chekib Effendi, the Turkish A m bit/. sador arrived at Bryanston-square, on Saturday more' ing, from Paris, by way of Dover. Mr. MeHiss had an interview with Lord John Roe sell vestßrday, at the Colonial-o ffi ce. The - Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his officia l residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Normanby returned to town 101 l evening from Brighton. Despatches from Major-General Napier, Governor of the Cope of Good Hope, were received yesterday s t the Colonial-office. SPORTING IN'T'ELLIGENCE.• TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The betting yesterday afternoon exhibited a alight 101 " provement on Monday, the 4th instant, but was far fro o being important, with the exception of a very improvement on Marshal Soult ; 20 to 1 was laid by * .t*; or three parties ; the first class favourite remains at our 10 , quotation ; the Rosalie colt and Paimmon were backe° , but although mentioned, nothing sufficiently definite w° said about Eringo, Coronation, or Camelion, to warrant our affixing prices to their names. Wahab was backed at a t improvement of five points, and enough was said (vl l little was done) about the Knight of the Whistle and o g Duke of Wellington, to give each a lift of several poio tb , 2,000 to 45 (twice), and 1,000 to 20 were laid on a i riolet t • colt ; 1,000 to 15, and 1,000 to 10, f our or fi v e tigl against Sim o om ; 1,000 t o 16, t wo or t h ree t i mes , 1,000 to 20, and 1,000 to 10, several times, against Brace. DERBY. 16 to 1 apt Mr. GI-el-ilk's two—.taken 1000 to 10 agst Lord Stradbroke's lot—ditto 14 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—ditto 18 to 1 agst Pa!tomon—ditto 20 to 1 agst Marshal Soult—ditto 23 to 1 agst Ralph ,4 28 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle 30 to 1 agst Wahab—taken 33 to 1 agst Princo Caradoc—ditto 33 to 1 agst Joachim—taken 35 to 1 agst Duke of Wallington 2000 to 45 agst Dgrioletta colt—taken 1000 to 16 agst Knightsbridgc—ditto 1000 to JO agst Simoom—ditto 1000 to 10 agst Mustapha—ditto 1000 to 10 agst Ben Brace—ditto The Dowager Countess of Pembroke arrive d) 1 1 / Grafton -street, on Friday last, from D un m ore -p a rk, r i s ,; kirk, whcie her Ladyship had been staying some time vi the Earl and Countess of Dunmore. The Earl of Shelburne, ALP., and Countes s .o l Shelburne, arrived at Mivart'e Hotel, on Saturday, fr et, Bowood-park, Wilts, the scat of the Marquis and 1 / 1 chioness of Lansdowne. The Countess of Charleville has returned toy O b is , country from Hanover, where her Ladyship was calle4 the alarming accident of Lord Tullattore. We bear t° his Lordship is now quite recovered. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and s (1 :: mily will remain some time longer at G oo d woo d-park, t o sex. Lord Alexander Lennox, second s o n of the l ° ar e Duke, was thrown out of a chaise last week, but, we happy to hear, only received a few slight contusions. ey Lord and Lady Wharncliffe have had a su cc o o sion of visitors a t W o rtl e y H a ll, nea r She ffi eld, ! I t ' l l Christmas. His Lordship com e s to town to dine vit“,,,e Duke of Welli ng t on on th e 25th instant, at Apsley m e a t The Earl of Liverpool ha s en t er tained a s e party at Pitchford Hall, Salop, during the past 10 1 The Duke of Sutherland dined with the Noble 0 0 on Tuesday last, wh e n S e li na D owager Vi s collP h d Milton, Mr. and Lady Louisa Cotes, and a distinguls circle, were present. th e ST R ATH BOG lE. —The late decision 11. , Court of Session, enjoining the Presbytery of Strath i f j ;e to receive Mr. Edwards as minister of the parish of ,' ir ds noch, was discussed in the Edinburgh Presbytery on do , nesday. The Rev. Mr. Cunningham was the chie f t i e ol putant on the occasion, and moved a series of resoluto, to be transmitted to her M a jesty's Go vernme nt on t he .0 , ject. What e ff ec t th ese reso l u ti ons are i nten d e d to h r eo i duce is not v e ry c l ear , as t h ey conta i n not hi ng mo re tP bare statement of the case. Is it expected that the de vernment will reprimand the Court, or reverse its 10 0 cision ? Whatever may have been the object of the W t 110 in this respect, it a t l eas t a ff or d e d t h e reveren d novedee' opportunity of abusing the Judges of the land, al 0 0 matising against th e r i g ht o f th e c i v il p ower t o inter e' o le ecclesiastical matters—the clergy being of course th c . or ie judges as to what matters belong to their exclusive diction 1 A more unseemly exhibition by clergyrne" t ret pointed and paid by the State, and whose duty it ° ,l if an example of submission to the laws, as adminiet*ee Ole our courts of justice, could hardly be conceived. / I , e serve that the Glasgow Presbytery are about to ol s o / similar demonstration against the Marnoch decisi ° Scotsman. K R Corr espondent It BURGHS.—A Corresponen t forms us that the impression which has gone abrood,roor the Reformers of Kirkaldy have finally decided in o f ;eel of Colonel Ferguson, is not strictly accur a te. t he have shown," he say s , " grea t p art i a li t y t o war ds • 0 01 Colonel, and universally e n t er t a i n a f avoura ble OP l ', , e both of his character and his politics; but the,leel tion has been broached, whether a more experl e " t iel person should not be looked for? and in the In e° t iof' the matter is undergoi n g fri en dly exarnit li o of that the feelings of th e ma j or ity o f t h e Libern„ting the subject may b e ascerta i ne d . " A t a 04"iss$ of the elector s on M on d ay l ast, i t was d ec ide° de a resolution in favour of any particular CB o o' date should be postponed for a week. In the 111 pr time, a requisition is in course of signiatire to induc e jo ie I3owring t o come f orwar d as a can did ate : b ut the g o ? tion is not to send it o ff, unle ss it o b ta i n a sufficient l ' ef r her of signatures to in sure hi m a goo d c h ance o f su e s of We regret these schisms, as they may be the lu es ; o ' r dividing the R e f o r mers , an d open i ng up t h e way "Dot Conservative. Dr. Bowring has many good points; 00 as Colonel Fergu son i s a l rea d y i n t h e fi e ld , an d has I'o general satisfaction by the frankness and liberality °.,,ite sentiments, we should b e g l a d t o see th e R e f orm ers iv e , in his supp or t. Th e on l y o bj ect i on hi nte d at i s e perience, but f rom a ll we h ave b een a bl e t o l ear n, vr lieve he would make an upright and efficient. Memb c Scotsman. SECESSION PRESBYTERY OF EDINBIL..- ik fr. At the meeting of this body on Tuesday, the case 0 ' t he Edmund, who some time since r e c e i ve d a call to it Church at Lasswade, was brought before tflett ie cif may be remembered th a t vari o u s c h arges w ere b ee t against Mr. Edmund, the nature of which will be hid' understo o d f rom t h e f o ll ow i ng d e li verance , to A of the Presbytery, after much deliberation, cat ne u ilti Tuesday :—That Mr. Edmund had been found g op i of making offers of marriage to two different Y ° o o o ladies, an d w i t hd raw i ng t h em w i thout any good re-cote assigned ;—farther, that he is guilty, by his own..„est fusion, of i mproper l y connect i ng h i msel f , i n a way, with other females ; and therefore the Pre set tery suspend Mr. Edmund from his license sine d ie ', 0 l aside his call to L asswa d e , an d appo i nt a comesittec`'ore deal with his con sc i ence . I t i s un d erstoo d that 6° s ey' gregation entirely acqu i esce i n this finding. The 1 70 c ite tery afterwards took up t wo se p arate p et i t i ons from j on y viduals, one in Slateford and one in Stockbridge, e.o¢ plaining that actions for d amages h a d b een ra i se d ag_ a i ft e: them for defamation of ch ar a c t er , b ecause o f their fo r ; of given inform a ti on o f mora l d e li nquenc i es on the e. 0 5. church members, to exclude them from church privilego In the Slateford case the action was abandoned— dr Stockbridge case the action went to trial, when th e a nt fenders were ass o il z i c d ; bu t i n b ot h a considerable n of law expens es was i ncurre d . T he Presbytery were; r l } l3o nimously of opinion that the question vitally afreet,e;eot° purity of th e S ecess i on C hurch, and agreed to at", then parties. So me diff erence of opinion existed as to wi'enocr the Stockb r id ge part i es had been actuated by in'l,loo motives in urgi ng t h e c h arge aga i nst the pursuer °flee action; but it was h e ld t h at these suspicions did no t the party who presented the petition. __ Scotsman Bo vr-s TR EET.—T wo respectably-dresse d }' men, named Henry Malien and John Sampson, wer e C iog victed of throwing snow balls at three soldiers befe 4 c is to the Dra goon G uar d s i n t h e enc l osure in St. .I'lllisel Park yest er d a y. I t appeare d t h at t h e soldiers on 00,011 the two p r i soners i nto custo d y were so assailed b y the se assembled, that th e y were o bli ge d to d raw t h e i r sword id they stated, t o p ro t ec t th e i r li ves. Th ey sa id that it v""c to take at le a st thi r ty s hilli ngs to repa i r t h e damage ducleri, their cloth e s. M r . H a ll sa id t h at t h e con d uct o f the o d !loners was very improper, particularly on a Sunday * - t ee ordered Sampson, who was the worst, to be sent t° ,, e y House of C orrec ti on f or a month, and the other t° thirty shillings er to have three weeks' imprisonmen t ' to o It would seem th a t p u bli c op i n i on i s e re" powerful for the " black book" and " black bet•le''s) s. which prevails at the Horse Guards. There is a r ug ' r' ir thnt Lord Hill, judiciously remembering what was the c°4 duct of th e we ll-b re d dog when preparations were no k 'i e , for his ejectment, is about to follow his prudent csa T r i ee This, ind ee d, h as been strongly asserted in some °: t ee Liberal p a p ers, an d the half-and-half fashion in whi ch London Standard deals with the assertion makes us It lieve, that it has not been made without foundation. i g, affects to doubt its truth, and yet, withal, pins this sig;.„, cant intim a ti on t o th e d ou b t :" If any thing stun'', with to duce hi s L or d s hi p to res i gn the post lie has fides' v vit te te much hono ur an d b ene fit to t h e countiy, i t w ill h e the 4,, y of his h ea lth, w hi c h h as. we regret to learn, 'en inui T rent for sometime past. Public opinion is yet all-e° ° (% , ful in this country, and never was it more righteously ed pressed than in the loud to ne w i t h w hi c h i t h as ( know', the Horse Guards' pestilential system.—Liverpool e- Alb : cs' s DEPARTURE OF T HE M AIL STEA ME R LUMBIA.—This fine steamer, the fourth of Mr. CO ° line, sailed on Tuesday even i ng f or H a lif ax and 13°st°,0e, She is commanded by C apta i n Judson:late of the Brit.o 0, nia. She carried ou t e i g h ty passengers, an d the illivic,es mail, believe, that ever left the Liverpool ?wit . "' A l' Liverpool Albion. 14 WAL, 7' Sin t _ contes t i t ance at. 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