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11/ ORNIN t. 4 EDITION. • THE CHINA SUN," • was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 112 z`rand. IN PROGRESS, rni4l RAILWAY SUN. Ali a MAP of all the RAll WAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great variety if Information and other particulars connected with Railways. 'THE CORONATION SUN, RIN TEL IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A ,'EAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF fiER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, /,..an be sent by post free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. COMPANION TO THE " TOWER OF LONDON." THE FIRST PART of Mr. AINS• _C WORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, to be Completed, like the grower of London," in Thirteen :Milling Numbers, with Three Illustrations on Steel, and Wood-cuts in each, and to be entitled " WINDSOR CASTLE," 401 appear on the Ist of May. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. THE NEW NOVEL. THE MONEYED MAN; Or, THE LESSON OF A LIFE. By HORACE SMITH, Esq., Author of " Brambletye House," "Reuben Apsley," &e. IS NOW READY, in 3 vols. Henry Colburo, Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GORE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. R S. GORE'S << GREVILLE;" Or, A SEASON II PARIS. " Mrs. Gore has here presented us with another of those .lightful pictures of society of the first class for which Eng h imaginative literature stands so much indebted to her We read ' Greville' with the greatest interest.—Weekly - hronicle. . Henry Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. NDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME YESTRIS THIS EVENING, FEB. lC Will be acteil the New Comedy, in Two Acta, entitled: THE WHITE MILLINER. Lord Ortolan, Mr. C. Mathews ; !ustice Twilight, Mr. W. Ftrren; Robert Conway, Mr. J. Vining ; Saul Sneezum, Mr. s,eeley ; Lady Ortolan, Miss Cooper ; Albina, Madame Ves (;l4 ; Mrs. Mellewpear, Mrs. C. Jones ; Betty Furbelow, Mrs. Humby. After which, the New Farce, in One Act, eutitlesi BROTHER BEN. Commodore Cutlass, Mr. Bartley ; Benjamin Bowles, Mr. 'aeries Mathews; Mr. Shuflleton, Mr. Harley; Dorothy, 'U. Jones. . To conelude with The GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME , entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, 51r. ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. To-morrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with The NOW P'autornime. Doors to he opened at half-past Si:—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 64.; First and Second 4 iecles, ss. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. L.; Gallery, ls. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan the Box-office, from Ten till Four, whore Season Tickets I:ay me had alien application. Private Bulk. to be had soiele of Mr. Andrews, bookseller ' ,1 37, Now Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. - ,xtraordinary triumph achieved—The present performances more attrative than ever, roars of laughter and shouts of ,Ipplause attend the scene that caused tl , e late extraordinary excitement in France. THIS EVENING, FEB. 16, 'ill be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The Taisleaaz Vivans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from this Designs of the celebrated George Cruikshanks. , ',fter which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled lARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the astonishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask Vaulter will be given, as well as Brunning's Grand Dioramic Synopsis of Syria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri valled Boleno Family; Mr. Southby, the Original Clown; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; the astonishing Gyxinastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Franconi's, at Paris ; and the celebrated scene and duet between the Gallic Cock and the English Bull Dog. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS OAY.S 1d0rning......:39 minutes after 9 I Evening 24 minutes after 10. •r 3 • -"; ,- • * 7 . Oic r§litt. LONDON: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1841. The House of Lords stood adjourned over last The House of Commons met at the usual hour, aid roceived a considerable number of petitions, me of which require to be specifically men- ioned. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY asked the Hon. Member t)t. Carnarvon if he meant to impugn the Report f the Dublin and London Railway Commission and was answered by• Mr. ORMSBY GORE, jun ., hat he would take his own time and his own ourse, but would give notice if he meant to make . motion on the subject. In answer to Mr. GROTE, Mr. LABOUCHERE ~ thnitted that some inconvenience had been caused to the wine and spirit trade, by the sus , -nsion of the negotiations with France, as to the Commercial Treaty, but he hoped soon to be enabled to state that the contemplated commer :al relations with France were completed. It was settled between Sir E. SUGDEN and Lord JOHN RUSSELL that the opposition to Sir ED ' • ARD'S Bill for the Improvement of the Admi .):stration of Justice, should take place on the going into Committee. 0.1 the Report on the Customs' Acts, for lower ng the duties on East India Rum, being brought p, Mr. O'CormELL made a speech which is des iite of his usual clearness. His pictures of the mines in India were indeed startling, but •we now not how they will be increased by lower- Lg the duties on Indian produce. The condition ,f India, however, and the tenure of land there, -s much too large a subject to be so incidentally tiiscussed. The Report, after a few observations 'by Mr. IToao, Mr. HUME, and Mr. EWART, was veceived, and a Bill founded on it brought in and ead a first time. On the Report being brought up concerning 'Lord KEANE, Mr. EWART gave notice that he would move, when the Bill founded on the Report went into Committee, to limit the annuity to Lord KEANE'S life. The Report was received. The two Bills for the Administration of Justice, brought in severally by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Sir E. Sua DEN, were read a second time without any discussion. Two or three Bills were advanced a stage. Lord ELIOT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to - provide for repairing and rebuilding county bridges, and the House adjourned. We cannot suppose that the several Noble "Lords who expressed themselves on Friday night so solicitous to promote the comfort of the poor, to improve their dwellings and purify the ai r -which they breathe, can be less solicitous to save them from hunger, or prevent them from starv ing. It is their doctrine that the people must be vzomfortably fed and clothed, and dwell in healthy louses, before they can feel the appliances of re ligion. Such doctrines are deserving of all praise, .nod we wish to enforce them by some circurn stiwces mentioned in the debate, which did not _make, we are afraid, that impression on the House and on the country which they ought to lave made, and which we must now endeavour -to place as much in relief as possible. The Marquis of NORMANDY quoted some p a rs by Sir GILBERT BLA NE which described a remarkable decrease of mortality in Manches ter, between 1757 and 1811. In 1757 it was 1 in ' , 5; hi 1770, 1 in 28; in 1790, 1 in 58; and in 1811, , it tota.sl in 74. This may at first appear an exaggeration or a mistake, but when the nature of the population at that time is considered, in .eveasing-, probably, with unexampled rapidity, . an i fed by streams of healthy and vigorous youth of both sexes, from all parts of the country, we are not disposed to consider it either an exagge ration or a mistake, though such a ratio of mor tality could only continue were the like favour able circumstances to continue. The Noble Marquis next quoted some returns of the present time, and stated that now the rate of mortality in Manchester is 1 in 31, or more than twice as great as it was in 1811. What must be inferred from these facts ? First, that the progress of manufactures, which the pastoral politicians of the Tory press so vehemently condemn, is by no means fatal to human life, for up to 1811, and for some years subsequently, Manchester was rapidly increas ing, and was extremely prosperous; next, that the stationary or decaying condition of manufactures—for Manchester is not nearly as prosperous and progressive in 1841 as it was in 1811—is not favourable to life. The reader will remember that in 1811 the country was struggling with all the difficulties of war ; but it was not till 1815 that a greater curse even than war was inflicted on the manufacturer by the Corn-law. Glasgow, in which more care seems to have been taken to preserve the records of mortality, presents a remarkable increase since 1821. In that year it was 1 in 39 ; in 1831, 1 in 30 ; in 1835, 1 in 29; in the last year it was 1 in 25. What does this lamentable table prove ? An in creasing ratio of mortality. The accounts of Manchester to 1811 prove that such a mortality is not the necessary consequence of manufac tures. Whence then does it arise ? Clearly from a deficiency of food. In 1811 we had no Corn-laws, in 1821 they had not come fully into operation, but in 1840 their fell effects were unmitigated, and they increased the mortality of Glasgow more than one-third, as compared to 1821. They have increased the mortality of Manchester, as compared to 1811, more than two-fold. In the early part of the period the resources of the country, the spring which our majestic inventions had given to trade, enabled it to bear up against the burden of the Corn-law; but gradually that spring weakened, the heavy burden, continued unabated, and could not be overcome; the restriction in the ' supply of food could not be surpassed, and the unheard-of mass of human slaughter, through filth, poverty, disease, and hunger, accu rately described above, was, and is, the result. li The horrors of the middle passage do not surpass the horrors of the wynds of Glasgow, of the cel lars of Liverpool and Manchester, and of the alleys of London ; while the mortality amongst the slaves of Cuba and Brazil is, we believe, ex ceeded by the deaths in our manufacturing dis tricts. The Corn-law is a vast diabolical system of painful murder, from the meanest and most sordid motives, and its continued existence is an equal dishonour to the suffering people who sub mit to it, and the benighted tyrants who enact it. Our pastoral writers, who love to dilate on the innocence of agriculture, and the virtue of feed ing sheep, just as their predecessors expatiated on the virtue of roving in the woods and the wicked ness of dwelling in houses, will, of course, attri bute all the mortality to the occupations of the people in towns, and point to the comparatively small mortality of the rural districts, as a com plete proof that not the Corn-law, but the manu factures themselves, are the source of this cruel extinction of life. The answer' is, look at Man chester while we had war and no Corn-law. But if this Arcadian theory were correct, as a manufacturing and town population came as ne cessary after an agricultural population as the latter came after a pastoral and hunting popula tion, that is no reason why those engaged in agri culture, or who own the rent of land, should claim a right to starve the town population out of ex istence to the extraordinary extent we have stated. We must, at the same time, remind our pas toral friends that the great majority of those who are born in towns die in them, while a very large number of those who are born in the country die in the towns. In the country there is little or no increase of employment for the people. Im provements in agriculture make fewer hands ne cessary. Young men and young women flock into the towns for employment, and the surplus population of the country swells the mortality of the towns. The towns bear the blame of the sins of the country, as well as their own ; and certain writers are able to boast of the superior healthiness of the country, because a great part of the population born in the rural districts do not die there, but in the towns. The more we read of the debates in Parlia ment, the more we wonder at the hardihood of the Members. " If," was the burden of their Lordships' speeches on Friday night, " the Legislature had known, fifty years ago, of the great change which was to take place in the relative number of our agricultural and manu facturing population; if it had foreseen how the people were now to be huddled tcgether in towns, exposed to sickness and famine, it would have made very different laws, and would. have provided against these circumstances, and made the popu lation healthy, virtuous, and happy?" We can not, however, infer from the present wisdom of the Bishop of LONDON and Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, either the possibility of the past wis dom of the Legislature to provide for the present circumstances of society, or the probability that its present wisdom will be commensurate to pro vide for the contingencies which will ensue fifty years hence. On the contrary, we infer that at the end of fifty years, should there then be a Parliament sitting at Westminster, the Lord ELLENBOROUGH of that day, were he tainted at all with the modesty of the present Lord, and the Bishop of LONDON of that day, had he any of the humility of the present Bishop, will have good reason to say, " if our predecessors had known what we know, they would have made very different laws, and taken measures to meet the present state of society, so totally different from ' what it was in their day." We cannot ascribe to-the existing Legislature an atom more prescience than it ascribes to its predecessors. The knowledge which the present race of law makers have of the errors of their predecessors seems to us to be very little consistent with over weening confidence in their own wisdom. Surely they mean their laws to last for fifty years; but if they mean them to last only twenty-five, or only ten, and are unable to form the most remote conjecture of what will then be the circumstances of society, they ought to be extremely cautious in their proceedings. Far, however, from learn ing any caution from the multiplied failures of their predecessors, which they are called on daily to try and correct, there never was a time when they have proceeded with greater rapidity. Since the peace, when their patriotism could con centrate itself on domestic concerns, it has glowed with prodigious intensity, and its course, as tracked by Corn-laws, PEEL'S Bill, Timber Duties, Sugar Duties, Bank Charters, Legal &c. &c., seems to us to have been Tender clausei, one almost undeviating, scorching curse. Whether there actually is to be less blasting this Session than heretofore we cannot say, but it has begun to wear a milder aspect. The Bill brought in by Lord NORMANBY is dictated, we willingly concede, by the most he , nevolent intentions; but we cannot say that we think its provisions wise. We shall probably hereafter say something more of them; but we cannot allow the occasion to go by without saying that their minuteness is not at all likely to make that a beneficial law in all places, and in all time. Though late in taking the field the leader of three-fourths of the people of England has at length assumed a position on the Impost Duties. Taking its cue from a phrase of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S spe ec h in. the debate on the reduction of duties on Ea s t I n di a rum, the Times yes terday stepped forward to advocate " the cause of the consumers." We are right glad to see these greatest advocates of the Tories, the one by his tongue and the other by his pen, espousing the cause of consumers, and thereby, if they are consistent and true, throwing protection and monopoly overboard. If they honestly pursue this course, and consult the interest of the consumers, whether Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Times be in Opposition or in office we shall be at their side. Let us now lay before our readers some of the observations of the Times. Sir Robert Peel observed on Friday night, in the course of the debate on the proposed equalization of the duties on East and West India rum, that he was himself quite unconnected with either interest ; the only interest he was concerned in was that of the consumers.' That is the language which it befits a statesman to hold, who is conscious that the political influence and the so cial condition of the nation depend upon the care and wisdom with which the general prosperity of the commu nity shall be provided for, the multiplied and injudici o u s restrictions of our cominercial tariff gradually removed, and the basis upon which the charges of the State must rest, enlarged by a prudent extension of the capital and commercial wealth of the country. These are the objects, without reference to. what are commonly called politics, which claim the strongest poli tical interest. They are the end and aim of good le gislation, to which Reform Bills and Registration Bills are at beat but means. They are the measures which will realize some of these expectations of positive benefit which have at various times been so madly entertained in the fever of mere political change. They will do more than anything else to allay the restless and menacing cla mour of unsatisfied wants, the misery of idleness, and the envy of these reasonable comforts which a restrictive tariff places beyond the poor man's reach.' The latter portion of these remarks have our cordial approbation. We have continually, in our remarks on the Corn-laws, pressed for the re peal of that obnoxious law, on the ground that it would give employment and prosperity to the people, remove discontent from their hearts, as well as want from their habitations, and make them tense to yearn after great political changes, of which the consequences must be doubtful. To make just laws, or rather to repeal unjust laws, is the true way to put an end to political agita tion, and stop the demand for organic changes. We therefore quite rejoice to see the Times taking up this view, and exhorting the Legislature to remove the multiplied, injudicious restrictions of our commercial tariff. The latter part of the article in the Times so well enforces some other considerations that we have brought before our readers that we shall quote it. " We have commented," sgys our Contemporary, "se verely cf late upon the French restrictive system, especi ally as regards the iron and coal which are indispensable to manufactures, and which France does not produce in sufficient quantities, or in such convenient combination, as to enable her to supply her own actual wants. It is diffi cult to see how these same arguments, which everybody admits to be very cogent when applied to the iron-trade with France, are deprived of their strength when they are applied to the timber trade with England. Timber is even more essential to all the purposes of life, public and private, manufacturing and mari time, to the house, to the mine, to the machine, to everything we use and everything we buy, than iron itself. Yet the present duly of 555. per load of 50 cubic feet on foreign timber acts as a bounty of 455. to the timber of the British possessions; that is to say, that the people of the United Kingdom pay about 225 per cent. more than they need do for one of the most universal ar ticles of consumption ; they pay 225 per cent. more than they need do for a species of raw material which enters directly or indirectly into all kinds of manufactures; and this enormous charge is taken from the revenue of the people without being added to the revenue of the State. These excessive timber duties force us to take an inferior article at a higher rate ; they were imposed in 1810 as a war tax, adapted to the peculiar relations in which we then stood to several of the Baltic Powers; they arc a loss to the revenue, and a burden to the country ; and their reduc tion would at once furnish us with additional facilities for improving our relations with the north of Germany. It is dialcult to say which grievance presses most hea vily upon the community of the two : whether it is worst that the necessary customs'-duties on articles of general consumption should be distorted from their legitimate object as sources of revenue into means of prohibition, protection, and loss; or that our trade should be checked, our supplies curtailed, and our relations with other countries impaired, by a catalogue of 1,000 imposts, which respec tively produce hardly anything to the revenue at all. But an alleviation of the former duties is probably more easy and more essential than the abolition of the latter. Let a beginning be made. The revenue requires it; the country calks for it. The reduction of the duties on colo nial produce, including sugar, coffee, and tobacco, from the East as well the West Indies, would at once increase the consumption of those articles here and abroad to an amount only to be limited by the extent of the reduction and the supply. The reduction of the high duties now levied on some of the chief articles of food, as butter, butcher's meat, and bacon, would be a considerable boon to the working classes ; and a resolute determination to remove the enor mous abuse of the timber duties would be no more than is required of the Government by the great bulk of the nation. Our hopes of obtaining justice for -the people are much strengthened by this language of the most influential Tory Journal. Taking the lan guage of the Times, in conjunction with the de clarations.of the Bishop of LONDON, Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, and Sir R. TEEL, we feel convinced that they would be compelled to support the Ministers, and would carry many other Tories with them, were Ministers to propose reasonable measures of commercial and economical reform. We cannot for one moment doubt their good in tentions, but they have wanted boldness. They have dreaded opposition. Let them, however, now lay aside their fears and appeal to the leaders of the Tories and the heads of the Church, to sup port measures which will ensure to the poor plenty of food, cheap clothing, and comfortable dwellings. There is some reason to suppose, that if they do not bring forward such measures, the Tories will, and they will reap the harvest of free trade, as in 1829 they reaped the harvest of tole ration, which had been sown by Whig statesmen and Whig writers. Reports of a dissolution of Parliament are rife, and probably Sir R. PEEL and the Times are already appealing to the com mercial and manufacturing interests. We hope that the Ministers will not lose the. opportunity which is now in their power, and that they will seek to recommend themselves to the town popu lation by at once proposing measures to abolish the discriminating duties on timber, sugar, coffee, and to get rid of those obnoxious imposts which impoverish the people without enriching . the Exchequer. For. a considerable time past the Tories have on many occasions appealed to the people ; they are now bidding for their support against the Whigs, who appear to us to have no time 'to lose. Let them take to themselvcs the merit of abolishing the Corn-laws, and equalizing the timber duties. We have received files of Jamaica journals to the 26th of December inclusive. On the 224, Governor _Sir-. CRARLE.B-111E.Tc4usF, _pro rogued the House of Assembly to the Ist of February. In his speech on that occasion the Governor thanks the House for the extreme rea diness with which it granted the supplies—for the zeal which it manifested in revising the cri minal code, and the law of debtor and creditor — for the total abolition of the punishment of whip ping—for the liberal grants made to schools and chapels of all religious denominations, Roman Catholics included—and for in every way co operating with him to give effect to the instruc tions of her MAJESTY'S Government. Sir C. METCALFE appears to experience none of the difficulties experienced by his predecessor in keeping the Legislature of Jamaica in order. He is, in fact, as popular with the whites as Sir LIONEL SMITH was with the coloured race. Among the most important Acts of the last Session was one for levying duties on nearly every description of imported or exported goods, to meet the expenses of the Government. We quote from the schedule of the Act such items as may most interest our commercial readers Duties on Go ds imported : Sterling, For every barrel of wet salted beef, pork, or tongues, not exceeding 2001 b, and other casks in propor tion Hams, bacon, dried.heef, dried tongues, dried and smoked salmon and cheese, at the rate per cwt 0 3 0 Fur every barrel of pickled fish 0 1 6 For every firkin of butter For every firkin of lard Fur every box of smoked herrings. ............ 0 0 3 For every barrel of wet salted salmon For every box of tallow candles, 61bs weight • 0 1 0 For every box of wax or sperm candles, 561bs weight 0 2 6 ces, or barley 0 0 3 0 0 9 F F o o r r e e v v e e r r y y b b o o s x hr o l f of so p a eas p, , fi be 6lb ans s. , w cal eig a h van t Fer every 100 cwt. of biscuit or bread For every barrel of wheaten flour, 961bs 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 For every 1,0 00 bric ks On every cwt. of sug ar, the p roduce of an y British On On everye very cwt.c cwt. of f f sa ri l e t e plantation ........................ ...... For every cwt. of coffee, the produce of any British 1 0 0 plantation And after those rates for any greater or less quantity of such goods respectively. peas a h n ei d n p pg earl barley—at the rate.of five percent.erfumed oils ; drugs of all sorts and On all oils, not resins; split on the value. On hin wares, an , ve m ry erc d h e a sc ri r d ip is t e ie , pi nr a n r o i t ta p t r io ev n i , ous su ly pp e li n e u s . , clothing, an d goods, eff e aws TEE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1841. merated—for every one hundred pounds of the value thereof, 5L sterling. DUTIES ON GOODS EXPORTED. n. On every cwt. o f Mu s covado sugar Ster o li 0 g 5 On every gallon of rum.. 0 0 1 On every cwt. of coffee On every cwt. of ginger On every ton of dyewood and hardwood ......... ... Besides the Jamaica journals, we have a file of the Antigua Herald to the 25th of December in clusive. The state of the island is said to be ex ceedingly prosperous. DREADFUL MURDER. It is our painful duty to record one of the most cold-blooded murders that has ever been perpetrated in any country. As far as we have been able to learn, the circumstances are as follow : On Sunday last Mr. James Cogill, of the parish of Claren don, was sitting alone in his residence, when two black men went up to him, and demanded money. He ordered them away; they became insolent, and refused to depart; upon which the unfortunate gentleman struck one of the fellows with a stick, and he immediately received several blows about the head, which stunned him. In this state he was then dragged into an adjoining room, when his throat was cut, and several wounds were inflicted on various parts of his person. The wretches afterwards broke open a desk, and took a sum of money contained in it. One of the fellows, upon apprehen sion, gave up the money he had received as his share. They were both lodged in Spanish Town Gaol on Thursday after noon.—Jamaica Despatch of Dec. 26. The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have reached us. The following significant article appears in Friday's number of Galignani's Messenger:— " The Austrian Ambassador had yesterday morning a con ference with M. Guizot at the Foreign Office. Count d'Appony, it is said, had been charged by hi s G overnment to make serious remonstrances to M. Guizot on the subject of the new levy of 80,000 men, the Bill for which was presented a few days ago to the Chamber of Deputies. It ap pears that this increase of the military force has much sur prised the Court of Vienna, which in consequence of the previous pacific protestations of the Cabinet of the 29th of October, had rather expected a commencement of disarming in France. It has been remarked that for some days past the Ambassadors of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, meet often, and alternately at each other's hotels." On Friday a similar remonstrance was addressed to M GIIIZOT by the Prussian Ambassador. The following extract from a letter from Paris, ad dressed to a Dutch Journal, is to the same effect : " Affairs are becoming more and more complicated at the very moment when they appeared about to arrive at a defini tive conclusion. The great Powers require absolutely that France shall disarm; but the French Ministry declares that it cannot adhere to this request, unless they agree to modify the Treaty of the 15th July, or to make a new one, in which France may take a direct and active part. England and Russia are opposed to this, and repel all the exigences of France. It is believed that King Leopold, during his stay in England, will make new efforts for bringing about a reconciliation between the Cabinets of St. James's and and the Tuileries." The following is the paragraph for which the Editor of the National is to be interrogated by the Chamber of Peers : " We came to the Chamber of Peers with some hope ;• we left it as if we quitted a hospital of incurables. No life can ever penetrate into that bonehouse. Energy is as much denied to it as independence. This mockery of a Chamber, created by the caprice of a monarch, m oves in an atmosphere without light or heat. There is an odour of decrepitude in the hall of the Chamber which chills and saddens you. It re sembles a constitutional comedy, played by the dead—a mecha nical pantomime, which one is anxious to see terminate, on ac count of the continual fear which haunts one, of seeing the springs crack." It was surely wiser to take no notice of this language than to prosecute. The writer is mani festly no mean antagonist. Accordingly, in that journal of Saturday we find the following defence of the charge against the Peerage : " There is no crime, no offence in the spirit of what we have written. There are the words, but these words the Chamber has heard a hundred times without taking offence at them. M. Thiers, we believe, was the first person who applied to the Chamber the expression of Charnel-house.' As to the words, ' Hospital of Incurables,' it was a Peer who invented them, or something like them, when he said, • Our Chamber is made a kind of Hotel Dieu, destined to receive the wounded in electoral battles.' From Hotel Dieu to incurables is but. a step. As to decripitude, it was M. d'Argout who stated it, when he said, that adding up the age of Peers, and striking an average, it amounted to mere than sixty years. Assuredly a Chamber of sexagenarians is not the flower of adolescence. We are now at our thirteenth process; seven provincial journals hare been seized; a gerant and an editor have been placed in preventive confinement; this is what the Ministry has done in four months. We predicted it from the first day, and we were prepared for this rage against the press. We will resist without bravado, but without weakness ; and whatever trial may be in store for us—before whatever jurisdiction we may be dragged—we shall not be less firm or less bold." Tou coN, FY.E. B.—Satisfactory accounts have been re ceived of the three ships which were separated from Admiral Hugon's squadron. The Neptune, the Jena, and the Triton are at anchor in the port of Cagliari. The leak in the Triton was such that it made 43 inches in an hour. The Neptune having offered to assist and escort the Triton, if necessary, was thanked by the Captain, who said he was able to proceed on his voyage without assistance. The Uraine frigate, which sailed from Toulon some time ago for the Isle of llourbon, encountered most violent gales, which obliged her to put into Sardinia very much damaged ; she will, perhaps, be obliged to return to this port to repair. The Turkish ships delivered up by Mehemet Ali to Admiral Walker and Masloum Bey amount to 10 ships of the line, 10 frigates, and 4 corvettes, carrying in all 1,588 guns. The Viceroy has 35 ship; of war. BO UR SE.—PAms, SATURDAY, FRB. 13. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price fr.:..ch 3 per Cents l l2 g'S ... 112 30 ... 112 10 ... 112 30 4 per Cents 69 ... 99 ... 99 ... 69 3 per Cents 76 20 —. 71! 25 ... 76 15 ... 7G 30 Hank or r'rance Latiltte Bank 5000 f. stares 5140 ...5140 . ...5140 ...51.0 .eigian Bank 5 per Cents .... . . 3 per Cents BB 10 ... 68 10 ... 68 10 ... 88 10 New Loan 994 -• 9814 ... 983, ... 9834 Dutch 2% per Cents 5(% ... 50% ... 50% ... 50% *mu IA Active ..... Passive Neapolitan 1 ( 2 126 4 44 ... 10 1 5 1 ......... 10 2 6 4 2 4 ........ , 2 026 47 5 ! Roman 10034 10 0% ... 10034 ... 100% FAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailres,R. B 437 50 ... 437 50 ... 435 ... 435 L.B 927 50 ... 3%7 50 ... 325 ... 327 50 Orleans • ............ ••••••••••••• 493 75 ... 485 .•• 483 75 ... 485 Strasburg to Bale Montpellier to Cette - ... 205 ... 205 ... 205 Rouen 461 ... 462 50 ... 460 ... 462 50 We have received Sydney Papers to the 24th of September inclusive. They contain no news of importance. Such extracts from them as we feel disposed to make are postponed till to morrow, owing to the crowded state of our columns. A file of the New Zealand to the 22d of August inclusive has been received. The accounts which this Journal publishes of the state of the colony are very favourable. A second newspaper had been started, called the New Zealand Advertiser, so that the colonists have nothing to complain of in the way of wanting news. Several meetings were held at Port Nicholson preparatory to the establishment of a colonial bank. The following extracts include what little news there is of any interest in these Journals : Britannia, the name first given to the town of the N3W Zealand Company's first and principal settlement by Colo 'el Wakefield, has been approved by his Excellency Capt. Ht be in. FR ZNCH EMIG RANTS. —A French frigate , with part cf the French expedition, bound to Banks' Peninsula, has arrived It the Bay. Her Majesty's brig Britomart, had sailed wi.h M. Murphy, Esq., J.P.. to warn the subjects of France, on their arrival, that the territory in question had been claimed by Pr.) clematiOn in the name of the Queen. After visiting Banks' Peninsula, the Britomart is coming to Port Nicholson with Mr. Murphy and another gentleman, apptinted as the Magis trates to reside at Britannia. Mr. Dudley Sinclair is also a passenger. The vessel may be expected here in a few days. The Hannah, Barker, arrived on Monday from Banks' Pe ninsula; when she sailed no account of the French emigrants had been received there..: EXPLORING EXPEDITION. Dr. Dieffenbach and Mr. Deans have succeeded in reaching the summit of the Tararua range. The height of the Tararua was computed to be three thousand feet above the level of the sea. It was covered with shingle and a heavy growth of black birch. These gentle men travelled by the windings of the Hutt about fifty--miles,.- ituppose -the—direct disteuee to -the mountain to be about thirty miles. Within six miles of the Tararua, another stream of equal magnitude falls into the Hutt. The mires of the Hutt was not detected, and is believed to be far off, coming from the eastern base of the mountain. Kapita,„was seen, bearing S.W. Hills continue to the east, which further confirm the opinion that the fiat land is to the north-west. The quantity of land in the valley is estimated at 30,000 acres, and far up it is superior in rich ness of soil to that with which we are acquainted. Magnifi cent forests •f totara were met with, which will some day be a source of great wealth to the settlement. THE ORDNANCE ESTIMATES for the year 1841-1842 amount to 2,166,303 1 ., being 223,8091. more than for th e y ear 1840-1841. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Guy, MONDAY EVENING. Among the large numbers o f arrivals to-day, none excited more interest and conversation in the City than those from America. The intention of the United States people to bold a gran d meeting on the subject, as detailed i n th e advices by the Acadia steamer, is thought likely to embarrass the government of General Harrison ; but there are parties in the City who think that Mr. Clay and his followers will help to keep down some of the prevalent excitement. Early in the day the English Stocks were rather firm, though with very little business doing, but the tenor of the advices from the United States being re garded on the whole as unfavourable, and the arrival of the Acadia steamer not altering .the complexion of the previous accounts, Consols receded before the close of business I per cent. For immediate transfer and time Consols brought'BBf to 88i M the morning, and only 88 to 88i in the afternoon. Exchequer Bills were steady at ss. to 7s. premium, and India Bonds were nominally without alteration. Bank Stock was higher, having rallied to 163 and 1631. The New Three-and-a-Half per cent. Annuities were at 971 to 96i and the Three per Cent. Reduced at 89i- to 88i. There were the same features perceptible in the Foreign as in the English Market, viz., a steady appear ance in the morning, and subsequently a decline. The political intelligence from Lisbon was looked upon in a favourable light, but the advices oa the state of the Treasury as being as bad as ever. Spanish Active Bonds were marked 24 to 23i ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. 31/, and the Three per Conts.,l9i. Colombian Stock of 1824 got up to 23i, and Mexican of 1837 wa s at 27i. Brazil Bonds realized 721, Buenos Ayres ad- vanced to 241 and 251, Russian wero steady at 113 to 1131. French Three per Cents. were dull at 76, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. improved to 50 and 501. There was, soon after the commencement of business, an upward tendency in the quotations of shares, which was checked, however, by the re-action in the Stock Markets. Great Western Railway Shares were at 26i to 26, the New at 11/ to 12k, the Fifths at 61 to 51, the Birmingham at 86, the Manchester and Leeds at 8 to 61, the New at 4, and the South Western at 19i to 19k premium. Brighton Shares were 61 to 7, Bir mingham and Derby 30, and North Midland 27 dis. United States Bank Shares were nominally, rather better to-day, viz., 91. 10s. to 101. per share. ( From The Sun of Last Night.) We have very numerous arrivals this morning—not less than four American packets have arrived ; the date of the latest arrival is of Jan. 22. It appears that the United States Bank Shares were done as 101 l as 46i 47, afterwards they got up to 524 ; Exchange on London 108 to 1081. We have received Montreal Papers to the 17th Jan. The news they bring will be found in another column. Another dreadful explosion has taken place at Louisburg; eighteen persons were killed and five wounded, besides several persons on shore who were badly wounded; the boat was literally torn to pieces. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The sales tAll^ day were 5,000 bags, of which 1,500 were on speculation. A better feeling has prevailed, and we note a slight improvement in the prices. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FER. 13.—There has been a more general inquiry for shares to-day; the market is firm. Manchester and Leeds, 75 3 /; Ditto, Halves, 33%; Lancaster and Preston, 31 31i ; Ditto, New, 20; London and South Western 57i 58 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 24i ; North Midland, 73 75: Manchester and Salford Water Works, 54. Consols opened this morning at 883 a for the Account, a shade lower than they closed on Saturday, with little doing as yet ; Money, BEI. Exchequer Bills, 5 7 premium ; Bank Stock, 162 164; India Stock, 245 247. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active same as it left off, 23i 243: Deferred, 123 3 ; Passive, 5$ 63 ; Portuguese 313 32; Three per Cents. 193 20 ; Brazilian, 713 723; Colombian, 223 23 ; Mexican, 273 1 ; Chilian, 63 65; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 493 503 ; Five per Cents. 983 993. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per glare. Great Western Ditto New 5O 623 to -- Ditto Fifths ... 4 .... 103 to London and Brighten London and Birmingham 9O 176 to PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB. 13. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 96i Grand Canal Stock .. Ditto Reduced ...... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New, 1830 ...... 96i Ditto 4 per cent ... 311 per Cent. Debs. We have received papers frora Sydney, Demerara, Barbadoes, and other places, but their contents are not important. • Co ,nsols are rather firmer than in the early part of the morn ing, when they were 881 a for the Account; at present 88} ; Money the same. Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, 164 163 ; in India Stock and Bonds nothing doing. In the Foreign Market some business has been doing ; Spanish Active, 24* ; Portuguese, 311 ; Russia, 113*; Colombian, 23*; Mexican, 28; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 50* ; Five per Cents., 99. The Share Market inactive. Great Western, 91%, higher; Ditto, New, 621; Ditto, Fifths, 10-1; London and Brighton, 43*; London and Birmingham, 176. CLOSING PRICES. :1 .3 BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stack .. . 163 ;India 5t;ck.............. -- 3 per Cent. Red BB* Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 88* Ditto Old Annuities - i* per Cent Red........ 98* Ditto New Annuities... New 3* per Cent .. ... 96a Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2ad 7pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 5001 6pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 6pm Jan. 1860, l3 1-16 Bank Stock for Acct ...163i1l Oct 1859 ... Jan. 1860 ... Consols for Acct BBl FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 99 Ditto, New Ditto.... .. 31i Brazilian 80tu15...„,. .. 72* Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent 24 Russian, 5 per cent. . . 113* Chilian, 6 per cQnt Colombian, 6 per cent... 22* Spanish, 5 per cent 23i Ditto, 1824 23* Ditto, D e f erre d ... Danish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek.lB2s, spercent. Exchange .. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 27i French,3 per cent —f. —c. Di to, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 21- per cent so* Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. 17 Ditto, 5 per cent..... SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) ... *7O Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 80 Ditto Debentures (. 2 paid) 47 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 9l Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 pawl) ..... . ... 9l London an Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 176 London and Greenwich Railway (2U pdid) 81 London and South Western Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. ...... Ditto New Shares (20 paid) ... ......... North Mdland Railway (100 paid) 72 COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday. The Princess Sophia Matilda visited the Queen yes terday. Her Royal Highness also visited bis Majesty the King of the Belgians at Buckinsham Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday evening at. Buckingham Palace. The company consisted of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Baron and Baroness Branow, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of So merset, Marquis of Westminster, the Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord and Lady Holland, L o rd Glenelg, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady Fanny Howard, Honourable Miss Murray, Honour able Miss Lister, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Aboyne, Honourable William Cowper, Colonel Wemyss, Co lonel Wylde, Captain Seymour, General Goblet, and M. Van Prwt. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, attended at the Palace during dinner. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, and the Hon. Miss Eden, took an airing yesterday to Kensington, in a carriage. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cam bridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yester day at Marlborough House. Captain Trotter had an interview with Lord John Russell Yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present ware Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir William Follett, in reply, was heard in an appeal from St. Lucia, Gahan v. Lafitte. Mr. Purton Cooper, Q.C., at the rising of the Com mittee, moved, for the respondents, that the third appeal in the paper of the day, " Vernon v. Fraser," from St. Vincent's, might be dismissed, the appellant having de livered no printed case. After some observations by Lord Brougham, the appeal was dismissed accordingly. In the early part of the sitting Mr. Justice Bosan quet and Dr. Lushington gave judgment in two appeals from Bengal, which had been heard at former sittings. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (PRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. FEE. I4.—Arrived the Lovely cruiser, Coll, for orders, with a cargo of coals ; Susan, Giles, from Falmouth, for Newcastle, with sulphur ore ; Mary, Lower, from Dublin, for Newcastle, ditto ; Catherine, Murray, from Yahall, for London, with oats ; Ann, Clements, from Falmouth, for London, with iron ; Therese, Tampke, from Newport, Wales, for Rotterdam, ditto ; Vancs, from Cardiff, for London, ditto. _ _ 13. Arrived the North Briton, Fall, from Surabaya, for orders, with rice ; Johannab, Nieman, from Pernambuco, for orders, with sugar ; Charles Le Grand, from Rio, for orders, with coffee. WRECK ON THE BACK OF THE WIGHT. FRESH WATER, FEB. 13.—The fine Russian ship Castor, 650 tons, Captain► Lovelius, from Lisbon to Stavagar, in Nor way, with a cargo of salt, ran on the Isle of Wight, near Atherfield, about one o'clock this morning, the weather being very thick, and it blowing very hard from the south. Her rudder and part of her keel and sheathing came on shore, and her crew, 23 in number, were landed this day. There appears no chance of her being got off, indeed she can hardly be ex pected to hold together twenty-four hours longer : she beat over the rocks, and is on the beach within one hundred yards of the shore, and has five feet water in her hold : 18 of the crew are gone round in a pilot boat to Cowes; the mate and two men at that time would not leave her. When the day broke a schooner was seen close in with the land, to the westward of the ship, and in a few minutes she would have shared the same fate , having got a sight of her dangerous situation she was able to haul her wind and weather the unfriendly shore—had she been a brig or ship she could not have cleared the rocks. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Feb. 14, 184]. In my communication yesterday I expressed my belief that the Russian ship Castor, on shore at Atberfield, would, ere this, have gone to pieces, but, being a new ship, she still braves the storm, and ber cargo (salt) hav ing washed out, she has driven well up the beach, stern on, with her bow to the sea. The mate and the two men mentioned yesterday still remain on board her, though re peatedly requested to land. She is now so near that a lead-line has repeatedly been thrown on board; her masts and rigging all standing, but the sea so heavy no boat dare put off. Orders, I hear, have been sent to the Rus sian Consul at Cowes to forward some men to the ship to dismantle her. The captain, and Captain Abbot from the Consulate, are at Atherfiehi, securing her materiel, &c., as it washes on shore. One of her boats washed on shore last night, and was &lied to pieces. The wind continues to blow very hard from the S. W. Barometer 28 80, with a clear sky, and a prospect of the wind getting further to the westward. The sails are all unbent, and on the deck. VALENTIA HARBOUR:— The new harbour lighthouse at Valentia was lighted up for the fist time on the Ist instant. It is a very fine building, executed in the most beautiful mariner. We understand that already seve ral VCS9eIB have taken advantage of it to run for that noble harbour, during the heavy easterly gales which pre vail. Of nine vessels now wind-bound, five entered the harbour at night, and as they passed the new harbour lighthouse, each crew gave three hearty cheers for the benefit conferred on the coasting trade by this splendid work.—Kerry Examiner. JESSIE, [We have much pleasure in quoting the follow ing beautiful and tender lines to a young lady from Mr. Imlah's poems, which we noticed with deserved commendation last week.—En. SUN.] My blessings upon thee—my bonny young lassie, My blessings upon thee by night and by day ; May health, peace, and joy, be thy handmaids, sweet Jessie, And all whom thou lovest companion thy way ; To thee may this earth bloom as Eden-like even, As hope's fondest dreamings all beauty and bliss, 0 sweet be thy portion till welcomed in heaven, The realm whose beings thou'rt like to in this Thou art fair as the rose blushing new into blossom, And pure as the lily that peeps on the lea, 0 I close mean the heart be and cauldrife the bosom, Where love kindles not in the light o' thy e'e. The star burns the brighter as eve grows the dimmer, Sae lendcst thou life's gloom a heavenly ray, Yes, welcome and warm as the sunbeam o' simmer, Thou smil'st—and the tempest-cloud passes away I LITERATURE. VIVIA PERPETUA. Fox, London, 1841. This is a dramatic poem by a lady named Adams, and turns on the circumstance of the conversion to Christianity, and subsequent mar tyrdom, of a noble Roman matron, Vivia Per petua, an account of whom is to be found in most of the histories that relate to the early Christian Church. The scene of action lies in Carthage, and the period referred to is the commencement of the third century, when the numerous enemies of the Christian converts were inveterate in their hostility towards them. Massinger, it may be remembered, has a fine play on this subject, and we suspect it was his " Virgin Martyr" that first suggested to our authoress the idea of her present drama. In her delineation of the character of her heroine, Vivia Perpetua, there occu r s ome touches of feeling that would lead us to imagine that the old dramatist's play had been studied by her with great attention; but it is but just to add that she is no servile imitator, but depicts natural emotions in a free and spirited manner. The closing scenes of her play are the best, for the earlier acts move heavily and languidly, and are too much taken up with dialogues that lead to no result. D ODD'S PEERAGE, ke. Whittaker, London, 1841. A useful work of reference containing an ac count of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, together with all necessary particulars respecting the junior branches of the nobility and all the titled classes. The compiler is Mr. Dodd, who has performed a troublesome task with skill and efficiency, and to whose active industry we are indebted for the " Parliamentary Pocket Companion." ASIATIC JOURNAL. Allen, London, 1841. In this Number we find a brief memoir of the late MissEmmaßobarts, a clever authoress who contri buted largely to the periodicals of the day, and whose latest work entitled " Scenes and Charac teristics of Hindostan," is one of the liveliest and most graphic of its sort in the language. There is also an article on the subject of the recent campaign in Affghanistan, which exhibits no little descriptive vigour. COLONIAL MAGAZINE, Fisher, London, 1841. Among the staid, serviceable, matter-of-fact miscellanies that from time to time challenge the attention of the public, we know of few more worthy of encouragement than the '' Colonial Magazine," which, taking for its motto " Ships, Colonies, and Commerce," gives us much prac tical information on these important subjects, and discusses them in a lucid, dispassionate manner, creditable to the good sense of the Editor, Mr. Montgomery Martin. The present Number— which is the fourteenth—contains, in addition to an accurate map of Austral-Asia, a well-digested dissertation on the question of the revision of our commercial tariff, wherein the. writer justly lays it down as an axiom, that " to make com merce valuable to the entire community, it should be freed to the utmost possible extent from Government taxation and protective enact ments, making in fact freedom from taxation the rule, and prohibiting duties the exception, in our commercial Tariff." There is also an interesting account of Cooke's visit to the Austral-Asian Islands ; several statistical details relative to the present prosperous state of the British West In dian colonies, from which we learn that the Duke of Buckingham's estate in Jamaica has doubled in value since the abolition of slavery, which is an experiment that has been attended wiih nal ,iiceess ; and a curious sketch of Port Artlifir in Van Diemen's Land, which is a penal settle ment for the worst order of British convicts, from which we quote the following Port Arthur is situated at the extremity of a point called Tasman's Peninsula, the neck of which is guarded by a military detachment who have nu merous fierce dogs to apprise them of the ap proach of any runaways. To Port Arthur the educated convicts of Britain are sent ; boy con victs are also ordered there, and placed under teachers qualified to make them useful in several trades; colonial convicts, and prisoners reconvicted in the settled districts, are likewise removed to this great penitentiary. They are conveyed from Hobart Town to Port Arthur by sea. When landed, they are mustered and stripped ; and af terwards clothed in tho garb of the place, which is made of tanned sheepskin, exceedingly pervious to wet, amid which much of their toil is passed. The hours of labour are from sunrise to sunset; their rations are scanty, consisting of flour, bis cuit, peas, and salt beef or pork ; few vegetables, and rarely fresh meat. Tobacco, which is a positive passion with such men, is strictly prohi bited. Innumerable schemes have been devised for its concealment;' but woe to the miserable wretch in whose possession it may be found. It subjects him to seventy-five lashes, and such lashes! The superintendent of shipwrights in formed the writer (and he was an old man-of.. war's man) that the stoutest man he ever saw tied up to the triangles had the blood streaming in his shoes at the fifth lash. The hopelessness of the convicts' position, the unvarying and unmiti gated misery and desolation of all around, tends to Utter demoralization or reckless ferocity. This system, which in the colony has been attributed to a British Judge, is said to have been devised to render transportation a punishment worse than death." MONTHLY LAW MAGAZINE. Crofts, London, 1841. There are several well-argued legal articles in this Number, one of which, " On the Law of Deodands," will be sure to attract the attention of the profession. But the article which will please the most generally, is the biographical memoir of the celebrated French advocate, Dupin, from which we learn that he was born six years before the breaking out of the first great. Revolution, and distinguished himself in 1816 and 1817 by his zeal as a Commissioner for classifying the laws of the empire. His greatest forensic triumph, however, was his defence of Marshal N ey, which he conducted, though un successful, with uncommon tact and courage, and has often since been heard to say that the con demnation of his client was not just, for that his de fence was not unfettered. " Dupin," says his pre sent biographer, " created a new style, that of familiar eloquence. An advocate above all, he cared far more to gain his cause than to round a period. When he held a brief, the subtlest points never escaped him; he could at once gain the at tention of the Jury by the seductive manner in which he detailed the circumstances of his case, and knew also full well how to minister to the prejudices of the Jude who presided at the trial. His language, sometimes not very choice, but always lucid and energetic, interwoven with quo tations, metaphors, proverbs' taken at random from the drawing-room or the street ; his voice clear and sharp ; the sarcastic expression of his face—all tended to give to his address a novelty, by the aid of which he carried everything before him." THE HUNGARIAN DAUGHTER. Mitchell, London, 1841. There is some vigorous writing in this dramatic poem, but even in its most emphatic passages, we can detect a certain haziness of thought, as if' the author had no very clear or definite concep tion of the idea he was anxious to impress on the reader's mind. He seems to us to be a man of ambitious but undisciplined intellect, who dallies with themes above the reach of his capacity. That he is not devoid of feeling and even fancy,• is evident ; but if we except one or two brief passages in his Hungarian Daughter, he does not know how to give fit utterance to his emo tions, and as to his fancy, it is too often frittered away in mere verbiage, or runs into fantastic prettiness. Here is an instance in point, which will show that we do not condemn him without cause. Describing a cheerful summer dawn, he says:— .6 The morning breaks; the blue arid vigorous air Doth shake his wings; the blythe, immortal day Bounding to light the darkness of the earth On yonder ocean..shore is young a ga i n ." Now if we strip this description of the load of MORNING EDITION. words with which it is encumbered, we shall find that its whole sum and substance are comprised in the first half line, " the morning breaks," and that all the rest is a mere repetition of this mat ter-of-fact. Yet almost immediately after Wards, we find a really beautiful idea, where, still pur suing the same theme, the author says — "'The golden sun-%iith thoughtless speed Shakes day about, like perfume from his hair." We judge from this and similar indications in his play that Mr. Stephens has much of the sterling ore of poetry in his nature, but that he is utterly deficient in the art of turning it to account. As regards melody of versification, in particular, h.e does not seem to have the slightest notion of 14. - - for many of his lines are as harsh, a b r upt, and dissonant as the bray of the animal that chews the thistle. In a word, he has many defects to remove and many requisites to gain, ere he call hope to achieve success as a dramatic poet. SONNET TO WALSALL. (From the Anti. Corn. law Circular.) A stain is on thee, W4lsall 1 A foul blot Is fixed upon thee ! For thou hast been weigh'd And art found wanting Honest hearts have pray 'd For thy success in a just cause. And what, What bast thou done? ,Upheld a cursed law I Cherished an incubus upon thy trade I Nor heard the starving cries of those who made Thee what thou art. And whilst around thou saw Thy hundreds famishing; want, misery, Spread far and wide—lent not a helping hand Thy country'p, fettered commerce to set free. Long be those names remembered through the land With bitterness, who sunk thee low in shame Blessings on those who strove to raise thee up to fame W. W. w' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• TATTERS AL L'S-...YESTBRDAY. n ot The Derby betting yest er d a y afternoon, if it did extend over so large a field as usual, was not wan t ing either in amount or importance. The Rosalie colt on backed in several quart er s a t 16 t o I, a nd at that price col. tinued very steady to the close. Next to hi, Co . lowed Eringo, th e K n i g h t o f t h e Whistle, an d a nd ronation, 23 to 1, 20 t o 1, 1,000 to 60, 18 to It I lastly, 17 to 1 about the Knight ; and 20, is, and 17 h to d about :Eringo. At the close, perhaps, the Kn i g ht ' a l. very slight call. Palsamon was backed for nearly R lob fa r, at 20 to 1 ; Camelion for a pony, at 24 to 1; in shal Soult, and the Duke of Wellington, who were 1)- t force, at 25 to 1 each, (30 to 1 afterwards offered again " The Duke,") and Sir Hans and Mongolian 133 , 1 e 1y each (afterwards offered against the latter). °ear anything said about the outsiders. K e dg e to Tim Comcs.—The odds were taken about ~, I t upwards of 3001., and about Lampoon for a small 511 ' 4 the odds quoted underneath. Closing prices THE DERBY. 4 to 1 agat Scott's lot 16 to 1 agst Rosalie colt—taken:freely 17 to I agst Knight of the Whistle—taken 17 to 1 agat Eringo 18 to 1 agst Coronation—taken freely 20 to 1 agat Palaamon—taken 22 to I agat Prince Caradoc 24 to 1 agst Camelion—taken 2i to 1 agst Ralph—taken 25 to 1 apt Marshal Soult 30 to I agst Duke of Wellington 33 to 1 agst Sir Hans—taken 33 to 1 agst Mongolian 50 to 1 agst Tie Nob— taken 2000 to 40 agst Joachim—taken 50 to 1 agst Belgrade 2000 to 25 agst Clarendon 1000 to 16 agst Finchley—taken ka o 1000 even between Palmmon and Prince Caradne"ta THE OARS. 8 to 1 agst Kedge—taken 1c) to kagst Lampoon—taken I, bee p The wreck of her Majesty' s s hip Fairy, s' A tiS e s bielf discovered about four miles from Lowestoft. / 1 ' 7 - 0...- smack is said to have brought u p on e of the Y Bl Ip PENSIONS ress AND PEERAGES.--A swich Erp. e 65 TrieSSag h bote brought down from her Majesty on Alonday a we Houses, recommending th a t some mar k of dist.:n ja should be conferred on Lord Keane for his servw — bist Affghanistan. Sir John Keane received a peer a g e year for his merits, and now it is proposed to add atbaar son of 2,0001. per annum to himself and his two ee teling 'riving heirs. This ancient profuse method of r eff— oled , military services, we hoped had been for ever discs be with so many other scandalo us a bu se s, which seeroolo, fruits of oligarchic ascendancy. Within the last two k Y .o . o 9, however, it was revived in favou r of Sir John Ce ll ' f iti and now Lord Keane i s t o h ave the benefi t Q vg , and doubtless also Admi ra l Stopford Wre oss iol; test against it as unju s t, extravagant, and ein e s' o tis soss It is unjust, because from th e twelve or fifteen th° t oo men, soldiers, and officers employed in the expedition, sacs shared its dangers, and the merits which achieved Ra t t he cess, it singles out one for reward. Granting thosty, Commander-in-Chief, wh o h as th e g reatest respo es 'h, it should have the greatest portion of the rewarsletro. equitable that he should have the whole Y It is ° I iti gent, because it rewards men unborn for the nf e efitof their progenitor, b ur d ens I nta e re gen erations for v e 0 0, real or supposed, con f erre d upon the exia thl si g h for and makes the country pay probably 200 o 0 re' service- of no rare or dilfteult kind, and whi ch ft is quires no such premium to induce ineti to perfor' y • unnecessary or saisehievo as, b ecause it f o sters the w a ger spit it which is already t ors preva l ent , an d it creates a p lt is, nobility who become ran dy moreover, a rie paid for the hereditary princiP le oo oar peerage, wh c h is in itself a nuisance and a blow rs set legislation. If the more rational rule of making 1 )° ,,, e 0 e tools of corruption. ;foe lite had prevailed, Lord Keane's pension would " o gres much smaller burden on the country. We which has so many claims deeply „ 0 , 0 „ the t v ieu w to see a Ministry deuce and gratitude of the empire, copy in this P ar ea ts • the most objectionable acts of tl, e o ld Tory Gov ell„ " Great men have ever scorned great reconspease Epaminondas saved his Thebes and died,-- Not leaving even his funeral expenses; ides George Washington had praise and nought -e ! But the all-cloudless g lo r y w hi c h f e w t een's To save his country. "—Scotsman. tee Of THE LUNAR ECLIPSE.--The hazy s _ t ee — CO the atmosphere on the night o f F r iday and S e te a week, prevented a clear observation of the luny' r _ to o which commenced soon after midnight, and c,°,7 0 , till nearly four o'clo c k, i n t h e ne i g hb ou rhood 0 ' so bee! tropolis. The astronomers of Paris appear bet Oil more fortunate; and from one of the journals cite " be sot ° tat we copy the following particulars pbe D° r ; eclipse of the moon was accompanied by anotb is f i e menon, whose coincidence with a lunar observe; ° 00. r rare. About twelve hours after its issue from of the earth, the moon eclipsed, in its turn, ts. 6 s he t o in the constellation of the Li on . A c cording t . t seted,,;, l culations of the Pads Obs erva t or y, this star, ° , l , 076, 6 minutes of southern latit u de a b ov e the ns"' n a s po. A 'b was lost behind the di s c o f th e l a tt er at 20 sub ° :she s° s, on the evening of the 6th, re-appearing, also °, tei° ° , O g at 10 minutes pest 7, after an observation 01 ,. • a ffee ) d Thus, those observers who did not shrink fr L o st s, e watch, had the opportunity of witnessing a • w hich jr ,be stellar eclipse in the same day. This eclir e iv bid ' n 27 minutes past 1, to 4 minutes past 3, cr , t ; • re ' s ee ,: ; .ver ete moon, was one of the longest which can ge z the es nevertheless, the centres of the moon and sefs tba shadow did not exactly coincide." The Copyright Bill has been re . jenV 4 0 1) 0 Y drel d. . House of Commons by a small mojority of A tliC o SeC o btoin l p ing. This augurs badly for all :Atom pt's t r ieciP ho creased protection for inventors; the. oa ll ' e tc alieg h st being involved in both cases. A measure , for ea' co des g copyright of patterns on printed calico, s and T it judgt , been since introduced into the Ccesem ans. r eatb ° 7„, from the opposition it met with ors the fir st The t c h e it appears to have little chance. of success' forme s ' of rious objection urged by Mr. :elark far° ll ' s ion strongest argument that could, be acts lace d .exte e " ol , increased protection. He - admits ft: 'tat the n oI 100 of copyright in designs would be the proving the manufacture ; his singu'la r °"J c e eo ch a t , b i t e lion ig ' iv they would be improved teo much. "fbe •r r o v o ur 'l 2 ,,er facturers, he says, would then be indt teed to cat d. elle' ir- s e terns, and would send their imitation goods , t wis h ts ,i a pg price, to the English market I We could 11° f . j a de° 0 a more complete illustration of the ad vantage f owe the protection to inventors than sue h a state ° C. Mr. Philips deprecates.—lnventors' Advocate. o rtat ELECTROGRA PHY.—The v ante an d art, e s, in l P i f he' of this very interesting, and also vet astonisn asp oh s ginning to develope itself. The r th . _IS et it has already made surpasses al most every fT. bat history of science, and there is e:ason to belietiem'e,, f i rv - to varied application will, in the coei rse of a aba ft 00 re d duce a new era, both in the art eV. engraving 09 __ not , ta n g copies of pictures, and also to thee printing of in oh , elf ico cottons and silks. It is already, in prae led u: e sed i n J o; for multiplying the engraving copper . rollers stop , nl so printing, where it will be of •great service. 1, 7_ op ct „(rreino, t o s out, as it is termed, certain parts of the ee n _ w oe te d upper rollers, and introdue.ng other parts, th cot na l° ° , l to° will be enabled to vary /els patterns to an sim of reli c " Ib e extent, and thus at one- fourth of the numb r terns 0 used more than ten times the number of Pa! o f e lel 0 0 produced. In the Potteries the introducti g e o u r 1 . 0001 graphy is looked forward to with expectation so's soa. t c . , results. All the p cope devices on ear then produced from prints taken from engraved p t r c. „, r e' By introducing the multiplication of plates bY _ nu soil jo b' process, which several of the most eminent !nr . c_difio pd are determined to avail themselves of, it maybe r . h • of . 1, " Age expected that in a short time in the u esigns se. /I dessert services, because at a much less alPe" .4 • I ; e ' better designs may be obtained and made use applied to ; , 6 o b• means. The new invention has been 9 1:P__' s s s f o l l o ss plates, and the experiments have been SU:" important • , ht tinning transcripts on copper. This is an InT:S s th , and one which, until proved by experiment, inlin) e t() don A very doubtful. The process is now me ambito plates, and there is.' succesc —Edinbur gdn gh Courant. Tile t r NEWPORT.—On leaving the Court.oced jar ,f,b for Mr. Morgan was taken by his friends, and Pia e „, 'bands, Pr r t¢d as ornamented with orange and blue re e . Is e i s the occasion, and was carried round the .t as: Lic h, little reasonbin of his fri:nd 6" hailed as he passed by the cheers e, ho to yer, returned by bows as he proceeded. Befer ► art, his+ he e ta j a reached the Beaufort Arms Hotel, at w . osses s 0 , u ttf , mob, who surrounded him, anxious to gain s e t, cc. of t er the chair, upset the Honourable Member fro be, some difficulty, aided by the exertions . of bisrfsol h 4 d, e rg 0 , d without serious injury. The chair,, ,f i e _w ar y: cape to piece' as We /11 ! ing among the mob, was torn the tumult soon subsided, —Merlin. ; / • y ~ j torn to piece p , as —Merlin. -- 1 /