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

MORNING- EDITION WALSALL ELECTION AND ANTI- ! LORD CARDIGAN AND Int., CORN-LAW LEAGUE SkNDEIANI. TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN. S ta,—There are some points in connexion with the contes t for Walsall, which mark its paramount impor tance at the prevent moment. hitherto the conflict of Partie s has had for its watchwords Whig and Tory. The fidd of battle has suddenly presented a new party, st anditP , aloof from the two political armies, and ready t " do 17attl e against both. The cry of alarm and dis- In L aY, mixed with a bu se , which has resounded iron, the camps of the two contending hosts, proves at least the strength of the Anti-Corn-law party. It proves, too, the wisdom of its leaders in taking up a flank posi tion en the political battle field. But, say the Whigs, ar e going to destroy the Liberal party. Now, ' 34 , the Anti-Corn-law party know no Liberals in the Person s of bread-taxers. Mr. Cayley is as illiberal to them as Mr. D'lsraeli ; and I think we are under an b ligation t o th em f or g ivi ng a b e tt er t es t by whi c h to know the character of a man than that of the very vague de nomination of Conservative and Liberal. Look at the Liberal party in favour of " Justice to Irei and, a it musters 300 and odd at a division upon a trial of strength upon an appropriation clause ; but l 'hen the question becomes one of vital importance, to the bread eaters, aye, and potatoe caters of Ir eland, boa' many of these Liberals are to be found r.t their posts?: Let me refer you to the division on the 22d of June last,on Mr. Labouchere's motion for admitt.ing foreign flour into Ireland. It should be premised that Atneri• can flour is admitted into England at the •sorr.e propor tionate rate of duty as foreign wheat ; ',vh;.ist it is not allow e d to b e i mporte d i nto I re l an d a t rji. Thi s i s, I presume, a sop to the Irish millers. I.l.rwever, in con .sequence of the wet harvest of last year, the flour in Ireland was quite unfit for human 'food, and the very „Isealtl. of the people depended on an immediate repeal 14 ettile law which shut out the dry American flour. JaAhe President of the Board of Trade brought in " 11 Bill for that purpose ; and Mr. Wakley, no mean • authority, declared that all those who voted against it w ere voti ng f or typ h us f ever i n I re l an d . W ell, Sir, I °w went the division ? By the Anti-Corn-low Al manac:l I find that the motion was lost by 90 to 791 There w ere n i ne an d seventy Lib era l s on l y who could c mustered to save the poor of Ireland from the visita ;:on of pestilence and famine, whilst 300 and odd might found to support an appropriation clause ! Now, what is the maaning of suck cant as " Justice to Ireland ?" Are those liberal men, who cannot bestow a few hours attendance in their places in the House of Co mmons to secure a sufficiency of wholesome bread ler the people ? The Leaguer is scolded for risking the overthrow of a liberal Ministry. The responsible head of that Mi l:ll'4-Y, who can cashier any other Member of the Cabinet, Just us you would do one of your reporters, not only ! n tes against even inquiry into the Corn-law, b ut declares to God the free-traders are mad— f°t' saying what ?—just that which Mr. Deacon !Lune, and Mr. M.Gregor, both in the employ °I the Government, declare would be of the Peatest advantage —nay, that it is of the most vital n ecessity to the State, viz., the abolition of all protec tive duties. And is this modern Festus, who declares ill en to be mad for uttering words of " truth and sober "le," to be called liberal forsooth ! And are the people to submit to a monopoly of food, because such a ii3rolitition and political economist as ou r nonc h a l an t len otier m ust not b e di stur bed i n h i s pa l ace of indo lence? I hold, Si r , th a t b et t er t es t s t h an t h e h ac k n i e d f or tN of Whig and Tory, or Cons e rv a ti ve an d He rter,NTier, are wanted for the futu re con t es t s o f partiesaid , 'her e cou ld we fi n d one so un i versally applicable tha of the bre a d-t ax ? L e t a ll can did ates , an d wi l , ) ", ,t 111 1 , those dubbing them s elves lib e ral, b e as k e d ' et her !ley lae for or against the food monopoly. I :lm, Sir, &e., ns 7 1811 A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE. . WALSALL ELECTION. (Tltolll OUR CORRESPONDENT) VSATURDAY EVENING.—Mr. James Acland still eon- III " lecturi ng every even i ng to t h e i n h a bi tants, on ;co Trade and the iniquitous Corn-laws ; and in gene- L' a ' the meetings are well attended, although we are to say we can perceive that few of the electors an'a'l ; and it is certain that none are more needful of thT ior mation on these momentous questions, especially at p ort i on of them who arc saddlers ' -ironmongers, and Theselikely to be the strongest o pp onents o f M r . S m i t h . gentlemen seem to act u n d er th e i mpress i on t h at , repeal of the Corn-laws would be their ruin, inns as that, deriving their principal support from the a gri;.l3ltural districts, and b e i ng t o ld th at t h e pros perity . I t the farmer dep e nd s w h o lly u p on th e ex i stence o f - " e se laws—they are thus taught to think the moment 4 4 "Peal wo u ld he effected, they would as cert a i n ly b e ~,e . Prlved o f t h e i r tra d e an d means of living. From lffs delusion, principally proceeds their hostility to Mr. " 341 ' 1 1, which if overcome, would do much to secure his election ; and it is the more important to gain them, le ct"g their influence so great over the small manufac tlrer3 th, hose goods they are always purchasing ; indeed,. t h,;. cts of l ast e l ect i on are yet seen an d f e l t, of will and power to do injury to those who voted against them. The League ought to direct their c : l p e c , al att ent i on to this point, and have the particular ret sc . conside re d i n a full and comprehensive manner, en t c ive t o t h e abolition of the corn monopoly, in a dis s„ctl article, an d freely circulated amongst the electors. ' an article could not fail to do much permanent good, I„)\,Non-Electors' Committee was formed last night, ' uo atiopt every legal means in their power to influence ‘ ,yoters to support Mr. Smith. , tit, 15°111 Mr. Gladst one an d M r . S m i t h are at present . `4L Porarily a b sent, b ut the latter will return on Tuesday to resum e hi s canvass an d ab i de the issue of the contest. OF THE STEAMER THAMES. (From the UnWq Service Gazete:) Lord Cardigan has proved to the ;natio' ',ties at the Horse Guards how unqualified a reliene he has upon their forbearance, by a fresh exhibition qf hi s insolent and overbearing demeanour to his oflir,er s . We allude to his treatment of Doctor Sandhant, the highly respect able surgeon of the 11th Hussars. It is to be lamented that l':,therto, whenever any of his Lordship's dclinquencir. have been brought under the public notice, there ..as always been seine inaccu racy in the account, , :tlich has afforded a handle to his Lordship's disinterested Newspaper advocates. in the present case, however, the mistakes and omissions have been wholly in his Lordship's favour. For the correct ness of the followinc:, version of his new entbrogfio we can undertake, to 'vouch, and it will be found to differ essentially from the account which has already bee❑ made publ:ic, It is now somewhat more than a month ago that. Dr. S'.ndhain was leaving the church at Brighton with his - zegiment, when th e c l as p o f his cap becoming un ho,oked, he was compelled to stop for a moment to ad just it. In order that he might the sooner regain his place, he made a short angle through a little gate in the churchyard. The men were, at that moment, forming in line outside the church, preparatory to marching to the barracks ; having reached which, they were dismissed, and the officers " fell out." As Dr. Sandham was walking off the ground, the regi mental Adjutant accosted him, and informed him that it was Lord Cardigan's orders, that when he (Dr. Sandham) left the church upon any future oc casion, he should fall in with the regiment. 1)r. Sandham replied, " that he was unable to under stand the drift of his Lordship' s commands, seeing that he had invariably obeyed them to the very letter." Lord Cardigan not having left the ground, however, Dr. Sandham walked up to him, and respectfully requested the favour of an explana tion of his Lordship's meaning. The reply, conveyed in Lord Cardigan's usually offensive manner, was, " I have given my ordera to the Adjutant, Sir." Seeing clearly that his Lordship's object was to provoke him, if pos sible, to some disrespectful remark, Dr. Sandham pro ceeded to his room, where lie wits soon afterwards joined by two or three of his brother. officers, who, having questioned him as to what bad occurred be tween Lord Cardigan and himself, he simply replied, " that he had gone out of the wrong gate." Conscious of the feeling with which he is regarded by his brother officers. and filled consequently with jealous app-ehen sion whenever any discussion to which he is not a party is entered into by them ; or, it may be, misled by some one of the spies who supply him with pretexts for his tyranny, it was enough for his Lordship to know that Dr. Sandham had been speaking to any one. Before the doctor had reached his private apartment he was sum moned by the Adjutant to wiit upon Lord Cardigan, and, on obeying the order, was told, with great aeerb:ty of manner, by his Lordship, that "his conduct w as highly improper and reprehensible, in having made such a statement to the young officers who had just left him." Dr. Sandham attempted respectfully to explain to his Lordship his error in supposing that he had made any complaint or improper remark upon the subject ; but Lord Cardigan cut him short, by abruptly and authori tatively saying, " Be quiet, Sir, I shall not listen to any reply !" On receiving this uncourtcous and undeserved rebuff, greatly as his forbearance had been tested, Dr. Sandham merely replied, without evincing the slightest irritation or disrespect, "My Lord, I have not failed to use my best endeavours to please yonr Lordship, but I now find that it is impossible so to do." " Well, Sir," rejoined his Lordship, " you had better state that fact in writing ; and now, Sir, leave the room." Having quitted Lord Cardigan's apartment with feelings that may be more easily conceived than de• scribed, Dr. Sandham, after preparing a statement of facts for the consideration of the Horse Guards, called upon Captain Douglas and Lieutenant Knowles (the Adjutant), both friends and supporters of Lord Cardi gan, and tree of his Lordship's battues, to say if they considered that his conduct in the matter had been such as to justify his Lordship in treating him in so contu melious a manner. They were constrained to acknow ledge that it had not, and were prevailed upon to re duce theftr opinion and testimony to writing. It is hardly necessary to add, that their statement was strictly corroborative of the one forwarded to Lord Hill by Dr. Sandham. The two documents were, of course, trans mitted to the horse Guards through the medium of Lord Cardigan himself, accompanied by such comments as occurred to him in justification of his conduct. We have not heard if he adopted his usual practice of seeking an interview with Sir John Macdonald on the occasion ; but, indecent as such a course must be ad mitted to be, we can hardly hope that it was re mitted in favour of Dr. Sandham. However this may have been, his Lordship did not experience his accus tomed indulgence in that quarter. In spite of his great personal influence with the Adjutant-• General, and the repeated interference of the Duke of Wellington in his behalf, Dr. Sandham's complaint did succeed in drawing down upon Lord Cardigan, in the name of Lord 11111, a sharp reprimand for his tyrannical and overbearing conduct. But tor the imperative direction of Lord Hill to the - ....b0ve effect, the long and verbose memo randum, a-oncocted on the occasion, would, we have little doubt, have either contained no reprimand at all, or some paragraph of censure on Lord Cardigan's latest iet IM . As, however, the document prepared by the Adjutant-General on this occasion did convey to his Lordship the " great surprise and regret of the Ge neral Commanding-in-Chief that his recommendation to the Earl of Cardigan, on a previous occasion, had not had the effect of preventing applications to the Horse Guards, by way of complaint of his Lordship's con duct," no second copy was, as in the case of Major Morse Cooper, handed to the complaining party for the purposes of publication To show, however, that in the teeth of Lord hill's known wishes and instructions, there are people at the Horse Guards who will still protect Lord Cardigan, coutc qui collie, we may mention that a few days after the above disgraceful occurrence, Dr. Sandham applied to Lord Cardigan for leave of absence, which his Lord ship had the bad taste to refuse, unless he would admit himself to have hcen in error, which the Doctor declined to do : and the result has been, that after this disgust ing display of vindictiveness. Lord Cardigan has been constrained to grant Dr. Sandham the leave to which he was undoubtedly entitled. His Lordship has lately ia dulged in a similar exldbition of his spleen towards Captain J. W. Reynolds, another of his victims, who has eventually obtained a long leave, in despite of his Lordship's pertinacious refusal. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK-LOSS FALMOUTH, .JAN. 8,1841— FRIDAY NIGHT.--In telligence has just been received of the melancholy loss, on Monday morning, during a violent snowstorm, of the London and Dublin Company's steamer Thames, on her voyage from Dublin to London, on the south west rocks of the Scilly Islands, and all on board, con sisting of from sixty to seventy persons, drowned, with the exception of a lady passenger, two stewardesses, and one man. When the vessel was discovered in her perilous situation by the islanders, their boats were aground, but with great efforts they succeeded in launching a whale-boat through the breakers, and getting her under the stern of the Thames. The com mander, Capt. Gray, insisted on the females being first hoisted therein, and, unfortunately, as soon as a lady and two stewardesses had been placed there, the boat broke adrift, and drove off the land. This was v.x ceived by a sailing-boat, which took her in tow, and succeeded, with great risk, in towing her to the shore in safety. By this time the wind increased abno3-, to a hurricane, which rendered it impossible for any other boat to approach the vessel. G.ptain.Gray then formed a raft, on which a great many of the crew got, but it was almost immediately dashed against the rocks, and all the poor fellows thereon met a watery grave, with the exception of one man, who was miraculously thrown on a perpendicular rock, where he remained till the follow ing day, when, he was rc-scued in an exhausted state. The vessel became a complete wreck, and the remainder of the crew perished. Very littie of' the cargo is saved. Neither the Great Liverpool not the Tagus steamers are yet arrived. TIIE LATE REAR-ADMIRAL SIR PHILIP Vase Baokr, BAhT., K. C B. —The mortal remains of the above naval hero were deposited in the family vault at Nacton Church, Suffolk, on Saturday last. It has been decided that the detachments which were a few days ago placed under orders for Bengal and ladras shall be kept back until the usual period of embark ation for India in i\lay next. The detachment for Bombay will, however, be sent off almost immediately. Tile 14th Light Dragoons arc to be embarked for the same presidency in the approaching spring, to relieve the 4th Light Dra gcons, to which place the 22d regiment is about to be con veyed in the following ships, viz.—The Inglis, Gulsachan, :►largaret, Tory, and the Ann. The total number of rank and file, including the regulated proportion of women, for thorn accommodation has been provided in these vessels, amounts to 1,096. The departure of the 221 has been dr,- la ) cti beyond the time originally fixed in consequence of un foreseen impediments, amongst which may be enumerated the unavoidable and unexpected difficul►ies which have re tarded the completion of the augmentation, which our read ers arc aware was not G,zetted until last Tuesday. But all necessary arrangements being now completed, the re giment will sail from Gravesend, where most of the above vessels are waiting the arrival of their respective allotments of troops, with all possible despatch. The recently in creased establishment of the 22d consists of-1 colonel, 2 lieutenant-colonels, 10 captains, 20 lieutenants, 7 en, igns, 1 paymaster, 1 adjutant, 1 quartermaster, 1 surgeon, 2 assistant-surgeons, 1 sergeant-major, 1 quartermaster sergeant, 1 paymaster-sergeant, 1 armourer-sergeant, 1 seLoolmaster-sergeant, 1 orderly-room clerk, 9 colour- Sergeauta, 35 sergeants, 45 ccrporals, 1 drum-major, 17 drummers and fifers, and 926 rank and file.—United Ser- I vice Gazelle. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning, James Jardine, a workman employed at Mucklitt's coal_ pit, near Invcresk, while standing near the mouth of the shaft, fell into the pit, and was killed on the spot. B OROUGH. OF FINSBURY. The following notice has been freely circulated, hay zing' understand, for its object to petition Parliament , ° ,, r a , the repeal of the Corn-laws, an extension of the uura e , vote by ballot, and to shorten the duration of 113 sittings li t y, B • 4 ' ar I " — We, -'1 the under s i gne d, i nv i te you to atten d a pre . „',Y meeting, at White Conduit House, on Wednesday Jan. 13, 1841, at Seven o'Clock, for the purpose of eiThsidering the propriety of calling a public meeting of the e _ c4)l 's of the borough of Finsbury, and to invite the lion. et fib ers of the said borough, previous to the meeting of ornament. NVe are yours, &c., isa; .1. G. WINN, fit Ja b9hp, W. MASON, %at tY! J. B Saturday, Jan. 9 , 1841- J. NV TSON. ECKWITH, nt ,1•11% AT THE WONKS OF THE s ; •N ERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, DEPTFORD, Aso. ,„ . (? T 1111; EDITOR OF THE SUN. 11 reference to the sire at the General Steam ple a s tt t ) . 4 Company' s p remises a t Deptford, I have great n In stating that the damage done is by no means so T i r "t as h as been represented. The fire being confined to (4d b uilding, n u t h av i ng touc h e d t h e new prem i ses, or the plant. The workmen resumed their work as 1 --1 ' this morning, so that no stoppage whatever will occur s lthei r b usiness; the stores and premises arc fully in red.--Sir, your obedient servant, , THOS. BROCKELBANI., Managing Dir ec t or . 'llh January, 1841. I,4°NDON AND WESTMINSTER WATE - R. COM .,-NY's--We are glad that the inhabitants of London are at e i,h awakened to the necessity of procuring a pure and ~..loiesoine supply of weter. For some years past the „7 4 ek that has been pumped up from the names and girown into the houses of the inhabitants, through thou '''rals of ramifications, has been most disgustingly filthy, 44 (1 lilt prime cause of disease and sickness to a vast and t " eet imidating ext en t ; an d not a ll t h e patent filters have e en equal t o th e tas k o f purifying or rendering it all ap achii• , to a whol e s ome state : nor i s t hi s to b e won dered A seeing that all th e i m p ur i t i es i ssu i ng f rom 450,000 'e ass and factories are hourly and daily being deposited 111 the sou rce from %hence the supply is obtained. The ."tae has at length arrived when the detestable and odious 'er"'.Ting monopoly is likely to be broken up, and we heartily .eo ngratul ate the members of the Alarylebone Vestry 'au or the great p4ins they are taking to remedy the evil long and so loudly complained of. At the Ves' ry, on ,;'esday. the pro:ector of the plan by which the Mvestnninster Wat"er Company seek to supply the ytr e ? t , Po is with pure water, was present, as well as "•• Northliouse, the Parliamentary Agent for the Bill. It ,satpearedefrom various statements, that a vast nun ber of tii : r es in the new Company have already been taken, arid , 51 ;_ c t Ihure is et cry chance of carrying the scheme to a 'essful issee • Mr. North..ouse said it was the unani thliZ wiA, as ' the declared devire and object of _e great public men who had attached themselves to ).`ll)r,ject, and who Would net join any joint-stack com -11%.72' whatever, not only to have good water, and cheap a the same time to get rid of the great mono thn tiow exists in London. Several of the Corn hatee (of the Company) were public men, known to e devoted tl • li ves to the interests of the people, and _ 14 'could do ill they could to get the best water at the • ""i'• S evera l gentlemen at th e sneetieg said they could ` w furnish a long ea. alegue of grieve nees endured present ater monopoly. Mr. Freeman then el a recom men d at i on to t h e V estry to petition both F l : te es of Parliament for a supply of good and cheap y, and now The motion was carried unaniniou s l :'„-.'")Pe there will be no impediment thrown in the way of -usirp.irtat an undertaking—an undertaking of so much that it is the duty of every one, and more espe t,'''Y the monied interest, to aid it. The specu! at i on sinn~fCtil, we s h ou ld think, to be highly advantageous_ 0y p aper. h PDX CHASE.— A f ew d ays ago , the Coniston f‘ontids took the drag of a fox, at Stable Hervey, near the over of Cunistone-water, which led them at a rapid rate the moor to Pool Scar, an extensive cover in the pa tsrr: of M or l an d , into which they had not been long en etdcd' before a fine fellow of the black. leggeil species was e te f nn 'lled. It was a must brilliant affair, the dogs could ens Toraent, being off th e scen t. Th e distance not be -less than - five and -twenty miles, over a ra t i l L i_nntaino us.eountry, and was gone over in an hour and "7 raliautes td 1 Ilicrcury. a bridge after- i Rug' tl► the officisl 'n hilt T N. SUN, LONI)ON, TrESDAY..IidSTUARY 12. 1841. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday being Plough Monday, a Court of Alder• men was held, for the purpose of receiving the present ments from the various Ward Inquests. Considerable excitement prevailed in the crowded avenues to the Court, particularly with regard to the election maters of the Ward of Farringdon Without. number of votes, and no scrutiny having been de minded they wished to know whether a new precept would be issued for a new election. The RecoisDelt said that the subject would he re ferred to the next Court of Aldermen. It is uoier stood that Mr. Lepard will not present himself in the ..,vent of a new election. CONTESTED ELECTION OF FAItttI:4IGDON WITHOU F. Sir PETER LAURIE presented ;A petition from the in habitants of Farringdon Without, to which he particu larly called the attention of the Court. Mr. Wells, the barrister, one of the candidates, stood at the bar as counsel for the petitioner. The petition stated that a wardmote was held in the ward of Farringdon Without on St. 'Thomas',-day for the election of sixteen persons to serve the office of Common Councilmen for the year ensuing. That Sir James Duke was the Alderman, and the sole legal presiding officer at the wardmote, and no other person nod a legal right to reside or interfere in the proceed ings. That J. I3lacket, W. Beckwith, R. Taylor, A. Galloway, J. Bedford, H. Price, J. Wells, J. Itamshavv, It. Obb ar d, E . Hodson, J. Charles, H. Marriott, J. Anderton, J. Elkins, W. Wont, Harding, J. Barnard, and J. Sweet, were duly pro posed as candidates, and, after a show of hands, Sir James Duke declared (but in the correctness of which declaration the petitioners did not concur) the election to have fallen upon ail, except Wells, Barnard, and Sweet. That, immediately after such declaration, a poll was legally and duly demanded for Wells, Barnard, and Sweet, and opened at four o'clock in the afternoon, and proceeded with for one hour, when the books were closed for that day, and the wardmote afterwards ad journed to the hour of eleven o'clock in the fore noon on the following day, to be again pro ceeded with at the place aforesaid. That the poll was accordingly again opened, and proceeded with on the following day before Sir James Duke. and so continued until between the hours of twelve and two o'clock, when Sir James Duke voluntarily, and without any legal or jurt cause, and for his own private purpose departed from this plan and election, and nomi noted and placed \V. T. Copland, Esq., one of the Aldermen, to preside at the wardmote instead of him, during such absence, Sir James Duke taking off his purple gown, and putting it upon W. 'l'. Copeland. That many votes were, during the absence of Sir Jam a Duke, illegally polled for several of the candidates. That the petitioners were advised that by reason of such absence the poll, the holding of the wardmote, and the election thereby became vitiated and of no effect. After a few words upon the injurious nature of such a prece dent, the petitioners concluded with praying to be at liberty to prove the allegations, and that the Court .could declare the election null and void, and issue an other precept for holding another wardmote for the election of Common Councilmen for the ensuing year. Sir PETER LAURIE said he was aware that the merits of the petition could not be entered into on that occa sion. The course to be pursued was to request the attendance of the petitioners, and their counsel on the next Court•day. Mr. WELLS said he considered it of great importance to the inhabitants of the ward that the petition should be entertained with all possible celerity. Sir JAMES DUKE bogged to be allowed to say a few words. He was anxious to declare that all the allega tions wera perfectly correct, and he trusted that the Court, on such an occasion, would proceed, if possible, to the immediate consideration of the petition. The LORD MAYOR said it was quite out of the question to enter upon such a subject on that day. A full Court, and one unembarrassed with the multifarious business of Plough Monday, must discuis a matter of such a rerious nature. Mr. WELLS declared that he was desirous to pro tect the petitioners from being damnified by delay or contingent objections. The RECORDER said that the Court could take steps to prevent the ward from being unrepresented. Mr. Wells and Sir James Duke again urged the strong necessity which existed for proceeding at once to the consideration of tho petition. The LORD MAYOR repeated, and the law officers of the Court coincided with his Lordship, that it was quite impossible, consistently with the forms and regula tions of the Court, to proceed further in the matter at that time Mr. WELLS declared that the police rates were to be signed, and several ministerial acts were to be per formed, and that therefore the necessity for imme diate consideration was most pressing, Besides, he could prove at the bar that some of the candidates were acting as members ut that moment. Sic PETER LAURIE said he did not think it possible that candidates, under such circumstances, could be permitted, or would themselves wish to act. The consideration of the petition was then appointed for next Court day. REPEAL OF THE UNION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The manner in which you treat the question of the Repeal of the Union, clearly indicates a complete ignorance on your part, of the present state of Ireland. Such is the depressing influence of the system by which landlords have ground to powder their tenants, that they can only be roused to oppose their tyrants by appeals to their nationality and their religion, for these they have suffered for centuries, and would suffer again. Toe same cruel and relentless spirit of persecution, (but in a different form) is carried on to-day by the Anglo-Irish proprietors that existed centuries ago. From this curse and that of the English Church, the people believe that they never can be relieved but through the agency of an Irish Parliament. This belief may be heresy to an orthodox Englishman, who will not conde cend for a moment to place himself in the same condi tion, and imagine w•h it his own feelings would be under similar circumstances. A strong national conviction on this subject existing to the extent does i❑ 1 rebind, is it not the duty of the Liberal party to avail themselves of this only existing means of rousing the tenants to vote against their landlords ? Your abstract political questions the Irish do not understand, and what you cannot obtain from the English tenant, you expect from the Irish peasant, the most oppressed being on the face of the earth. National enthusiasm can effect wonders, ' and O'Connell, notwithstanding all those contemptible sneers of the English press one of the most practical politicians that ever lived, has availed himself of it to preserve the Liberal interests alive in Ireland. Do not the repeaters vote for every liberal measure, and if they should go one step farther then you do, why should you insult them when you assert that the Union cannot be repealed ? What mischief is done by this agitation, which is the only means of preserving the liberal interest in Ire land? The Whigs in Ireland are bad landlords, they employ Tory agents, they will not give a sufficient interest to their tenants to enable them to vote ; they will not form any indemnity fund for the persecuted voter. Six counties in the North would have returned Liberals it the Whig proprietors had done their duty. They avail themselves of public patronage, &c., but they will make no sacrifices. If you would denounce the selfish conduct of the Whigs, and call upon them and the Catholic aris tocracy of England to sustai❑ by their purse the Irish who swore their emancipation, you would serve the Liberal cause. The people of Scotland for forty years after their union, thought that its repeal was the only remedy for their sufferings, yet they did not suffer one tenth of what the Irish suffer at present. I am, your obedient servant, GERALD DE COURCY. GAMING. The Inquest of Aldgate --- %Vard presented against a gambling-house, kept at No. 5, lieneage-lane, and were bound over to prosecute their presentment. INCREASE OF BAD CHARACTERS IN BRIDGE WARD. The Inquest of Bridge complained of several annoy aaces. They presented that the wholesale dealers still persevered in refthing to take out their freedoms, and thus threw an almost intolerable weight upon those who were f ree , an d w h o per f orme d a ll t h e d ut i es con tingent. They presented the coach and cab stand, in King William-street, and another street, as an obstruc tion to the public and the neighbourhood, aggravated by the horrible languaze of the drivers and others seek ing employment there, and they requested that the police should be directed to take any rr sons so offending into custody, to be dealt with by the Magistracy. They also presented that the . wharfs between the Adelaide Hotel and Billingsgate, at which the steam-vessels received and poured forth multitudes, were the means of blocking up, particularly in the summer months, that part of the ward, so that the police were prevented from acting. 'They begged to recommend an orderly and judicious arrangement as to the transit of carriages to and from the stcamet s, and a prevention of the assemblages of idle boys and men reputed thieves there, a nuisance not only permitted but encouraged by the Magistrates, in consequence of their releasing without punishtnent or reprimand mans persons of that description brought before them by the police, whereby the police were deterred from taking up others, who were thus encouraged to laugh at and sct at defiance the officers and inhabitants who endeavoured to remove them. The LORD MAYOR said that the presentment should receive the most attentive consideration of the Court. PROTESTS AGAINST THE RETURN OF MR. COUSINS, FOR COLEMAN-STREET WARD. The Inquest of Coleman-street Ward presented that Mr. Cousins, one of the gentlemen declared to be re turned a member of the Court of Common Council was not qualified as an inhabitant. Mr. Coast and Mr. Taylor handed in a protest against the return of Mr. Cousins, and a claim that Mr. Bracher should be si‘orn in. Another protest, signed by Mr. Const A nd Mr. Pledger, and a third protest, signed by Mr. Strachan to the same effect, were also presented. It was decided that the protests should be returned, and the protesters instructed to hand them to the Al derman of the Ward, to act upon them. FALSE WEIGHTS, OLD CLOTHES FAIR NUISANCE, &c. The loqucst of the Ward of Portsoken presented against some traders who had used false weights and measures ; and against the thousands who assembled in Cutler street, in a sort of fair, to the total obstruc• Lion and injury of many shopkeepers, and greatly to the prejudice of the warehouses of the St. Catherine Dock Company in that district. The presentment added, that complaints had been repeatedly wade, but no measures had been adopted by the Court to ob tain redress for the injured. The LORD MAYOR asked whether the false weights and measures had been seized? The INQUEST replied that they were in the posses sion of the Ward. They earnestly requested attention to the presentment, The LORD MAYOR-It should be laid before the next Court of Aldermen. The REconDEß—Yes, and it will be put in the in dictment if the evil be considered to be of sufficient magnitude. THE OBSTRUCTION AT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. The inquest of the Ward of Cornhill presented that a large board, which bad been placed at the Royal Ex change, completely blocked up the pathway, and that this passage was most dangerous to the public and the people residing in the vicinity ; and they requested that a safe and commodious footpath should be forthwith made. TRADERS NAT TAKING UP THEIR FREEDOM. The Inquest of Basishaw presented that some of the inhabitants had not taken up their freedom. Four of their number had been presented for the last twelve years. The Foreman considered that a presentment, under such circumstances, was a mere matter of form. It was disagreeable to the gentlemen of the Inquest to make any return of the kind, and he wished to know whether it was imperative upon them to make any in future. Sir P. LAURIE said that the Inquest was bound to make the return, and the Court, he hoped, would soon have a remedy for the evil. Tne FOREMAN—We feel it to be disagreeable to be called on to take an oath as to a matter which is to . be of no effect. Alderman GIBBS—It is your duty to make the return. Sir G. CAnitoLL—ls it not the duty of the Chem. berlain to see after these things ? The CITY SOLICITOR—Yes, under an order of the Court to the attorney of the Lord Mayor's Court. The LORD MAI OR (to the Inquest)—The Court will take the sub;cct into consideration. The FOREMAN of the Inquest—We hope, my Lord, that twelve years more will not elapse before something conclusive is done.—(A laugh.) INACCURATE POLL BOOKS. Mr. WILLIAMS, who has been for some years mem ber of the Court of Common Council, presented a peti tition against the return by which he was ousted. The petition set forth, that in consequence of the inaccurate manner in which the poll book of Cordwainers' Ward was kept, particularly in the instance of one person, who voted for him, but who was not represented as having voted at all, and of some who voted without having a right to vote at all, he (Mr. Williams) lost the election by one vote only. Alderman GIBBS asked whether a scrutiny had been demanded ? The LORD MAYOR—That subject cannot be argued now. Let the parties alluded to be summoned to at tend the next Court of Aldermen. In the wards of Cripplegate the Inquest presented a great many persons who carried on business without having taken out their freedom. ODD OBJECTION TO TILE RETURN OF LANGBOURN WARD. Mr. GUDE, one of the candidates for the representa tion of Langbourn, presented a petition objecting to the irregularity of the polling, and also to some unceremo nious language used towards him by the Alderman, who although he (Mr. Gude) was willing, upon the recom mendation of the meeting, to be reconciled, rejected the proposition, so that the offence remained unrepaired and unalleviatcd. The RECORDER said that the petition could not be received in its present form. The Court could enter- tain the subject so far as regarded the alleged irregularity of the poll, but they had nothing to do with personal al tercation. The FOREMAN of the Inquest—We assure the Court that we, the rest of the inquest, are not cognizant of this. We have nothing to do with it. Mr. GUDE said that as he considered himself in sulted at a wardmote by the Alderman, he begged to know to whom he was to apply for redress if not to that Court. He had begged the Alderman's pardon for any thing which he might. have said at which offence might be taken ; but. the Alderman altogether declined to make any concession.-- (Laughter.) The ItEconuEa—Then you had the advantage of being before him with an apology ?—( Laughter.) Sci PETER LAURIE; said that the law of England was open to Mr. Gude, but the question was rather too delicate for the Court of Aidermen to touch.— (Laughter.) Surely, if the wardmote heard Mr. Gude insulted, they would put him right. Did any one else complain ? The INQUEST—No.—(A laugh.) Mr. Gude said that the precept stated that the ward mote must be duly and orderly held. Now he could say that a wardmote, at which an insult was offered to one of the candidate s could not be said to be duly and orderly held. Ills objection to the return comprehended the offence given by th;... Alderman, and could not be sepa rated fry tn it. He should like to know where he was was to apply if not to the Court of Aldermen. The IiEConDER observed that Mr. Gude having been twenty-five years in the Crown Office, must be familiar with the means of obtaining redress. Mr. GuDE --Then it would appear that a duel is the only alternative.—(A laugh.) The RECORDER---If you say much about that, we shall be obliged, as Magistrates, to hind you over to keep the peace.—( Laughter.) The Loan MAYOR—You can easily separate the two subjects of your petition, and come again to this Court. GUDE-1 cannot separate them, my Lord ; but I shall appear at the next Court. THE COSTUME OF THE COURT, AND AIMS To THE POOR. The gentlemen, the Inquest of Tower Ward, having appeared at the bar without cloaks. The Loan MAYOR said," Gentleman, I regret to see you come to this Court without your proper costume." FOREMAN of the Inquest—Does you Lordship re ceive us ? The LORD MAYOR-1 have to express my regret that you neglect. the necessary forms. FOREMAN—We consider, my Lord, that the money which livery gowns would cost, is much better laid out in benefiting the poor of the ward. Sir PETER LAURIE--So I thought when I was Lord Mayor, and I, therefore, was always glad to hear such an excellent excuse. I advise the Lord Mayor to receive the Inquest. The LORD MAYOR.—We never refuse, but those who come without gowns arc received last, that's all. Alderman GIBB—In my Ward the Inquest pay out of their own pockets for the gowns. The FOREMAN of the Inquest—And we give out of our own pockets to the poor. DOUBLE RETURN OF MEMBERS. The Inquest, Vintry Ward, presented that on the election Mr. Green and Mr. Lepard bad ,an equal' THE RIGHT OF OCCUPANTS ON THE DORSET ESTATE TO CARRY ON RETAIL BUSINESS IN THE CITY. The luqucst of St. - 13ride's etpressed a that tli long-pending question of the right of occupants of houses on the Dorset estate to carry on retail business in the City, should be brought to a close. The CITY SOLICITOR Said that he had examined all th? papers on the slbject. It was the opinion of the late City Solicitor upon the agitation of the question some years ago that it would not be safe to try the question of the right claimed as the per_ sons exercising the privilege had for a number of years used it. If, then, there existed an ob jection of that kind years ago, it was of course strengthened by the length of time that had intervened since it was given. He (the City Solicitor) had re ported to that effect to the Court of Aldermen, and Ite had received no instructions from them to proceed against any parties. Hear, hear.) The LORD MAYOR intimated to the Inquest tha they would in future act upon the City Solicitor's ex planation. Those who keep shops within the district of Lord Delaware's estate will therefore consider them selves, no doubt, at liberty to continuo business with out taking out their freedom.—Adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOIV-HOUSE. Mr. Wells, the barrister, who is the person princi pally concerned i❑ opposiog the late proceedings at the election for the ward of Eirtingdon Without, attended the Justice 'loom on Saturday last, for the purpose of impressing upon the Lord Mayor the necessity of con vening a public meeting in the City to take means for alleviating the distresses of the pier, which were immea sureably great. Sir P. L AURIE, who was sitting at the time, said that he highly approved of Mr. Wells's object, and he enter- ' tamed no doubt of the readiness with which his Lord ship would agree to any proposition of the kind. Mr. Wells sail that in Liverpool, Hull, Boston, Cam bridge, and other places, public meetings had been held with the vier of giving assistance to the distressed, and he thought that London, at a period, the severity of which must be felt in some way or other by all, ought not to be the only populous place in which considerable efforts were not made. .11e was glad to have the oppor tunity of communicating with Sir Peter Laurie on the theme of the condition of the poor, and to have his ea-operation in the task of endeavouring to alleviate it. He also hoped that his Lordship would convene a special meeting of the Court of Common Council, in order that some money might be appropriated out of the City cash for a similar purpose, particularly as there was always money to an enormous amount in the hands of the City Chamberlain. If part of that cash were distributed amongst the members of the Ward Inquests, for the purpose of being,indiciously divided amongst the poor creatures in each ward, a vast deal of good might be accomplished. Ile could not conjecture how the City cash could ho better disposed of. Sir PETER LAURIE warmly concurred in the idea suggested by Mr. Wells, of giving tins Cify•cash in alms. lie could not help sayin g that these funds were very often misapproprb:ted, and within the last year several instances of the kind had occurred. The Corporation had now, he thought, an excellent opportunity of show ing that their liberality comprehended the feelings of charity towards the multitudes of distressed beings at their very doors. It was understood that a deputation will wait upon the Lord Mayor, whose bnevolent disposition is well known throughout the ward of which he is Alderman, and who will, it is believed, most promptly concur in the two propositions which Mr. Wells intends to bring forward. GUILDHALL. pa the propri e t or o f t h e house, No. 1, Foundry- i on Da r g t, e C la r t :Pl 1 ; was char ge d b e f ore Alder man Pitie, with selling s p iri ts on his premises without a license. oc'legate, City policeman 1,0, said that on S un d ay morn i ng, b etween three an d four o'clock, h ear i ng considerable noise and rioting in the prison er ' s h ouse, he applied for admis,ion, and on ente rin g f ound about twenty persons n g ; threei drinking, s moking, and singing 0.-women were standingb eh i n d a table, under which were two stone jars, one holding about a gallon, and filled with gin, the other containing upwards of two gallons of beer, both of which he seized and brought to the station-house. The prisoner, in rt'piYto his (witness) acknowledged that he was the landlord of the house. Inspector Harrison stated that after the licensed houses in the ncighboUrhood had complied with the law by closing their doors, this den, which was frcquel:ted by the most dissolute class of persons, was open for all who chose to e nter, and gin sold at 2d. a quarters more than what the licensed victualler s charged. It was an absolute nuisance to the surrounding inhabitants. Mr. Alderman nom ordered him to pay a line of 5:. or be imprisoned for one month. Some of the London papers are, we observe, still quarrelling about the object of Baron Mounier's mission to this country. We stated, upon his first arrival, that the purport of his visit was to announce to the Eng lish Government Louis Philippe's intention of marrying his youngest son to the Queen .of Spain. We now repeat the statement. That was the only object of his mission. We 'have it from an authority which cannot bo contradicted,...... Liverpool 4.16.icm LOSS OF THE THAMES STEAMER (FURTLIER PARTICULARS.) Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's, from their agent , at Scilly, dated sth January, 1841 : " It is our painful duty to report the loss of the Thames steamer, Captain Gray, from Dublin, bound to Plymouth and London. She struck on one of the westernmost rocks off these islands, called Jackey's Rock, at about six A. St , yesterday morning, the 4th instant. Three women were saved, by being hauled with lines through the sea to a small boat, that went at great risk of life to the vessel, from St. Agnes ; and whilst the boatmen were getting the women into the boat, they shipped a heavy sea, which nearly filled her, and obliged them to quit the wreck. Soon after the flood tide having made to the north against the wind, caused a tumultuous sea, and the ship unfortu nately went to pieces, and all the crew and passengers on board were drowned, except the three women before men tioned, and one seaman, called Edward Karons, who with ten others of the crew, got on a piece of the wreck, and were driven on the small uninhabited island, or rock, called Rosevear, but who were so much exhausted when they reached the shore that they could not get up the rocks, and were drowned. The bodies have since been taken off the rocks and carried to St. Agnes, the lighthouse island; from whence Ksrons, and the three females saved, have this day been brought to St. Mary's. " 6:11 January.—As far as we can at present ascertain, there were on board, when the vessel left Dublin on Sa turday, the 2d instant—five gentlemen passengers, twenty recruits, two soldiers, and one sergeant (three of them were lost in getting into one of the ship's boats, which was capsized) ; two women and an infant ; Captain Grey. two mates, six firemen, and twelve crew; and, we believe, a few deck passengers. _ " Persons saved.—One young lady, two stewardesses, and one sailor." SHIPWRECK.--During the heavy gales which have lately visited the West Coast, the brig Jane Gordon, of A vr, Simpson, of 121 tons, from Cork to Ayr, in bal last, became unmanageable, and was driven ashore at three a.m. on the 3d of January curt., near the north pier -head of Portpatrick, and became a total wreck. The cries of the crew alarmed the inhabitants of the port, many of o horn came to their assistance, but could render very little ; for although the vessel's stern was within a few yards of the pier, the sea ran so high that it made a clean breach over both the vessel and the pier. At five o'clock the two masts went overboard, and the vessel was shivered in pieces, The master, and - a boy, were vvashetriiiihime ; but the mate and four of the crew were unfortunately drowned. BANKRUPTCIES IN 1840.—The total number of bankruptcies in England and Wales gazettcd the last year, was 1,425, being an excess of 342 over the year Of these the greatest number (or 148) occurred in March, and the least (or 891 in October. In persons coml, cted with manufactures there were, in 1840, no less than 336 bankruptcies, being an excess of 113 over the previous year. In the pursuits of agriculture there were 126, being an excess of 21 ; and in miscellaneous pro. fcs,iJris and trades, there were 963, being an excess of 208. 10 manufactures connected with the cotton trade, there were last year 38 bankruptcies, being 13 less than in ;839 ; and in the silk trade there were 7, being a decrease of 1, Thera were in manufactures connected with the woollen trade 46, being an excess of 20 ; in the linen trade 14, being an excess of 10; in iron foundries 29, being 25 more than last year; in various iron wares 24, being an excess of 5; in building trades 49, being an ex cess of 2 ; and in miscellaneous manufactures 129, being an excess of 65. In agriculture there were 4 farmers bankrupts, whilst in the previous year, there were 5; but in every other department under this head there was an in crease. Of corn, hay, and hop dealers and millers there were 43, being an excess of 2 ; of cattle and wool dealers 31, being an increase of 8 ; of dealers in coaches and horses 12, being an increase of I ; and of brewers, malsters, and distillers 36, being an increase of 11. In miscellaneous trades there was a decrease only amongst innkeepers and victual lers, of which the numbers were 106, being 8 less than last year. In the comprehensive class of merchants, bankers, warehousemen, agents, brokers, shipowners, and wholesale dealers, there were 247 bankruptcies, being an increase of 70 ; in tradesmen, shopkeepers, and retail dealers there were 524, being 103 more than last year ; and in miscellaneous pnrsuits there were 86, being an excess of 43. In the three counties of Westmoreland, Rutland, and Huntingdon, there were no bankruptcies. The largest number of 277 was in Middlesex, being an increase of 18 ; in Lancashire there were 261, being an increase of 15 ; and in Yorkshire 194, making an increase of 5. In the whole of \Vales there were 52, giving an increase of 35. SUICIDE.—For some time past a number of panes of glass have been cut out and stolen from the large unoccupied hotel at the Q ueensferry-road, at the head of the new road to Granton Pier. A watch was set, and on Tuesday last a glazier belonging to Leith was caught in the act of cutting out panes. He was apprehended and brought to the Stockbridge watch-house, where shortly afterwards he committed suicide by hanging himself. Edinburgil Courant. ANOTIIER FIRE IN DUNDEE, WITH Loss OF LIFE.—A fire burst out on Tuesday morning, betwixt five and six o'clock, In a two storey house, standing alone on the west side of Annfield Road. The fire had its origin in the second storey, and is supposed to have been occasioned by the igniting of some sticks which the parties had left or, retiring to rest by the side of the fire to kindle it in the morning. The alarm being given, a number o f the neighbours were quickly on the spot; but tha fire had gained such ground that it was utterly trnpos6ible for the occupants of the garret storeys to escape by the stair. At tention was immediately directed to their rescue. A woman, with a child in her arms, was let out at the garret Windd.v, slipped down the slates, and handed down by a trap, Other two children were taken out in the same Manner t but, in putting the 14M, eliiltt tint of the WindetV, the father lost his balance and fell over the slates, touching in his descent ono of the persona suTend big the ladder, and shaking it so that the indivihal who had cella hold Or the child la it go but its life was happily preserved by. one of the par ties below catching it in his arras, by, unfortunate man received so severe a contusion on the back of his head by the fall that he lived but a few minutes. From the ground flat all got out in safety. fly this time tabula quarter past six) Mr. Cutts and his men were on the spot. A mother was still lamenting over .a child, which she maintained trait in the house, hitt *bleb had been ert&ti tiered all the time by those engaged in extinguishing the fire to have been in one of the neiglibAtring houses. About seven o'clock one of the firemen feelitist a stilell of flesh burning-, ditttted the pipe to Lards the spot from whiteh the. smell proceeded, and gaining adeeittance• he extracted the ashes of the child, The patent t name was Neilson, a ship carpenter by trade) and child were buried in one coffin, The roof fell in a few minutes before sevens and the fire *as got under abotit half an hour after eight o'clock, but not until the second storey had been consumed. The ground floor has alone been saved.—Dundee Advancer. NORTHAMPTON BANK ilonilEßY.-41essts, Whitworth having received an i n ti ma ti en o f th e route taken by Haslock(the young man who had tabbed them of 800/. in gold) and his brother, sent one of the town police to London yesterday week, who traced them to Shooter's Hill, and thence to Dover, where the fugitives obtained passports for France under the names of John T. Hardy and Frank Hardy ; they then paid 20/. to the cap tain of the Wellington steamer to take them to Boulogne, where they put up at, the Bath Hotel. The officer pro. ceeded no farther than Dover, but information reached him that the brothers had gone to Ilavre by St. Oincr, when the elder brother, being conscience-stricken, deter. mined to return to Northampton, and was taken into cus tody in this tow n a few days since. 'Hi,: younger 1 - lashAt continued his flight by diligen ce t o R ouen . W have been informed that Mr. It. Whitworth and Ituthven, formerly a Bow-street officer, are now on his track, and are confident of securing birn,—Northampton herald. MUNSTER PROVINCIAL MEETlNG.—Tliesig natures to the requisition convening this great meeting continue to pour upon us in such numbers, th a t we are greatly inconvenienced to find room for them. Besides the six double columns in our first page, we have still many hundred names to add, received last night and to day.—cork Southern Reporter. A. VESSEL DESTROYED-A -MAN BURNT. (From the Guernsey Comet.) On Monday last, at about twelve o'clock P.M., the fine schooner, the Veritas, of 179 tons burthen, (o m.), Captain R. Peak, arrived here, in ballast, from London, (which place she left on Christmas-day), and ran into St. S)mpson's harbour. As the Captain resides in town, he left the vessel in charge of the mate, Mr. P. Gaudain, of Jersey, with orders to see the Veritas pro perly moored, as soo❑ as the tide admitted of its being done. It appears that he and one of the crew who slept in the forecastle, were the only person s who re mained on board on Monday night. The mate, we understand, was left by the pilot at about 9 o'clock. At a f w minutes before three o'clock on Tuesday morning, the mate of the English schooner Eliza, who was casting loose the chain before which she was moored, perceived that the Veritas was on fire. He instantly alarmed the crews of the other vessels in the harbour (amounting to 16 in number), in order to get all the assistance in his power, with the view to save the vessel from that destruction with which she was threatened. Providentially the wind, which was blowing from the south-east, and across the harbour, in the direc tion of the shipping, was very mo;lerate ; hut, es it might increase, and thereby place the other vessels in imminent danger should the Veritas' sails and rigging take fire, Captain Swain ordered the mainmast to hr j cut away, as the flames had already communicated to the mainsail, which was furled in the usual man ner ; when the mainmast went by the board, it carried away with it the foremast also, snapping it about fifteen feet above the deck ; and the whole fell into the harbour. The vessel was scuttled forward on the larboard bow, and by that means she partly filled when the water surrounded her. A good supply of water was then obtained ; and by persevering exertions, the fire was got under at about seven o'clock in the morning. The first person who descended into the cabin was Captain Peak, who there beheld a hor rible spectacle—his late mate burnt in a manner too shocking to describe! What remained of his Imam frame was found in an inclined posture, with his face toward the cabin floor ; and from this fact, it is conjec tured that be tnust have been sitting upon the after- Incker, with his head resting upon the table, and in that posture have fallen asleep. It is supposed also that a candle was upon the table, and that on the vessel taking the ground,when the water receded from her, she I sted to the starboard, which caused the candle to fall on the cabin fl ior, among some of the Captain's clothes which he had put cff on his coming on shore, and ig nited them. Ai poor Gaudain had only slept five hours since Christmas-day, (when he left London), it is probable that he was in a profound sleep when all this occurred, and prob ably he was suffocated be fore he could recover his self-consciousness, and thus fell a prey to one of the most horrible deaths of which human nature can conceive,—leaving a wife and three orphan children to bewail his distressing and heart rending fate. Gaudain, we understand, was about thirty-three years of age ; and it is with pleasure we record Captain Peak's testimony respecting his sobriety and industrious habits. LONGEVITY OF PEACOCKS.—Dr. 011ivant, of Lampetcr College, on opening the front door of the Ha ford Arms Hotel, Devil's Bridge, early on the morning of the 30th ult., discovered a fine peacock lying on the flag stone quite dead. It was in full plumage, and one of three which wore presented to Mr. Morrison's children, by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle. These beautiful birds had had the range of the Haford domain upwards of thirty years.—Carmarthen Journal. CHRISTMAS-DAY IN ROME.—A letter from Rome of the 26th ult., in the Augsburgh Gazette, says:— " To-day being Christmas-day, the Pope offic , ated ponti fically at St. Peter's. In the reserved seas were the Queen Dowager of Sardinia, Queen Maria Christina, the Duchess of Cambridge and her daughter, the Princess Augusta, Don Miguel of Portugal, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Streliz. The Queen of Spain arrived yesterday evening " We understand that the Mediterranean mail steamers, the Liverpool sad the Oriental will, in future, start from and return to Southampton. In consequence of this arrangement, the Oriental only will, after landing her mails, come to this port.—Liverpool Albion. The late Lord Holland left the Wiltshire estate to his son, Colonel Fox, who married Lady Mary, one of the daughters of the late King. NARROW ESCAPE OF LORD CHARLES HER VEY.—The Hon. and Rev. Lord Charles Hervey and his lady a few days since were endeavouring to cross the river near the Rectory, Great Chesterford, for the purpose of inspecting the cutting down of some trees on the opposite side, when his Lordship perceiving the boat was taking water at one end, endeavoured to remove Lady Harvey from it, and whilst doing so the boat capsized, and both of them were immersed in the water ; providentially the foot man, a short d;vanee off, perceived their perilous situa ilod With prompt assistance succeeded rescuing fraila a watery grave. DEATH OF MAJOR SIRR.—Mr. Sirr, better known as Major Sirr, for many years a Magistrate of the head police-office, Dublin, died last Thursday night, at the age of 82. Mr. Sirr had been Town-major of Dub lin during the Rebellion of 1798, and took a prominent part in the arrest of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, haying fired the shot of which his Lordship died in Nowgate, a few days subsequently to his capture. Major Sirr had the superintendence of the " informers" who figured during the rebellion, of whom the notorious " Jemmy O'Brien," afterwards executed for murder, was the most conspicuous. THE IRON TRADE.—This important trade has been in a most depressed state during the greatest portion of the past year, which depression continued to its very close. The new year has, however, opened with a sud den and decided improvement. The demand is brisk, and large sales have been already made at an advance of ss. to los. per ton; the present quotations of Welsh bars on shipment being 71. 10s. per ton.—Silurian. REPEAL —SIR W. HO MAN. -- Sir William Jackson Homan, Bar:., of the county of Waterford, uncle to Lord Stuart de Decies, has pub:ished a letter, in reply to one from Mr. O'Connell, which enclosed the requisi. tion for the Monster Repeal Meeting, and requested the signature of Sir William thereto. Whilst expressing " admiration for the extraordinary talents and ability" of Mr. O'Connell, Sir William declares his determination not to join in the agitation for Repeal, and he states his reasons at considerable length, thus concluding:—" I should myself be a zealous Repealer at any sacrifice; but convinced as I am that repeal and separation are one and the same thing, which cannot be accomplished without ruin, I do not say to one or other, but, without distinction, to both countries, I cannot (though free to confess that Irish affairs have been too often negligently or ignorantly conducted) bring my miad to concur in the views of the requisition, so far as it relates to a repeal of the Legisla tive Union." TILE WEA THEit.—On Saturday morning at five o'clock, the thermometer at the ZnlC , gical-gardens in the Regent's-park stood at zero, being the coldest period of the season. A thermometer in St. John's-wood regis tered 1 deg. below that point between Friday evening and S ourday morning. During Friday night the tem perature of the giraffe house averaged from 47 deg. to 51 deg., the elephant house 35 deg. to 37 deg., the repository 42 deg. to 47 deg., the monkey house 49 deg. to 50 deg., and the temporary repository 54 deg. to 55 deg. At Hackney, the thermometer at seven o'clock vvas 7 deg., whilst at 110(0 the temperature had risen to 26 deg. There was a slight thaw in the evening, the wiud having veered to the south, but at one o'clock on Sunday morning there ;vv., a very heavy fall of snow, which terminated about four o'clock, it having accumulated in many places from six inches to a foot in depth. On Sunday morning, at seven o'clock, the thermometer was 30 deg., and at noon it stood at 34 deg. There was in the afternoon a rapid thaw, which rendered traffic through the principal streets very inconveni , nt to passengers. The atmosphere was highly hygrometric; and the barometer sank considerably. Tlie Noah. mails from.Cheltenharn to Birming ham are to hfre put.upon the railway on the :Ali of „next month, on and afir whioh date the up mails will leave Gloucester at seven and nine p.m., and the down return mails start from Birmingham at three and five a.m., daily. fly this afrangtmtant Cheltenham ought to gain an hoar in the making up of the bags of the first north mail, which will be a great convenience to many persons rthn are in the habit of corresponding with Birmingham, and 0010 places further north, which arc dependent for the transmission of their letters upon the arrangements of the post-office of that town.—Clielienhant Looker on. THE PROVISION MARKETS.—It is q gratifying Net that the prices of some of the commodities of life amongst the puo fasrd tint adianfied proportionably to the inclemency of the season. Of potatoes, in Wilds a floe was anticipated, there is now in the river a supply calculated for two months, tiptiatds of one hundred vessels having arrived dnring the week from the different ports of Devonshire, Verkshire, and many parts of Scotland. It is remarkable that, amongst the supply, there has been but one vessel from Jersey, from which island potatoes of good quality have torltictlybeen introduced in large quantities. The supP l Y of Kentish hluei is ais7 restricted. The general average of white potatoes during the week stas and ot _ c a n frcm 803, to 903. per ton. The meat markets_ 7. reach of supplied, list at such a price as to put it oriao,iksh to e oar of the poor. Coale, too, e risen, and, ' Corn-laws, bread continues still at Abut, w ithout much tiaggetation, may be called a famin e p rie e. The experienced brokers, f in the country is not Finder' ott, say that the *took 0. teal is and who are to be de. much under 50,090,0 001 k, 'e equal to about a year . and hence it seems pretty clear, and a half's consumption; who ought to have been otter in formed, tea speetliation, es circumistar t .ce partly overlooked by the great leaders of bstoppage of the the importations of kept up at trade, a rate not much inferior to that of a period of amicable that, notwithatantltthl,,,,,etahretiacplepahraein,et relations with the Chinese. THE LATE MURDER OF 'AIR. WESTWOOD, is PRINCES.STRUET.-A paragraph has during the past week gone the round of tho daily papers, stating that at length a clue has been obtained to the discovery of the murderer of the late unfortunate Mr. Richard Westwood, the watchmaker in Princes-street, Soho, in the person of a man who had recently beets convicted of felony at Hull, in whose possession some of the stolen watches had been found. The paragraphs also went on to state that the indi vidual in question was also suspected of having been the murderer of Eliza Gri.inwood, in the Waterloo-road. From the inquiries we ha vs made on the subject wo have reason to beheve there is tto truth in either of these awe . meats.—Obbarver. :hem S TT AJ a t. ~ ...~< ~~~ f ~-• •~ „ 7 ~~: mo '''t' :~ MORN ING .:~~ THE EGYPTIAN SYSTEM. Thc Pacha knew noticing of cotton-spinning, but ! every body arcund him was willing to humour his whim, and profit by his ignorance. He paid like a prince for old lead, and worthless French machinery, which was perpetually going out of repair, and which there were no arrangements for mending. Poor Fellah peasantry in the lowest state of ignorance were seized on en mane to work them and imprisoned in the factories till two kind-hearted kinsmen or friends came forward to go bail for each, that they would not run away. Those who had no friends suffered perpetual imprisonment there, and the whip was employed asprimum mobile. They were allowed nominal wages of about 3i d. per day, but their accounts were only settled about every 12 or 13 months. Mean , time they were advanced one-third in the shape of bread as an allowance for subsistence on account at the rate of about I ,id. per day. The poor wretches were n o i rly ; givenowe (i the oa h e gm rs o e bread nopoly o from supplytlieP;bicrbta'ilsebnaoktenri,ntavilio w profittis of their ~07 They t it:).li h (r! ' ss ' ; v iri l t . f i l l ie n: rpra t e e e tl i a :d i a o7ll ; ine i l i k a a i; t, :r1 :1,13 ( 1 1 ,1 . :1 o ,,is i s eb t ' a i l l r ' i tit o i e lii, r ,et c ky a l ot i : o a r t it r x i , t g e elis e l re e te d eag s i articles, starvation, fib e tlatbl m f tii o lgoie r ie: ' sl, ' ide ilsaft3ooanarrenich,kttiall:elen'i external o t price." e t is%rlro, l ene i rnr s ra l e a thoroughly dependent on the baker for suhaistence ; and tshen lie was out of fuel or flaur, or, p•radventure, ;vas oe a journey, they were left. to .uffer the pains of hun ger as they plied their loom';. lam assured that in one cif the best regulated factories under English superin tendence, it has been no uncommon thing to find them left without food froth breakfast time on Monday till supper time on Tuesday ! When the managers found the shuttles or mules moving faintly, and inquired the cause, they would perhaps find the poor patient wretches starving! Bat they could not mend mat ters ; complaints were useless. They were working trl the Paella's system, and, if they wished to keep their men naive, they must put their hands into their own purses, and send to their own baker for a letskst full to distribute in charity among theni. Of course, Dr. Bats ring was not permitted to see such sight's, Neither did he see how the poor workmen were provided for per force, when they were getting naked, by the distribution of pieces of calico among them at " Paella's price ;" nor how they were supplied tv:th beef at prime cost when a mill ox caught the plague or the stasgers, and after years of labour became insensible to the lash! The Nazir must square his accounts at all events ; arid the most approved plan was to cut the deceased bul lock's throat, cut bins up into fragments, and ch a rge these to the workman's accounts at a rate that would repay the Pacha for what the anim a l cost years ago. This is a point in the Egyptian factory SI seem to which English civilization hes not yet attained. The happy result is, that the cattle may be neglected, over driven or starved in the work, and still the Nazir's he lance-sheet shall exhibit no defalcatio n ! Dmilatless your manufacturing readers will stare at the mention of cotton spinning mechinary impelled by oxen. Mais pc voulez eons ? The Pacha would have man efact ores ; but he had no fuel in Egypt for steanaengines, and no fall for water-wheels, except in the very bed of the Nile ; so he was obliged to content himself with oxen, although the act of changing or stopping for an ins; snt altered the cards and spoiled the work. Tne Paella, too late, found that he was riding a very expensive hobbyhorse, and so economy became the watchword in the factories. No time was allowed to clean the ma chinery ; even wiping it was declared a dead loss, for so much oil was carried away thereby (independent of what teas stolen and eaten by the hall.famishNl work men,) and at last it became a point of emuiation 1 to work the driest and most squeaking in ichinery. The managers, who complained of this to " the Council of Public In 4 ruction," got the charac ter of wasteful fellows. If they found a good worktn in or an industrious hand in their factorier, .arel recom mended that his wages should be increased, to make a distinction between him and the idle and incompe tent, they were censured as innovating spendthrifts. Then to mend the matter, when recruits were wanted the pressgangs were sent to the cotton-mills, and often took away those who had learned something of the management of the m ichinery. Various practical re forms were suggested by the English managers and en gineers, which all stuck fast in tho " Council of Pub lic Instruction," or in one of its subordinate divans, composed of men who knew no more of manufactures or machinery than so many donkeys. The result was that everything got gradually worse and worse, until at last the Paella's 44 manufactories died a natural death. Despite all the expenses bestowed on the manu facture, he never could produce one article fit for the market,and I know, as afact, that his cotton-twist sent to Bombay, and thence to Calcutta, was returned to Cairo as unsaleable. " They wouldn't have it at no price." We need not wonder at this. The cotton had been wrought from the first amid dust and dirt, damp or sunshine, ,lust as It • hazogued,- , Grid the waste was worked up with it by order. of the Council of l'ubli.:, , Instruction and its fihere of Divans, on economical -- grounds. Not the slightest attentioe was paid to tem perature in the manufactories, and the working popu lation were left in such a destitute condition, that the superintendents were occasionally obliged to keep a pig's foot lying in the oil for the machinery, to pre vent its being used for food by them. Toe manu facture of silk stuffs has been similarly abandoned, and the factory of Houdsel-Marsoud, in Cairo, is the only place where muskets and small arms are now fabricated. The citadel there, and the arsenal here in Alexandria, rested from their labours in that hear (except to execute repairs) even before the recent visit and convention of Commodore Napier. NOTES - 1 7 11071f PARIS. FEMALE SCAv ENGERS.—:STIa7r,e upon France, lilscly styled by the i f t e s r b r i a i c a e n t i s s leg Trial "he Para d o i c s c e u p o a f t i o W n nl unut," England never imposed on her most worthless dau g hters. Only the young and bard) , of the st r o nger sex a re em ployed in the paria traie of scavenger in England, none others being fit to cope with the discr)mfort of stifling dust in summer, and continual mud in winter. The streets of Paris, however, at this moment offJr the most distressing spectacle of age I and decrepit women, toiling by dozens in the wet, heavy mud, with hich their miserable clothing also is saturated ; a drip ping broom or shovel is alternately placed in the girdle on their backs, and their wrinkled tcatures aro scarcely discernible through the splashings of crowds of carriages, which, whirling rapidly among these feeble old creatures, seem continually to threaten the miserable remnant of their days. There can scarcely be imagined a more deplorable spectacle than these aged women toiling at such heavy work without the assistance of men, and held so low in the consideration of the* volatile crowd that they arc not unfrequently thrown deign by heedless drivers. Another class of work which frequently falls to the lot of aged women is the fatiguing and chilly labour of carry ing water, during the severe weather, to houses whessi the fountains and pumps are frozen. As some of the fa milies supplied live on the fourth or filth floors of the tall houses, the treadmill task of the infirm poor creatures is hardly paid by tho two sous charged per bucket. A this d class of severe labour, often imposed on womens here , is the sawing and cutting up of wood for fuel, which they do in all weathers in the exposed and windy court-yards. At the wood-stores purchasers can only procure wood in large pieces as it conies irons the forest ;it is therefore a trade to cut up the blocks. into convenient lengths for the fire-places, and near the wood stores is generally seen a collection of men and women, waiting to be engaged for that purposo• The women are singularly expert with their slurp little , saws, which glide rapidly through the logs placed on a cross•legged stand like a portable garden chair ; they then, unassisted, carry heavy loads of the cut w ood to its destination in the cellars or up the eternal stairs, and finally, with a few sous, and the mighty perquisite of the saw-dust, they set off happy and singing to seek a similar toil. FASHION OF BEARDS.—The hideous aisguise of men wearing their beards unshaven is becorn!rig very pre,- valsnt in France. At all times mustachios and %yids boutt a o t f present the use of the razor is go ia in a g e, or by a public ' . "ail kers have been cherished here ; . d ub a l if you go to a p at least half the men with ia ' cryle fashion may be I passable passaahe ire allowed to grow. Now this d, never having veyance, you will fin - I been cut, is the East, where the of bear uniform flexible, flowing; sin d one me with the hair , different is the . case . among Europeans, whose but far into bristles beards are converted from having been early shaved , a nd these bristles are of every t i nt from b lack, b r own, red, yellow, drab, to whit e . I n t h e a rusts-,a rmy there is no regulation on this point, and in the same re giment you will see some officers with small mustachios o nly, some with long pointed ends like awls, others with merely a tip on the under lip, others with a fringe of whiskers entirely round the chin, and some faces iii which one may look in vain for mouth or chin, so com pletely are they buried in the whole beard. Then, there are peaked beards, and squared beards, and rounded beards ; smoothed beards and curled beards ; beards "dressed with oil" (like Fontenelle's asparagus); beards polished with blacking, called cirage de Loan? ; [was ds steeped overnight in sugar unel water to snake them crisp ; in fact, from the abomination of the long beards, and the abomination of the equally long hair behind, it is sometimes difficult when the hat is on to distinguish 1 the front from the back I—Morning1—Morning Chronicle. ra i t l r e ic l k ia , s w b e e n e , n A t d ri a u r m e, pl z a: i l t t i l , y ke s a u le c , ce t s i F le - TRANQUILLISATION- OF THE COUNTY Ow LimMr:K.—Mr. Steele has just returned in a chaise =a pt down tile distui be: s. Thie n isu l t e ir. ti a te n l ia t e v:; rr i o i eoornl l i a lic ur o e f l. & n . &e., organized themselves into n(l)iinngelart''dary7ll:re:a k l , o the iirillt; ten frotn a person in the of Croom, were re,turned, and at that town, he will Limerick Reporter. e git p . a lo ism y t i co l ci all that t.sitlii have ~a,O e ti l h 3 o , 2net;:sttlit. ......., DF,ATII PROM COLD.-A report reaclicd town oil Wednesday, that a murder had been committed near Silettleston. Immediate inquiry was made by the autho rities, when it was ascertained that a man had been found en the rose} near that village dead ; but on examinatieti by A bl‘fr;CCl(l, we Undi , rrtati the d•-tili opt,lerrd in ticao boot caused by expoKre to cold....6eotgish Guardian. v. , r ' r i nse in the ‘lfeen Errol. Fanny r Ms our of e ning• ft rho of left of th° ,i f iloP ,note. Y ernor day at Flp ve , ne oi l rr, fro , d t his to .ar o ' l nd fr .k, S tir Nobi l wo .1 , k 1 :14 ~~ I