The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-08 00:00:00

" %'F: N' NG- RDIIMN. EARTHQUAKE AT ZANTE. ZANTE, OCT. 31 —Scarcely twenty-fours have elapsed since we experienced a shock of earthquake, which has iniolved the loss of many lives and a considerable de struction of property. As yet we are here ignorant of the full extent; of the injury; sustain -dj in the island. Reports are hourly arriving of entire villages having been laid prostrate. 1 should premise that all the troops (ex cepting 100 men quartered in the town) are stationed in the castle, a miserably fortified inclosure on the summit of a rocky eminence, which overlooks the town on one side and ar extensive plain on the other. I. leave not left the castle since the catastrophe, and will just'. tell you what fell under my personal observation. It was a few minutes after nine o'clock, and I had risen from the breakfast table and was leaning out of the win dow with a book in my hand, when I was startled by the rattling of tiles immediately over my head. I fancied it was some one walking upon them, glanced out, and was half smothered by a heap of bricks and mortar—the whole of the chimney had fallen. At the same instant I felt the floor tremble beneath me. All doubts of the cause immediately vanished. I rushed through an open door into the next room to gain the outside of the house; the outer door was shut and latched. In vain I strove to open it, it seemed to elude my grasp ; the walls, the floor, windows, and doors, Ap peared to swim before my eyes. The earth now heaved under me, and the house seemed to be swayed from side to side. I tore frantically at the door, which opened in wards, and darted into the open air just as a tremendous cash announced the fall of a portion of the walls. Who stall paint the scene which now presented itself? A low an ailing, and then a death-like silence, follow"' the thendering sound of the fell of buildings. During this abort but invhil pause of a few seconds, the crowds who lied rushed from their dwellings stood as if transfixed with horror and afright. Then suddenly arose the clangour of human tongues, the shouts of men, and the heart-rending screams of women, seeking their husbands and children. Never will that minute fade from my memory, still less cat, I forget those seconds during which I stood at the threshold of the deter, and as it seemed to me, of eternity. The earth yielding under my feet—the crash of ruin over bead and around me, escape apparently cut off—thos e 15 or 2 0 seconds seemed protracted into hours! 'I he sides of the rock on whicli we are perched arc so precipitous that, except from the walls of the castl e , th e town below is scarcely visible ; glancing my eye, however, seaward in the direction of the town, I observed several dense columns of dust rising, which sufficiently told that the destructioa was not confined to our immediate quarter. At this moment a child seven or eight years of age, the son of one of our sergeants, was borne along quite dead a bruised mass. Passing on, I observed a woman in an agony of apprehension, for her child was missing. In a few inornews he too was found, crushed to death under a pros rated wall. Providentially these appear to be the t hly fetal eases which have occurred in the castle. Bruises and contesiohs are numerous. Not a house up here has es cal.ed ; every wall which still remains standing is either erecked from top to bottom in sundry places, or is thrown out of tl:e perpendicular. All the plastering is shaken down both within and without. The only building which fermis an exception to the rest, being apparently unhurt, is the grand inag,zine, which is a well-built stone edifice. Ihe other magezincs, ordnance, and barrack stores are open to wind end weather. The great shock must have been of forty seconds' or a nib:ace's duration. It may assist you in forming sonic coaception of its violence, when I tell you that the piles o: e 4 inch shells on a msrtar battery were overthrown and se. ) ttered about. The highest point in the castle is an open plateau ; this is rent by fissures 40 or 50 yards long ; large pt,rti its of the parapet and loopholed wall have been overthrown, and the stone platform in a small bastion is breken up. I have been in barracks in England and Ireland, and have had a pretty long experience of them in Asia and Al, ice, Let never have I seen troops, men and officers,;thrust into such dogkennels as in this island of Zante. Nay, I have here sect, some of our men in hovels such as I would scarcely permit my dog to occupy, for two days—mud wells and a rtud floor, with huge stories projecting at intervals of 2or 3 feet. No windows nor chimney— one-third of their number without beds, a deficiency of blankets, not a tab's nor form, and the men positively obliged to lift the miserable door off its hinges and lay it ou the ground to serve us a table for them to take their meals ; nor are the officers more fittingly provided for. 'I he inconveniences to which we were exposed on arrival here mire unpardonable. Since these islands have been under It itish protection Zante has had a garrison ; there. futiog eccommrxlation should have been provide:l for them. Barracks never have been built here, but these ntimereble hovels have been rented for the troops to the annoyance of all parties. By a fortunate coincidence, the very day, and almost the hour, tv hie!: brought the earthquake, brought to our shores the Lord flight Commissioner Sir Howard Doug. las. He had left Cerfu by steam on the preceding day, for the purpose of inspecting us, and was within half an hour's run of the Mole when the shock was experienced. It was sens,bly felt on board the steamer, arid any doubt as to its origin was dispel:ed by the clouds of dust rising from landslip; along the shore, and the fall of houses. His Excellency landed imme diately, and set forth to ascertain the amount of injury dune both in the town and castle. Accompanied by his own and the ordnance staff of the island, he made is minute examination of all the buildings forbade their occu pation, advised that the men should bivouac under such shelter as they could procure for the night, until perma nent atran e eements could be made. The engineer was desired to draw out the necessary reports, and by evening an express was despatched to Corfu for the chief engineer. The berreck-master has received authority to hire any cli. gitole buildings in town which may be available. The company quartered in the town, who were as summarily ejected front their tenement as we were from ours, have taken possession of the Opera-house. It is a large wooden edifice—the safest of any in town, and therefore not to he despised. One hundred more of our men have this morn. ing marched into town, to occupy a house which has stood this severe test. The remainder of us are either in tents or bivouac until accommodation can be provided. Nov. 2.—The steamer is not yet in, so I resume. We are kept in constant apprehension ; the shocks still con tinue at frequent intervals. Yesterday, at 5 p.m., whilst taking our hasty dinner in the open air, we were startled by . iow rumbling under ground, which was immediately suc ceeded by a violent shock, which has levelled some more buildings. In the meantime clouds are gathering and everything promises a heavy fall of rain. This only is wanting to complete our discomfort. The tents will afford little pro tection to our beds; we shall be soaked, and the howcs now tottering told fall in upon our goods and chattels. We arc busy in digging trenches round the tents, and driving spare tent-pegs. His Excellency is to inspect us on the Mole this even- He slerp4 on board the steamer every night, anti purposes remaining here until after the arrival of the English mail. I went into town on Saturday night. Large portions of rock had been detached and rolled down from above, blocking up the Venetian-road. A stone archway near the tarp of the road had fallen in. Some of our men hzd a providential escape here. Nine o'clock is the hour for guard-mounting.' The guards, on Friday mo rn i ng , h a d just r eached this point ott the road, on their route to tt , tva, tile leaving guard bad passed through the archway, uh•r: at that very moment the whole mass of masonry came down. One huge block struck the bayonet and firelcek of the last man of the guard. His arms, were, of cour?e sloped. The bayonet is bent round, the barrel and par of the stock crushed. Our band was likewise on the road, some distance in advance, Here there were hou s es o t each side. They describe to me the houses as rocking to and fro. Some walls fell in just at their rear ; nothino was struck except the bass drum, which was stove in. DEATH FROM THE VAPOUR OF CHARCOAL. —On Thursday morning a fatal accident. occurred in the Archbishop oft. Canterbury's Palace, Lambeth, amongst the numerous workmen who have been employed for some months past in the repai rs an d embellishment of that edi fice. It appears that, on Thursday morning, the painters repaired to their work as usual. Mf,st of them had been out holiday-making the previous hieht, and bad net had any rest. Owing to the intensil of the cold, they heated a large pan of charcoal in the rooms in which they were at l ec rk. Between eleven and twelve o'clock, the forem'n of the workmen discovered several of his men sleeping in the room in which the charcoal was burning, and at that tin e the state of Cie atmosphere was such as seriously to affect the breath, she doors having been closed for a eon steerable length of time. L was with the utm os t diffi cu l ty that the In, n coo d be roused, and two of them were app le _ Two medical gentlemen were p rompt l y i n renily life.e s. atte; d.nce, who, kr a considerable length of time, adopted m asuies of restore:ion, and after the lapse of some time one of the men was restored to sensibility, but all hu man efforts proved unavailing with the other. The name of the deceased is John Thomas Dobenson. Ile was a painter, twenty-three years of age, and was a remarkably flue, ro b us t y ou ng man. The surgeons who were called iu are decidedly of opinion that, had not the men been discovered at the time they were, the whole of them must have perished from the noxious vapour. It is supposed, although not fully proved, that the unfortunate deceased was in a state of intoxication at the time he fell asleep. The other man is in a fair way of recovery. The bod y o f the deceased at present lies at the Palace. He was a sin gle man. Information of the occurence has been for warded to the parish authorities, and an inquest will be held on the bcdv. HEALTH OF TIIE NIETROPOLIS.—The parish authorities of Whitcchapel have extensively flees, calling up on circulated no the inhabitants, under a wholesome clause of the new Police Act, to thoroughly cleanse and whitewash th eir houses, or otherwise ,threa tenin g the with the penalties of the law. no par parch wasth is pre caution more needed, particularly in the wretched and ventilated street in the neighbourhood of Wentworth-street and Brick-lane , where small-pox and fev er o f a low typ h o id character have latterly been very pr eva l ent. The cir cular solic!ts int.rrnationi from any party on the existence of I:niSanCe 3 may prove detrimental to the public health Although the period of :he year is not very conducive to thc spread of contwgiows diseases or the propagation of niiasm yet in unhealthy and ill-ventilated houses and apartments the danger is greatly augmented. The Toulonnllis has the following singular story horn a correyondent at Algiers:—" During the Marshal Valve's last expedition one of our chassours found near the tents of a tribe we were ravaging a sack of con. aid rabic magnitude. Without seeking to know its con tents he fastened it on the crupper of his horse. Ere long, to his utter astonishment, he heard a human voice issue from his burden, tied dissolved the mystery. On opening the sack he dis covere d a b eautiful f ema l e, b e t sveen 16 and 17 years of age, and a valise containing about 10.000 francs. It appears that the young woman was the wife of an Arab, uho had thus packed her up with his as his two g reatest va!uable s , b ut i n his terror had abandoned them both. The soldier placed his living prize on one of the ammunition waggons, and divided the motley with his comrades." LONDON: FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1641. The Morning Post has become an advocate of free trade, apparently without knowing it. It con tained yesterday an article on money, which might. have been written, as far as its principles are con cerned, by Mr. COBDEN. It said,—" The prin ciple of regular supply and steady prices is free competition in production, in distribution, and in. exchange." The italics are its own. What is: this but the principle of free trade? Free compe tition in production is the promoter of regular supply and steady prices. Thank you, Post. For this we have long contended as to the Corn laws, and you have contended against what you now admit to be the fact. Free competition is the principle of regular supply and steady prices. A sentiment which, being found in a Tory journal, is worthy of being printed in letters of gold. The article goes on to contend, as we free-traders have heretofore contended, against the theory that a currency must be made to fluctuate, exactly us it would were it a metallic currency. We have shown the absurdity of such a theory, by stating the simple fact, that the use of paper is to supersede metal, which sets free the quantity of labour and capital required to procure metal. It increases business, and diminishes the value of metallic money, by making less serve, and •Bo puts an en d to the e metallic standard. The Pvst, agreeing with us, states — t, T o s ay th a t th e currency ought, if possible, to be made to fluctuate as it would do were it exclusively metallic, is to say, in fact, that prices ought to be nzacte to fluctuate, far beyond th e bounds of what is 'natural and right, by law." It ascribes then, tot>, as we have repeatedly done, the fluctuatiQns in prices, beyond what is natural and ri g h t, to the law. It also traces t h ese fl uctua - LIOIIS to the ts plain reason, that in every country the pri ce ot , one at least of the two metals must be fixed ba /ate:, The context of the article shows that t h e word must is irony, for the Post, quoting some unkno wn pamphlet, says— The con sequence (of fixing th e p r i ce o f go ld) is very obvious. If, at the time of such a demand, the price of gold is higher in the foreign markets than our Mint rice (which, gold being our standard, and not the standard of other nations, Canntlt M U , however their price may vary) the whole supply must go front England—no matter how short may be her supply— and down must go our currency, and down must go our prices ; and down must go our credit and our com merce, our manufacturers and our merchants. We have more than once denounced the lie decreed by law, that gold shall always be worth so much per ounce, and here is what the new convert to free trade facetiously says on the subject : These wise men of the west make monetary laws by which they bind themselves to buy our gold, or sell us theirs, to any amount, be it ever so scarce with them—be it dear or be it cheap in other markets—at a fixed undeviating price ; and when we happen to find a market which enables us to ease them at their utmos. need of a few millions, and to fob, by way of profit, four or five per cent., in their compunctious visitings they fall to work, like monks or maniacs, to flagellate and slash themselves! So the Tory Post speaks of the Tory law, or Tory lie, that gold shall always be worth 3/. 17s. 4d. per ounce I After such observations we do not despair of seeing the Post become an advocate for the repeal of the Corn-law, in order to ensure steadiness of price, and fullness of supply, by free competition. Before we leave our Contemporary, who has so ignorantly blundered into right, he will allow us to in form him that there exists a certain work on popu lation, written by one Mr. MA LTHUS, which is of high authority amongst the Tories, of which the main principle is, that population has a tendency to outrun subsistence, and that, therefore, it is the height of folly for any Government to undertake the task of providing comfortable employment, or em ployment of any kind, for all the people. If our Contemporary had been acquainted with this cir cumstance, he would have spared the public the following oracular words :—" The comfortable em ployment of our large population ought to be the first consideration with every wise and benevolent statesman." What do statesmen know about employment ? In the progress of society new arts are continually springing up, such as lithography, gas-lighting, steam-engine making, &c. &c., which provide much profitable employment for the people, of which the statesman is ignorant. He only hears of the exis tence of these employments after they have grown to considerable extent, and his object in general is to protect the old employments, such as agri culture, prevent the new from succeeding. All statesmen are, to a great extent, Conservatives, and inimical to the new branches which society is al ways sending forth. We, therefore, deny alto gether that it is the object of statesmen to consider the employment of our population. Their duty is much more limited. Let them content them selves with protecting each and, all the people in their respective rights, without interfering to enrich one class at the expense of another, and the people, if benevolent statesmen will condescend to let them alone, will find employment for themselves. It is scarcely our business to defend the Minis ters from the charge made against them by the Standard, that they have pardoned FROST. if they have done so, their conduct would not require de fence—it might be deserving praise. They would have shown some deference to the prayers of seve ral hundred thousand persons, who have taken a deep interest in behalf of Mr. FROST. If he had been tried and found guilty of some abominable crime, against which " all nature cries aloud," he would have met with no sympathy ; but he was tried for a political offence, which becomes by suc cess no offence at all ; and though he was terribly mistaken—most unsuccessful—yet because _an im mense number of the people have come to look on the Government more as their enemy than their friend, his attempt has found much sympathy in every part of the empire. If the Ministers, like the Tories, mean to despise and endeavour to crush the great multitude of his friends, they ought, like the Tories, to take every opportunity to sabre and hang them ; but if they think the millions worth a little soothing attention, they would not have done wrong, now that Mr. FROST is removed to the an tipodes, and can do no more mischief, had they lightened his sufferings. We do not think it our business, therefore, to defend them from the accu sation of the Standard : we should rather be in clined to praise them, were it true. We are sickened by the tawdry, brawling cant of these Tories. They rave against the conduct of FROST, which we now condemn, as we always con demned it, and they glory in the Manchester mas sacre, which has ever since endangered the peace of the empire. They vehemently condemn the violent language of the Chartist leaders, and they applaud the foolish fallacies which Sir ROBERT PEEL pro pounds,—not being convinced by them himself, and therefore the more dishonest,—to justify his party in preserving the Corn-laws, which annually starve more people than FROST could ever assemble. The total disregard of the Tory Journals for human life and for human happiness, when either stands in the way of their pet schemes of government, makes us look with abhorrence on their odious and hypocri tical attempts to excite animosity against the Minis ters by charging them with having pardoned FROST. We know nothing of the particulars of his case, further than we have already stated. Every person, however, knows that transported felons on arriving at New South Wales are assigned by the Governor to individuals, or employed in gangs for the public service. Some are assigned to agriculturists, some to merchants. Some labour in the fields, others at the desk. It is highly probable from the nature of his education and acquiremetits, that Mr. FROST may have received the latter destination, and also probable that some such assignment is the founda tion of the charge made by the Standard, and of the anathemas heaped on the Ministers by several Tory journals, because they are supposed, without any reason whatever, to have ordered the liberation of Mr. FROST. The conduct of the Tories should, however, teach the Chartists that the support they have given to the Tories has not in the least les sentd the hostility of their ancient oppressors. For months many of the Chartists have been making common cause with the Tories to turn out the Whigs. They now know how the Tories hate them. Should they succeed, their reward will pro bably be that lIIOST will be set to work with a chain gang, and that those who most contribute to the success of the Tories will be as speedily as possible, on some pretext or other, sent after FROST. The French 'Journals of Wednesday have been received, but their contents are of little political or commercial interest. More snow had fallen in Paris on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, than had been witnessed since the winter of 1814. Nearly all the Southern mails were in arrear, so that no news was received from the provinces. The fortifications of Paris are to be continued without further delay or interruption. Strange as it ray appear, the Commerce is the only journal which has the judgment and the honesty to proclaim these works are desighed to bridle the disaffection of the Parisian Liberals, not to protect the capital of France from what it is never again likely to experi ence, the invasion of a foreign enemy. As to the inconsistency of providing against the occupation of Paris by a victorious foreign enemy at the very moment when the French Journals arc threatening all Europe with the yoke of France, it appears to have escaped every publicist in France. In the Chamber of Peers on Tuesday, M. GuizoT contrtnicted the statement that King Lours PHILIPPE, when Duke of Orleans, had protested against the abolition of the Salique Law in Spain by FERDINAND the Seventh. The question in no way concerned the Duke, and NOTICE. " THE CHINA. SUN" Is RE-PUBLISHED THIS DAY, with the NEWS from CHINA, JUST ARRIVED Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at the Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. IN PROGRESS, THE RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in thQ United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Empire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. TIIE STATESMAN NEWSPAPER OF SUNDAY the 10tH January, will contain, O'CONNELL'S POLICY, in a LETTER from COLONEL PERRONET THOMPSON, being the first of a Series that will appear in this Journal. EXPOSURE of the TEETOTAL FALLACY—the Hospitals of the Metro polis, by a Physician, with a greater number of original arti cles than any other Paper. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXL VI. Will be published NEXT WEEK. •ONTENTB. 1. COLONEL NAPIER'S HISTORY of the PENINSULAR WAR. DR WAAGEN'S LlFEand GENIUS of RUBENS. 3. WRONGS and CLAIMS of INDIAN COMMERCE. 4. LOCKHART'S HISTORICAL and ROMANTIC BALLADS of SPAIN: with ILLUSTRATIONS. 5, PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY on the CUSTOMS' DUTIES —EFFECTS of the PROTECTIVE SYSTEM. 6. EXPEDITION to the NIGER—CIVILIZATION of AFRICA. 7. I- INANCIAL STATE of the PUBLIC ROADS. A. LEIGH HUNT'S COMIC DRA3IATISTS—WYCHERLEY, CONGREVE, &c. 9. FRANCE and the EAST. London: Longman, Orme, and Co. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black. Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., THE BOOK WITHOUT A NAME By SIR CHARLES and LADY MORGAN. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE NAVAL SURGEON, By the Author of " Cavendish," " The Flying Dutchman," Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Alarlborough-street. FOR INVALIDS AND TOURISTS. Just ready, in I vol. with numerous Illustrations, THE SPAS OF ENGLAND, and PRINCIPAL SEA-BATHING PLACES. By Dr. GRANVILLE, --- Author of " The Spas of Germany," " St. Petersburgh," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. TREATRE ROYAL, GAREN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT COVENT of MADAME D VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 8 Will be presented Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma thews ; Ford, Mr. Cooper ; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Ann Page, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. C. Jones. After which, The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be .... repeated, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. __ . . Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Mo*Plli ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. To-morrow, The Midsummer. Night's Dream, with The New Pantomime. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to iommence at Seem o'Clock. Titkete and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, 4, the Box-office, frqm Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may De had upon application. Dross Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, as. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. s. ; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes to be had sorely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The proud pre-eminence acquired at this Theatre by the supe rierity of the pantomimicaf effects, is more than ever realized by the amasing hit of the Royal Pantomime. `The most brilliant overflows have been attracted by the present Per formances. THIS EVENING, JAN. 8. Will be represented a New Domestic Drama, entitled MARTHA WILLIS, THE MAID SERVANT. Martha Willis, Mrs. Henry Vinins. Supported by the entire strength of the Company, After which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantem; .me, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE ; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the unrivalled Artistes, the Boleno Family; Mr. Southby, the Original Cloam ; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astonishing Gyn•nastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Fran coni 's, at Paris, will perform : concluding with Brunning's Grand Dioramic Synopsis of Syria. THEATRE ROYAL VICTORIA. ON MONDAY NEXT, JAN. 11, Will be produced, with New Scenery, Machinery, and Deco rations, Mr. J. T. Haines' New Domestic Drama of power ful interest, entitled, THE YEW-TREE RUINS, or THE WRECK, THE MISER, AND THE MURDERER. Cain Kynan, Mr. Haines; Valentine Trevalian, Mr. Hicks; Sir Alfred Penreugh, Mr. Dale ; Beatrice Penreugh, Miss E. Montague. To conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JACK OF NEWBURY, or BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP, and the OLD WOMAN of BERKELEY. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Columbine, Mademoiselle Gooder ham ; Clown, Mr. Blanchard ; Pantaloon, Mr. Ashbury. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. Mcrniiig 52 rnieutes after 2. I Evening 17 minutes after 3. The Publication of t e Evening Edition of Till Suit com menced at 20 minutes after Three. 5 1 V , 0 0 ;7 •, ;.4 411 111 ' • - - ZAg un+ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY. JANUARY &1, 1841. though he might entertain a strong opinion upon the subject, he did not express it. A rumour prevailed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday evening that a courier had arrived that morning from Madrid, which he left on the 31st ult., with despatches stating that ESPARTERO had resigned the Regency, and that an insurrection had taken place in the Spanish capital, which obliged him to fly for his life. We do not credit one word of this rumour. The despatches of which the Spanish courier was the bearer had reference to the settlement of the navigation of the Douro question through the friendly mediation of Great Britain, whose proffered good offices were frankly accepted as soon as tendered by the Cabinets of Madrid and Lisbon. We suspect the story of the insurrection to be one of those stockjobbing inventions so shame fully prevalent in Paris. The Journal des Debats has a clever business like article on the commercial interest of the differ ent European Powers in the settlement of the East ern question. According to the Debats political in fluence in Egypt can be useful to no Power not having immense possessions in India. Now France having but about forty-three millions of francs em ployed in trade beyond the Cape of Good Hope, which is not greater than the value of her trade with Turkey alone, has very little interest in sacrificing her wealth to maintain a political domination in Egypt. Arguing on these data the Debals proves that influence in Egypt is an hundred thousand times more necessary to England than to France. It is admitted to be one of the great objects of M. Gutzor's policy to substitute a new Treaty for the settlement of the Eastern question for the Treaty of July. The Emperor of RUSSIA, think ing, no doubt, the quarrel a very pretty affair as it stands, refuses to make any modification in the Treaty to please France: Lord PALMERSTON said nothing—so at least say the German and French papers. But it is not such a peaceful victory as M. GUIZOT seeks to achieve, that will satisfy the French press. On the contrary the journals shout in chorus against any and every Treaty intended to restore harmony among the Great Powers. They will have war or nothing. Only blood can wash out the stain which the national honour has received, in not being allowed to dic tate to all Europe. But we have happily discovered that the Journals neither represent the opinions of the French Court, the French Legislature, nor the majority of the French people. As for the Treaty of July, France having admitted the justice of the principle it embodies, we see no reason for refusing to substitute another far it, if such a concession will put France in a good humour with her neigh bours. Some concession is certainly due to M. GUIZOT and his colleagues for the firmness dis played by them under the most . trying circum stances in which statesmen could be placed. The KING, too, has established claims to the gratitude of every friend of peace ; and if such gratitude can be manifested by the abandonment of a Treaty which is fast dying a natural death, in Heaven's name let the required concession be made with a good grace, and thus save Europe the expense of further armaments. The Emperor Nicholas has conferred the order of St. George of the second class on Admiral Stoplord. The Moniker publishes a letter dated Corunna, the 19th ult.,containing some particulars of the loss of the Clyde, British steamer, by fire, on her passage from Newcastle to Gibraltar. She was brought into Corunna still burning ; but her Captain, for some unaccountable reason, refused the aid offered bim, and the vessel would consequently be totally consumed. Fortunately no lives were lost. The St. Petersburgh Journals of the 24th ult. pub lish the imperial ukase of the sth, which authorized the Minister of Finance to conclude a new loan at 4 per cent, with the firm of Hope and Co., of Amster dam. The Commercial Gazette of St. Petershurgh contains the following official article :-- •• The Minister of Finance has heard that ill-inten tioned persons had spread a report that the cust6ms tariff was about to undergo important modifications to the prejudice of national industry. We accordingly inform the manufacturers that these reports are without the least foundation." The Augsburgh Gazette states that Don Miguel was on the point of renouncing his pretensions to the Throne of Portugal. He would continue to reside in Rome with the title of Majesty and Prince of Braganza, and would enjoy a portion of the revenues of the property he possesses in Portugal. Letters from Vienna of the 28th ult. state that orders had been sent to the Austrian naval forces on the coast of Syria to winter in the harbours of the Adriatic. Queen Christina arrived at Rome on the 24th ult., and alighted at the Hotel de Serny, in the Square of Spain. The Temps mentions," on unquestionable authority," that Mehemet Ali intended to abdicate, and probably in favour of his son Ibrahim. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—StrviNo 0? JAN. 4. The Chair was taken by the President at half•past one o'clock. Marshal Sebastiani took his seat on his re-election, and Admiral Lalande on his election. The Order of the Day was the discussion on the Bill for Abandoned Royal Roads. The Chamber proceeded at once to the articles of the Bill. Art. 1, declaring that these roads might, with the consent of the Councils General of Departments and the Municipal Councils of the Communes interested in them, be classed by Royal ordinance either among the departmental or vicinial roads, was put to the vote and adopted. Art. 2, par. 1, placing the roads which were not practicable under the control of the Administration of Domains, was also adopted. Par. 2, declaring that they might become the pro perty of the nearest landowner, upon a fair valuation, produced some discussion and two or three motions for amendment. It was eventually referred again to the Committee on the Bill for modification. A discussion of little public interest then ensued on the Bill for the Sale of Land and House Property under legal judgment. Several of the articles were adopted, and the Cnam ber then adjourned the discussion at a Quarter past Five. BOURSE.-PARIS. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prier. Price French 5 per Cents ..... ill 85 ... 111 90 ... - 111 80 ... 111 60 4 Der Cents 99 I)) ... 99 99 ..-, 99 90 ... 99 90 3 per Cents 77 35 'a 35 ... 77 20 ... 77 35 Bank of frame tullitte Bank I.ooof. Sh lO3O ...Dal ~.1035 ...11130 Belgian Bank 5 per Cents 93 ... 98 ... 98 ... 58 3 per Cents (.B 80 ... 69 80 ... 68 80 ... 68 SO New Loan 5 1 ,.‘iiish Active 25% ... 25% ... :AN ... 24si Passive 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... (i Portuguese 3 per Cents 21% ... 21% ... tl% ... 21% NeapolitAn lOl ... 101 ... 10, ... Jul Ruffian .... 99% ... 99N, ... 99% ... 99% RAILWAY SHARER. St G ermain Versailles.R. 13 405 ... 405 ... 405 ... 4 S L.B. 303 75 ... 207 50 ... 303 75 ... 307 50 Orleans .. ..«•«•••••••• 485 .... 48 7 50 ... 485 ... 487 50 Strasburg to Bale 246 25 ... 247 50 ... 246 25 .. 247 5) AcriLtEualGpleAbr,2l.siUpNerDCS;l3t.a.u.a..s.E..L..A. .. ........... .... 1 Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cunt .*....... .......... 96% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. BBy. 71044)) ................ 96% '3 per Cent . ~. f,9% Loan of City, IS:12, 4 per Cent ................... 90 Society of Cormnierce, 4 per Cent ......... I I() Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... .......... b 7 National Society. Exchange on Londow (short) .................. I I 95 —Brussels Paper s , Jan. 6. The Madrid Papers received are of the 30th ult. Most of the Journals were mad for a war with Portugal. It was con fidently believed , how ever, that the qu es ti on i n dispute—the Navigation of the Douro, would be amicably settled by Eng land. The following decree relative to the titles of the foreign debt, signed by the Minister of Finance, appeared in the _Madrid Gazette of the 29th : Art. 1. From this day is revoked the temporary measure of the Royal Ordinance of the 12th January, 1834, admitting the transferable inscriptions of debt in the Four and Five per Cents. to be converted into titles to the bearer of the same classes, the circumstance foreseen for the cessation of its effect having arrived. " Art. 2. The clauses of the 16th allele of the 6th December, 1824, are maintained ; I st, for the conver sion of titles to the bearer in nominative inscriptions payable at Madrid ; 2d, for the exchange of titles existing abroad for titles existing at Madrid. Necessary documents, the coupons of which bear the date of lot May a nd lot November, are to be prepared immediately. These new documents arc to bear the day of the date of delivery in exchange for the coupons, without any alteration of the dates of Ist May and Ist November. (Signed) .4 GAMBOA. " Madrid, Dec. 27, 1840." MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ( THIS DAY.) Griffiths, an Irishman, about 50 years of age, was charged with assaulting Elizabeth his wife. The complainant stated that through the prisoner's ill-treat ment of her, she had been obliged to live apart from him for several weeks past, but he having found out where she lodged, called on her on Wednesday evening, and prevailed upon her to live with him again. She ac cordingly was about getting some tea ready for him, when, without the slightest prcvocation, he struck her se veral slaps with his open hand on the face, and then seizing the fire-tongs, inflicted with all his strength a most dread ful blow on the left side of the head nearest the temple, which felled her to the floor, and for a time completely stunned her. On coming to herself, she found the blood was streaming from her head, and the prisoner was stand. ing beside her, sharpening a knife, and threatening he would butcher her, and she fully believed that he would have taken her life, or dreadfully mutilated her, but that her cries brought one of the lodgers to her assistance, on which the prisoner made his escape out of the house. He, however, returned on the following morning, and sold off all her furniture. Thu lodger in question corroborated the complainant's statement Mr. LONG said the case was such a serious one, that he should not dispose of it in a summary way, but should send it to the sessions. The prisoner was accordingly committed for want of bai THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY) CORN EXCHANGE. This week's supplies of Wheat and Barley have been fah, and considerable of Oats from Ireland. The frost continues very severe, with the probability of the naviga tion of the river being speedily closed. The buyers were indisposed to purchase, and prices of all articles may be considered nominally the same as on Monday last. Rather more done this week in the Flour trade. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply was very short, with a brisk trade, and our quotations were easily obtained. Beasts 284, Sheep 3 520, Pigs 317, Calves 99. Beef 4s to 4s 10d, Mutton 3s 81 to 4s 81, Veal 4s 8d to ss, Pork 5s 4d to ss. COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were limited, and privately the trans actions were limited; prices, however, underwent little variaticn. The arrivals have increased during the last two days. TEA MARKET. There was scarcely any business done in Tea, and prices had still a downward tendency ; indeed the present state of the markht it is difficult to give quotations.: TALLOW MARKET. The operations in Russian were on a small scale, but holders were not disposed to accept lower rates, either for parcels on the spot, or for delivery. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THISDAY LONDON, JAN. 8 —Wind this day at aocn light, N. E. airs, with a sharp frost and dense fog. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. Wind N. E.--Arrived the Eagle, Craig, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed the Aurora, Sandmark, for Rio Janeiro ; the Chri.stine, Louise, Moritzen, front Gtfle to Valparaiso, in going out of the harbour to-day, got on shore on Hamilton Bank, and remains, with a considerable list. A royal mast head, painted a light red colour, about four feet out of water, was passed to-day, Nab Light, S S. W. Second buoy of the Dean, N. by E. 2 E., about three-quarters of a mile from the buoy, in about twelve fathoms water, sup. posed to be the brig Alert, of Chichester, coal laden, which was off that port, 3d inst., during a violent squall, and has not since been heard of. SALCOMRE, DEC. 6.—Sailed Speedy, Wells, Azores. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.—Wind Variable.—Sailed the Orestes, Cook, for Sydney, New South Wales ; John Knox, Forrest, Calcutta ; Santon, Huxtable, do. ; At week, Robinson, Bahia; Lee, Boness, Jamaica; South America, Lowber, New York; Speed. Puntreath, Mo bile; May, Brown, Africa; Post Boy, Sovering, Azores; An iceberg was seen on the Bth ult. lat. 37, 24 S , lo i. 13133, E. Another on the 9th, by the lngleborough, from Bristol to Bombay. BRISTOL, JAN. 7.—Sailed Anson, O'Neil. Now York. WIIITHATEN, JAN. 6.—Sailed the Campbell, Wilson, Antigua ; Martha, Cowman, St. Thomas. JAN. s.—The Sarah Jane, Maitland, from Cuba, on shore at the back of the Docks, is discharging with little damage, and is expected off in a day or two. CLYDE. JAN. s.—Sailed the Prince Albert, Banks, fcr Calcutta; Dalhousie, M'Kellar, Trinidad; Eliza. Rankin, Honduras; Fironia, M'Lellan, Havanna ; and N ew Y or k Packet, Crawford, Havanna. ILFRACOMBE, JAN. 6.—The Zena and Harriet, White, from Newport to BarnstaPle was totally wrecked yesterday morning—Crew saved. CARDIFF, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Prince Albert, Goss, from Miramichi. MILFORD, JAN. 5. —lt hasblown very hard the last two days. 6.—Moderate.—The Lerwick, arrived here from Lerwick, reports the loss of a schooner and all hands in Studwell Roads. HULL, JAN. 7.—Wind N.N. \V.—Arrived the Clarissa Ann, Kolliye, from New Orleans : and Lady Constable, Lawson, Richebucto. The ire in the Humber has accu mulated during the last twenty-fours to an extraordinary extent, and it may be considered that all inland navigation is concluded fur the present. ABERDOVET, JAN. 7.—The Robust, Meadows, from Newfoundland to Liverpool has been got off and into Aberyst with. Off the Oid Head of Kinsale, Jan. 1, the Canton, Gib. san, from Quebec. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, 7' I VELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—WC have had en extensive demand for Cotton to-day at an advance, principally, of id. per lb. The sales 10,000 bags, and 5,000 are on speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, JAN. 7.—Eastern Counties, debentures, 51. 18.4. 6d. 51-; Grand Junction, half-shares, 51. 16s. 6d. ; Quarter Shares, 53} ; Great Western, 89 ; Half Shares, 644 ; Fifths, 11i 4; Liverpool and cheater, half shares, 901 ; London and 1 3;rmingham, 174 ; Quarter Shares, 28} ; Manchester and Birmingham, 26 ; Ditto and Leeds, ; Midland Counties, new shares, 15±; North Union, 831; South Eastern, 14k. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. Accounts from Athens of December 8, state that the Greek Government experience some uneasiness, and have givon orders to arm the citadel of Athens, and to furnish it with ammunition ; they have also placed cannon on other parts of the city. A whole reg - 'ment now mounts guard at the King's palace. Squadrons of cavalry are placed in different parts of the town. The Greek capital at present resembles a place of arms. The cause of these movements in not known. The Greeks loudly cry out for the Constitution that the Three Powers promised them by their protocols. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JAN. s.—The National Funds are stall in general favour; the Actions of the Society of Commerce have not been sought after so much as the other funds, and they were lower than yesterday. Ardoin's Spanish is lower than yesterday. Prices from Amsterdam of the 4th of January :—Two, and-a Half per Cents., 50i; Five per Cents., 961; Ar• dojo's Spanish, 22i. THE FUNDS. The British Funds opened rather flat. They left cfr yesterday at 891 I for the Opening, and may be quoted at present 891 for the Account. Reduced, same as it left off, 89k 9); Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock, 162 163; India Stock, 242 244. It was reported on the Bourse of Paris that an insurrec tion had taken place at Madrid, and Espartero was obliged to fly the capital. It has not as yet had any effect on the Spanish funds. Spanish Active 24 same as it left off; Deferred I2il ; Passive 6k ; Portuguese same as they left off, 311 321; Three per Cents.. 191. t",.ok ; Bra. titian 704 714: Colombian 234 24 ; Mexican 28} 29 ; Peruvian 144 154 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 504 ; Five per Cents. 984 Sitanes.—Great Western, 29 30 preen. ; New, 131 141 prem. ; London and Brighton, 6 51 die. ; Blackvrall, 44 3,1 dis. ; Birmingham, 83 85 prem. ; Southampton, 58 59 per share ; Croydon, 124 a per share ; Greenwich, 8 9 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 dis. Consols at present 89i 1; rather better than they opened at. PRICES OF SHARES Tills DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton London and South Western 3BL 59 ... to 584 North Midland, (New) JOINT slrocK BANKS. Australasia MINES. deal Del Monte, Registered Ditto Unregistered PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 5. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 97i ; Grand Canal Stock Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New, 1830 ...... 974 Ditto 4 per cent 34 per Cent. Debs. - • HALF-PAST ONE. We are still without arrivals to the present time, c,mse quently we have no intelligence to communicate. Con sols have been during the morning, alte rna t e l y b uyers and sellers, at 89a for the 15th of January. Reduced, 90 P•l9- 904.: Exchequer Bills, improved, 9 13 ; India Bends, 5 diA. ; India Stock, 244. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 24-il ; Portu guese 324 ; Colombian lower, 24 23 i ; Belgian 981. In both of the markets little doing. SHARES.—Great Western, 94A. 94; ditto New, 64i; London and Brighton 444; South Western 59 58i ; North Midland, new, 4) 41. The letters from India by the overland express not yet received. We are glad to observe that Colonel Ferguson is meeting with a hearty IA elcome in the Kirkcaldy Burghs• He has had various meetings with the electors, who seem to have been greatly pleased, both with his po litical sentiments and the frank way in which he expressed them. It is presumed he will be allowed to walk the course, as no other candidate has yet appeared. —Scotsman. MADAME LAFFARGE.—The Audience states that Madame Laffarge is to undergo her confinement for life in the prison of Cadillac, in the Gironde, and is there to be placed in the sell which was occupied by the woman Bancal. who obtained such horrible celebrity in the Fualdes me. The servant who has never quitted Madame Laffarge from her first arrest is not allowed to accompany her. " The prisoner," it adds, •' appears to be resigned to her fate, but shows some little repugnance at the idea of being obliged to wear the prison dress of gray cloth. She has addressed an affecting letter to the Queen, thanking her Majesty for saving her from being exposed on the pillory." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDiiiOR, THURSDAY.— Her Majesty accompanied his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the ice this morning, attended by the Duchess of Bedford, and the Hon. Miss 13/get. Lord John Russell left the Castle this morning. The Hon. and Rev. E. G. Moore, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Lady and Hon. Miss Mon tagu, will have the honour of dining with the Royal party at the Castle this evening. Lord John Russell returned to town yesterday after noon, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Lord Leveson returned to town on Wednesday, from a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at their seat, Broadlands, Hants. Lord Morpeth has left Dublin, for the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lilleshall, Shiffnal, Salop. Tile Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat lerterday. An appeal from the Isle of Man, " Chris tian v. Gibson," was heard and determined, Lord Brougham giving judgment on the part of their Lord ships, affirming the order of the Court below. An ap peal from Bombay, " Jeewunt Sing jee Übby v. Jot Sing jce Übby," was opened by Mr. Wigram, Queen's Counsel. PROFITS OF THE COTTON TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian.) A very important and interesting caseiwas last week tried before Mr. Sheriff Alison, in Glasgow, which threw con siderable light on the profits of the cotton trade. The Trustees of the Clyde Navigation bad obtained an Act of Parliament, in virtue of which they proposed to encroach on or remove the works of Messrs. Todd and Higgenbotham, at Springfield. Mr. Todd, the original proprietor of the works, is dead, and his representatives claimed for the land, from which they derived a feu (chief rent), in addition to his share in the value of the works. Mr. Higgenbotham, who was formerly an inhabitant of Manchester, had at tracted the notice of Mr. Todd by his business-like habits, at a time when the latter was becoming infirm, rather more than sit years ago. So imperfect were Mr. Higgen botbana's ideas of the value of the concern when Mr. Todd offered him a share to secure his services, thct he stipulated for a salary of -100/. per annum secured before he would remove. His modest ideas were destined to no small sur prise and expansion. Amongst the witnesses were several gentlemen from Manchester, who spoke to the effect of removal in dete riorating a business such as that of Mr. Higgenbotham, and attested the estimation which the firm enjoyed in the ma. nufacturing world. Among these were Mr. Daniel Broad. burst, Mr. William Hall, Mr. Alexander Glendinning, and Mr. Edward Grundy. We have neither room nor space for the evidence of these gentlemen, but the details furnished by the accountant were extraordinary. The works at Springfield contained 16;000 spindles, printing and Turkey.red dying works, and about twenty looms. The manufacture was entirely for the home market. The total number of bands employed was 889. The average annual consumption of drugs and dye stuffs, from 1835 to 1840 inclus►ve, was 29,2061. Average annual amount of furnishings for the same period was 4,556/. The average produce in the printing and dyeing department was 264,666 pieces, of 25 yards each. Sales 264,252. Leav ing a difference of only 414. In money the average annual sales amounted to 151,2641. In estimating the capital employed, we find that five per cent, interest on the whole was deducted before the net profits were taken ; and in the year 1840 that interest amounted to 5,4001., representing a capital of 108,000/. The interest, and all charges, including Mr. Higgen_ botham's 4001. per annum during the copartnery, being deducted, the average annual net profits for the six years, from 1835 to 1840, were 11,689/. The compensation tendered by the trustees was the mag nificent sum of 6,250/. ; afterwards reduced to 6,2301. The Jury found for Higgenbotham 43,733/. ; for Todd's executors 8,119/. One thing is tolerably clear from this disclousure, that even in the worst times money invested in print works, with judicious management, may make a prodigious return. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 5. —The average price of wheat last week wr s . lBl. 28c., and that of rye 111. 44c. per hectolitre. The import duty on wheat is 371. 50c., and on rye 211. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty on both is 25c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. Some time ago a quarrel took place at a tavern-keeper's in this city between three Englishmen, which rose to such a height that ono of them received several blows and wounds. This affair has been brought before the Correc tional Tribunal at Brussels. Edward Baring and Edward Reynolds were condemned in default of appearance each to six months' imprisonment and 16,francs fine for striking and wounding John Eaton. POPULATION OF BRUSSELS. 1839 Deaths 2,945 Births Excess of Births 1,574 1840.. Deaths 4 351 Births Excess of Birth! ....... 167 The number of inhabitants of Brussels at this moment is estimated in round numbers at 107,000. A letter from Hanover of the 28th of December, says— " Colonel Ridowitz arrived here from Frankfort, on the 25th, and had an audience of his Majesty on the following day. It is thought that the Colonel will not set out to morrow for Berlin. " The Princess of Restelitz, who assaulted a sentinel at Buckingham Palace is, nit bout doubt, the widow of a dis tinguished Hanoverian cavalty officer, who is by birth an Englishwoman, and one of her sons was implicated in the attempt to excite disturbance at Frankfort in April, and who was afterwards declared to be out of his mind." Her Majesty the Empress of Russia has given to the charitable institutions at Berlin her share of the property of her father, King William 111. The first copy of Whishaw's new work on Rail ways was purchased for his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &e., AT CHUSAN. —Wines, beer, provisions, and groceries of all kinds, are selling at a most exorbitant price, 200 or 300 per cent. above Calcutta rates. Fowls and ducks, at first so plen tiful, are not now procurable. Vegetables the same, ex cept sweet potatoes, of which small quantities are some times to be had. The men have latter;y had yarns given as rations by the Commissariat, in the proportion of one pound each. Any Calcutta merchant sending up provi. sions, groceries, wines, &c., would be sure of a ready sale here on very profitable terms. Cloth fit for soldiers' shirting, strong leather, such as is used for ammunition, boots, flannels, and warm doffing of all descriptions would also be eagerly bought up : the weather is already quite cold enough for cloth clothe►. Thermometer, 62 at sunrise, and at present in my tent at half-past ten a.m., only 63. PA RISE! CHURCH OF ST. BOTOLPH WITH OUT, ALDGATE.--A Vestry Meeting of the Freedom and Lordship parts of the parish of St. Botoph Without, Ald gate, was held yesterday in the Committee-room, Cock and Hoop-yard, Houndsdith, for the purpose of taking into consideration the dilapited state of the parish church, and to determine on what steps should be taken to wards repairing the same. Mr. R. Coombes, Church. warden, was in the Chair. After a very violent dis -1 cussion relative to the obligation of the parishioners ge nerally to assist in the expenses incurred by the neces sary repairs, Mr. Wright said that the church was i n such a dangerous condition that the minister was com pelled to suspend divine service. He moved, " That a Committee be formed, consisting of the Churchwardens, Overseers, and twelve parishioners, to employ a surveyor to take a survey of the church generally ; to prepare a specificatiou and to report the same to a future Vestry" —seconded by Mr. Christie. Dr. Hadlow moved an amendment, " That whatever expenses are incurred in the repairs shall be defrayed by voluntary contributions" —seconded by Mr. Jones. A show of hands was taken, and the original resolution was carried by a very large ma jority. Dr. Hadlow moved two other resolutions, one, " That the question be taken into consideration that day twelve-months," and the next, with a view to annul the proceedings of the Meeting, was, " the previous question:' The motions were lost by at least three to one, aid, amidst considerable confusion a►:d uproar, a Committee was ap pointed to carry out the resolution passed. 11IPORTANT TO GROCERS.—An order from the Treasury has been received by the Irish Board of Ex cise, to the effect that none of the penalties hitherto im posed on the grocers under the spirit retail Act shall be enforced. We understand that those penalties already amount to 50,000/ , the exaction of which must have been ruinous to many of those who should bear a portion of the burthen. For some days past, the weather has been unu sually cold, and the atmosphere seemed heavily charged. Yesterday morning, snow began to fall ; and, during the day, there were several heavy showers, with every indict. tion of a set storm. —Aberdeen Herald, Jan, 6, THE GREAT REFORM DEMONSTRATION AT LEEDS. —The following Members of of Parliament and other distinguished leading Reformers have already an nounced their intention of being present on the occasion : —D. O'Connell, Esq., M. P. ; Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M. P. : Hon. C. Langdale, M. P. ; T. Duncombe, Esq., M. P. ; T. Gisborne, Esq., M.P. ; J. O'Connell, Esq , M. P.; J. T. Leader, Esq., M. P. : Colonel T. P. Thompson ; W. S. Crawford, Esq. ; Dr. Bowring; 11. Warburton, Esq., M.P. ; T. Wakley, Esq., M. P.— Sheffield Iris. On Saturday evening we were visited with a violent gale from the northward, which was accompanied towatds morning with a slight fall of snow. The frost was also exceedingly keen. The gale continued with almost unabated violence till Monday night, when it gradually fell. On Monday morning the large brig, Sarah Jane, Mailand, with mahogany. rum, and sugar, from Jamaica to Leith, in attempting to make Leith harbour, refused to answer the helm, and went on shore on the sands.— Scotsman. ETON UNION.—At the weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians, held at the Union workhouse on Tuesday, an order was read by the clerk, which had been received by the Poor-law Commissioners, authorising the dismissal of John Howe, the master, who had been con victed by the Magistrates in a penalty of 10/. on the pre vious Saturday for cruelly ill-treating a female pauper. Immediately after the termination of the investigation on Saturday, Mr. Parker, the Assistant-Commissioner, de spatched a report of the case to Somers e t H ouse, for the consideration of the Commissioners, who at once confirmed the decision of the Magistrates, by commanding that the master should be dismissed at the next meeting of the Guardians. _EVENiNG THE CANTERBURY ELEcTION, The citizens of Canterbury are involved in all the bustle of a contested election. As we predicted, Lord Albert Conyngham has for mall) , announced his intention of resigning his 505 t. His address was made p u bli c on F r id ay l as t. Th e Reformers were immediately on the alert, and meson' gers were dispatched to announce the intelligence la John Henniker Wilson, Esq., at his seat in Hampshire' who had declared his intention of offering himself as a candidate on the Liberal interest at the expected va . cancy. Mr. Wilson arrived in this city on Mondsi evening, and immediately issued an address, and th s next morning commenced a canvass, which up to the present moment is proceeding as favourably as the Ite . formers could de*ire. Mr. Wilson's principles S" those of a staunch Reformer, and likely to conciliate.i e his favour all classes of the Liberal electors. lie has the support of Mr. Villiers and his friends. Lord Go: nyngham's supporters one and all will as a matter o course render every aid to Mr. Wilson. The candiellte selected for the struggle by the Tories is the Hon. Mr. Smyth, son of Viscount Strangford, who has only re' cently become known in this city by baling filled the office of Steward at the Kiiig's School Anniversal Dinner and one of the Races.—Kent Herald. CITY REGISTRATION. The City of London Registration Committee hal made a Report of their labours for the last registration, P which the following is an abstract : Regretting the defects, but nevertheless keeping in vie l the real and honest purposes of the Reform Act, the Coo' mittee have, as always, sought rather to maintain and prove the rights awarded to the constituent body, than I' contest the franchise of any of their fellow-citizens under shelter of the technicalities of law, or of quibbles in itl construction; and this may be seen by the fact, that in the years 1838 and 1839, the Revising Barrister held 0 1 qualification of solicitors as holding " offices" to be perfect, on the ground that the word " office" was not a term of qualification in the Act, an objection which, if O. Committee had acted upon it at the present ti ine, migbf , it was suggested, have been urged successfully again!! many of their opponents in that respectable and influentil class of society. The Committee, ho w e v e r , d e t er mine' to make no such objections, but to foll ow th e s pi r it ratbo , than the letter of the Act ; and they do n o t re pent e , having adopted this course, the Revising Barrister bavl4 this year, contrary to every expectation, determined thl f such votes were good. and allowed them accordingly. The following result, the Committee trust, will sbolf their labours in a clear and satisfactory manner : Claims—Liberal, 90 allowed, 23 failed; Tory 45 11 . 1 ' lowed, 48 failed. Objections—Liberal, 97 sustained, 33 failed ; Tory, 342 sustained, 255 failed. Amongst Other matters, the " notices" of objectio n made by the Tories to the votes of the Liberal party (ti!! validity of which is disput e d b y t h e C omm i ttee, as 011', containing itbe objector's plac e o f a b o d e ), h ave attra ct " much astcntion ; and there is certainly good ground ° believe that all such notices are bad, in which belief Committee are supported by the opinion of Counsel, whin" they thought it right to take upon the subject. Th e Coin' mittee, after making three unsuccessful attempts to WO; fish their own views, of course a b an d one d t h e po i nt ; ho they recommend that, in the event of any election tonal upon the present registry, the votes struck off by virtue these objections should be tendered upon proper eviden as they think the " notices" of objections would be pro' nounced invalid before a Committee of the House ot Cony mons, if any reference were made to that tribunal. ' Upon a fair review of their whole labours, the Co'l mitten think they may congratulate the constituency uP ° : : the present state of the re g i s t er : at t h e fi rst s i g h t o f w h,e_ , it would appear, perhaps, that the Tories had gained advantage upon the present revision, but a careful comPi; rison with the register of the year 1837, and the voli given thereupon in the gen era l e l ec ti on o f t h at year , as suggest a very different co n clu s i on . Th us o t t h e 4a , votes now struck off by the " objections" of both parties 81 only voted at that election, and of these 50 were fi, e ; formers, and 31 Tories. So far, it is tr ue , th e re is majority of 19 in favour of the Tories; but on the otho f „ hand, the Reformers have established 45 more " cline% than their opponents, which really l eaves a net b a l an ce °. 26 in their favour. This small amount the Committee admit to be of litt le ' s importance in a constituency of such large numbers ; bu it is an answer to those who are so loud in their v aunting: of the " spread of Con serva ti sm ," as we ll as a proo f tb , sound and rational principles, instead of being on the d t. cline ' are still appreciat e d and ma i nta i ne d b y t h e c itisew of London. The following statement, also tending to the same COr vietion, will further educidate the subject : Register of No of Livery. Houshholders. Total Cortstig, 1837 9,005 10,673 19,678 1840 8,139 10,928 19,067 866 deer. 255 incr. 611 decrt ii By this latter table, which the Committee reeorasse ti to earnest attenti o n, it w ill b e p erce i ve d t h at sine,' t• k, year 1837 the Livery, that " stumbling•block to impr°,l ment," as may be traced by its i n fl uence i n i ts pa l m y 1 0 of exclusive power, i s gra d ua lly me l t i ng away, w hilst to Householders, wh o i n L on d on , not l ess t h an elsesshe r ..: have proved th e sa l vat i on o f t h e country, are upon t he l erea3e. The re g ist er o f e l ectors i s, however, far frail complete, and a l arge fi e ld i s st i ll open for exertion, toed, tivate which, the constituency should not remain idle. By order of the Committee, Dec. 31, 1840. JOHN TRAVERS, Chairm4ll' NAVAL IN PLYMOUTH, JAN. 6. --lOYAL MALlNES._Lieute n a nt/ „, Alexander, and J. E. L awrence h ave b een t h is week 40/ pointed to the Royal M ar in e A r till ery, i n cons( q woe° the certificates of their high attainments in m a themoo t l, and other studies, award e d th em b y t h e P ro f essor t Royal Naval College. The Britannia, 120, Captain Drake, (with the fl 'g o r, Sir J. Onimanney), and the How e , 120, C apta i n Sit ' 0. Pell, arrived at Malta on the 16th December. The Roberts, East Isdiaman, arrived at Portsuiouth Monday evening from Calcutta, in 125 data, and blad e her passengers. The Netley, tend er , , r il e d f or B r i sto l ou Thursdays fof volunteers. The Lightning, steamer, sailed on Thursday fJr Porti' month and the river. The Inconstant arrived on Friday from the westwal*, The Camels lighter, arr i ve d f rom P em b roke on Fri° s ' with old stores. The Viper, schooner, sailed on Friday for Portsmout li j The Ferret arri ve d f rom I re l and on Saturday, 2frde came into Barnpo o l on T ues d ay, to have her defects m ad good. • Tho Tortoise, li g ht er , arr i ve d on S aturday, witk 10/a• lids from Falmouth. The Emerald, tender, sailed on S a t ur d ay f or P ortsm out S The Rochester, lighter, arri ve d on S unday, %Fick s t°r" from Deptford. The Adventure, naval transport, arrived on Wedue 3 c l °' with stores from Deptford. Remaining in flamosz , !—Caledonia, San Josef, Er i ,, d A r mion, Raven, Sylph, Carron st eamer , C omet steamer, /1".• venture, N.T., Rochester lighter. In Barnpool—Ferret. In the Sound —Impregnable, Belleisle, and Inconstant. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Nottingham Review.) The making of warp silk blond plain nets, termed by the French tulle, is not by any means improved. The ram mours of an abatement in the wages are still continue d ' t but it is to b e h ope d w i t h out any real foundation, as s would not increase tho demand, but would certainly 2° , 6 ; ment the pri vat i ons o f t h e operatives, and lower the v a l e „ of the st oc k s on h ands. The warp tattings have not any means i ncrease d i n demand, as we see many ingeoicl3Ll', 0 and clever men wa lki ng about without employment. once flourishing village of Stapleford is distressed indre A The bobbi n net b ranch is thought to be a little iniproye" in some description of fancy nets ; still the facturer has a decided preponderanc e o v er t h e macl: , il'" owner. We stated last week that some m ac hi n es, wer e making 300 racks a week, alluding to a certain t'Ascrir tion of fancy machines, made upon an excellent ',!onstrt vi ic i ; tion, propelled by p ower, and working long Lours, "„ selected h an d s . T h i s was taken up by :tome of t he manufacturers, to mean that all nil.chinea were. 300 racks weekly, thus aiming to raise a sort of panic, an reduce the pri ces o f net , w h en, i n all probability, tb; i (/ well knew th a t th ere were more machines making I A than there _were m a ki ng 3 00 rac k s per week. The averSt g product of lever machines can scarcely be said to a nloo to 130 racks a wee k, even w h en at work, not including th e numerous stoppag e s f or a l terat i ons. The traverse 011:1 hands arc in a most lamentable situation, for want of work the machines, in this vicinity, stand principally at Sneat ° 7 Reeston ; a few years since it was the most prospeioui all the lace branches. The silk hosiery trade, whether of gloves, plain b°l; fancy h ose , or s ilk knotted hose, is still in even a w°r " state than last week. The drawer anti pantaloon trade is so far recovered, t, -- 4 at the ma s t ers are compla i n i ng of a want of hands, an d won der where all th e ir w or k men are gone to. It appears thac, numbers during the late l o n g stagnat i on h ave left the t railn with no intention of returning. The worsted hose trio', in Leicester b e ing bad, severa l men have attempted toged into the cotton drawer frames, but they have been four' very deficent in dividing the work, so as to make a goo level wale. A HINT TO TILE POLICE.—.A gentleman going on feat down the upper part of the Haymarket. e n Thursday afternoon, near the line of cabs there standing d had an egg thrown against his back, besmearing a new in expensive great coat, all over, in a shameful manne r ' From the direction in which the article came, he had rel: son to believe it was one of the cabmen that inflicted tbi: wanton injury. N o po li cemen were in view 8 the time, on e iih er s id e of the way, nor for some tim e atter. Should this outrage be repeated, it is to be hope" that the offender will be detected and punished, it baj n g a hard ca se th at a man cannot go quietly along the pub:J.-- street witi.out being thus disfigured, his clothes spode and, the business he is upon being unnecessarily dela,' and perhaps frustrated. CAB ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening, 9 a fine youth, son of Mr. Hughes, of Earl-street, Wall crossing Ludg a t e -hill, hi s f ee t came i n contact w ith x slippery part of the street, and, before he could rec° r !, himself, a cab and horse passed over him, leaving hirnv;„ the opinion of all who witnessed the accident, dead. being taken, however, to an apothecary's shop, it w il t ascertained that the injuries, although severe, were fatal. his face and head were much bruised, and b lo° o , flowed freely from his mouth a n d nose , T emporary rern ii (lies having been applied, th e yout h was remove d to " be father's residence. 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