The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-06 00:00:00

yeoti,l ink h o by t- EVENING; Wheat disckarged from the two vessels was sold at 17 Piastars the roubi, which equals 123 piasters the ard'cb. This supply will not last above a week, for both :he Mountain and the plain are unprovided. We are ob liged, from want of wheat, to make flour of barlzy. This grain sells at Bto 84 piasters the roubi. If vv,• do not receive additional supplies from you, we do not know what will become of the country, or what the Price may become. Rice is 175 the couffe (basket), but as soon as the communication with Damascus shall be thrown open the price will increase. " Ibrahim Pacha is still at Damascus. From confi dential letters received yesterday, dated the 4th inst., We learn that he had taken the precaution to put his troops lute winter quarters there, placing them in houses throughout die city, which he had obliged the owners to evacuate for their use. The Druzee Sheik, Jous ,ouff Ahmed, with 600 men, had ventured to attack a tdy of Egyptian troops encamped outside the city, but t, e assailants were surrounded by a superior farce, and neatly all destroyed. Eleven prisoners had their beads .e It off before the gates, and suspended over the walls, as a warning to the mountaineers, who will probably find 1 , 13 °Pportunity , before the Egyptians leave the country, to retaliate with interest." It appears that the retreat of Ibrahim to Damascus ('-Iter having quitted it subsequent to the period shove eutioned) was influenced, not only by the fact of his - t*o bad health, but by the vengeful opposition of the ;10entain tribes, through whose territories he would ' , a to pass, encumbered, as he was, with immense ALrabers of women and children, who followed the camp I r safety and sustenance ; and, also it is said, by in -1( ?Illation which reached hint overland of • the negotia t ons in progress to procure him and his army a safe pAssage borne by sea. The opinion is not now merely general among the I . ranks of Al exandr i a, b ut un i versal through the Le v+ nt, that the fact of the distribution of 30,000 stand of arms amongst the mountaineers has rendered them v anal!), independent of the Sultan, and that hence rth they must be allowed to govern themselves accord it gi A to their own not i ons o f r i g h t and wrong. Samos, from C an di a sa y th a t P r i nce V ogor id es , o f '` uu s, 3 paying his court at Constantinople, and mak g every exertion to procure his nomination to a new ,-rincedom and Government of the island of Candia. o-day Lord Exmouth's yacht," The Rover of Yarrow," to rived from that island in four days' sail. The proceedings of Mehemet Ali in Alexandria stiil , r esent a riddl e to the uninitiated. One day we have ri • P t ° lll3 of peace, concilirition, and goodwill to man ; tie next c _ w e see evidences of obstinacy or tours d pow r stage effect, or the ruling passion for warfare carried t ° a Pitch of monomania difficult to conceive. The engineers are now busy with their platforms, sandbags, arid breastworks in the Eastern harbour adjoining the Parlamenta building, artd all this week the artillerymen have been kept in practice, either firing the guns in their butteries along shore, or pretending to fire them. One 11 y we have a hot press for conscripts for the National guard ; the next the most active recruiting agent is bustinadoed, and all individuals in the service of the Planks are formally exempted. Recently 80 pilgrims ,(Turks and Arabs), on their Way from Cairo to Mecca, were set upon by 250 of the Bedouins well armed and mounted on dromedaries. The pilgrims were also armed and fought stoutly, but suffeted severely in the conflict. An were plundered, some were wounded, and some were killed outright. Speaking of the sinews of war required by the Pacha, he has recently been offering to public sale quantities of rice, saffron, flaxseed, senna, ccifee, gumarabic, lentils, and beans ; but the sales effected have been very.trifling 4,291 ardebs of Rosetta rice, at 216 piasters 11 4 " ardeb, on e -h a lf p a y a bl e i n two mont h s, t h e other i n Jour month.; ; 7 9 cantors of senna, at 105 piasters per can tar ; 500 canters of gumarabic, at 126 piasters per Cdrit 4r ; and a lot of flaxseed, at 25 piasters per canter ; the three latter articles payable in ten days. A cargo if beans was a l so so ld ta- d ay , at 30 p i asters t h e arde b , 011ty life (164 ardebs of beans equal to 100 quarters Brit ish). The Paella seems to be aware that his finances do do net receive. the most disinterested management, and lleas been heard to say lately, " If I could find six a nnest men to h e l p me, I should be a rich and happy ~a e ha. I st an d alone, without any one but Boghos Bay to second nie.” At present his attention is directed ' t O w orking profitably the land he has taken into his b7n man agement, and severa l i n di v id ua l s h ave a l rea d y appointed to oversee his different estates, with a view to the establishment of a better system. ~ iro Messrs. B r i ggs and Co. received intelligence from yesterday of the arrival of the steamer at Suez on the 181 h, at 3 o'clock p. rn. The Indian mails, 18 l.assengers, i mmediately proceeded to Cairo, accompa wed across the desert by an escort of 20 of the Paella's regul ar cavalry, and 40 i r regular (Bedouin) h orsemen . '- ` l eY had arrived safely at Atte at half-past 9 o'clock :his morning, and were embarking at the Mahmoudieh "nal when we last heard of then], but they had not airteed i n Alexandria at sunset, their passage being retarded by a strong northerly wind. ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 24, Noort. i Tile Great Liverpool is starting with the Indian mai arni Passengers, and I have only time to mention that the Paella has received intelligence (through the Vrench Consulate at Damascus) that Ibraham Pacha had a desperate engagement with the Druses on the 4th of th i s month, at little, in which he had defeated t hem, With the loss of 5,000 men, and twenty of their Tee latt er were put to d eat h a f ter the b att l e. •:! 0 " rni llm's force i s est i mate d at 70 , 000 men, w i t h ,090 wome n and children. He had put his troops .ti winter clothing, and was intent on resuming his march southwards, to enter Egypt as soon as the wea ...her permitted. The mails and Passengers from Suez have crossed the desert in safety under the Pacha s escort of horse, a, rived here an hour after midnight, and were taken on bot,rd without delay this morning. Sir Charles Smith is else on board the Liverpool, ;,Ding certainly as far as Gibraltar, perhaps to England. He leaves Colonel Mitchell in command on the coast of Syria. Reinforcements are spoken of as absolutely necessary to compensate for the sickness experienced there by the British as well as Turkish troops. The Cleopatra steamer left Bombay on the Ist of December, and arrived at Suez on the 18th, at three 1. . 1 1, and at Alexandria on the 24th, at one A.m. MALTA, DEC. NIEUEMET ALI'S SUBMISSION. 28. Up to the moment of departure of the Acheron for Marseill'e s , the steamer expected from Marmorica, with the resul t of Captain Faushawe's mission, has not ar -6110, but we may venture to anticipate it by stating thsst we have strong reasons to believe that the Sultan Kill ;sot receive the s übmission, to reit.st a t e M ehemet Ali, in whi c h case t h e P ac h a will resist to the last, and will, if pressed, retire into the interior, even as far as Sennaar, with Ibrahim Paeha and his a rmy ; b ut it appears doubtful whether the troops will remain faithful ; in 'a contrary case, Mehc- Met Ali and his son will be obliged to surrender, should they escape with their lives. Unfortunately for him, his submission was only nominal, and not accompanied by stets. Ile should have shown his sincerity by at once sending' hack that Turkish Let, which he could readily have don e , as the Turkish seamen remaining Were sufficie n t to navioste the ships, and, if not, he had only to udd some of his own. Should the Sultan refus e to reinstate him it will be highly interesting to know whether France will interpose, or leave the obsti nate Paella to his fate. 11 4 e Messaaer (the Evening Official Journal of the French Government) published on Monday inght the following must important despatch, ad (Tessed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs by the French Consul at Malta : " TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. " MARS EILLES , J AN. 2, S IX O ' CLoCE IN THE EVEN ING, RECEIVED IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE 4TH. ". MALTA, DEC. 28. " THE CONSUL OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Kurruck Singh, King of Lahore, died on the sth of INovember. During the funeral ceremony his sue nesstl, Nou-Nepal Singh, was kited by accident. Sheri , . Singh was to mount the Throne. " The affairs of China are on the point of being t tied. The English are to receive three millions ster ling as an indemnity. " Dost Mahomed has definitively surrendered to the English: - - AVYA lit or HONOUR.—A rather unpleasant oA ccurence took place on Wednesday at O'Grady's Hotel. Mr. h valop, of Rahen, residing within a few miles of thus town, ,and a Mr. Kane, had some misunderstanding some few d a y s s i nce, when a challenge ensued, but in con quence of the police having received some intimation of the Proceeding, they succeeded in arresting Mr. Hyslop, and of course bound him over to keep the peace. Mr. IlYslop stopped on Tuesday night at the hotel, and this niurning after breakfast was waited upon by Mr. Kane, attended by his brother, when, after some few words, Mr. Kane raised a loaded whip, with which he came armed, stud struck Mr. Hyslop a violent blow over the temple. The latter was much stunned, and near falling when he recovered himself, and struck Mr. Kane with his fist, which " ring" phrase, floored him, The b att l e t h en conti nued, when Mr. Kane's brother, seeing him likely to come off second-best lent his assistance. Mr. Young of the hotel, hea ring the no i se, rushed into the room and endeavoured to separate them ; but his peaceable intentions were un "'tiling, and I believe he was obliged himself to give and 44 - The Messrs. Kane then decamped ; but I believe on e of them was arrusted and held to bail before the Magistra tes at th e P etty S ess i ons; b ut the other, accom , pulled by Mr. Dillon O'Brien, of Fairfield, his brother-in it.wriiiodrvoevrye out of town on a jaunting car, the horse being top of his pace. Some short time afterwards 111 Sweeny, S. 1., attended by a mounted policeman, 14 ," °Ped off to Fairfield, and soon returned with the afore ''Qui gentlemen, who, I understand, gave bail for their ap n, &ranee before Captain Warburton. Such are the eir- , ‘arnstances as they have reached me.—Correspondent of an Irish Paper. We u n d erstand there is no foundation for the rep ort the tour fleet in the Mediterranean is to be in ereued. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. Tue ai-rivals this week have been tolerably good of Nneiit arid with ninny fresh vc:;scig from Ireland with Oats. The Wheat trade was very dull, and 'Mon dh)'s terms were hardly supported. Barley heavy; no aide at lust quotations. Oats met little demand at their former terms. Flour did not sell so freely as last week. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Tire supply was large. tue quality generally good, and prices experienced a decline of 4d per stone on nearly all descriptions of meat, the demand being dull. Beef, 3s 2d to 4,2 d: r*lutton, 3s 83 to 4s St]; Veal, 4s Sd to 5! 8d; Pork, 3s 8J to 54 per stone of 81h. The trade bought very moderately of Game and Poultry ; prices are de clining, and the supplies huge : Eggs dull of sale at pre vious rates. COLONIAL MARKET. Tlie Colonial Market was in a dull state ; the public sales of little moment, and privately few tramactions took place. TEA MARKET. The market was in a very dull state, and prices were nominal for all kinds of Tea. Some vessels have arrived off the coast from Chin]. TALLOW MARKET. The demand fur Russian was very limited, and prices had a doasuwaid tendency; on the spot P. Y. Caudle, in small parcels, was sold at 475. 3d. per cwt. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum has been in good request, and prices firmer. Brandy in fair demand, and prices firm. IRISH MARKETS. N MARKET NOTE for the WEEK eluting. JA N. I. From T o 9..3 Wlicat,perbarrol 'et 5t00c..... "4 0 3 0 8:5 Here ... l6:tole lO t 12 0 710 Barley tejl Oats 4 strii:"...... 10 0 12 6 s Four, per cwt... 8 Pow: . -- 0 0 51 1 :3 Oatmeal. . , -, t 4 stone lO 6 11 6 Sold to Bakers only. r,356 Cwt. flour 9ll 24 0 191 0 Average price of Vviteat and 'lour 51 8.1, per sack - Firsts ....., from 215. Od to 24s Od Receipts of Flour, 41,653 / .. Sect-nos ......... from 14s. (k.l. to '.0.4.(k1 X szdos of 1)o. 176 T rord ........ from Us. Od. to lls (Id A verage 31 7 11 1 14 (i 11 2 II 8 PRICK OF BREAM. Quarterr. Low ...9d. f / - 14:1 Quartern CORK MARKETS—Jan. 2 Wheat (per Inat.)2ss 0d.tu319 tht.thitf , iperl , lsl. .. 10 6.1. to 12 Cd Haricy (per ltist..)l3 6 14 6 (Floc! (per cwt 11 tt .24 Oatmeal (per cwt.).. ..... Od to 16s 04 'Seel, 4d. to 7d.—hlutton, bd. to 6.t..—Veal, Id to Id Pork, 41d. to 5d.--Fresh liuttet, 10d. to ltd per 11). PRICE OF BUTT E It. To the Merchants. To the Coutitry First Quality... • ••••••••••••••••• 306• 00000 .• 9ii, - Second 000000000 .•.. 0000000 ••• 95 Third Fourth .•. 00000 0000000 •9l hl Fifth 00000000000 ••••••••••••. •••••••• 85 •••••••........eree.e,,..• •••••• 5 Sixth 7J .—....... t9 CLONM ELL At A ft KETS..—Jan. Per t. wt. s. d. s. d. s, d. s. d New Butter ..... oto 90 ii ti:det utc 24 Oattnea . 12 0 12 3 Bacon 00000 t; 40 (1 Re:lilt:To Lard U 52 0 Heads. 00000000 23 0 l'er ?lour, Second .... 0 44 I tour, 1:n0d5.... 0 30 0 —Household 0 42 0 I-- k 011.1.14.... 22 U I'er Barrel. Rapeseed 20 0 —U 1 ltarlcy ........ l3 0 14 0 Bere S 4 10 0 1C. , ..1E ......... ........ 0 0 KILKENNY MARKETS. Wheat s perbarrel)3os.od.to 375.04. Beet ',.tcr W..... tti Pd. tr. Os. Pd, BiLr!ey 9 O 0 22 11 51.1;t4 4 ;) ........... 0 5 0 8 liats 1:: 6 14 0 Pork ... ..... ....... o 4 0 Flour (ser bag) t3C 0 40 0 Vero ~......,... ... 0 6 0 7 Butter(percwt.) 90 0 l),, 0 crest! Butter..... 0 0 1 0 Bacon Pigs 33 0 36 0 Sao. Ditto ........ 11 6 010 Coals 1 0 1 2 l'otatocs(per et.) u Y 0 0 LJ4O YD'S SHIPPING.-('PHIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 6.—There has been a heavy fall of snow during the night. RANISGATE, JAN. s.—Arrived the Osprey, Davey, from James River ; Britannia, Hipplewhitc, and Herring, Stod dart, Quebec. The Industry, Sausinc, from Bordeaux to Bremen, which put into here 3d inst., has sprung a leak, and must discharge to repair. DEAL, JAN. s.—Wind E. N.E., fresh breeze.—Sailed the outward bound. A schooner is on shore on the Good. win Sands. LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—Wind N. E.—Sailed the John Walker, Gaskin, for New Orleans ; Columbine, Walsh, ditto ; Virginian, Allen, New York ; Beverly, Braver, front Quebec to this port, was stranded in Red Wharf Bay yesterday, and is expected to become a wreck—crew saved ; 11. M. S. Merlin, and Earl of Bridgewater steamer, were in contact this morning off the George's Pier, the letter sunk, the former was unable to proceed with the Irish mails. The bowsprit, beams, knees, and bulwarks of a smack apparently, washed on shore this morning at the Magazines. The Columbia steamer, for Halifax, was unable to get out of dock this morning in consequence of the N. E. wind cutting off the tide, but she will proceed this evening. JAN. 5. —The Vixen, Finlay, which arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 10, from this port, was fired into by a brig, on the morning of the 31st Aug. Mem.—The Vixen no doubt was the schooner fired at by her Majesty's packet Magnet, on the supposition of her being a pirate. DOVER, JAN. 4 —Off port the Foxhound, Blake, from the South Seas ; Florentin, Goodwyn, Manilla : Diamant, Greenwood, R;o Janeiro. The barque Economy. of Shields, abandoned, was passed in lat. 44, long. 34, by Enterprise, of St. John's, New Brunswick. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Ocean Queen, Ro bertson, from Prince Edward Island. FALMOUTH, J•N. 4. —Wind N. N. W. to N. N. E., strong gal, and violent squalls.—A schooner coming from the westward was seen to go down off House Hole, 3d instant, during a tremendous squall. YAtMOUTH, JAN. s.—The Venus, Gibson, of Newcas tle, came on shore near Scratby. LOWECETOIFFE, JAN. s. —lt blew a heavy gale from the N. to the E. N. E. last night, several vessels parted their cables. The Quebec, Bayling, from Quebec to Sunder land, has arrived in the Roads with loss of bulwarks, &c. Passed on the sth of October in lat. 41. lon. 29. u large brig waterlogged and abandoned, she had yellow sides w th a black riband, bowsprit and topmasts gone, the letters TL E being the last three letters of the port she belongs t.), painted on her stern. HARWICH, JAN. s.—The Barbary, Dove, from Newcas tle to Woodbridge, in entering the haven last night, grounded on the bar, and it is expected will become a wreck. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind N. N.E.—Sailed the Gcorge IV, Ward, Calcutta. CowEs, JAN. s.—The Theodore Kerner, Bridgman, from Batavia, to Rotterdam, in entering the harbour this morning, grounded and remains. BRISTOL, JAN. 5. —The Venus, ran down Channel yes. terday, got on shore on Black-stono and is reported to have gone to pieces ; crew saved. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.— The sales to. day are 3,000 to 4,000 bags at full prices, chiefly Ameti can descriptions. THE FUNDS. The important intelligence from China has caused a great sensation in the city, this event not being anticipated so soon in the tea market. This morning the dealers ap peared to be panic-struck. At 10 o'clock no transactions; Lairs at Is. 7d. per lb. refused, but no doubt Is. 10d. per lb. would he accepted for Company's Congou. The official statement of the quarter's revenue was pub-. liahed last night, by which it appears that there is an in-. crease in the quarter of 80,602/. sterling, and a deficiekey in the year, ending sth January, 1841, of 254,0001. Consols, which left off yesterday at 895 for Account, opened this morning at 895 5, since which they have been down at 894, not quite so good. Exchequer Bills 7 9 prem. ; Bank Stock 159 160 ; India Stock 238 240. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active:is a shade lower, left off at 245 ;4, at present 244 4; Deferred 12 : 5 13 Passive 65 5 ; Portuguese same as they left off, 325 ; Three per Cents., :101 ; Brazilian 705- 715; Colombian. 234 24 ; Mexican 285 29 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 491 50; Five per Cents. 975 985. SliAßES.—Great Western, 29 30 prem. ; New. 135 145 prem. ; London and Brighton, 55 5 dis. ; Blackwell, 4.}. 4 dis. ; Birmingham, 83 85 prem. ; Southampton,. 58 6t) per share ; Croydon, 125 4 per share ; Greenwich, 8 9 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 90 Great Western Ditto New ... Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and South Western 3B& 58 4 1... .. to 59 t:q London and Croydon (Trunk)... 134. 121...... to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia.. - to COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C F. 1" 4/ 1 Gibraltar. I )itto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. P) 5 Genoa 25 85 Antwerp ' l2 4/ Milan Ilamburgh... M.B. 13 10 Venice . 47 Altona l3 10/ Naples ... .......... ....... 394 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 Palermo, per oz 121 Ditto, 3 months 25 65 ;Lisbon .. 52/ Marseilles Bourdeaux... . 25 70 ;Rio Janeiro 2B/ Frankfort on Maine.... 149 Bahia 27 I'etersburgh, 3 U 5..... 37 'Buenos Ayres — Berlin 7 0 New York, 21 days' sight 46i Vienna, effec. fl. a M lO 3 :Philadelphia Trieste, ditto. Madrid Cadiz Billsoa 35 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville 3s} 'Silver in Bars 0 5 Oa HALF-PAST ONE. The British Funds are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 8911 for the Account, since which they may be quoted at 891 1. Their not being so firm is caused by the intelligence from Madrid that the Regency had ordered troops to be marched to the frontier of Portugal. All other intelligence is absorbed by that from China and India. Exchequer Bills, 7 9 prem.; Bank Stock, improved, .160 161; India Stock, also improved, 242 ; India Bonds the same, 5 dis. In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Active 24i, had been 244 ; Portuguese, lower, 32 3111- ; Dutch Two-and.a..Half per. Cents., 501 ; Five per Cents. 98,-} k. In the Share Market not much doing. Great Western, 95 961 ; ditto, New, 64 65 643 65:} 643 ; ditto, Fifths, 11 if ; London and Brighton 444 45 44if ; South West ern, 581 59 58k. From Port Phillip :Papers of the Bth of August : SnirwltucKs.—The Ocean Queen and City of Edin burgh have been both wrecked in the Straits. They were from London, with merchandise and passengers, the former for Launceston and the latter for Sydney. SPITALFIELDS SCHOOL OF DESIGN.—On Monday evening a preliminary meeting for establishing a Branch School of Design, in connection with the parent institution at Somerset House, was held. VIE SUN, LONDON% WEDNESDAY, ih,NUARY 1811. COUNCIL CHAMBER. WEIITEHALL,—(THIS DAY.) (I 3: ore Lord BROUGHAM, the VICt•CHANCELLOR, U. Jii,iire ERSKINE, and Dr. I.CSIIINGTON. KIELLEY V. CARSON AND OTHELS. The arguments in sepport of the respondent's case were resumed by Mr. lliil this morning, the whole of wlnta was spent by him in defending the pleas of his clients. The arguments were purely technical and uninteresting. Mr. FLETCHRR followed on the same side, and Mr. PlintanToN had only commenced the reply whtn we went to press. YEAR elided Jars. 5, 184 u Customs.—Consolidated Dutie. Sugar Duty app licahie to Ctintolitiatec Foiat Sugar Duty apdlicable to Supplies Total Customs CRIMINAL COURT.-(TIIIS DAY.) Excise.. Stamp, Taxes Post Office Cto Miscuilancous.„ (OLD COURT.) BeforC Mr. Barer, RCLFE and Mr. holice COLERIIMH. ) 14 oRGERy • ant iola:ion, aged 23, was indicted for feloniontly forging and uttering a warrant for the payment of 101. 10s., with intent to defraud Messrs. Stone and Martin. Total OaUnary Revenue.., Inwrest aid other ;Moneys_ Ite-payments of Advances Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Doane conducted the prosecution, and called Edward Sewell, who is a hatter in Bond-street—ni , prisoner was in the service of Captain Charitie. Oii 11 , 0 18th December last prisoner came to witness's shop 10 pay for a hat which he had had some time previously, and tendered a check for 101. 10s. Witness had not suflichilat ci a-ge, and prisoner said he would call the following cycling ; he did net, however, do so. Mr. Thompson, from the Banking-house of Martin, Stone, and Martin, deposed that on 19th December a person brought the cheque now produced to the banking house, and stated that he had been sent from Mr. Sewell's in Bond-street to ascertain if it was a forgery, and that the person tendering it for payment there was detained. lie was taken into custody, and his story turned out to be un true in every particular. Daniel Forrester, the officer, apprehended the prisoner, when he stated that Captain Charitie's servant had pre sented the cheque at Mr. Sewell's, and that he had betn sent to ascertain if it were a forgery or genuine. Took him to Mr. Sevvell's. Ascertained there that his story was a fabrication. On conveying him to the Comptcr found in the cab in which he had been Conveyed some torn pieces of paper, which, when put together, proved to be a copy of the forged cheque. Captain John Charitie kept no account with Martin, Stone, and Martin. The prisoner had formerly burn in his service, and might while living with him, have paid some of his accounts with cheques, The cheque produced was not in witness's handwriting. Never authorized any one to write it. _ _ Total Income . l'he Amount applied to the Consoli dated .1:10n1 Ditto, as Advances, and to pav off' Ex chequer Bills, issued as Advances Ditto, as part of the Ways and Means of the Year Total. The prisoner threw himself on the mercy of the Ct.tut. Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up, the Jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to ten yews' transportation. FRANCE. We have received the whole of the Paris Papers o Monday ; they bring no news, save the following summary of proceedings in the Chamber of Peers CHAMBER OF PEERS.—JaN. 4. On the proposition for giving 700,000 francs for the ser vice of foreign refugees i❑ France, the Duke of Noailles said a few words, to which M. Guizot replied. M. Guizot said that it was not the intention of the French Government to interfere, directly or indirectly, in the' u t, affairs of Spain ; but it was not indifferent to the fate of Spain, and when even it had a Government based on national assent, France had recognised and supported it. As often as it was menaced by war, France had sustained, sent a foreign legion to its assistance, made treaties, and acted conformably to the wishes of Spain ; bnt there the interference of France ceased. It respected the liberty of the Queen's Government, and would not enter into a struggle of parties. If the Government of Queen Isabella was menaced in its existence, the French Government would not be found wanting in its old policy of support, but it would not meddle with the struggles of domestic parties in Spain. He regretted what had taken place ill Spain, but no one had a right to suspect that the present Government of that country would separate from the cause of Queen Isabel. This was universally recognised. There was no civil war, and there was no pretext for suspending amicable relations. If the present Adniinis tration made real and sensible efforts to be a good Govern ment why should it riot be supported. The King's Minis ters would support a Government de facto in that country, which laboured to guide Spain in regular and pacific wa)s. Yet he would not be responsible for the present Ministry of Spain. He had scruples and fears ; but this was not a time to devclope them to the Chamber. : It was urged that Spain was delivered over to the English. This was reported months ago. But political influences were not so perishable as to disappear under one or two Cabinets. These were but the inevitable agitations of all countries tormented by party. Don't It t us bestow• too much assistance on their vicissitudes. Some Spaniards hated the French, but French influence was not lost in Spain. The present Ministry might lean to Eng lish ideas, as the last did to French, but the geographical position of France alone would enable her to recover her influence in the Peninsula. The debate was adjourned to Tuesday. TI! E REVENUE FOR THE YEAR. AND QUARTER ENDING JANUAR \ 5, 1841. No. I.—An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Groat Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January, aid 5:1 of Januay, 1841, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. YEAR „ Ycar J.an. I Quarter t.ncled J. 5. Increase. I Decrease. I Increase. Decrease. _ - 185,873 :3 .)7',''.99 0. , 2010 ...... 589,01:5 161,441 ..... 9,`.8.i 214,650 5.2,0;2 ...... 1,( , i N,( ; ;10 25:3,1 , 00 7,500 3 , ,4!14 6, - 1 3 1,0`25M1 1 1,172,:,61 : . .0 ii G. 37,762 N. 442 I 13,4413 130,983 52,042 1,054,343 I,'A 8,352 800,752 751,150 D l2 c e i te s t e. Deduct 111- crease 1,054,313 , -- 720,1::0 Decrease on t.lie, fear.... t2:).1,009 10,602 tiiiiie".(c2'LLisarrt':, .14WIPANING EDITION, COURT CIRCULAR, WINDSOR, TUESDAY. — Prince Albert enjoyed the ex(,reif,e of skatiq , this afternoon on the lake at Frog more Gardens. Her Majesty participated in the amuse ment on the ice, los Itoyal Highness driving her in a sledge ; as Were the Hon. Misses Cocks and Paget, by Captain Seymour and Dr. Pretorios. These Ladies and Lord A. Paget %yew in attendance upon her Majeety, and Mr. G. E. Anson, Captain Seymour, and Dr. We trains were in attendance on Prince Albert. The Duchess of Kcnt has not left the Gistle to-day. The Belgian 111:nister and Madame Van de Weyer left the Castle this morning for London. The Earl of Fingal has succeeded Lord Ldford as Lord in Waitin t ; on the Queen , and Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway has succeeded Mr. Rich as Groom in Waiting. . . The Lord Steward came to the Cagle this morning' and left this evening. Lord John Russel arrived at the Castle last evening on a visit to her Majesty. Last night the Officers of the Rifle Brigade sta tioned here, with the assistance only of' the two Miss Mordaunts, perforired the play of Clarks 1/u' Twelfib, an interlude, and the farce of The Wags of Windsor, for the benefit of the poor. The house was crowded, not even standing room to be obtained. The perfor mance went off must admirably ; indeed there was s) much of excellence throughout, that it would be unfa's to particularise. These gentlemen played some time sirs and r t that time gave to an excellent charity in this town the ' handsome um of 61/. ; on the present occasion the house was filled, and the Misses Mordaunt gave titcir service, in return for which generous conduct the same play and farce is to be performed on Friday by the same parties for the Lenefit of these ladies. His Serene Highness Princ3 Edward of Saxe We:- mar arrived at Marlborough House, Pall Mall, on Monday night, from the Continent. His Serene Hi-ht ess left town at nine o'clock yesterday tnert,io.4, ; by the London and Birmingham Railway, for Sudhury Hall, Derbyshire, on a visit to he: Majesty the (4.ititi Dowager. Lord John Rusiell left town on Monday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A meeting of the Commis.iioners for the Rehetion of the National DAL was held yesterday at the Trea sury. Mr. Higlam, Secretary and Comptroller-Gene ral, was in attendance on the Commissioners. The Lord Chancellor ,A ill receive the Judges, &c. on Monday next, the 11th instant, the first d.-.y of Hilary Term, at his residence in Bruton-street. Despatches Ire the Governor of New South Wales were received yesterday at the The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed the appeal " Kielley v. Carson," from Newfoundland, relative to the pri‘ileges of the House of Assembly of that Island. Mr. Pen:erton, Queen's Counsel, concluded his address, and was fol lowed by Mr. Henderson. Mr. Hill, Queen's Counsel. commenced his address for the respondent. OPENING OF A CHARTIST CIItiRCII.—A church, called tie New Jerusalem Chartist Church, has been opened at New 11411 -street, Birmingham, to whi,h Mr. O'Neil, of Cilaigcw, is appointed chaplain. The church was opened a few days past, when Mr. 0 Neil, preached from texts taken from Matthew xx, v. 25, and Ezekiel xxxvii. The church was crowded, ail(' a well conducted cho'r cLaunted sevcral Chartist hymns. The collecton amounted to .1/. 3s. 71d. It is the intention of the Chartists to establish similar churchct thrdughout the country. DISTRESS AND DISEASE IN SHOREDITCII. —la consequence of a representation ►wade by Mr. R. F. Burton, surgeon, of the hackney-road, respecting the ex tensive prevalence of small-pox and other coot 'glow' di .eases in the thickly-populated and ill-ventilated parts of this pariah, three courts, containing altogether about 120 hovels of the meanest description, named Old, New, mid King's Courts, were visited on Tuesday by a deputation fi ons the Board of Guardians. These courts are inhabited by the poorest classes of Irish, by vagrants, gipsics, end prostitutes of the lowest description; and the pro perty, having been for some time in Chancery, has been a crying nuisance to the surrounding bourbood. In New-court, where disease has boe.►t most prevalent, each house consists of two rooms, which - rt fir Is. 6d. per week. The rooms are about tour yards equare, and in one of these, inhabited by no fewer than eleven persons, Mr. Button aas called upon:: to attend seven aho were rale , uring under small-pox Many of the petients have also been labouring under a slow typhoid fever, and so greet seas the alarm created in the neighbour_ hood that, through the interference of the guardians, all the miserable tenants had notice to quit by next Monday, and the person asho coil, eta the rents has received orders to thoroughly' cleanse and w hitewash the buildings. Tire board have issued an order that all the infected in those three courts shell be itnmediately removed and attended to in the parish workhouse. There in amongst the poor a strong reluctance to this last resource, and in particular a large family of gipsics, in which three children lay extremely ill, removed into the country yesterday:morain g . A great deal of disease, particularly amongst children, prevails in t4e.tight,euring locality, principally attribut. able to tire ,ilnt ef proper food and clothing. Distress ig very prevalent in this part of the metropolis. OUTLAWItY.----011 Tuesday Mr. Hemp, offiecr to the Sheriffs of Middlesex, made proclamation at Hicks's ball, by order of the said Sheriffs, in referenee4o the sere rid persons licrejter named, whom he called upon to sur:. render into custcdy, by the return of the processes issued in the cases herein named, in default of which they would be severally outlawed—NiL, William Lodrycr Freeston, late of Air-street, Regent-street, to answer George Broad hurst. Mr. James Kettelby, late of Jones's Hotel, Covent garden, to answer George Green and others. Alexander Prince, late of Chapel-place, Kentish-town, gentleman, to answer Joseph Brallra. Robert Webber and Thomas Bland, lame of 43, Bedford-row, gentieraen, to answer Joseph B. bb. Juhn Levy, late of 2, Southampton -street, Morn ingtotra-ereseent to answer James Leslie. Gerald de Conway, to answer .I,lin Meyer, stn , and others. Sir Andrew Leith !lay, Bmrt., late of Fulham, to answer 'P. Brookell and anotiraer. The lion. Chorales Manners Sut ton, to answer Thomas Brookell. AWilliam Henry son and Hugh Bunbury, of West Drayton, to answer George Ilenty, Thom& Fulgar, and another. PROPERTY EMUARKED IN RAILWAYS. —A list of railways, now completed and progressing, has been compiled in order to prove the value of this description of property, which, in a national point of view, is highly im portant, for in the construction of these valuable works, though involving so very extensive a capital, he it remem bered, that every shilling has been expended in our own countrv—first in the payment of land to the land-owners ; secondly in the wages for the production of coal and iron in the manufactory cf the materials ; and lastly in the wages to the workmen in every department in the execu tion of these gigisatic undertakings, s,hich are bath useful and ornamental, ,Ind pi ove the great master-min,l of science. The energy and exertion requited in the prosecution of these works, justly entitle the directors and propriettirs, to the best thanks of the public. Of the railways now in the muse of full work, some idea may be formed of the im. moose revenue that will be established when the whole of the undertakings come into active operation : but, it must also be observed, that tie various lines, when completed. will greatly benefit those to which the last years' gross re ceipts are now given :—Liverpool and Manchester, 255 9791. 9d. ; Grand Junction 435,684/, 6s. 6d. ; London and Birmingham 752 592/. 10s. 2d. ; London and South Western 227,2)8/. 2s. sd. ; Great Western 240,004/. tis. 7d. ; Midland Counties 53, 9 47/. 2s. 4d. ; Birmingham and Derby 48,i113/. 14s. 9d. Of this sum, 1,006,854/. is Q ividid amongst the proprietors; but where does the remainder go to? it is expended on the works, and in wages to the labourers ; equally beneficial to all. This newly created property, in a very great measure, arises from the overflow of wealth, and in every point in which it can by possibility he considered, must afford to the reflecting mind satisfaction, in the increasing prosperity Of this our native land.—Statistics of Railways. DEATII FROM WANT AN EXPOSURE TO Cot.D.—Tuesday evening an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, 4 the St. Sepulchre's workhouse, West•street , Smithfield, on the body of Thomas Arthur Sadler, formerly a compositor. From the evidence of many witnesses it appeared that, between one and two o'clock on Thursday morning, deceased was found lying on the wet pavement near the workhouse, in W es t-strect i , lie was Without shoes or stockings, and could scarcely walk or speak, The police conveyed him to that workhouse, an d i ts medical cflicers ordered him warm a pplications and internal stimulants, but he never rallied, and died the following day, the parish surgeon said, of affection of the brain, produced probably from destitution and exposure to the present but having become k deranged in mind he could rigorous weather. Deceased had formerly been au able i norder ag to ain g s e t t t i i i cl im of ; h t i h m at compositor, acre siwot conspiringhiln no longer perform his work. Ile somctimcs would say At other times lie would walk as gar as White h 1 . c ape Church m erely to know the time of day. .. • no frequently strolled penniless about the country, k • ' they tl' a t wishedlu to scab o r he was going. In drink ho was temperate, ' not knowing whither but had an ia ordinate appetite, equal to that of four or five ordinary men . For the last five years he had subsisted en oro charity of his former fellow_workmen, but on account of his voracity what 1 t 1::y allowed him appeared not to be sufficient for h . 'th support. Verdict--" Died from want aad exposure to extreme cold." AVERAGE AGE AT WHICH PERSONS NIARRI.---1 subjoin the result of an examination of the recorded ages, in 4,858 marriages, which, as they are not selected instances, but belonged to districts varying greatly in situation and ehar..cter, and included every marriage in such districts, thus comprising persons of every class, may be presumed to be a fair example of the arms at which marriages occur throughout the whole kingdom. The re sult of calculations founded on this abstract shows, that the average ago of marriages was, for men, about ti years; for women, 25 years and a few months:— Age. Men. Wor.ten. 15 ai,d under 20 159 6.58 20 . 25 2,586 2,i27 25 ... 30 1,150 S6l 30 ... 35 398 320 .35 ... 40 219 167 40 ... 4i 156 234 45 ... 50 103 76 50 ..• 56 70 :118 55 ..• 60 35 17 60 ... 65 19 6 65 ••• 70 4 4 70 ... 75 4 0 75 ... 80 1 . 0 4,858 4,858 Second Atm ILO Report of the Registrar. Genera.. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 28th contains a r(p3rt and decree, of which the following arc the concluding articles:— " 1. That the temporal measure of the Royal order of the 12th of January, 1834, admitting to conversion the in• scriptions of the transferable debt of tour and tire per cent. to bearer be immediately revoked. " •2. That the definitions of the 16th article of the Treaty of the 6th of December, 1834, be maintained in its two parts—of converting the bonds to bearer into inscrip tions payable at Madrid, and changing the bonds payable abroad for bonds payable at Madrid, and that there be im mediately prepared the necessary documents, that the coupons of the Ist of May and the Ist of November be re ceived and exchanged for new documents of the date at which they may be: forwarded." IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 4.—There has been a deep fail of snow, accompanied by heavy squalls, with sleet arid rain. The mails from London have been all from twelve to fourteen hours later, the wind being from the west, the communi cation with the provinces was delayed only on the north. ern road, and that but for a few hours, from the heavy fall of snow. . The Monitor of Saturday announces that the Duke of Leinster has resigned his seat at the Board of Educe cation, and that his Grace is to be succeeded by the Mar quis of Kildare. Major Sirr, one of the Magistrates of the Head-oflice of Police, was s eized on Saturday night with a severe attack of bronchitis and slight fever, but he is much better to-day. The rumour was that his ailment was apoplexy. There can be little doubt that the fire at Mr. Fold's printing-office in this city was the work of incendiaries, and the proprietor is about making his claim for compen sation. He has offered 2001. reward for such information as may lead to the discovery of the perpetrators. His Excellency is dispensing his Christmas charities in a practically benevolent manner. The Marshal of the Four Courts received from his Excellency's Almoner, the Very Rev. Dr. Vigr,olles, eigTty-four pounds, to corn- Fomise the debts of certain deserving persons, and thus releasing them from prison, as also to enable ethers con fined for periods of from one to two years to avail them selves of the law for the relief of insolvent debtors. THE POOR OF LONGHAM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—ln a leiter, dated Norwich, 21st December signed " A Fre2 Trader and an Enemy to the Priest' craft," the poor of the village of Longhair are represented as " subsisting on food unfit for a horse, and living in such hovels as to house one in would be to insure its death from cold, and that the principal farmer had threatened to drop the wages of his workmen to Bs. per week, leaving your reaers very naturally, of course, to suppos that they had not been in the receipt of much more Now, as every word of that is a scandalous falsehood, I trust you will grant me the indulgence of allowing me a small space in your columns to contradict what has been asserted, and to state what is the fact, and which I will defy the base calumniator to prove that it is not. The fact, therefore, is, that the cottages of the poor arc as respectulle, and such as afford equal, if not superior, comfort to what are general throughout the country ; and as every workman capable of doing a fair day's work in the employ of the " principal farmer" has regularly had 125., and several from 13s. to Its. per week till within the last six weeks, when their wages were reduced is , in consequence of wheat coming down in price to 30s. per huhel and under ; and as the other occupiers of the pa rish are paying at the same rate, I will leave it for your readers to judge whether it is at all probable that, with s 7c h wages, the working class are " subsisting on feud tin (it for a horse." Now, my impression being that the writer has no spite against me individually, but that the o Nect aimed at is to increase the enmity which al ready too strongly exists in, and pervades the minds of the ma nufacturer and tradesman against the farmer, I think if . 1 10 had signed himself an enemy to his country, instead of what he has, he would then only have declared himself to ,he what, after the information now given, your readers must consider him. _ _ I am not .ashamed of my name, which, without further troubling you, I will give, as the " principal farmer," and your obedient ft etvant, JOHN HASTINGS. Longhair, Jan. 5, 1841. THE WEATtlEß.—Notwithstanding the wlß terly appearance of The last two days, there has been no very great diminuti,m of temperature. On Monday night at ten o'clock, at I.lackney, the thermometer was 28 de grees Fahrenheit, ant,' yesterday morning at seven o'clock it was 29 degrees, wh 'lst at noon it was 32 degrees. The wind, which veered col tsiderably, was chiefly N. N.E., and made travelling very Weak and uncomfortable. There was a slight fall of snow on Monday evening, which con tinued at intervals durin g the night, but set in stronger yesterday morning at nin e o'clock, and continued during the day. The accounts brought by the Cambridge and Norwich afternoon coaches were, that in these counties and in Essex many fresh drifts had accumulated, which had rendered many of the lby-roads impassable. In town the streets have the appearance of winter having resumed all its severity, the roads and footpaths becoming very slippery, whilst on Holborn-hill and Westminster-bridge many accidents occurred from horses falling. Penton ville-hill has. also this year been particularly dangerous to horses, and many dangerous falls occurred yesterday, REGISTRATION OF LETTERS.—This day the new Post-office regulations relative to the registration of letters came into operation, .by which a system of regis tration will 'be adopted applicable to all descriptions of let ters withoult distinction, whether they contain coin or other articles of t -aloe or not. The registration fee is ls., which, with the pi ,stage, must be paid in advance. Foreign, co lonial, or s hip letters' registration will not, however, ex tend bey()) ad the port of despatch. QUARTER et April 5, July 5, 1839 1g39 Oct. 10, IS It lan. 5, Is to April 5, 1810 July 5, 1811 Oct.lU, Jai,. 5, 1610 ISO Jan. 18,1 ' __---, -- 3,497,822 I 3,825,871 4,484, - . 5 - .! 3,805,719 - 3,4 1 99,329 3,935,993 4,56.4048 .. 3,644,292 - 493,3231 I 1,015,462 i - - - 340,135 1,151,936 - - - -v .; 0,423 - 1,'?9:?,.254 ! 973,586 - 732,1591 . - 1,1011,9`29, 736,614 - -I-- -- ---, - -- ___-.- - -__ 4,.411,50 4,47433.3 5,27..;11 , 6 4,710,305 19, 9 40,213 4, ..72,6i 3 :',137,934 5,(4112,-77 4,°80,406 19,7.24,340 1,541,111 2,570,311 4,1 :2,110 3.42 ; ,271 !1,952,., 2. I ~1-.1.1,996 2,711,951 3,916,‘2.49 4,0 I f ,31 - ,O 12,1 , 4,11i2 1,610,253 1,647,4:13 I,‘: . 9,124 I ,`, , r7,0; 1 6,574,461 1,659, 'SS 1,7!29,6r.1 1,751,417 1,5!.6,616 6,731,002 176,410 1,6'9,3?_' :;11,28 i ; I,'S ,1;!I I 3,i11,794 1.9,0:14 I,f 47,50 S 3:12,507 1,1'8I:, -, I 3,414(1,144 3(2,(00 369,000 407,1 x), • 1 .111,0 ti 1,11,1,01.1 11:0,001 10.1,000 1:3,000 1 '3,001.i 441,001 40.000 411,00 "(1,001) , 40, , .. 0 160;410 4i y , 011 42,500 41;1!0 44 4 ,4'9(4 167,330 3),145 14,61 I 1 7 , 6 31 1 18,900 96,010 3', ISO 4,117 24,380 10,437 '78,116 V,537,318 11,152,050 12,'461,8.6 i 1 1,788,136 43,814,330 8,531,045 11,373,061 11,855,7.-.2 11, 1 31,1.6 4',1247,8414 31 853 301, 0 2.5 41,426 ! 41,992 419,996 31,913 297,980 62,999 33,546 445,338 125,756 204162 234,4'.45 i 176,890 730,191 110,7..6 195,995 172,409 1:3,918 603, R , S --- 8,691,957 111,(256,)371 12,0 W 97 1 10,0 -7,018 145,10' 1 ,40:1 1 8,679,714 11,867,836 12,111,..30 19,067,62.0 144,746,40 6,009,031 8, 1 02,924 9,' 0 ',FA.4 8,772,340 30,778,759 7,483,139 6,898,530 8,680,179 0,937,023 1 :- 2,000,771 4:1,677 172,4 1 0 23 ;7(11 09,64 2 9123,530 • 279,850 111,0'20 . 70,030 30,000 490,0(10, :4'264,249 4,880,913 3,194',1172 : 1 ,1:35,c 83 1',895,12(1 916,825 4,958,256 3,351,051 13,120,507 112,254,720 8,604,957 I 11,65 1, ,137: I ' 7. ',61 ',..97; 1 . 2,00:,018 :45,0011,409 1 8,619,714 11,987,836 12,111,230 110,087,(,_0 i 44,746,41 0 . _ - - =7 - ----------- _ . No. 11.-_Tncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1840, and the sth January, 1841. Quarters ended Jan. 5. I Quarters ended Jan. 5. INCOME. 1840 1841 I CHARGE. , , 1810 1811 ------- ustoms.—Consolidated Duties 3,30 ,71i 3,614,292 Permanent Debt. 8,172,563 8,177,2:A Terminable Annuities - Sugar applicable to the ;i7,72/ 679,460 Consolidated Fund ... •.. Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund Fund 10,1:29 11,910 Sinking —— Total Customs 3,805,719 3,614,2i:r2 The Civil List 96,Q38 97,012 Other charges on the Ciirlsolidated Fund Excise Sta nips Taxes 9, , 01,77 5 9,437,1)65 Post(Mice 1,503,094 1,t,34,371 Crown Lands 4 4 -1,10 0 40,000 Miscellaneous - 18,ts(X) 1:2,437 • linprest and other Moni es 41,092 32,546 11,104,869 11,372,536 Repayment of Advance , . The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1810, --- 11,051,369 11,372,133 , and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for th e Quarter ended January ti, 1841 5,02.1,140 The Amount issued in the Quarter ended January 5, 1811, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consoli- dated Fund for Supply Services To Cash brought to this Account 3,15.01,97 to be applied to pay off Deficiency • The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended January 5, 18-11 1,9 '4,371 1,186,.221 Bills LOA() ~ •. ------ The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended 11,104,869 11,372,336 January 5, Ist! 6,210,361 ................. THE COT ON MANUFACTU.RE. The last Number of the Anti-Corn-law Circa lar contained a letter from Saxony, the following extract from which we think deserving public at tention. It shows, and therefore we quote it, that the manufacture of cotton is just as susceptible of those graceful embellishments which constitute the poetty of life, as the gathering in of the harvest. The ancients, wiser than the moderns in this re spect, placed Minerva, the goddess of art, at least on a level with the beneficent Ceres : Chemnitz, Saxony. A few days ago I dined with Mr. C., who alter wards took me in his carriage to visit his brother, a cot ton-spinner, whose mill is situated about five miles from the town. It happened to be the anniversary of a holi day which he gave once a year to the hands employed in the establishment ; and I was le'd to expect that on the present occasion the festivities would be more than usually interesting, in consequence of the promised pre sence of the King and Queen of Saxony. As we passed along the road, we saw numerous parties waiting to see their Majesties ; the poles of the turnpike gates were all hung with garlands ; and we passed beneath several triumphal arches of flowers and branches. On entering the grounds belonging to Mr. C.'s factory, we met sonic hundreds of work people walking in procession towards us, bearing an immense wreath, formed of oak and other branches. After them followed others carrying baskets filled with bundles of yarn. On reaching the gate Ica& ing to the high road, they ranged thetnselves - in double line on one side, for the reception of the King. In the frcnt ranks were the females, dressed generally in white, and standing at a few feet distance from each other, and holding in their hands the wreath of oak leaves, which was allowed to drop in festoons between them ; the hanks of cotton yarn were then wound round the wreath, giving it the effect of tasteful drapery. Behind the young women, at a slight distance, on a rising ground, stood the men, hearing oak branches. Shortly afterwards the Royal party arrived, and drew' up opposite - to this very pretty demonstration. They were in a plain carriage, drawn by post horses, with traces made of ropes, and the only attendants were a couple of outriders. One of the latter dis mounted, and received from the wife of Mr. C. a large chaplet of flowers for the Queen, which she re ceived with affability and kindness, entering at once into conversation with Mrs. C. in a very unaffected manner. Mr. C., at tlic head of his men, next ad dressed the King, welcoming him in his own name, and that of his work-people, and expressing their gratitnde for the interest which he had always taken in the pros - - perity of the cotton trade. His Majesty, a sombre and somewhat melancholy, but ;till an amiable looking man, replied in a short speech ; after which, to my surprise, the band in attendance, belonging to the factory, struck up our own national anthem of " God save the King." After the interchange of a few more compliments, the Royal party took their departure amidst the cheers of those present. I was much struck with . the tone of frankness and sincerity evinced by all parties during this pleasing scene. There was a kindliness of manner truly German, and an entire absence of anything like hauteur on the one hand, or servility on the other. the priesthood, which degrades the cotton-manu facture, and —every other manufacture, into a mere hateful toil, unclreei"cd by one ray of social glad- less. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERN- The wreath of branches and cotton yarn, measur ing some scores of yards in length, was now. carried back to a spot in an adjoining meadow, marked out for the scene of the festivities. Here commenced the evening's amusements. Waltzes, quadrilles, &c., were danced by the work.people, in a style that would have done no discredit to Almack's itself ; and I was struck with the unrestrained but respectful confidence of their manner towards their employers. Mrs. C., an elegant and accomplished lady, led off the dance with a partner wearing a long dragging great coat, and a pair of huge thick boots, yet there did not seem to he the least feel ing in the mind of either aboUt the disparity in their appearance. One man went through a quadrille with tolerable grace, carrying all the while the common Gor man pipe in his mouth. The men, though thoroughly well-conducted, and at home in the dance, seemed to have devoted little attention to their toilet. Not so, however, their wives, daughters, and sweethearts, who generally wore smart shoes witk sandal ribbons, white stockings and dresses, and it struck me that their hair bore evidence of having been dressed with peculiar care. In the course of the evening, the Polonais was danced with great spirit by about 150 persons ; and towards the close, a novel circular movement was performtd by the whole company bearing the long wreath. which at the end was wound round the national colours, which were planted in the centre of the ring. When the dusk of the evening had considerably advanced, a spokesman came forward and proposed, after a short introductory speech, three cheers for the master and mistress, and prosperity to their business, which was duly acknow. lodged. Mr. C. then called for three cheers for the men ; after which his personal friends and visitors ad journed with him to a summer house close at hand, where we partook of refreshments proviougto returning again to Chcmnitz. MENT. We cannot conceive, however, any objects, short of the works of God, more justly calculated to excite man's respect, and almost his reverence, than the mighty engines which in all our manufactories con tribute to lighten his labour and spare his exer tions. It is the just pride of a fat mer to deck his team with gay ribands, and sometimes with flowers. I-Ia loves and he adorns those useful helps and companions of his toils. But how feeble is the aid of a horse, compared to the prodigious power of a steam-engine ? It is more gentle, too, than the most delicate pony for a lady's use. A child can guide its more than giant strength. It is, also, at all times almost the same, or all its little errors and vacillations may be know n and guarded against by the skill which makes it, while there are seasons when animals cannot be safely trusted, and whin the passions and powers they are endowed with submit not to convenient control. Why, then, should not our steam-engines be adorned like horses, and be as much or more endeared to the affection of the stoker or the spinner, than the team is endeared to a kindly waggoner? Surely there is the soul of poetry in the swift or slow revolting wheels—in - the bright and ceaseless-moving pis tons—in the enormous beams and fly-wheels— in the countless pirns that are kept continually in motion—in the deep and ever descending and rising pumps, drawing, as it were, an artificial, and yet a ieul river out of the bowels of the earth—in the blasts, like a tempest, that arc directed on the stone and coal to turn them into a mass of molten metal— in the great frames moving backwards and forwards , and spinning mile-lengths of cotton with fineness and firmness beyond the power of the finger, while they complete in a minute what the scarcely aided hand could not accomplish in a year,—surely there lies a soul of genuine poetry in all the mighty wonders of our manufactures, which kindliness may evoke, and which, but for the accursed spirit of sor (VI-less, would adorn all these wonders with its own ornaments and its own loveliness, and connect them, not with the little accidental pain and misery %% inch they sometimes inflict on those who han dle theta improperly, not merely with dirt and drudgery, which they really spare, but with the best and most ennobling affections of the human heart. To a small extent that is done in Saxony ; the bundles of yarn mingled :with wreaths, the united parties of masters and men, the lady dancing with one of the weavers, are faint indications of what the English might do to render their manufac turing system as thoroughly delightful as it is use ful. If a steam-engine could have been the pro duct of the civilization of Greeee, it would have been honoured, reverenced, almost worshipped, and JAMES WATT would have been deified, the rational man glorifying in him the spirit of useful invention. To evoke the spirit of kindliness would now much better beseem our public writers titan their non sensical tirades against the progress of manufac tures—the progress of art and skill which are almost divine—or their impious proposals to burn down the seats of our traffic because the human wind submits no longer to the priesthood, and is called infidel on account of preferring the voice of reason and of nature to the dictates of their selfish cupidity. Manufactures come naturally after agri culture in the progress of society, as agriculturesu perseded pasturage or roving for prey. They clothe and feed the manufacturers by an easy task, and to talk of checking or suppressing them, instead of embellishing them and associating their toils, like time toils of agriculture, with festivity and enjoy ment, is the extreme of surly, selfish folly. Men are doomed to be manufacturers as well as agriculturists. Their want of clothing and of convenient instru ments is the work of nature, like their want of food. Even those who most praise rural toils do neverthe less covet warm and comfortable clothing, handsome drinking cups and glasses, embossed trays and sal vers, with all the produce of the furnace, the loom, and the lathe. Manufactures, then, being a natu ral result of the progress of society, their products being indispensible to man's comfort, and they com prising sonic of the most splendid and almost god like work of man's hand, it is the part of wisdom t o cherish them, to endear, if possible, all the ne cessary processes to our affections, and to spread over and spread through this great branch of so ciety all the endearments with which the Fine Arts —unworthy of their name if they effect nothing for the millions—may be able to invest human labour. 70 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Can any man assign a reason why the cotton manufacture in England ought not be embellished and endeared to every man, and woman, and child engaged in it as in Saxony ? We know why at present it is not, and cannot be ; but the hinderance grows not from the nature of the manufacture itself, but from the sordidness and overbearing propensities of the ruling classes in England. Their struggle is to get rich themselves, and seeking riches, more as a mark of superiority than a means of enjoyment, their accumulation gives no pleasure unless others are poorer than themselves. Our land is cursed wi:h a needy and rapacious aristocracy, which has continu • ally in its corporate capacity, whatever individuals may do, trampled under foot all the dimities of life, in order to prese rve a facti tious superiority over other men. Our land is st ill further cursed by a priesthood, vying with the ar i stocracy i n rapac i ty and surpassing them in need. Like the aristocracy, the heads of the priesthood use the law to ensure their superiority and add to their wealth, but, worse than the aristocr ac y , the y , in addition, prostitute the ho urpose. U n h app il y, too, our numerous middle class have h a d f or t h e gre at object of their sil l y ambition t o i m i tate the rapac i ous sought to obt a i n t h at wealt h an d ttl samename the y e s aristocracy theyra cy have and that the grasping priesthood, except power by means of trade which the others have used the law to secur e. These three great classes, all striving to gain or preserve Power by means of wealth, generate amon g st us a general spirt of mere sordidness and overbearingness which shuts out all the graces that in other countries adorn useful labour. The overreaching system is the parent of hos.' tility between the classes. It makes man the enemy of man, and utterly extinguish es that cordiality be tween the employer and employed—that loving spirit, which is of more value than wealth, for it casts its own rosy hues over the privations and wants which wealth too often augments and em bitters. It is the general sordidness of our people, growing from the rapacity of the aristocracy and HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Under the above head a paragraph appeared in The Sun, which stated that a few evenings ago Mr. Baldwin, a farmer, on his way from Winkficld to London, whither ho was going to pay his rent, had been stopped between Falling-lane and Hayes, at a late hour at night, and robbed of a large sum of money. Since that time a strict investigation has taken place by the police, and the result is that it almost amounts to a cer tainty that no such robbery ever took place. We believe that the police are satisfied that any further investigation into the matter is quite unnecessary, and we allude to it merely to allay the public apprehension as to the safety of the district. HALIFAX AND BOSTON MAIL.—The fine steam-ship Columbia, Captain Judkins, will sail to-morrow for Halifax and Boston. This is the first trip of the Co_ lumbia across the Atlantic. She is the fourth and last of the fine vessels now running on this station. Captain Judkins is favourably known from the success which has marked his management of the Britannia. A steamer Kill ►eave Egremout slip at three o'clock to convey the pas sengers to the Columbia. She is likely to take on' as many passengers as can be accommodated.—Liverpool Albion. The anniversary of her Majesty's marriage is, as we stated some days ago, selected as the day for christen ing the Princess Royal. The ceremony is to be performed at Buckingham Palace. It is understood that whatever can impart effect to the interesting scene will be combined for the purpose, and that the assemblage of royal and il :ustrious personages who will be present on the occasion will be considerable. We hear that no creations or pro motions will take place on occasion of the christening of the Priucess Sln,-I regret to be obliged to trouble you sooner than I intended, for the purpose of request ing that you will correct a typographical error, in your obliging publication of my letter of December 25. " Ist 11. C. 1." should be " 1 H, 5. c. 1." In my recent observations on the Civil Consti tution of England, I contrasted the rights and pri vileges of the people at the first establishment of the Government with the alterations which have been introduced by the Legislature from time to time, my object being to show that, in a moral sense, the obligation every member of the State is under to pay obedience to its institutions depends upon the laws or the kingdom, which are not re pugnant to the principles of the law of nature. In my former letter I stated the notorious fact, that during the existence of the British Constitu lion, as originally constituted, every freeman was entitled to take his scat as a member of the Legis lature. In those times freeman and freeholder were synonymous terms. A distinction existed be tween the freemen, who were all proprietors of land, however minute the quantity held by some, and the freedmen who were of foreign extraction, and ma numitted by their masters ; but these were expressly excluded from the high privilege enjoyed by the freemen, of having a share in the administration of the commonwealth, unless they became proprietors of land. But there was another right which I have not noticed, and which was inseparable from the right to sit in Parliament—namely, that by the funda mental principles of the Constitution, every free man had a right to elect his own procurator, or at torney, to represent him in Parliament ; and that system was in full operation, till it was subverted by the foregoing Act of Ist Henry V. c. 1, which disfranchised all but residents ; and this disfran chisement was extended to all but 4.05. freeholders, by the Bth Henry VI. c. 7, as before explained in my former letter. The facility to obtain the franchise was thus originally impeded. Those statutes deprived the people of their most valued and essential right, without which all their other liberties were a spe- Cies of bondage ; and it was in this way that all persons who were not resident 40s. freemen, were reduced to the same condition with the freedmen, and even with the foreign slaves, and the mere hewers of wood. It is upon this vexatious principle of impeding the franchise, that Lord Stanley's Bill was founded. But my present object is not to animadvert upon lug Lordship's unstatesinan-like intellect, but to demonstrate that the American writer, quoted by his Lordship's able eulogist, the limes newspaper, is quite at sea, when he asserts that " representa tion is a discovery of modern times."—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, VALENTINE BLAKE. GALE OF WIND.—The wind, since it changed from east to west, has occasionally, blown with great vio lence. On Saturday night, however, it increased to n hurricaue. It was at its height from twelve to two o'clock, and alarmed the inhabitants of houses in exposed situations, many of whom arose from their beds, and sought safety in lower apartments. A heavy shower of hail fell at the lat ter hour, which lulled the storm. The wind rose again towards morning, and blew violently all yesterday and last night.—Liverpool The Rhenish Universal Gazette quotes a report that one of the first Catholic Princes of Germany—mean ing, it was understood, the King of Bavaria, intended to imitate the example of Charles V., and pass the remainder of his days in a monastery. CURLING IN ENGLAND.—Sir Charles Lamb has introduced Curling at Hastings. Several games have been played ; and a grand match took place on Thursday, six aside. Sir Charles Lamb and five friends on one side, and Lord Antrim and rive friends on the other After a great deal of fine play, Sir Charles Lamb's party came off victorious. The whole then retired to Sir Charles's man sion, to refresh themselves with the good things with which the house abounds. MEDICAL It EFonNts.—The College of Physi• cians have determined upon the abolition of the class of Extra Licontiates, and have agreed to liberalise the me thod by which the President and Council are henceforth to be elected. The College of Surgeons have deter mined upon creating a new class, to be styled Fellows. This class to be composed of the lecturers and recognised teachers of anatomy, physiology, and surgery ; and of sur geons and assistant-surgeons to hospitals; and further, that this new class shall enjoy henceforth the privilege of electing one-half of their members of the Council of the College.—Medical Times. FORGERY.—WC regret to announce that two respectable merchants of this city were last week appre hended upon the serious charges of forgery and fraud. So far as we have been able to ascertain the pax Ocular. they are these:—The two gentlemen in question are charged with having procured several blank acceptances of a young man, a mercantile clerk in London, filled them up from time to time, as suited themselves, and discounted the bills at the City of Glasgow and other banks, repre senting the acceptor as an extensive wine therenant in London, and as residing at a place in London where he never resided, but where a gentleman of the same name lived. Inquiry being wade as to the cir cumstances of the gentleman at the address given, the banks were satisfied, and consequently induced, it is said, to cash the bills, and the drawers, taking care to remit fulds to London to retire the bills as they became due, the system was carried on for a considerable time. One or two of the bills, however, being returned dishonoured, inquiry was set on foot, and the result has been that the gentlemen have been taken up on a charge of forgery and fraud. By consent of the Lord Advocate, they have since been admitted to bail under a penalty of 3001. The gen tlemen, we believe, deny that they gave a false represen tation of the acceptor to the banks—Glasgow Herald. Loss OF TIIE SCHOONER LADY MIDDLETON. _We have to record the loss of the schooner " Lady Middleton," of this port, on the Cross Sand, off Yarmouth, on Wednesday night. It appears that the Lady Middleton was homeward bound from Newcastle with coals, and that in a thick shower of snow she ran upon the sands, whe'c she became a total wreck. A letter has been received from S. Ford, the mate,iwhich states that he and another of the crew, named Flick, launched the boat to leeward sometime after the vessel had struck, jumped into her, an d threw the two endea voured to get the master, Capt. W. Martin, aandstwuondbeturiileasnniind, also; but they failed, and a heavy sea strik ing broke the oars, half filled the boat w i th water, and drove j us t schooner.driven thembrig, f rom which t h had e men a rope, by which means their lives wersaved. Six men in a boat belonging to a 13rix iam . schooner, w hi ch P urp o o v n id t er ie tio sa il n y d , but on board the brig at the same was likewise lost, t i me. Th e b r i g at length cleared the sands, pro ceeded to the Downs, and landed the shipwrecked mari• nary at Deal on Thursday night. Nothing has since been heard of Captain Marlin and the two boys who were left on board the Lady Middleton, and it is feared they have all me t watery graves. The Lady Middleton was of 130 tons burthen, and was the property of Captain London, and held Johu t A h l r a c y c , f E .° s u q r h s of h er, rtaß. li in extent she lexa wasnd er, insured. E sq. W e find by the mates letter that several other vessels be longing to different ports were wrecked on the same occa sion.—lpsteich Express.' The most splendid Royal christening upon re cord is that of Henry the Sixth's only son, Edward. It took place in Weitrninstcr Abbey, and the mantle in which the babe was rec e i ve d after its immersion cost a sum equal to 6,0001. of modern money, being embroidered with pearls and precious atones. QUARTEII3 ENDED Feet; seat from lael• eon' n with their Ivied le 11'1 alto Alt ill )100 with aWI TA coq tbl ek li ri di les 't dent re; as al a tb o 10 ire I rug ego Med .east b ,dee ) ell lull is abe qu vele is, g F,gY ery is Cl sod ial err' sub itte al cut lon' rsul Tier be 1 e 81 ,b isr Sri ilia ste )pe r I Sig als to jail 341 Vi vel hal rel ro ! ler ai or% .o )re 'at b IS ieb al le at op ae nti is ini ;s so id de Sc! irl ing tc 0 bi fie 5o tt 01 e] II in a ;I It ii nl 11 11 cl .1 Ii II 1 { it 61P , Iv , 013; I