The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We wi take Mr. Lewes' si., , — ; :e:;ton iuto concitieratian. Tha , =tiggf stions o; .‘ A Laridsmau" are already acted f , a, and each light along the coast has some pecuiarity to distirguisb it. zNuricE. T H,E CHINA. SUN, Which was RE-PUBLISHED on the Gth INSTANT, with the LATEST NEWS from CHINA, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at the Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. IN PROGRESS, Til E R AILWAY SUN. With a iNIAP.of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom ; con*aining all tl►e STA TIONS oat 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 sTert , .by post free to all parts of the Empire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP FAIRY. r lii E Public is , earnestly appealed to in Behalf of the WIDOWS and ORPHANS of the SEAMEN who perished in this unfortunate Vessel. Subscriptions are received by Captain Phipps Hornby, C. 13 , Woolwich ; also at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, Strand; and at Sir John Lubbock and Co.'s, Mansion-house-street. 13, Gt-cat illarlborough-str‘et. AGNES STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. TILE FIRST VOL 1.1.11 E OF THE NEW and REVISED EDITION Of this Work, will be ready in a few days. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colharri, Publisher, 13, Cleat Marlborough -street. Now ready,. Vols. post Bvo., with numerous Wood Engraving:. POPUL A 11 R ADPFIONS OF ENGLAND, 1. By JOILN ROBY, Esq., 31. R. S. L., &c. • . , Au author whose works have been quoted and commended by Sir Waher Scott, has no slight claims on public attention, arid such a position is occupied by Mr. Roby. The lovers of rom. nth! adventure will dwelt upen these reco.ds with de ight, while the antiquarian will firet in them much food for medita tion. Such a collection of English tralitions, supplies valuable ach:itions to our existing stock of knowledge, either as materials for ibuorating English history, and warmers and customs now sdholeiAr t or as legends having ti uth for their basis. As relics nt the past rescued ;corn oblivion, they aro a most interesting addith.'s to the literature of our country."—Conservative Jour. ilenry L'aslburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEAth,F, , ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. ii N not t he 31,11ZAGEMENT of MADAAIE VESIT,F. THIKZVENING, JAN. 16. Will be repeated Ehakspere's MIDgIIMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theieng, Coopei; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute,. Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows • Snug, Mr. F. Matthev;44,, Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, ' Madame Vestris ; Titania, Ifi•se W. Lacy ; puck, Miss Marsall; First Fairy, Miss Ra'nfortb After which, The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will Le repeated, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Moretti; Columbine, Miss Fairhrcther. On Monday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with The New Pantomime. to opened at l:alf-past Six—the performances to comn.-.ree it Seveq o'clock. Tivkes and Oa( sa fur the 80xt.7 to he taken of Mr. Grogan R. the Box-offic.... from Ten till Four, where 5N1.,01 . 1 Tictets may Ile had upon application. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second k'ire!es, ss. ; Second Price, 25. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. ; Gallery, Is. Private Box,. to lie had so'.ely of Mr. And: es?, bookseller 187. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Triumph:int Success—lmmense Novelty—Crowded Houses. Sixth Night of.AinsNorth't Tower oft London. THIS EVENING, JAN. 16, Will l:e acted a Grand Historical Romarice, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The ableaax Vivans, splendid Cestume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Crniksbanks. After wl \ zich w ill be rePeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled FIA !MEW - UN AND MY LADY LEE ; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND TUE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the unrivailed'Artistes, the Bolen() Family; Mr. Sonilihy, the Original ; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astonishing Gymnastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Fran coni's, at Pars, trill perform : concluding with Brunning's Gland Dioramic Sxnnpsis'of Syria. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE, NOVEL AND UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION, Arrival in England of AL LAROCHE and M. NOEL, sur named by their own countrymen The Incredibles of Paris. The LESSEE begs respectfully to inform his numerous Friends and the Public that he ha, at considerable expense, en tered into an engagement with the above talented and Wonder ful Artistes, who will exhibit their t, uly astonishing Perfor mances, for the fist time in England, on MONDAY NEXT. 'the 18th January, when will also be performed Mr. Haines' highly successful Drama, entitled the YEW TREE RUINS, or the WRECK, the MISER, and the MURDERER. The whole to conclude with the New Grand Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JACK of NEWBERRY, or " BAA, BA A, BLACK SHEEP," and the OLD WO.NI AN of BERKELEY. Mr. Haines' New Drama, and the Pantomime, every Even ing till further notice. HIGh WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.AIO RIM W. ..Morning...... mieutes after 9. I Evening 49 minutes after V. The Publication of t e F.vening Edition of THE Sus corn. !noticed t 20 minutes after Three. , ,4P'r • - kt z t iL L , •'> *'74 , ,, • " • );•••-•'- 'A." r"s, `:fr LONDON : SATURDAY, JANUARY 16. 141. By the br:g Harebell, Captain CIIUDLEICII, which arrived at Falmouth on Thursday afternoon, f em Buenos Apes, advices have been received confirming the news brought by the French tele graph from Brest of the restoration of peace be tween France and the Argentine Republic. The Harebell hit Buenos Ayres on the 10th of No vember, eight days • after the French Admiral had raised the b!ockade, and signed a treaty of peace. This treaty was much more favourable to the Re public than was anticipated, and consequently dif fused general joy among the Buenos Ayreans. As soli] as it was known at Monte Video that the blockade was raised ; a great number of Blitish ves , e l s preeeeded up the Rio Plata in con fident expectation .of finding a profitable market for their v.lrious freights. The pa tience of the mercantile world has certainly been severely tested by•the tardiness of the French blockades of two of the principal emporiums of commerce in South America. Had the blockading squadron been manned with Dutchmen, commanded by a Chinese Mandarin, it could not have displayed a more edifying amount of patience in the exercise of a system of observant passive hostility. The conflict which .The Sun had with Viscoun STILANGFORD same years ago makes us a little cau tious in now making any remarks on his Lordship, or his Lordship's son, the hopeful candidate fur Canterbury. Fortunately for us we are spared the trouble of reviving old quarrels, d sr. at the same time the public are reminded of the merits of 13MYTHE, the father, and enabled thereby to Iola: a m opinion of what must be SMYTHE, the son, by the' zeal of a Contemporary. Amongst our extracts from‘the E ven ing Journals is one fr om t h e Globe, eailing, on the authority of the Times the con duct of SMYTHE, the father, in 1828, in dating a despatch which was written in Bruton -street, from On board the Hibernia, off the Tagw. The latter portion of the Globe article refers to the part which The Sun bore in the subsequent transaction, paid we could not conveniently place it with the other ' 'porti4n we insert it here. If our readers first peruse the extract which appears elsewhere they will be better enabled to understand the following remarks : " But Ihough his Lordship did not land at Lisbon on the 27th, a od had not the good fortune to meet with the Royal Fami. l y till the 28th, when they were on board— though the menaces of the Moniteur, and the protecting ~qu.alron of Sir Sidney Smith, did the whole work of diplomacy —his Lordship was the chief gainer by the transaction. His dispatch was believed, and his zeal was rewarded, while the less obtrusive merits of the Ad miral remained unblazoned, and were left without re compense. The red riband which was due to Sir Sidney Smith—or which, as Col. Napier suggests, ought to have been cut into three parts, and shared between his Loreship, the Admiral, and the writer of the Moniteur, was conferred upon the unsuccessful Envoy, and the alter tulit honorer was verified in diplomacy as well as in authorship. " After admissions like those we have been recording, and the more recent display of duplicity or deceit at Constantinople, what in the name of wonder can recom mend his Lo r d s hip t o his p resen t mission, but his con duct toward s M r . C ann i n g : and is that a sufficient stock of service for such an appointment ? An Ambas sador has been described, by one of the !lade, as ' a person sent abroad to lie for the good of his country :' has the time now arrived in which he may do the same for a red riband and a peerage ?" Such was tha exhibition of Lord Strangford's eminent public services," and such is the record preserv©d in tb columns of the Times of his Lordship's moral ex cellencies. Are these the " public services" which streegthen his son's claim to the honour be now solicits at the hands of the Canterbury Tories? But it will, perhaps, be said that the Times is not an authority on either side, whether as a detractor or an eulogist, on whose testimony candour would rely for its estimate of public or private character. It is, how ever, unfortunate for Lord Strangford that he was in duced to make an experiment, the result of which, in stead of removing the imputations cast upon his charac• ter as a diplomatist and a public man, by the Times, fastened them more indelibly. A Contemporary journal (The Sun) copied the article we have quoted from the r Tizzies, and appended to it some comments of its own ; remarking that for such a character it would not accept the embassy to the Brazils ; and adding, that " to the friends of liberal principles, it must be consolatory that the reviler of Mr. Canning's memory would hardly be believed on his oath—certainly not on his honour—at the Old Bailey." Tbis blow was felt ; and to avenge the injury inflicted on his reputation, his Lordship, in an evil hour, was prevailed on to apply to the Court of King's Bench for a criminal information against the journal in which the offensive comment on the Times' article appeared. Lord Tenterden was then the Chief Justice of the Court—a Judge at whose bands no favour for wilful and ground less libels was to be expected, but who strictly required from those who sought protection of the extraordinary powers of the Court, that they came to it with clean hands. Mr. Brougham, as counsel for the defendant, boldly avowed that the publication intended to impute jalsehood to Lord Strangford ; and contended that the imputation was well founded. The affidavits in support of the application did not satisfy the Court, and the Noble Lord took nothing by his motion. We well remember the sensation which the matter caused at the time. Lord Strangford and his family may thank the clumsy advocacy of the Times for an untimely revival of the now almost forgotten affair. In addition to the peerage and the red riband, which the Teines once thought in this instance conferred no honour on the wearer, Lord Strangford receives sub stantial advantages in the shape of pensions ; one of 2,036/., another of BW. ; his daughter a pension of 222/. ; while the Viscountess Dowager Strangford re ' ceived for many years two pensions of 338/. and 266/., one of which, reverting on her death to Lord Strang ford's son, the present candidate for Canterbury, he has relinquished. To this the Hon. Gentleman alluded when he said, " He was under no obligation to the Crown. What the Crown had conferred he had given back to the Crown." We have nothing to add, except to repeat that the Tory electors of Canterbury, who believed in THom, and the SMYTHES, father and son, are worthy of each other. There are certain actions, such as murder, the: &c., which nature forbids, and which are classed by all moral writers as crimes per se. There are others, such as bringing in brandy and tea without paying duty, and such as attempts to change the form of Government, which are not naturally offences or crimes per se, but are made so by the decrees of law makers. These are called political offences. The former are well known; briefly to illustrate ie latter, we may observe that, to bring brand. from France, or tea from China, is of itself as beneficial a portion of trade as any other, and its nature is not at all altered by the law, except as that is violated when it prohibits them from being imported unless a high duty be paid. In fact so useful and so virtuous, if we may be allowed the expression, are some of the acts of the smuggler, that they redress the injury which a very high duty, or an absurd prohibition, produces, and compel the law-maker to alter his decrees. In these cases it is obvious that the conversion of the useful introduc- Lion of tea or brandy into an offence is entirely the act of the Legislature, and but for its act the im portation would be for ever a useful part of trade. There being no natural government of society, every political arrangement being a matter of expe diency, no one government being abstractedly ex cellent, all government being intended for the good of all, however much any existing government may hedge round its power with punishment and terror, every attempt to change, improve, or alter it can only be considered as a political offence. It is pro hibited by law, not by nature. A monarchical go vernment or a republic is not, like life, the gift of na ture, and like property, the gift of industry—or of a faculty given by nature—and there is no universal voice which prohibits men: from establishing or subverting either, as there is a universal voice which prohibits them from committing murder. Otherwise the form of government must be every where alike. Both those who wield power and those who wish to wield it, may perpetrate great crimes, and for that are much to be condemned ; but of itself neither the possession of political power, nor the attempt to seize it, however cha racterised by law, is other than a. political offence. How can it be when the whole structure of go vernment is altogether a human contrivance to attain a political end ? It is like the tax on im porting brandy—the creature of law. We make these observations to meet a little cen sure of the Scotsman, which stigmatizes some of our late remarks on Mr. FROST as at once "bold," and an " abuse of words." Mr. FROST was tried for treason, and treason is a political, not a moral, offence. Far from being a moral offence, it is in many cases a most virtuous action. The Emperor of RUSSIA stigmatized, and this is the case with all tyrants, the efforts of the Poles as treason ; but no generous heart applies to them any other epithet than ore of virtue and honour. We do not say that the millions now excluded from the pale of our Constitution have the same cause of complaint against the Government as the Poles have against the Emperor of RUSSIA; but our Contemporary will not deny that the Government has long treated them with a step-mother's kindness, and that they have come to regard it as their enemy. It is a fact that thousands, and perhaps millions, of them sympathise with Mr. FROST, and many have boldly expressed their sympathy. Now, with all deference to the Scotsman, consi dering it of far more importance to convince the mil lions they are in error than to sabre or shoot them out of their conviction, of far more practical utility to re concile them to the Government by kindness than to vindicate the law by some cruelty which but contri butes the rnoretcimake men hate it—not making light of the great offence cotrittritted by Mr. FnosT, hut p calling it a political offence, we should have been more ti49sed, we repeat, to praise than to dame the Ministers, had they so far pardoned Mr. FrtosT as to remit all other punishment than merely keeping him safe in the Colony. Some, and we 'link great, respect is due to the feelings of the toil worn awl ill-requited people ; and that public writer, whether his lucubrakions appear in the Standard or the Scotsman, is no friend 0 the future peace of the country who urges the GoyernrirgAt to disrr. gard tbeir feeli ngs , or wishes it to rely for security on terror. His opinions may be clothed in sacred and venerable names, but they will only be the more mischievous. The Post has taken six days to acknowledge the •eception of the information we gave it last Satur- day evening, relative to the three classes, of la bourers, manufacturers, and consumers, all benefit ing by the abolition of the Corn-law ; and it at tempts very feebly to invalidate our statement. No person acquainted with the many elements which enter into money price, will presume to say, within 10s. or 15s. per quarter, what would be the precise effect on the prices of wheat in this country by the total abolition of all the import duties on wheat. We will not, therefore, wrangle with the Post about the more or less, being satisfied with its admission " that the reduction in price, from the removal of our protecting laws, would be considerable." That reduction, whatever its amount, might be, and would be, as we have stated, divided in •ertain pro portions, according to various circumstances, such as the demand for labour, the momentary extent of the foreig❑ market, Sze., amongst the three classes, hich rebuts, by its own admission, the Post's silly accusation, that those are cheats who contend for the abolition of the Corn-law, because it would be nefit all the three classes. At the same time, we must observe that it is pro bable that the, reduction of price would be greater than the reduction of duty, because all such artifi cial elevations of price make a larger capital neces sary for carrying on the businesses connected with making bread ; and, ultimately, the consumer must pay the profit on that excess of capital. Thus the farmer, being obli ge d t o g i ve a hi g h e r price for his seed-corn, and everythi ng he purchases, is obliged to ask a higher price from the miller, besides the increase of price caused by the duty. The miller and the baker are, respectively, also , obliged to give a higher price ; they must, con sequently have a larger capital to carry on their business, and the profit on that larger capital is levied on the consumer. Nor is this of the least advantage to the capitalist, for the in creased capital he is obliged to employ in carrying on the trade, would be employed, were the price lowered by the reduction of duty, in some other way. The same, or indeed a greater, amount of profit would be obtained, because the capital would be turned to a more productive occupation, and the community would be benefited by the creation of some additional wealth. We are ready, therefore, to admit that our assumption does imply that the 'nice of wheat is enhanced by the full amount of the duty (the average duty, as long as we have I fluctuating scale) on foreign wheat, and we con tend that the reduction of price would be even greater than the reduction of duty. It is not our business to reconcile the conflicting statements of the many advocates of the repeal of the Corn-laws ; we content ourselves with de fending our own ; and we have carefully steered clear of any attempts to estimate the exact benefit to a few shillings which the repeal would confer on the country. We have never said that the fall in the price would be little or nothing ; on the con trary, we have maintained that the greater the fall in the price, the greater is the present mischief of the law, and the greater would be the national benefit from its repeal. Despite the venerable names and high authorities the Pot quotes in favour of high prices, but evidently quotes without under standing the bearings of their doctrines, we con tend that the real or natural price being solely and exclusively the labour which nature demands of man, cannot, if labour be an evil, be too low. What happened to the great men mentioned by the Post was this. In their time Holland was the richest country in Europe, and the most prosperous, while its prices were highest. But the prosperity was not caused by the high prices, they were its sign ; and these philosophers made the mistake •of confounding the effect with the cause. ADAM SMITH kas a passage appropriate to the whole subject, which, though not exactly directed to the word price, yet, as prices are raised by taxes, is so complete an answer to this part of the case that we shall end by quoting it : " Taxes upon the necessaries of life have nearly the same effect, upon the circumstances of the people, as a poor soil and a bad climate. Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. As in the natural scarcity arising from soil and climate, it would be absurd to direct the people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals and industry, so it is likewise in the artificial scarcity arising from such taxes. To be left to accommodate as well as they could their industry to their situation, and to find out employments in which notwithstanding their unfavourable circum stances, they ought to have some advantage either in the home or the foreign markets, is what in both cases would evidently be most for their advantage. To lay a new tax upon them because they are already over burdened with taxes, and because they already pay too dear for the necessaries of life to make them likewise pay too dear for the greater part of other commodities, is certainly a most absurd way of making amends. Such taxes, when they have grown up to a certain height, are a curse equal to the barrenness of the earth and the inclemency of the heavens ; and yet it is in the richest and most industrious countries that they have been most generally imposed. No other countries could support so great a disorder. As the strongest bodies only can live and enjoy health under an unwholesome regimen, so the nations only that in every sort of in dustry have the greatest natural and acquired advan tages, can subsist and prosper under such taxes. Hol land is the country in Europe in which they abound most, and which, from peculiar circumstances, continues to prosper, not by means of them, as has been most ab surdly supposed, but in spite of them.— Wealth of Na tions, book iv., chap. 2. We learn from the Hamburgh papers, arrived last night, that Count BULOW is not to leave London for Frankfort till the Eastern Question is settled, and that M. HASSENPFLUG is to go to Frankfort as the representative of Prussia. The King of PRUSSIA has offered to guarantee the Archbishop of COLOGNE a Cardinal's hat, and 20,000 dollars a year for his life, if he would resign his diocese and retire to Rome. The Archbishop referred the KING to the POPE, and the KING has sent Count MUHL to Rome to negotiate a settle ment of the affair. It is said Prince ERNEST iS going to negotiate a loan for a million of dollars, and he has exacted a fine of 50 from Dr. STUVE for having published his defence. The following arc the prices of funds at Hamburgh : HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JAN. 9. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. _lO5 10I} Bank Shares 1670 Anglo-Russian Loan lO7 100,.i Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se.:IGS lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hop:, and Co. 3d and 4th Series 96% 06 Ditto in Certilicktes Dutch riClUill Debt, 234 per Cent 49 .. - - 49% Ditto 5 per Cent — _ Polish Bonds New Picket Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 74 731 / 2 Nm wegian Loan, 16,31, 4 per C,,nt'... Spanish, New 3 per Cents. l9 18% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN. a —l3 3 . 1 ,4.—Tw0 months, 13 Ili. SrocKnotm, DEC. 31.—Seventy-five days, 11. 37. PETIIRSBURGII,DEC. :.'9.-.-TIIIO months, 3 95 j pence. BERLIN. JAN 7.—Three months, 6. RN. VIENNA. DEC 31.—Three months, 9. 45. BREMEN. JAN. 5 —Two months, 614:13. Dutch Papers, of the 12th, state that the Sec- tions of the Second Chamber are examining the project of a law for a new system of import duties. The Dutch trade, like our trade, is put out of joint by fiscal regulations. Flushing was free from ice on the Bth. The Paris Journals of Thursday have all been received. They arc principally occupied with M. TinEfts' Report on the fortification of Paris, a complete summary of which will be found in another part of The Sun. The Journal des De buts praises the Report as able and impartial. The &bats is the organ of the Court, and not of the Government, and on this occasion expresses not the sentiments of the Ministers, who want no forti fications, but of the KING, who does. The Siccle, which ativoe.,4e.',3e views of M. ODILLON BAR ROT, insists that pledges should be exacted from the Government, to erect the works i n a g i ven t i me . The Presse, the organ of Ministers, says the Ca binet has triumphed in obtaining a complete control, not over the erection of the works, but in the means and manner o f t h e i r erect i on, an. l of the time most expedient for such a purpose. It likewise remarks, justly and sensibly, that military science is no longer what it was in the days of VAUBAN, and that it was soothing to the vanity of NAPOLEON, when an exile in St. Helena, to suppose that, had Paris been fortified, he would then be on the throne of France. The Commerce which, from the outset, steadily, unflinchingly, and patriotically opposed the fortification of the capital, knowing the rear design to be the repression of any liberal movement on the part of the Parisians, describes the report in the following terms : Knowing the paradoxical nature of M. Tillers, and his undeniable facility in disguising the reality of facts by the seduction of eloquence, we did expect, in a work which has occupied so much time, and which must have so decided an influence upon the present and future reputation of M. Thiers, some new ideas of im portance, and, at the least, a display of political energy. We are disappointed. Nothing more poor in sophistry, more trivial in mind, more empty and declamatory, can be conceived than this work, which gives us a true esti mate of the capacity of the ex-Minister. The Quotidienne a Royalist paper, says of the . . Report that it was received by the Deputies coldly, and with a silence which appeared to be condemna tory of it even by his friends. M. 'VIERS' repu diation of circumstances arising when the Govern ment might turn the guns of the forts upon Paris absolutely frightened the extreme left. We pi e sume a glimpse of the real object of the works for the first time burst upon their minds. The following remarks on the armaments in France are from the private correspondence of a Contemporary. We trust for the sake of France and of Europe, they are well founded : I have every reason to believe that M. Guizot has just made to the representatives of the greatrowers the subjoined calculations, which are certainly of a nature to remove much uneasiness as to the belligerent attitude of France. The effective of the army, as carried up by the war like ex-Thiers Ministry, amounted to 480,000 men, by resorting to the reserves anterior to 1840. Now, these 480,000 men have been reduced up to the 31st of Dee. last to 430,000 men, by the disbanding of the class of 1833, in conformity with the recruiting law. By the half-yearly disbandings, under the operation of the same law, up to March 1, the effective will be still further de creased to the extent of 143,000 men, and at that period DO more than 290,000 men will comprise the French army But if you take from this latter amount 70,000 men absorbed by the war in French Africa, the garrisons composing Corsica and the French colonies, only '20,000 men will, in point of fact, be found to con stitute the military force of France. From this amount you must also deduct at least 6,000 veterans and 13,000 gendarmes performing civil and criminal functions, so that the real army of the country amounts after all to but 200,00) men ; the army's ordinary force, it must be remarked, in a time of profound peace. Indeed, the statistics may be justly and legally estimated at a lower rate, for there is always at least a fifth to be deducted for the actual difference subsisting between the paper re turns and the positive elective. It the tables are pro perly dissected, and the balance fairly struck, an army of 160,000 men is nearer the mark when the Ist of March returns will be made up. It is useless to enter into fur ther calculations as to the number of men soliciting leaves of absence or definitive retirements from service. I have confined this statement to round numbers, which are susceptible of confirmations by reference to the returns, It can only be in the year 1843, when the accounts of 1841 are discussed in the Chamber, that the line of conduct pursued by the present Ministry can be pro perly ascertained, for it' has . had to meet the able exigenciei of public opinion, - with the very natural suspicions of the great Powers. It is to be hoped that the ►ncalculable advantages of the prolongation of the state of peace will then be thoroughly appreciated. The French people, if they recover from the dreamy aspirations caused by the fantastic and exaggeratedelo quence of M. Thiers, may then hereafter have good cause to rejoice at having escaped from the emotions of 1840, and perhaps some reserve in the treasury by the operation of the reductions may compensate for the hollow language of mistaken and misguided nationality. The Constitutionnel states it is the intention of M. GUIZOT to appoint M. CARNE to an Em bassy, and that France will henceforth be repre sented at the Court of Madrid by a simple Charge d'Affaires, who will take no part in the political squabbles of the Regency : The Piedmontese Gazette says that letters from Con stantinople, dated the 22d, state that the Sultan had decided to grant to the Viceroy only the Government for his life. The Moniteur publishes an extract from a" report of Marshal Vallee to the Minister of War. This IT port is only the development of the telegraphic des patch which we published yesterday. The state of AL geria, says the Marshal, appears to be satisfactory in every respect. In the extract of a report addressed to Marshal Val lee by Lieutenant-General Galbois, dated Constantine, Dec. 30, similar results are announced. The Ptesse says—" We have reason to believe that the baptism of the Count de Paris is fixed for the Ist of May next, and that it has been notified to the diplomatic body."—Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE.—PARIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 14. first Highest lowest last Price Price. Pricy. Price Preach S per Cents ll2 65 ... IP: 70 ... 112 35 ... 112 33 4% per Cents lO.l 10 ... 102 50 ... 102 50 ... 102 10 4 per Cents OO ... 99 ... 90 .. 69 3 per Cents 77 75 . 77 75 .., 77 45 ... 71 4i 'tank of trance Laffitte Bank 1.0010..811 1057 50 —1 , 57 50 _1057 50 ...1n57 5. , SCCUL stares 5132 50 ..,5132 Z,O ...5102 k.) ...5P12 10 Liclgian Bank 5 per Cents O O% ... 99 3 ii ... 99 .., $.O New Loan ipaiit:h Active 24% ... '2l ... 24a s ... 24%' Passive 6 ... 6 ... n ... ti Neapolitan lOl 80 ... 101 80 ... 101 80 ... ,01 81 Roman .... 100 ... 160 ... u.)7/ ... 99L RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Ve,sailles,R, B 422 50 ... 482 5C ... 417 50 ... 420 L.B. 217 50 ... 317 50 ... 310 .., 310 Orleans . Strasburg to Bale 248 75 ... 248 75 ... '.40 25 .. 246 23 DUTCH FUNDS.—.AHSTERDAM, JAN. 12. 51oney.r•Bili, lanai Debt, '2% per Cent ..................... 50, 1 ' 59A, .)itto, ditto 5 per cent. .................... .... 97% 94 A mart Svinlic,4% per .................. .. 86ii ttr% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. ..................... 70X 71 , 4 Commercial Company, 4) per cent lss% 159 1 4 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1537, 5 per cent.. .............. ...... 1: 6 9.5% Exchange on London, One m0nth,,,.,,,,,,,, 12 0 Two months Dutch Papers, Jar,. 13. BELGIAN PU N DS —PS it usw 2id . JAN. 13. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Csnt iifili Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 99 .(1.40) 9 67i 3 per Cent. —!. ---.Thirty.fieven---___ 1 .9 Loan of City, 1ti3:1,, 4 per Cent 9O Society of Comm Tree, 4!.iper Cent ll'4 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. National Society . — Exchange on Lomlow (shoit) —Brussels Papers, Jan. 13. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNa, JAN. 5. live per Cents. Aletalliques Yokr per Cents. Three fmr Cents. Bank Shares 16:5 --Allzenieute Zeaung, Jan. 10 The Madrid Journals received are of the 6th inst. The ex-Minister AN AZOL A had obtained from ESPAIITERO permission to return to his native country. There was no longer any idea entertained of a war between Spain and Por tugal. British mediation was expected to settle everything amicably. The deputation of the Province of Guipuzcoa, yielding to necessity, had submitted to the authority of General A LcA LA, notwithstanding his refus a l, b y or d ers o f t h e R egen cy, to s wear t o main tain th e P rov i nc i a l f ueros , b u t un d er a so l emn pro test again s t suc h a proceeding on their part, mili tating in future against the rights and privileges of the Province. The 6th being a holiday, the Madrid Bourse was closed. On the 2d inst., the new municipal authorities of Vittoria took the usual oath of office on the sword called el Machete Vittoriano, in the church of San Miguel. It was tendered to the members by the Secretary of the Munidpality, as follows :—" You swear, before God our Lo .d, and the Viig n Mary i is mother, by the holy E va ngelis's and the :Machete Vatoriano, w hi c h hand, that, i n your rapac i ty oro curador-General of and its jurisdiction, this cityyou hive touched with your ri g ht hand, you shall defend, efficient:y and faithfully, all the rights, priti'cgcs, immunities, and liberties appertaining to this city. Should you neglect to do so, may God bring you to an accoun t fa your conduct, and your head be cut off with the iron and steel sword el Maelicle Vitirwiano." Thu oath was successively taken by each of the municipal councillors. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. --The Wowing circular has been addressed by Lord J. Russell to the sup porters of Government in the House of Commons : .4 Downing-street, Jan. 2, 1841.—Sir, —The meeting of Parliament being fixed fur Tuesday, the 26th inst. I take the liberty of very particularly requesting your at tendance on that day.—l have the honour to be, your obedient servant, • • J. RUSSELL." DOVER, JAN. 15.—The report just received by the French mail is, that the English mail hags were lost at Boulogne, by the French pilot-boat eapsising on the bar, and some of the crew drowned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKE'T. There was an exe,llcnt demand for all kinds of Meat ; prices advanced 8d for Pork, 4d for Veal, and 2d for Mutton and Beef on the rates of last market-day. HAY MARKETS. There was but a limited supply of Hay during the week, for tht best sorts, a good demand prevailed at 51,. but ordinary and middling sorts met a slow sale. Clover sold freely and fine sorts fetched 61. Straw has been in ex cellent demand. Clover Hay 41. to 61. ;Meadow 31. 12s, to 41. 18s. TEA MARKET. Holders did not appear disposed to submit to any fur. ther reduction, but the market wore a dull aspect, Lnd to dispose of a large quantity lower rates would have to be submitted to. PROVISION MARKET. Butter in good request, and prices firm, although the arrivals were large of Irish. Bacon, dull of sale, and prices on the decline. Lard in fair request. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for P. Y. Candle was steady on the spot, and prices were firm at 46s 6d, to 46s 9d. For delivery in the next two months several sales were made at 47s per cent. METAL MARKET. Lz Spelter a good deal of business was done, and prices on the rise ; Iron firm, and in brick request ; Lead on the advance ; Tin dull of sale, but prices firm. LL() YD'S SHIPPIN G.-(1HIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 16.—1 t blew very hard in squalls during the night from the Eastward, and rained very fast after midnight. Wind this day at noo❑ light at S E., with light rain. - DEAL, JAN. 15. —Wind N. N. W.—Sailed the Walker, Reay, for Calcutta ; Dream, Squire, Cape of Good Hope; and Harrington, Mercer, New Zealand. PORTSMot , TH, JAN. I.s.—Wind N. N. W. to E. S. E. A mahogany binnacle stand, marked with a broad arrow, has been picked up twenty-five miles S.S.E. of Bern bridge Ledge. WHITSTABLE, JAN. 15.—Part of the wreck of the Lochiel, which was burnt on the Maples Sand, is being towed into the Bay. CLYDE, JAN. 13.—Sailed the Rebecca, Stewart, for Trinidad ; Reliance, Tuzo, ditto ; Elizabeth, Allen J. match. Coax, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Rising Sun, Christian, Laguira ; Shelmlere, Morris. St. John's, New Brunswick. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Wind S.E. to N. E., strong gales.—Arrived die Factory, Janson, from Batavia; Com modore, Campbell, Santa Martha. FALMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Wind S. to N. E.—Arrived the Hannah, Handley, from Taganrog. The Spey pocket, which sailed hence on the 17th of October fer Havannah, Belize, and Mexico, struck on a coral reef in the Bahama Channel, on the 24th of November, and became a total wreck. The crew, passengers, mails, and stores are saved. COkK, JAN. 13. —The Shelmlere, Morris, arrived hen/ from St. John's, New Brunswick, encountered very severe vicather, damaged her rudder, head sprung, arid loss of sails, &c. KINSALE, JAN. Ig.—Arrived the Trinidad, Brown, from Honduras. REDCAR, JAN. 14.—A sloop, supposed the George, from Newcastle to Stockton, in making the Tees, on the 12th instant, was seen to go down. SHIELDS, JAN. 14.—The Liebe and Crown of this port, coal laden, were dr.ven on the flird Sand this morning. The latter has been got off after discharging part of her cargo. tiUMBER, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Helena, Lody, from St. Domingo. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Coo. ington, Holbrook, from Charleston. Sailed the Agenora, Gifney, for Mobile. The Antelope has been condemned at Piinco's Island. The Colchester, Withers, arrived here from Bombay, experienced a hurricane for ten hours on the 28th ult., in lat. 41, lon. 24. DOVER. JAN. 15 —Arrived off port, the Vulcan, Pa trick, from the Mauritius. MONEY and UOMME.RCIAL NEWS. - ;CITY, TWELVE O'CL O CK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.---The business done since our last report is very large, there having been a very active demand daily, the sales ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 bales per day. Speculators have purchased very freely, and,At..is their .operations.. which have been mainly instrumental lii: - eattsIDZOTiCCS *bleb is this week -Id. per lb. on American,-441.' to id. on Surat, and 4d. to Id. on ; Egyptiatrand Sea Islands have been more looked after, and some parcels of the latter, we suspect, taken on speculation. The causes which have induced so large an extent of business are the improved state of trade and the assumption that the crep of the United States will be much less than that of 1839. The latter cause appears to be the most speculative, although opinion as to the extent of the deficiency is vari ous, being from 250,000 to 550,000 bales. Speculators, under this influence, have taken 13,000 bales of American, 6,500 bales of Surat, and 600 Bahias ; and exporters 4,000 bales of American. The sales to-day were about 6,000 bags. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN..ls.—Eastern Counties 8k; 'Debentures 'sf ; Ediulprgh bird GlasgaW 294 ; Grand Junction, Half Sh ar e s , 945; Quarter Shares 535; Great Western 94 ; Fifths 10, 2 ,-; Lancasrer" and Preston Three quarter Shares 155; Liver Pool and Manchester 186 ; London and Birmingham 321. Shares 58; Brighton United Company 434. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 15. We have little business doing to-day; Manchester and Leeds New Shares have been sold at 291; Liverpool and Manchester, 186 ; Eastern Counties are 9 to 94 ;:Greitt Western, 94 to 95 ; South Eastern and Dover, 13 to 14; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 105 ; Manchea ter and Salford Do., 10k. No communication wiiit the Telegraph owing to the log We have received Mauritius papers to Oct. 17, they are entirely void,of interest. THE FUNDS. This being. pay-day in the British Market for the settle.. ment of the Account yesterday, the brokers and jobbers are chicly employed in receiving and paying their various balances. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 90A for the Account, and for Money ; to the present time there is not a feature in the market avorih observation Exchequer Bills, 911 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167 168; India Stock, 250 252. In the Foreign Market Spanish Actives same as they left off, 214 ; Deferred, 121 1; Portuguese, 311 3 9 1 ; Three per Cents., 191 20 : 1; Colombian, as they closed, 231 1 ; Mexican 281 1 - ;- Brazilian, 70 711; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50:i i; Five per Cents. 94 - '99. . i'IIICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Ditto Debentures Great Western Ditto Fifths .. 4 .... 10;1 London and Brighton 5O .. .. 44 London and Birmingham - South Eastern and Dover COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 Si Gibraltar . 43 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 5 Genoa 25 85 Antwerp l2 4 Milan llamburgh.. M.B. 13 10 Venice .. 47 Altoua l3 10Plaples... 394 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 45 ilea enno, per oz 121 Ditto, 3 months 25 70 ~ ! Lisbon .. 514 Marseilles...... ...... .... 23 75 !Oporto ... 521 Bourdeaux... Frankfort on Maine....l49i Bahia... 27 l'etersburgh, 3 U 5...... 37 !Buenos Ayres Berlin 7 0 :NewYork, 21 days' sight 461 Vienna, effee. 11. 3 M lO 3 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto, Madrid Cadiz Billsoa 35 !New Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona Seville 351 !Silver in Bars 0 5 N HALF-PAST ONE. A report prevails that the dividends on the Spanish In demnity Bonds will be paid. The said bonds vtere issued by the Spanish Government for a convention entered into with the English Government for the losses sustained by the British merchants during the War of Independence in South America. Dividends have not been paid, in con sequence of the impoverished state of the Spanish Treasury, caused by the late civil war. The abave report got; up 3,laisa Active this morniii; 1 per c.tnt. Consols have improved since the early part of the morn ing, and may be quoted at 904 for the 25th Feb. ; Monuy 891 90 ; Exchequer Bills, 9 11 prem. ; Bank Stock nothing done; India Stock ditto. In the Foreign Market some business has been doing, particularly in Spanish Active, which has fluctuated, 2.1+ -1 i 1 at pi osent ; Deferred 121 ; Portuguese 321 ; Three rt. Cents. 20+ ; Colombian 231 1 ; Mexican 284; Dutch Two•and-a- Half per Cents., 50$ ; Five per ten's 983- i. In the Share Market scarce any thing doing. They are lower. Great Western 93 911 ; London and Br'ghton 44 4311 i ; London and Birmingham, 171. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 13.—W e cannot quote any improvement in the demand for British Plantation Sugars this week, the trade operating with ex treme caution, and the refiners being only partially at work. Prices, however, remain pretty s'ationary at 70s. to 71s. for low dark brown , fair brown, its. to 735. ; middling, 753. to 765. ; good bright, 803. ; and very fine, 935,.. Rums aro quite neglected at present.—Bristol Ga zette. DISTRESS OF THE POOR IN MARYLEBONE. —There are at the present time no fewer than 1,691 per. sous in the workhouse, who are fed, clothed, and !Aged al the expense of the ratepayers, and 5,000 receiving out. door relief, partly in hi cad, which is made in the house, arid of the finest quality. The demand of this species of relief has bee❑ so great that iluring the past week 2,1 batches hare been b%ked, consuming 64 sacks of gayr, mAing 4,708 leaves; the total weight being 18,63211)5. The distress of the poor in consequence of the inclemency of the weather increases so much that at the meeting of the Board of Guardians yesterday 300 new applications were made to them for relief. The number of deaths has also increa,ed to a frightful extent in the workhouse, for during the last seven days no less a number than 34 paupers have died, being double the number of deaths at the same peri94 of last year. A breast-pin has just bcon manufactured, de signed by an officer of the army,' consisting of a black bottle, mounted with a coronet for a cork, and a pistol. Some of these are set in gold, and at an expence of la Limerick Ripo2 ter. BEA UMA nrs„TA N. 10.---Wind S, W. blowing fresh.—The Mountaineer, previously reported as being on the Lwelly Rocks, has become a total wreck, and bas sunk in deep water. Very little of the cargo has been CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DA Y.) DANIEL V. DUDLEY. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal, occu pied the Court the whole morning. ROLLS'COUR.T.-(THIS DAY.) JUDOMENT.—ItIFDERMANN V. SEYMOUR. The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment this morning upon a question whicis he had reserved for consideration, namely, whether certain real estates devised by the testa tor in the cause to his heirs-at-law, were to be taken as assets for the payment of debts in priority to the real estates devised by the same will to other persons. His Lordship was of opinion that although the creditors had a right to resort to the estate which had descended to the heir in priority to the other estates, yet that the heir would be entitled to contribution from the other devises in pro. pot tion to the extent of the debts. PLATT V. ROUTH. HIS LORDSHIP also gave judgment in this case, in which a question had arisen respecting the amount of probate and legacy duty, payable on the property bequeathed to Judith Judith Ann Platt, 40,000/. 31 per cent. reduced annuities had been carried over to an account, intitled " The Claim of Probate and Legacy Duty Account," and a case had been submit ted for the opinion of the Judges oF the Court of Exchequer, with whose certificate both the Attorney- General who claimed the probate and legacy duty on the Part of the Gown, and the party interested under the will were dissatisfied. The Judges having decided partly iu favour, and partly against each, ILs LORDSHIP c,nfirnied the certificate, and di rected a reference to the Master, to ascertain the amount of duty payable in respect of it. ATTORNEY.GENERAL V. DULWICLI COLLEGE. The arguments of Counsel in this case were then re sumed, but not finished, at the rising of the Court. VICE-CHAN CElty.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF A WARP-ADAMS V. NIXON. Mr. K. BRUCE said he had an application to make in the case of a ward of rather a singular nature. No peti tion had been presented, and therefore he was obliged to make the application in the nature of a motion. From the instructions he had received, it appeared that the young lady, who was a ward of that Court, had gone a short time since on a visit to a respectable family, about eight or nine miles from town. During that visit an acquaintance and intimacy took place between one of the sons of the family and the young lady. It was fair to state, that though there was great inequality between the parties in point of fortune, there was none in point of station. It seemed, however, that without the knowledge of the young gentle man's family the parties were married in the parish church of the place where the friends of she young gentleman, who was a Lieutenant of the line, resided. The parties whom Mr. Bruce represented did not; at present be lieve that the father and mother of the young gentle man knew anything about the matter, but it was sup posed one of the brothers did ; and what he had therefore to ask was for an order directing the sup posed husband (for he believed it must be considered the marriage was legal) and the ward, together with the bro ther, to attend the Court upon a cortain day. The Learned Gentlemen did not apprehend the Court would in the first instance direct the clergyman to attend. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Why not? It appears to me there is a great laxity on the part of clergymen in these marriages. Mr. - K. BRUCE observed that the case in the present in stance was very singular. The marriage was by banks in the parish church where the family of the young man lived, and it was therefore rather extraordinary that the father and the mother knew nothing about it. The VICE CHANCELLOR thought the case so singular that he should require the attendance of the clergyman, as well as that of the brother, the ward, and her husband, at 10 o'clock on Thursday next. Mr. K. BRUCE said that they could not serve the ward and her supposed husband, personally, because they did not know whore they were. His clients had thought that the young lady and gentleman had gone to Scotland, but, singular to relate, it appeared that they were quietly mar ried within 100 yards of the place where the parents of the young gentleman resided. The VICE-CHANCELLOR then ordered the clergyman, the brother and the two young delinquents to attend him in his private room on Thursday next at ten o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF DERBY. This was an indictment against the defendants for not repairing a bridge over the river Trent, for which it was contended the county was liable. The jury found a ver dict for the Crown, subject to the opinion of the Court upon a case stated. Mr. 'Mum' URST appeared in support of the indictment, and described the structure, which was somewhat peculiar. It consisted of a series of 42 arches, connected by two continuous walls throughout its entire length. There were first five arches under which the Trent flowed; after an interval of some 80 or 100 yards, there were 29 arches, under the greater portion of which there was generally:some standing water, and then, after another space, there were eight, arches, under which there was flowing water. The bridge had all been built at the same period of time, and the county bad been in the habit of repairing the entire structure. In the present caw: they had put the five arches through which the Trent flowed into repair, but as regarded the remainder they contended that they were not liable, it not being a bridge within the meaning of the Act. The Learned Counsel having referred to several authorities in support of the indictment, Mr. WILMORE was heard on behalf of the defendants. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) CASE OF THE SHIP DRYAD. THE QUEEN V. P. S. WALLACE. AND M. S. S. WALLACE. This case, in which a rule had been obtained, calling on the prosecutor to show cause why the defendant should not be biougbt up by habeas corpus, or otherwise dealt with according to law, and why the proceedings before the Magistrates should not be removed into this Court by cer tiorari, came on for argument this morning. Mr. JERVIS and Mr. C. PIIILLIPPS appeared to support the rule, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr. CLARESON, Mr. BODKIN, and Mr. LAURIE, to show cause against it. The affidavits, which were of great length, having been read, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that in opposing this ap plication it was not his intention to enter into the merits of the case, so as to prejudice the prisoners when they should come to their trial. Could it be said that these persons were not legally in custody? There were warrants against them. Patrick was legally in custody on 12th November, and on that warrant he had been since remanded. Michael had been apprehended, while endeavouring to escape, and on that he had been since remanded. On the 14th Ja nuary another warrant had been issued against them, which would, lie supposed, be admitted to be valid. If the Court should be of opinion that they ought to be immediately tried, the Court would commit them, not discharge them. Mr. Justice WILLIANIS—No doubt, ii a warrant is bad. yet if there should appear on the depositions cause to send them to trial, the Court would commit them. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that, looking to the circumstances of the case there was quite sufficient to send them to their trial. The offence with which they wore charged was a felony, punishable with transportation, and if such an offence had been committed, it Was of the ut most importance the parties should be brought to justice. There were insurances to a large amount effected by the prisoners on goods shipped on board the Dryad for Cuba. These goods were never shipped. An attempt was made to cast the ship away on the coast of Hayti; she is sub. sequently lost on the coast of Cuba; large sums of money are paid for the insurance, and these sums are traced into the hands of prisoners ; one of them leaves his place of business in London, and is found iu a sea-bathing village in Lancashire. The fact:of the ship being cast away could hardly admit of doubts and he thought sufficient had been shown to put these parties oil their trial. None of the facts stated in the depositions were denied in the prisoners' affidavits, and, therefore, the only ground of the application could be the delay which had taken place, and some irregularity in taking the depo. sitions. Now no irregularity in taking the depositions could entitle the primers to their discharge. The ques tion was whether there was not reasonable evidence given upon oath suilleient to warrant the putkg of these indivi duals on their trial. There could be no reason for dis charging them under these circumstances, and admittin g any irregularity that might have taken place, how could that entitle them to be admitted to bail ? The only re maining point was the delay, and he contended that not an hour of unnecessary delay had occurred. It had been discovered that a seaman who had been on board the Dryad was now on board one of her Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean; application had been made to ' the Ad miralty, a special messenger h a d b een despatched after him, and he was now on his return to give evidence. What reason had these individUals to complain. It the offence had been committed in the country, they would not have been tried until the Spring Assizes. Nuw, what ladies or delay could be attributed to the prosec'utor. They certainly ought not to have been d i s c,hargo'. 3 a—it would have been unsafe to commit the m f or trial, unless they had ence of the 110 pro have been imprudent a unsafe to admit th to bail. On these grounds , L e su b mitted there was no e r m eason for this application. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin followed on the same side, and Mr. Laurie on behalf of the remanding Magistrates. Mr. huts replied. Judgment postpcned till Monday. COMIVION YLEAS.-(•PHIS DAY.) HARRISON V. GOODWIN. This was one of the important cases lately tried in this Court, relating to the liability of administrators to the covenants upon the estate to which they administered. The action was brought to compel the defendant, as ad ministratrix, to effect repairs, under a lease held by the testator, whom she represented. She pleaded first—bent administravit ; second, that she had not administered upon the conditions of the lease ; and thirdly, that the testator had died inFolvent, and left no assets out of whiob the conditions of the lease could be fulfilled. Upon the first and third pleas the Jury found for the defendant ; and last term Mr. Sergeant Bompas obtained a rule nisi to set aside this verdict, and enter judgment for the plaintiff upon the second plea, on the assets quando accessit—(that is, to the amount of the assets of the testator, at the time of the administration)_ Mr. Peacock showed cause against the rule on the 23,1 of November last, when the argument was adjourned. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD this day showed cause agait at the rule, and contended that the plea in question was frail: made out in the evidence that the defcbdant refused to adminster until she was persuaded to do so by the plaintiff, who solemnly promised that if she did so, for the purpose of facilit.ting his recovery of certain claims upon the estate s , he woul:1 not attempt to enforce against her the tion• of the lease in question. . 4 Mr. Serg ean t BontrAs, in repty, argued 0 3 t 1 , 7 ,g‘ covc vi ulant . ks by lease under seal, a parole under° ; r 0 promise, co u ld not h e p l ea d e d i n answer to an 4 t: , creon. Ile submitted that he was e n titl e d to ha ve 4 meet entered on th e fi rst p l ea, an d to h ovo a or" the first plea. 00 1 The COURT held th a t t h e paro l e prom i se was, ro nillicient answer to th e ac ti on upon a covenan t spa' 0 , and therefore the plaintiff was entitled to judgment ofl plea : but their Lordships refused the other pad rule, being of opinion that the verdict so far was g ° i; This decision, upon the on ly su b stant i a l plot," effect equal to a verdict for the plaintiffon the alit COMMISSIONER LIN.—SAMUEL V. RA WSON. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT m ove d f or a ru l e to 0Pr . ,,• 1 eosamission to examine witn esses a t M acna , Chusan. There had been already two co minigO o r sued for the exami na tio n o f w it nesses on t h e part ? defendant at Glasgow, Batavia, Calcutta, and Cl o i but neither of these had been carried into effect. ! si o of them, issued i n it. 139, the naine of a confl wl i p was improperly spell e d, and th e gentleman i n tend fused to act. The commission was accordingly re to the Court and amended. But on its being `en t s ) 1840, it could not be acted upon at Canton, on of the proceedings of Commissioner Lin. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—You have not inclilu e in your commission now ?—(A laugh.) Sir W. FOLLETT—No, my Lord, etrtainly nol•e l The CouuT was of opinion that the parties had not been in fault for the delay, and grunted I plication. EXCHEQUER COURT-THISII CLARK V. THE EARL OF HARRINGTON. Mr. KELLY (with whom was Mr. Cockburn) a l for a rule nisi for a new tri a l i n t hi s caw, which 01 . before Mr. Baron Rolfe yesterday, wlveri a voftl ic : o found for the plaintiff, damages 1411. 15s. The Lel Gentleman said it was a ve r dict w hi c h reflected 10010 credit upon the administration of justice, and ho vol:0 nishod that twelve gentlemen cou ld b e f oun d to en it. The evidence was that Col one l Li nco l n S te al/ been wishing for some years to dispose of 1 0 House, and, as usual, it was put down in the 0 of many house agents, and among uthets in fo !, of the plaintiff. By th e d eat h o f the Conibyi . 1840, the house became the property o f t h e n-,,d lendant as heir- a t-l aw . H e a l so was anx i ous to du d , of the property ; an d t h e p l a i ntiff wrote to ifro particulars, which were furnished to him and, others by Colonel Leicester Stanhope, all their own applications. In May the Colonel e ll into negotiations with Mr. Ogle, as Counsel for the 1 of Civil Engineers, and eventually, in July, 184 0 , sold to that body for 9,0001. It appeared tn plaintiff had given a card to view the house t ot Clark, the Secretary to the College, and, - A one or two other pa r ti es; th at was a ll he bad evevi yet he sent in his claim f or 10 s . f or registering 11 perty, although that wa s a t hi s own request, an d 140 for commission upon the 9,000/ , for which the pro 4 sold by the brother of the d e f en d ant . If t h e plainuPl recover this demand, then the 20 others who upog 0 own request had been furnished with particullitd, equally entitled, but he was certain such an my claim could never suc?.eed. ..i Mr. Baron RoLFE—I was not only dissatisfied verdict, but bad great doubts whether I ought not" nonsuited.—Rule granted. CHEAP LAw.—On Thursday an ad,oo t tried for the recovery of costs incurred in disputing The Proctor's bill amounte d to upwards of 1 e' ' which sum 3501. had already been paid. Tt se jutl d out looking at the lawyer's bill (of cour se it br a taxed), returned a verdi c t f or t h e balaneie, 6771. 1 ' RAILWAY CHURCH:—The opening af Railway chapel or church near Folkestone, took' Sunday the 10th instant. THE APPROACHING PESTIVAL.--The, preaching meeting of the Leeds Parliamentary Association will be one of the greatest in-door me 0 that has ever been held in England, or perhaP s world. Eight thouaand people will be comfortabif h o together within the m ost spacious building i" hands and the ingenuity of man have erected, for r of manufacturing industry. And for what purpos e immense host of people to be assembled. What stel e there to draw the m toget h er? And what objects WI? to accomplish ? The purpose for which they meet la s , social and political movement and progression ; the• tion which bri ngs t h em together is that of commi]. , e thy and common interest; the object which they accomplish is the elevation of the iniustrious / 1 ° unenfranclused cla sses t o t h e rank of citizens an d fi , 10 , To secure r e p resen t at i on to t h e poor as well as to the working-class man as well as to the upyer. l o; middle class man. In s h or t, t h e grand and eat ee d ject of the Leeds Association is justice—in the their motto, " Justice to each and to all. "--Leeds THE GREAT FIRE AT DUNDICE.—Theid by the destruction of the three churches in Dundee to timated at 35,0001. Th e C orporat i on have incurs inquiry into the o r i g i n o f t h e fi re, and, it appears w s li resulted from flues. Th e lib rary d eetroye d conta iS wards of 5,000 volumes of valuable works. Theo P • iill were insured in the S co t t i s h Fi re-off i ce on l y to 01° of 3,000/. The Ulster Times of Tuesday, and 057 .01 last night, contain the requisition for the meeti,, °6 ,, v l sid i fast on the 21st i nstant. I t is signed by Tory r e " (0 1 , all parts of Ireland, incl u di ng L ord Londoniercjitie visit to the Sultan), Lord Hertf or d ( w h o is nmulitt? journing with the Pope)---by Lord Waterford. Lord Roden ; and every Orange Magistre:oo, and and Master of a Lodge in Ulster figures t h e list. THE COMING SESSION OF PARLIAME N T The Royal speech, we arc told, will recommend 7 liament the decimal system of moneys, weights, at i sures. A very elab orate report on this, on e of toto resent ed Treasury com merc i a l quest i ons, has been prate, % Treasury by the co mm i ss i on of scientific gcntleer were appointed two years since. —Morning Heal) , The Hon. C. G. Noel, M.P., and his 131 :' the Hon. H. N oe l , d rove their gig on Monday las t s across the lake in Exton Park, which is in 0 01 ,10' more than twenty f eet d eep. The thicku ess o', was not more than five inches. MELANCHOLY CASE.--,W e understand clergyman—the Rev, Mr. Roddick, of Graitnel y .a Eeelesiaeti° ° ' b c o ro m ug m cd himu sui c ide,ilder the Certaincen alleged, immoraliti of 11 r l / riors, and proceedings we' s e pendinf.; against him.' burgh 14' itness. 'Arc ' 11 OYAL JENNFAtIAN AT. 7 3 LONDON T lf A - CC/ 011/ INSTITUTION. —Tte annual meeting of the Govern this Society wei. held on Th urs d ay a f ternoon at the gemi and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill; the Rev. Dr. ..0"5 Sub-Dean St. Paul's, i n th e c h a i r. From a 67„-Ir of the pre. gress o f the Society since its tormation'oroit it appears th at t h ere h a d b een 160,015 persons fac c i at the instit ut i on , w hil st the charges of matter d'ss' r were 1 ,297,775. if/ f SPITALFIF.LD'S CHURCH.—A meeti ng ° e st Vestry w as h e ld last evening to consider the 5°,114 Report rel at i ve to the damage done to the stee ple thunder storm of Sunday, the 3d, when it appea r , ' the dama ge cou ld b e repaired without taking d('-.,,L,f spire, and that this might be done at the cost 1 5 4001. to 5001. 4 11 CHANGE OF WEATHER.---Am enfeeble' commenced this mo rn i ng i n the metropolis. Mildly has fallen, with a south wind, and the snow is rale , appearing. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—.O n Fild s 9 commission Was executed at the Rose and Crown "11 01 bury, before Francis King Eagle and Win. Wooan fO i j phrey, Esqrs., and C. D. Leech, gent., to ine, rt'' 11 ", they Mr. J erem i a h Hart, of Newton, Suffolk., a lunatic or of sound mind. Mr. Ryland, e,f the et ij i Circuit, on b e h a lf of the petitioners, slier fly ats t i l j case, observin g t h at t h e d e l usion under wbaeh the " lunatic was labouring consisted in two vaints—rnollo'j Matrimony. Upo n th e fi rst su bj ect he would talk •s g ieo.s lions, and of gi v i ng away t h ousands ; and upon th'/I, subject, though about eighty years of age, he wave; of marrying young l a di es w h o were not above fifteen r iro teen. He had b een seen by Dr. 'Lean r4w:l oth e 00 0 ( tlemen whom h e ( Mr. Ryl an d) should cal;, e.nd wb ° ti tts all state that in their opinion he was ', I , suc h .a l o or p mind as to render him incapable of ;managing his 54, fairs. After hearing evidence, thi s Jury returned, 0 ; lowing verdict We agree opinion that ~,,g b e etc Hart was of unsound mind fr om the loth of r c oltr 1840, and that he ought to tie placed under some of some restraint." TIIE WALSALL 7JELECTION.—The 3-11 er Parliamentary electio'a do not present so re.ntiVss°l contest as that which occupies the borough of if e cO4 exciting the rsnxie.us attention of all England, ane 4 EO the chief Interests of Europe and the whole wor ld ' 0 Oro the tau time in the history of British electioos t : t ite,, cencituency iseproceeding to return a reprea e .: r ot t i Parliament without reference to political eons' keaeor For the first time since the name of party was _ O O of contest is being carried on without referenee - " . . I _ o l one side, at least—to parties or party questio"srste..,o the first time within the memory of recent ge d ° l , c cow le a stranger candidate has taken the field an . 0 , 0 0 • popularly adopted without having been cellect o r , i or o f avow himself a Reformer or a Tory, a erarchn, Dissenter; or, in short, the advocate or 'appon L e ta kes et measure or question save ono. Mr. J. P is Smitr ate sse'oe stand upon the question of Food alone, ; and au t• of his behalf are pouring into Walsall f .rem all por s, jeorl ee kingdom, subscribed with the uarties of Whig ise etele. and Radicals; Churchmen, Catholics, and P it a 1 111 ' i rich and poor, mechanic and merclant, labourer a n owner—one and all declaring their conviction o i too co° mount importanez, of that question over every et' Or e deration.—Sfaiftirdshire Axaminer. ,intato' or' KEEPING POTATOES. —When r- r drf ridged up ready for covering, let a little straw " r r° , 4 I bc spread over them, after which let a foot th i c k a s 0 : 1 0 be added, chopped, or otherwise rendered as ü beat b y t ,t ashes ; let neither a foot tread it nor spade it of; 0 10 leave the whole as light as the soil will 11 °"' t hick ho where the soil is natural' s) , st iff a great! 0 ,40 00 0 of it must be added, and. the sides of th e t he 0 left as steep as possibl.e, and the lighte r rens.°,loels is put on, the more frost will it kee out. . 1 " to prt r e/ rain never enters der mee , per h aps , than _ th the „is obvious enough, for wh en light soils laid oe tvi s o or inches, it being held in a kind of solution r ‘r , t he t or, is earth by capillary at'.raction ; or, in other svoirctop co o : i l te ri r f tr t hu h een runs lightdaosdown na s s o t dh i 1 rey keeps p ~t f h t e h er ar i i n d gf re o s m , a s n i d nk k i e n e g p i s. _ frost poet enters to a great depth. When the soil is otherwise made fi':m, the air beats out of it, 1 7 the n P ossible, and of course „Da m ... of rain enters and sinks through the whole male) takes the libert4 to follow.....SCOlSMan. • N 1 C O hi 4 L, eh R, ti 9,1 likt; htt V( of ).t4 EVEN I . NG - _FDITIoN E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1841 E 1 f" E N cr TioN