The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-29 00:00:00

EVENING SUN MISS COSTELLO'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. B vo ., w ith numerous Ill ustrat i ons A PILGRIMAGE TO AUVERGNE, FROM PICARDY TO LE VELA Y. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " A Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines,"&e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, LEECH, CROWQUILL, and CRUIK SHANK the YOUNGER. THE FIRST NUMBER FOR THE NEW YEAR, PRICE HALF-A-CROWN, OF ENTLE Y' S MISCELLANY. Contents : THE MISTLETOE. A Dithyramb. • By FATHER PROUT. RICHARD SAVAGE, A Romance of Real Life. By CHARLES WHITEHEAD. ILLUSTRATED by LEECH. The Razed House : Wander- Dick Dafter. By Paul Fin ings of a Painter in Italy. dar. Illustrated by George With an Illustration, from a Cruikshank. Design by V. P. Rippingille, The Night Watch. Esq. ;Welsh Rabbits. ByDr.Maginn. Cupid in London. By R. More., Stanley Thorn. The Arrest— Endymion. By W. H. Long- The Proposal—The Duel, ferow. and the Result. A Night in Calcutta. Py H. R. Comicalitie3 of the Feelings. Addison. By the Author of " The Co- French Cookery. With Ill.us- mic English Grammar." ll trations. lustrated by Leech. Save me from my Friends ! The Philosophy of Smoking. By George Raymond. I In twelve volumes of Smoke. The Country Squire. By Grig. I With Illustrationsfrom Draw- A Kiss. From Lessing. ings by Alfred Crowquill, My First Morning in Calcutta. , engraved by Cruikshank the By H. R. Addison. Younger. To a Butterfly. From Herder. Raising the Devil : a Legend The Poet at Home. By Old of Albertus Magnus. By Scratch. Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq. N.B. Mr. Ainsworth is no longer connected with " Bent ley's Miscellany." Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. DEATH -BED SCENE-- ,, CONSUMP TION," The sick-bed state of Mr. Knot, of Swallow-street, in the last stage of lingering illness —was, up to the 23d December, given up as "a bad case, verbally" by his DOCTOR—and turned over as " the usual shield" (after uns een v i s it s , b y Ni g h t , not daily) to " BaontE" for his Bone-setting fee (11. Is.) at a crisis when " DEATH" became " the Lip-word of LIFE." The near relatives cf this young man—were persuaded—as alt others would in like position—" to grasp at a straw," and to adopt the practical views for assisting Nature in the invention of Captain Aekerley,for an immediate creation of an Artificial change in climate—to relieve by natural moisture the parched Mouth of this " Gasping Epoch," as well as to encourage the breathing through the " nostrils as the Life " for a living soul in health. Mr. Knot has, since the 23c1 to the date of this letter, been sleeping under a SHAWL -TENT, about six inches raised over his face, under which " covert " at the bedstead side, is hung one of the vital air, or ASTHMATIC Lames. The warm Atmosphere—without smoke—from the oil-burning flame within, and underneath the Shawl is always ascending, and rarities the tented space to a regular temperature, like unto a tropic SUMMER heat. The Inventor had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Knot " revive " at the same ratio as Mr. Nash, of Earl-street, Exeter-street, Lisson-grove, alike in comparison, from the " stormy tempest of spasmodic hurricane to the calm, of the sea's tranquillity. The youth's cough, and expectora tion was subdued by soothing sleep, his pulse-action strong, and in perfect time, evidenced the reaction within as welt as by the moistened skin without.* So FAR so coon, barring inhumanity, on the cold suffocating CALT FOG, of Saeurday morning. This debilitated person nearly fell a victim to " piofessional malice ;" Mr. Knot, discovering early that the Oil of his Lamp had been taken out of the Burner during his " sleep;" the Wet-fog having usurped the Dry temperature of his camp-equipage. Providentially his "GUAR DIAN" SOBll re-trimmed the Lamp for him, early on the morn ing of " Christmas-day," although the shops were all shut on that occasion.. This ;narked "malicious jealousy," as an Oily-a-genus attri bute of the human passions —occasioned the LIGHT being extin guished, the wished-for cause and effect being father to the criminal thought, and its results. The following " audacious note" of the Apothecary's-shop Doctor, in set language, " fair to the eye, but false to the ear," is offered to the public as a calumnious attack—of a falling profession—penned by a mind under perturbation and dismay. " My Dear Sir—You really m ust not interfere with my patient, Mr. Knot, or I must take some summary means of preventing it. Remember—l do not charge you with any want of feeling or benevolent consideration, but you know that all the world believes you to be insane about your Lamp, and I do among the number.—Yours, very faithfully, ,- THOMAS YOUNG, THE AGE NEWSPAPER. The Proprietorship of this• Paper havingleen re-or ganized, with the view to a thorough alteration in the future conduct of it, the Subscribers and Readers are informed that it will be Published on SUNDAY. NEXT, JANUARY 2, 11342 (A First Edition being issued for Saturday's Post), and that it will be contributed to by some of the most POPU LAR WRITERS of the DAY; through whose assistance it is hoped that, either as respects Policy, Statistics, general Li terature, and the best Information, it may aspire to the rank of THE LEADING WEEKLY CONSERVATIVE JOURNAL. Further particulars will be made known during the week; but it is necessary at once to announce that, owing to the in troduction of an unusual quantity of matter, Advertisements must Le forwarded on Friday next, by Six o'Clock at latest. THOMAS HOL T, Publisher. Age Office, Dec. 25, 1841. • MR. AINSWORTH'S MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKS/dANK. On the ::9th of January will be published, the First Number Price EIGHTEENPENCE, of AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. A Monthly Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, and Art. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq., And illustrated with Designs on Steel and Woodcuts, By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Containing the Commencement of A NEW WORK OF FICTION BY MR. AINSWORTH, With Two Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank ; And Contributions from several of the most distinguished Writers of the day. Hugh Cunn!ngham, Publisher, St. Martin's-place, Trafal gar-square. "." Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. TEE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Dec. 28, 1841. THE WEATHER.—Nomf, DECEMBER 29. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 39 1 Highest 4l 1 Lowest 37 Barometer 29.88.—Wind N.W.—Freezing Point '22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning. 4 minutes after 3 I Evening 2G minutes after 3. The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN com menced at 10 minutes after Three. 4 of r 4412 -' 4tly 2tn , a Ntm t 147 z - tt .; ‘ '* ;;if • ." Tht LONDON: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1841. " Piccadilly, December 24,1841." The indecorous medical proceeding that took place this day for preventing Mr. Knot using the above remedy—luckily had place, after the required effect on his system—occasions giving publicity to the above detail, and this question—ls the Father and Mother's death and BANKRUPTCY to be followed up by the putting out, of the male branches of this family, all within six months ? " Since when th' accurs'd their brother slew; Men, less malicious, poison brew ; Sons fall by sisters; we have known That, which will be believ'd by none." C. H. ACKERLJY, Dec. 28, 1841. No. 5, Swallow-street, Quadrant, Author of the Vital Flame Lamp for Asthma, Cough, &c. The apparatus is obtain e d f or 6 s . 6d . If furnished complete, the Post-office money order must be for Bs., to have one sent ready for instant use, for persons in a similar state as was the Queen Dowager. * Vide " Cutting of Teeth-lullaby to sucking babes" in the " Odd Fellow" of this, and next week. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, DEC. 29, Will be performed the Play of THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.—Duke of Milan, Mr. Phelps ; Valentine, Mr. Alacready ; Prcteus Mr Anderson ; Thurio, M r . Comp ton ; Launce, Mr. Keeley ; • Julia, Miss Fortescue ; Silvia, Miss Ellis ; Lucetta, Miss Turpin. After «hick will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, ca'led HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPH REY ' S DIN NER: OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LON DON STONE. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performance to begin at Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 6d. Pit 35., Second Price 23. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Pr.ce Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGE UENT of MADAME VESTRI::. THIS EVENING, DEC. 28, Will be presented the Historical Drama of CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes the Twelfth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley ; Eudiga, Alaqame Vestris. After which, the Farce of FREE AND EASY.—Sir John Freeman, Mr. Charles Mathews; Mr. Charles Courtley, Mr. Bartley ; Michael, Mr. Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Orger. After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors so be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and 'Second Circ'es, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 2,.; Gallery, is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan. at the Box-office, from Ten till Fstir, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER TiiE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. The most extensive Christmas Novelties ever produced. All the talent of London. Grandeur and expense unequalled. All New. THIS EVENING. DEC. 29. Will-be acted a Sew Domestic Drama, entitled MADAME LAFFARGE, from Memoirs written by Herself. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled H ARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN ; 0R, 9 JACK FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Seen( ry, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by 13run ning, &c. Haalequin, M. Fluline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo; Clown, Mr. Buckingha m ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. _____ ROYAL 'VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSRALDISTON. Spiendour—Novelty—Attraction and Interest ! Undoubted ! Unequalied! Urprecedented; THIS E7ENING, DEC. 29 Will be acted, SUSAN ROPLEY ; or, THE TRIALS END VICISSITUDES OF A SERVANT GlRL—Wil liam Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville; Dicky Dean, Mr. P a ul ; S usan Hopley, Miss Vincent (the acknowledged H ero i ne of Domestic Tragedy), ROBERT MACAIRE.—Robert Macaire, After which, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Jacques Strop, m r. Gardner. To conclude with a New Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS; OR, THE KING OF THE AIR AND THE Sc _pery, Dresses, Decora- FLYING IN DIANS.—With new and extensive tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects---A , ...new Nautical by Childe,. the Great Illu- Panorama, to be entitled 6 , Our Native Coast of Isle !" con sisting of Maritime Views along the 1 E gland. Alm, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, sienist ; and the Opening of the Pantomime supported b y the Comic T a l ent o f this—the Popular Theatre of Lond on. NEW STRAND THEATRE. SPLENDID CHRISTMAS NOV Wednesday, D ec . 23, an d every even i ng during the week, Mr. EL TIES. JACOBS, the ROYAL VENTRILOQUIST and GREAT MODERN MAGICIAN, whose . performances during the last two seasons created a great sensation, will, for athird time, have the h onour o f submitting to the public his unrivalled and truly pleasing performances. His NECROMANTIC TEM PLE will be found superior in every respect to those on forme °eft:ions. Hi s V entr il oqu i sm has undergone considerable challge and improvement; in the delineation of the various characters he is the first in Europe ; a great treat is afforded to the audience in this department. Mr. Jacobs, in addition to his own interesting entertainment, has added these of Mons. ROSSEAU, the celebrated FRENCH EQUILIBRIST ; Herr KREUZER'S PHAN TASMAGORIAL DISSOLVING PORTRAITS, which are on an entirely new system • and the Cl as si ca l E xper i ments of the PATAGONIAN WONDERS. The tout ensemble forms a Combination of Talent not to be surpassed. Doors open at half-past Six, commence at Seven. Boxes 24 - 6 d. Children, Is. ; is. 641., Childre n , I s . ; G a l fii• Half-price a Quarter to Aine ; Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit 15. ; Gallery, no half-price. Carriages to be in waiting Ten Minutes to Eleven. COSMORAMA ROOMS (ROOM 7), 209, REGENT STREET, THE IVORY MODEL OF THE TAGE MUHAL, or Crown of Edifices, at AGRA, in the East Inaies. 4 , Thee is at present an Exhibition at 209, Regent-street, as elaborate a Model as was ever perhaps presented to pub lic view. It is a copy, in ivory, of the celebrated Tage Mahal,- coo of the most remarkable edifices in modern Agra, erected in 1 0 550 by Kba:iz,hall Jehan, the fifth Great Mogul, as the cemetery of his favourite wife, Sultana Mehd This mausoleum is built entirely of white marble, ana some ,dea may be formed of its splendour, whin it is stated to have Cost in its erection GO Lies of rupees, or 73L,000/ The Model ceenpies a space of nine square feet and its height i six feet. It is the work of Indian artists, and , while in p oint ors extent it is unmatchable, it is also one or the finest specimens of that minuteness of detail and delicate manipulation for which Indian ivory working is so noted. The amount of labour bestowed on phis model must have been immense. It is not ' the hasty pro duct of a day,' but the result of many years' patient applica tion. All the multitudinous carvings and inlayings of the ori f inal building are expressed in th e copy with every appearance or exactness ; nor is the resemblance limited to the outside alone : the interior is also finished in the same minute style, and ,contains the tombs of the Shah and his Consort, exqui site'', and elaborately worked. On the whole, this model pre sents; a surprising and beautiful effect, and terms one of the most. interesting exhibitions in the metropolis."--Morn. Chron. Open.. from Ten to Six o'clock. Admission, Is. Book, 6d. Our Evening Edition yesterday contained .he Message of the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES on opening Congress, and the Speech of the KING of the FRENCH on opening the Chambers for the Session 1841-1842. One is comparatively full and comprehensive, detailing the condition of the country in relation to foreign States, and giving a copious outline of the Legislative measures which the PRESIDENT means to bring forward, The protest of. the French Liberal Press or which he recommends to the attention of against the sentence of the Court of Peers, find- Congress; the other is so meagre that it does not I ing• M. DUPOTY guilty of a moral complicity of even allude to the late affair in Spain, which treason, for editing a Journal read by conspi caused a large increase of the French army on rators, occupies the leading columns of the the side of the Pyrenees, and at present disturbs Paris Journals of Monda y. The publica the relations between that coun t ry an d France. Lion of this document a t t h e open i ng of On one point only is the R o y a l S peec h copious. the Chambers will grea tl y em b arrass the Go- The two longest paragraph s , const i tut i ng very viirnment, and prepar e th e way to very i mportant nearly the half ofit, are de v ot e d t o d enounc i ng the changes in France. Th e P eers t h rew d own the intrigues and the crimes of th e f ac ti ons, an d to a gamntlet, ntlet, and the Liberal Pre ss h as p i c k e d i t up. vain-boastful threat that t h e G overnment will zealously pursue its co urse o f enfbrcing Mu tual defiances are exc h ange d . The Peers rigid obedience to monst rous l aws, l i ke strt tck the first blow, b u t th e h eavy i nterest with k ich the Press has retur ne d it , i s as yet incalcula with a rigour beyo n d th e law. the Laws of September, a n d i n governing w word ble .English reader s w ill peruse w i t h pleasure the TYLER'S Message co n t a i ns no about fac- Mr. President di g nified masterly re b u k e o f t h e conduct of the , lions, no allusion t o th e use f u l act i v i ty of the Go- ' C , Yon of P eers . a d m i n i stere d b y the Liberal Press of Fran ce . vernment being ob s t ruc t e d ; i t ne i t h er b oasts of An attempt at hi g h wa y ro bb ery was - made . on the ferocity nor threatenspunishrnent,it speaks o f the' ni ;ht of the 17th inst.. on the road from Dreux to "enjoyment of freedom," of "the progress of edu- Ni tgent-le-Roi, when two carriers' carts were tried to be stc pped by a man, wh o d eman d e d o f t h e dr i vers their cation," of "the State increasing in every thing mod ley or their lives. Th e l atter p li e d t h e i r whips and which promotes h uman a n d soc i a l happiness," ot; off, and the robber fired four or five sh o t s a f ter t h em, and his devout h ear t, an i n d ex , we believe, to the but; without effect. , s says named the D Feuille e de Camb ra i , an his hearts of his countrymen, is filled w ith gra ti tu d e halm A .rantfew dayso Bri a s since,tr e y lporte, who had lan in to the Giver of all Good, "f or th e protect i on and merciful dispensations of Divin e P rov id ence. " ho ato at six o'cl oc k i n t h e morn i ng, for Solesmes was foul' id on the road an hour afterwards quite dead, having The opening passage of Mr. P res id ent TYLER'S be sa robbed and murdered. The journal adds that there has ;11.)esehnoegrmeaaktefrregieFnocryhoaefhcrizesthlaeteivl Message supplies a striking contrast, worthy to thatyi o i s n elle district. who iiad be studied, to the contemptible denunciations of been given to habits of drinking, quarrelled, while masses of the French people by their GREAT into3:icated a few days since, with his eldest son, and KING. seiz i: ig one of his cutting-knives, stabbed him to the heart. His second son , w h o came to assist his brother, The fruits of the confidi ng p o li cy o f t h e Re- publican Governme n t, an d o f t h e mistrustful received several bad wounds. Th e wretc h e d man has been, arrested. and coercive policy of the Monarchical Govern- A. few days ago, a cart apparently empty was stopped ment, are made apparent by a passage in the at o "eof the barriers of Cambrai by the officers, for the Presidential Message, and a passage in the Royal 11 h S e ll aillaod formality stopped his i v n e sf i e e c le ti o n t . o 0 kThteo hisdri vheere,laas and dont the Speech. Mr. TYLER speaks of the " communi- cart offi.z.ers, on lookin i the more closely, - discovered cation between the dist an t p ar t s o f t h e Union that 'the bottom and nto the sides had tin cases concealed in being occupied by railroads, which, from their them„ in a very skilful manner, containing 360 litres or nature, possess a complet e monopo l y. " K i ng 88 gallons of spirit s . Th e cart and horse have been Louis PHILIPPE on fine ated. ILIPPE tells his Chambe rs " t h at a A few days ago two journeymen tann e r s a t M ontreu il , project of law will b e p resen t e d to t h em for con- on ti he Calais road, died of the glanders, which they structing the principal lines of a great system of caug ht from a horse killed by the di sease, an d wh i ch railroads." In the Republic the gigantic work they fl ; hd fl ' se:TourL d. Ide Rouen announces that a lady in that is achieved; in the Monarchy the Government city was, a few days ago, made a great-great-grand mod, Ler, - by the birth o f a li tt l e g i r l , making the fifth ge is again talkin g a b ou t it ; an d , j u d g i ng from the nerai Sc mliving in regular d escent f rom herself. In years will elapse bef ore it can b e b egun. A l from Nice states, at a few ys ao the In the Republic the re i s no co lli s i on between bridge of tter the Var was carried th away for the da secon g d , time the Press and the Government. In the Monarchy within _I with thremonths.hs. The engineer in chief of Ni ce was the Government h as s t a k e d i ts ex i stence on put uth eted in t e he w p o a rk sa m ag e e n clearing nftlte away throughthe treesthe water e w n hic r obstructed ling the Press u n d er i ts f eet. Ei ther it will arches; when the bridge gave way, and they were swept trample down and destroy that great engine off by CI e current. The engineer and one of the work of social improvement, or be itself destroyed. men 'were drowned. The others were saved with great The attempts to establish a despotism are the difrattv . . tap: Luches from Avignon announce that, on the 23d forerunners of another anarchy. In opposition inst., tb e Rhone again overflowed its banks, and that se to the Press, no Government can now exist ; and veral qt tarters of the town were again flooded. til T l he Ma h r i se i i i lles th J e l a rn n a d l a s represent the the Rhone to a be d the destruction of LOUIS PHILIPPE'S system is es, as certain as if it were already accomplished. sTara&x. vex y n, being still under water. The road Boulbon, between Men who have the reputation of being moderate the la t,t ex place and St. Remi is from , three to four feet and wise, like M. GUIZOT and the Duke DE under water, but public carriages continue to run on it. e x t ? p t o h s e i t c i o a n l v i a has a b e f e o n r a e cl o d n r r e e s r s t e i d n .. t o t t h h e e s Cu m o a I n c i o l r - t G e e - moting this terrible system o f coerc i on and dis- f BROGLIE, seem to have t a k en th e l ea d i n pro nerAalP Porte' t-i3essin int o a h ar b our o f refuge. From ti:e pre trustmaking , it impossibl e to adopt any other sent s to .te of currents, along that part of the coast of conclusion, than that the system they administer Norma n dy, the project would be both easy and advan is founded in so me gr i evous error repugnant to tageou u. the laws of nature. A r ,o nsiderable slip of earth took pl ace, a few clays since, a.t Tourville-la-Riviere, on the Paris and Rotten Though Mr. President TYLER'S Message ap- Railro sit Five men were buried under the fallen mate pears so much to adva n t age w h en contrasted with s r e ia ri ls o , n t kat in t j nwreyre The p _ou tr t ee a to ft r e a r ef so t m he e w t o im ri e ts l cr vi a t v h e ou a t g a r n a y the Speech of the K ING o f th e FRENCH, it is by tufty ( in this occasion to th e men w h o helped to rescue no means a favourable specimen of its class of their ( x)mpanious; but a very bad use was made of their Productions. It is deficient in dignity, verbose, ill- generc s . t hy, for the workmen g h ot . intoxicated in the l even i ,ri tten, confused, a nd, i n spea ki ng of England tug, an violentina quarrel dangerously w - h ensu ed with setveeriar knives.ang t v first en ri fling and queru l ous. The affair of' Mr. M them s, . mnded each other ‘LEon The , C.' ouncil-General of th e M euse h as voted 1,000,000 - -gages the PRESIDENT'S attention, and he of francs towards the formation of the Paris and Stras r_ejoices that the independent action of a criminal burg Ra ilroad. The Municipal Councils of Bar-le-Due C.,urt and an bur Jury, by acquitting and Co a mercy have voted 200,000 fr. and 30,000 fr. re- dried d r i ed spectiv e ly, for the same purpose. up one source of angry conten- "It appears," says the Memorial Bordelais," that the feels the reproach which the Press of lion between the two countries. Mr. TYLER ob- railror K 1 from Paris to this city is to be included among viously the lit tes which Government intends proposing to the the Federal Government, Europe has ti _drow n o n Char& ',ars." that it has no means stopping()l judicial The . Municipal Council of Toulouse has refused to proceed- allow i i.demnitication claimed by several inhabitants for which may implicate it American Constitution, he damag e done to their property during the late riots ings in one of the States, to enable all parties to with foreign nations. To rem __ there, , )2 t the ground that the Prefect, M. Mahul, held edythis now manifest the 501 , ..): municipal authority in his hands at the moment of the di st . urbances, and that the Municl Council was imperfection in the recommends Congress faithful re- at that p, .riod deprived of the means of c a ressping them. move, at their option, " all such e ases as m a y The G 'azette des Tribunaux relates a gross instance of the ingratitm de towards a poor but kind-hearted female of the hereafter arise, and which involve observance and execution of our international workin ; class. She had giv e n s h e lt er an d food to a girl obligations, from the Federal the State to thw hi oh w om she had formerly worked, b ut w h o h ad fallen Jud iciary." int gr get distress, and, on bar ret urn h ome t h e other day fr, itn her work, found that the girl had stript her of The PRESIDENT next adverts to the attack everytl ling portable that she possessed. Fortunately made on the Caroline in 1837, and stoutly COIL. somea purse n i e t 4 . hb ou r a s e t had up seen s he was which discovered, w • a tliti alid . taken went, intoan d tends that ou r G overnment was not warranted, custody •11 beinghilsin the act of selling the stolen property. under any circu ms t ances , i n i nva ding the Amer;. T he Ira .tern of the Seine have fallen so much within a can territory, The pith of his observations on ' r i' v uy_le of days, that it is expected the n l a , v h igation of the this subject, which imply rather a timid than a ma t r ; - ,s wi. 4 ll i. - s s oo m n et b re e s rc: r u l m 3 e f t e a t s 9 usual. inches, by thecrater sc scales ens row friendly spirit, lies in his conclusion, that "I can- the br id T er' ' 6 not but indulge the hope that the British Go- _,l ti l' e Le . Boz B eaux papers mention that at a recent meeting vernment will see the propriety of renouncing, `-'l - TredLs :ors of the house of Balguerie and i Co., the as a rule of future action, the precedent which y ur b ey re Y wel, (I ' .e confirmed and, u on e n and the has been set in the affair at Schlosser." demand . 01" several persons present that a third syndic Neither in this observation, no r i n hi s remar k s should be, nw appointed, M. E m il e Gales, of the house of J. G ios about the Bo un d ary, d o we see any cause for ap- : a n nd rus .1 of this morningae has thefollowing byal large inae j oriy; prehension ; but knowing how much the Ameri- "'I A jo l s e r e pa rts which have been c i rcu l ate d on article:— the rejec cans detest being searched by British men-of-war, tio - A of the petition , for mercy to Q uen i sset, B raz i er, an d knowing, too, th at t h e r i g h t of search has been C.olomb ier II aver ebnefo foundatio n . 1 This question has not most arrogantly e xerc i se d , we foresee the ieve the h: st bi .on t gh e , t ore the cu I Council will not be e a r be l t in o i a st t e te r n s ci to it h it in e I less (i that 1 a week, germs of viole n t content i ons in our un- 'T unless the Ring should spontaneously The Madrid Journals received are of the 21st instant. The only news they Contain is that there was no prospect of the differences between the French Ambassaddr and the Madrid Go v ernment being settled before the arrival of despatches from the Cabinet of the Tuileries. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.-011 Sunday afternoon the premises of Mr. Catton, cheesemonger, of Lambeth walk, were robbed of the till, the cash-box, and every moveable article which the thieves could lay their hands on. Mr. and Mrs. Caton spent the day in the country, and left the house unprotected. The shopman, who was the first to give the alarm, has beim taken into custody THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1841 fortunate, though well meant, efforts to suppress the slave trade. Mr. TYLER denies the right of all the nations or the c; - . cti 1 . 1,..C..e any interpolations in the Maritime Code without the consent of the American's. He adds, " when we are given to understand by a foreign Govern ment, that Its treaties with other nations cannot be executed without the establishment and en forcement of new principles of maritime police, tt.) be applied without our consent, we must em ploy a language neither of equivocal import, nor susceptible ,of misconstruction." He expresses his determination to urge on Great Britain to grant full and ample remuneration for all losses sustained by American citizens engaged in law ful commerce, and he indulges a hope that Great Britain will not refuse remuneration for wrong done to those citizens by the exercise of rights which the American Government cannot recog nise as legitimate. This is the most important, and the• most painful part of Mr. TYLER'S Mes sage. It indicates an additional and festering subject of quarrel between the two nations. Mr. TYLER infers, from the manner in which paper money has been abused, that society would have been happier without it; and he re commends Congress to inquire whether the Banks cannot be made to resume cash payments, or liquidate all demands on them. At the same time he announces a plan tbr a new fiscal agent to furnish " a sound paper medium," to be placed under an independent Board of Control, to have a capital of 15,000,000 dollars, agencies in different parts of the Union, and be a discount and exchange agent. In this scheme, which goes to establish a powerful rival of the excutive Government, we trace the contriving hand of Mr. BIDDLE. It is the work of a profound financier, intent on disguising what he really means, and never can have sprung from the simple mind of Mr. TYLER. The scheme is, in truth, the esta blishment of an independent National Bank, without adopting the name. We shall notice one topic more, in which the monied classes are much interested. The PRE SIDENT asserts that the indebtedness of the seve ral States amounts to 200,000,000 dollars, which money has generally been spent in important internal improvements. Though he expresses his belief that each State will honourably fulfil its engagements, and points out the rapid de velopment of their resources as reasons why they should, he declares that he can do nothing to make them. If the separate States, therefore, have not that feeling of honour and conscientious ness which the PRESIDENT attributes to them, their debtors in Europe may give up their claims. The hopes that were founded on the supposition that the general Government would interfere, must now be at an end. Like the PRESIDENT, we trust a great deal to the sense of rectitude which is strong in every free people, and we shall be slow to believe that any of the States will repudiate their engagements. exercise the finest right which the Chamber has given him. 'AI then there is a respite, and this respite is a pr , of to us that the iinhnnny culprits will not haVe rip pealed to the royal clemency in va'n."—Constitutionnq TOULON, DEC. 22:—The news brought by the Al_;cr (of the line) are re illy important. If General Mustapha has not e)tatned the absolute submission of the Aga of the Tr. ra, inc:uding the great tribes of the Oulassa, he has hem able to promenac.e as master on the left bank of the Tafna, among tribes which have 3,925 houses, and which are protected by 300 horse and 9,000 foot (the Kat,yies g3Ler lly fight on foot) the brav est tr ,ops in he western part of the regency. As for the] tribe of the Bordja, ohich General Becleau has just chastised, and from which he has taken 6,300 head of cattle and 750 horses and beasts of burden; it is part of the eastern region called Cheek, and cannot defend itself, not having more than 200 combatants. The Phaeton steam-boat has arrived from Tunis and Bona, which it left on the 17th with some despatches and 37 passengers. All was tranquil at Tunis and Bona, when it left those places. The Bey of Tunis had left the Goletta and returned to his palace after having inspected all the batteries.— Commerce. BOURSE`—PARIS, MONDAY, DEC. 27. !!first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. rr.c.. Fri, 3 , re:di 5 p.lr Cents lid 60 ... 116 65 ... 116 50 ... 116 55 4 per Cents lOl 05.. 101 05 ... 101 05 ... 101 U 5 3 per Cents. ex div 7B 50 . 78 55 ... 849 ... 78 40 dank of erance : 39d ...:1190 ...3390 ~3390 Laffitte Stank I,ooof. Shares 1032 50 ...1002 50 ...13 02 50 ...1002. 50 - , ...orran Sank Belgian 5 per Cents. S ker Cent., 1849 lO3 ... 103 103 13.3 Actire 24% ... 21% ... 24% ... •..4% ... ... ... 5% Old Deferred Pleat-0431,w 80 ... 10 , 7 .. 5 ... 1117, 80 Portuguese 5 per Cent... .._.. 1 11 2% ... 102% 102% RAILWAY SHARES. 830 ... 8:30 ... 830 ... 8.:0 198 75 ... 198 75 .... 147 50 .. 197 50 _. 323 75 3 , 3 75 323 '75 ... 32:3 75 Rouen ........ ..... ............ 457 50 ... 457 50 457 50 ... 457 50 ()clean,. Montpellier to Cette 250 250 250 ... 251.1 Strasburg to Balc 225 ... 225 223 7 . 5 ... 215 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vinsura, Dec.lS rive per Costs. Metalli gues Four per Cents. •••••••••••••••••••• c.o. ....... e s . Three Fa' Cents. .......... Bank Shares !625 —Allgemesne Zellune. Dec. 22. St. Germain Versatile,. L. 15....... L B SAVE THE LANDED INTEREST FROM THEIR FRIENDS.—The landed interest objects to the repeal of the Corn-laws, that they are over-: burdened with taxation; and instances, amongst other taxes, the Land-tax. That is not cor rect, reply the Corn-law repealers, and the landed interest have evaded the Land-tax, which is legally set at 4s. in the pound on the actual rental, and, instead of producing less than 2,000,0001., ought to produce at least 10,000,0001. To rebut this, a learned lawyer in the Times proves that the Land-tax, so called, falls on personal property as well as on land, and is not exclusively a Land-tax. It quotes the following passage from the Land-tax Act :—" That all and every person and persons having any estate in ready money or debts owing to them, or in yoods, wares, and merchandises, or other chattels or personal estates whatsoever (with certain exceptions), shall pay to his Majesty the sum of 4s. in the pound, according to the true yearly value thereof for one year; that is to say, for every 1001. of such ready money and debts, and for every 1001. worth of such goods, wares, and merchandises, or other chattels or personal estate, the sum of 20s. (being 4s. in the pound on the income of such 100/., calculated at five per cent.)" This is, therefore, a tax on personal pro perty as well as land, and it is little felt, because the total amount, divided amongst counties, is levied according to a valuation made in the reign of Kin.. William the Third, an d not s i nce in creased.' If a larger proportional share of it now fall on land than on personal property, the reason is that personal property has, since the reign of William the Third, increased even more than the rent of land. The Times, however, has effec tually demolished the landlords' claim to tax the bread-eaters, because they exclusively pay the Land-tax. We gave a paragraph yesterday, furnished by a Correspondent, setting forth the high opinion some Aldermen had formed of the New Police Act, the vigilance of the Commissioner and the constables, and attributing the boasted " pity sobriety," during the holidays, to these combined circumstances, but chiefly to the closing of pub lic-houses on Christmas-eve and Saturday night. We looked upon all this as " mere moonshine," and so the upshot has proved. One of the " vi .llant" constables let the secret out yesterday at " The police," said he, " received instructions not to take any charge of drunken ness unless compelled to do so, but to pass the drunkards home from one policeman to another." Was this notable scheme got up because the drunkards were too numerous for the receiving houses, or was it contrived by Commissioner Harvey to protect stray Aldermen who might happen to be wandering home at a late hour re, markable for anything but " City sobriety ?" MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 28.—We have had a moderate demand for Cotton to-day, the sales comprising 4,000 bales, 500 of which have been taken by speculators. Prices are firm. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 28.—The tran sactions comprised Grand Junction, 195 ; Half Ditto, 971 ; London and Birmingham Quarter Shares, 24i ; Ditto, 321. Shares, 561 ; North Midland, Thirds, 164 ; York and North Midland, sq. —..“, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 28.—Our Mar• ket to-day is firm, and prices continue to improve. The sales are !—Manchester and Leeds, 681 and 674- ; Ditto Halves, 294 Dit to Quarters, 31.155., 3/.;165., and 31.165. 6d. ; North Union, 764 ; Midland Counties, Quarters, 21f ; South Lancashire Bank, 41. is. 6d. ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10k. THE FUNDS. The President's Message, which we published in our Paper of yesterday, was read with an unusual degree of interest in the City, but it was not, upon the whole, re ceived with satisfaction, and Consols fell about 4 per cent. The opening price to day is 888 89 ; Three per Cents. Reduced 894 ; Exchequer bills, 12 14. Spanish Active Stock 24 : f ; Passive, 58 ; D e f erre d , 11i 12-4 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 321- 33 4 1 ; ditto Threes, 191 20. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto Fifths London and Brighton .............. 50 ...... 39 3 London and Blackwell ........... . 325 Ditto New .. 41. 6s Bd. 6/ 11s. Bd. London and Bi. mingharn .. ...... 90 l7O to Ditto -,-,, Shares Ditto Thirds Ditto New London and South Western....., 38i s9k to Manchester and Leeds .. 70 Midland Counties Northern and Eastern York and North Midland. - JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint Stock .. 10 COUi7.SE OF EXCHAr Amsterdam CF. 12 7i Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ........2 U l2 8 Antwerp l2 7 Hamburgh M.B. 13 13i Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 Ditto, 3 months 25 80 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37 8er1in..... Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 952 Trieste, ditto 9 55 Madrid Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville GE—(YESTERDAY). [Gibraltar . Leghorn Genoa .. 25 90 Milan ... 3l ,Venice Naples 4O Palermo, per oz 119 i Lisbon Oporto 514, Rio Janeiro 27 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21days sight Obi Philadelphia !PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foroign Gold, bars E 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Com ...3 17 5 New Doubloons OO 0 New .......... 4 10 [Silver in Bars... 0 4 HALF-PAST ONE. There has been but little business doing in either the English or Foreig n secur i t i es. Th e prices have, however, improved. Consols are 89j- ;or the Account, and some business has been done for money at 90*. Three per Cents. Reduced are 89-Ei ; Three-and-a-Half do. 99 i 1 ,- ; Bank Stock, 165 i; Exchequer Bills, 12 14 prem. In the Foreign market Brazilian Bonds are quoted at 64; Mexican, 261; Russian, 114; Spanish Active Stock, 24i -a. A further advance has taken place in Shares to-day. London and Brighton are 397- ; Great Western, 86* ; ditto Fifths, 10; London and Birmingham, 170; ditto Thirds, 571; ditto New, 29k; Manchester and Leeds, 69; Midland Counties, 85; York and North Midland, 91. TWO O'CLOCK - 7 The Markets are all firm. Consols are now 891- for the account; Spanish, 241 HA-PAST TW Three per Cent s . Reduced, 891 LF ; Consols, for t he Account, 89k ; Mexican, 264- a ; Spanish, 241 fi• QUARTER TO THREE. With the prevalence of such changeable, and, at the same time, unseasonable weather, the Corn and Bullion Markets again become the object of attention in the City. It is well, perhaps, that our stock of bullion is strmigthened periodically by arrivals from South America, or the ex ports of silver that have taken place this year might prove very inconvenient to us. From London alone this, year, a circumstance that will no doubt excite the surprise and attention of many of our readers, there have been shipped off nearly ten million ounces of silver. The exports of gold have been under 25,0004 in value. CORONERSHIP OF CHESHIRE. CLOSE OF TRE POLL, MONDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK. Henry Chnrton, E sq 1,027 Mr. John Wood Masery Majority for Churton. 141 s IN rim v.- r t W .e 0 AND 13tibitt 1 4; Wilton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The whole of the Paris Opposition press, with one exception, devote their usually leading columns to the publication of the protest of the sixteen Journals against the conviction of M. Dupoty. The single exception is the Constitutionnel, which, however, contains a clever article'denouncing the sentence of the Court of Peers. The protest of the Journals created a much greater sen sation in Paris than the King's speech. "Sir Robert Peel," says the National," has written to King Louis Philippe a letter in extremely pressing and flattering terms, to request that M. Guizot may be kept at the head of affairs." —What nonsense shall we have next? The King of the French's Speech was followed on Monday by a fall in the funds of a quarter per cent. The repressive threatenings which so delighted the poli tical rats round the Throne produced far other sensations in the bosoms of the financiers. Never before was a Throne Speech ofLouis Philippe followed by such a result. Mehemet Izzet Paella has been appointed President of the New Turkish Cabinet. A more incompetent person to fill such an office could hardly be found in the Otto man Empire. Advices from Erzerourn of 20th ultimo, in the Leipsic Gazette. state that Sir H. M'Neil has been received in a splendid manner at Teheran, and that 10,000 persons came out of the town to meet him. At the gate he was complimented by the Prime Minister of the Shah, and afterwards revived a valuable horse from his Majesty. Such is the result of Lord Palmerston's firmness. PUBLIC OPINION. The Post contains a lengthy leading article suggested by some remarks in the forthcoming Number of the Church of England Quarterly Review, wherein our Con temporary strives hard to prove that the late Ministers were a mere squad of " Shuffiers " whose policy it w as to do every thi ng t h at t h ey should not have done, and exhibit nothing but inconsistency on the question of the Corn-laws. In an article discussing the question of the heavy deodand with which the Jury accompanied their verdict on the inquest lately held on the eight persons who were killed on the Great Western Railroad, the Herald de fends the justice of that deodand, observing that the accident was undoubtedly caused " by the negligence and inattention of the Great Western Railroad Company," and that the " evidence adduced fully establishes a case of great carelessness against them." Referring to Mr. Christ o ph er ' s l a t e speec h on t h e sub ject of the Corn-laws, the Chronicle is of opinion that that speech is a good sign of the times, evincing some improvement ; and adds, that "it indicates that there is some change in contemplation ; that the Government dares not take its stand on the perfection and immuta bility of the present Corn-law ; but that the whole sys tem is to be thro wn o p en to full discussion by those who have heretofore refused to hear evidence, answer argument, or permit debate.',' The Times has an article on the King of the French's speech on the opening of the Chambers, in which our Contemporary observes that the greater part of the do cument is occupied with domestic affairs, of which the King speaks " with a straightforward and characteristic manliness, which indicates a very considerable degree of confidence in th e sta bili ty o f t h e existing orer of thin g s." The Ti mes a dd s t h at a ll E urope must " hail with satisfaction these indications of a strong Govern ment in France." The Advertiser observes, with reference to the late great Anti-Corn-law meeting in Dublin, that the enlist ment of Ireland in the efforts to procure a repeal of the Corn-laws, is " another heavy blow and great discourage. ment to the landed oligarchy." We take the following from the Dublin Pilot : " There is no people on the face of the earth on whom kindness has such influence as on the Irish. No greater proof of this can be given than in their reverential affection for the Queen. They know that she is kind and just, and they consequently love her, because she has not, lik e others, resorted to coerc i on , and because she can, with out cruelty, preserve orders in this country, and win an obedience as unbounded as that of the Queen Bee." The North Devon Journal says:—" The suffering poor naturally look to the Government for relief ; and al though no legislative enactment can entirely remedy the complication of evils which have conspired to produce so wide-spread a state of distress, yet it is certain that the immediate attention of Parliament must be directed to the subject ; and we would encourage a hope, that the statements of wretched destitution which have pervaded the public prints for months past, may have engendered sympathy in the bosoms of the powerful class to whose interested legislation it is attributed, and induce the landed proprietors to consent to forego the injurious pro tection which they have too long enjoyed." - Alluding to Mr. Christopher's late speech on the Corn laws, the Tyne Mercury observes as follows :-" We mentioned the general terms of the new sliding scale ; Heaven knows but that before we go to press another sliding scale may have been invented ! We have always been opposed to any sliding scale at all ; but this sneaking, paltry, ridiculous sliding scale, above all others, we strenuously repudiate. Its be ginning at 45., as we stated last week, and ending at 18s., is enough to convince one of its folly, as well as its impropriety. The lowest rate being 4s. (Mr. Christopher in his demi-official speech, makes it 55.,) will not maintain an equilibrium, in the mind of any person at all acquainted with commerce, with the ex treme duty of 18s." The following appears in the North Sta f fordshire Mer cury :—" The Church-rate question is again vexing the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent. After the experience of the past, in the trial of the relative advantages of the compulsory and the voluntary system, it does surprise us that the professed friends of the Church should so far stand in the way of their own comfort, and the credit of the Establishment itself, as to seek to extort another rate from the unwilling hands of their fellow-parishioners." MONEY — TRADE—COMMERCE. The Sugar-question Conference of the Germanic Cus toms Union has terminated. The duty on lump sugar is about doubled, and comes in force on the 16th of next March. The large house of Van Nooten and Hagwood, at Demerara, according to Trinidad papers, has failed to the amount of 90,0001. Of the produce shipped from Trinidad for the last year, there has been a decrease in cocoa and coffee, but an increase in sugar and molasses. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Among the items voted by the Belgian Chambers for the support of its various institutions and their respec tive members, assistance to nec e s s it ous t eac h ers w i t h out employ, and schoolmasters' widows, is set down at 10,000 francs, for salaries to schoolmasters 250,000 fr. and 75,000 fr. for school-houses. A third pier is about to be erected at Gravesend, upon the completion of which the present Terrace Pier will be pulled down. It is to be a handsome structure of iron, and will cost about 8,0001. IaI:ECTIONESEZLING. The death of Mr. West, Queen's Counsel, occasions a vacancy for the city of Dublin. It appears he died of an ulcerated sore throat, and has left a large young family. He was in his 54th year. The Irish papers of both par ties pay a high tribute to his goodness of heart and gene rous disposition. NAVAL AND MILITARY. A division of the 6th Regiment, which has been sta tioned in India twenty years, arrived ut Rochester on Monday. During that period they have been stationed at Bombay, Cutchbough, and Coletabourn. The regi ment is ordered for Canterbury. LAW AND POLICE, A journeyman tailor, named John Cross, was charged at Lambeth-street with attempting to murder his step daughter with a spring clasp knife. Love, it appears, was the cause of the mischief; the girl had promised to marry him, but finding another lover more to her liking she " left her Johnnie," and married his rival, upon which Johnnie to be revenged married her mother, a woman 60 years of age. Not liking his bargain, he still harrassed the young woman with his importunities, which she strenuously rejected, and he therefore, ac cording to his wife's account, made one attempt to take away his own life, and seemed determined also to mur der her daughter. The tailor. who wept bitterly, said it might be all true, and was ordered to find bail. Yesterday at Queen-square seven men and six women initiates of St. Luke's workhouse, Chelsea, charged with riotous conduct in that establishment, were committed to prison for twenty-one days. Whilst evidence was given against one of the women, named M•Bride. by a female inmate, but not one of the party convicted, fir threatening to take her life, the prisoner rushed at the witness, and struck her a violent blow on the head. She was removed in a fainting state, and bleeding much. Evidence of this outrage committed in presence of the Magistrate, was then given, and Mr. Burrell sentenced M`Bride to pay a penalty of 51., and in default of pay ment to be kept to hard labour for two months, and find bail for her good behaviour for twelve months. Yesterday a pretty young girl, about fourteen years of age, was brought before the Brentford Magistrates, having been faund by a policeman on the previous after noon in a back lane,•utterly insensible. It appeared that she had gone to a pawnbroker's in Old Brentford, to take out a pledge for her grandmother, where she had been supplied by the shopman with gin, and had drank five or six glasses. The poor girl remembered that she had been dragged into the passage of a house by two young men, and had been ill used, but she could give no description of the place. The Magistrates regretted that the person who had supplied the gin was not brought before them, and directed an officer to wait upon the pawnbroker, and state the facts. pnwE ARTS. The Royal manufactory at Sevres is to furnish the painted glass for the windows of the chapel of Henry IV., at the Louvre, which is now to be restored to its original ecclesiastical uses. When Rubini went to sign his name as a member of tiy.e Lyceum, at Madrid, of which he had been elected, the directors placed before him for that purpose a spleodid inkstand, surmounted with his own bust, which they afterwards requested him to accept. Fifteen - thousand people, a multitude of whom were young persons, visited the National Gallery during Monday and Tuesday. Three thousand persons visited Westminster Abbey on Monday, and almost as many on the day following. ZaTER.A.RY AND SCIEWINCP/C. Last night the members of the London Mechanics' Institution observed the eighteenth anniversary of their foundation. In honour of the late Dr. Birkbeck, the theatre was hung with blank cloth, and most of the com pany were in mourning. - A Queen Elizabeth'W shilling was lately dug up in a garden at Shatton, in Carlisle, after being 273 years under ground. THEATZLXCAL. Rubini sang for the last time on the 21st at Madrid. A magnificent pin, in the centre of which was a splenflid brilliant, set round by rubies, has been preser:••7 • • the Duke of Ossuna. Cerito is at present gaining golden laurels at Vi,?ntia. She has appeared in all her favourite ballets, and is fol lowed as much as Taglioni. SPORTING. A few clays since the Duke of Buccleuch's hounds met at Kelso-bridge, and after a most perilous run across the borders, the fox was killed near Middleton Hall, after a chase up the tremendous cliff of Newton Tor. The late Earl of Westmoreland, like his c( nteinpora..y, Lord Chancellor Loughborough, was excessively devoted to English pastimes. The latter has been known, on hearing of a boxing-match, to doff his wig, and ride 25 miles without stopping, to see his favourite athletes " come to the scratch." CO URT — IVISELIONILBLZ. The marriage of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy is put off to the latter end of January, on account of the death of the bride's grandfather, and the delay of the departure of his Serene Highness Prince Paul. Her Excellency the Countess de St. Aulaire is ex pected in London early in the ensuing month. It is ex pected that she will be accompanied by some portion of her numerous and distinguished family. A rumour prevails of the marriage of a French diplo matist, well known in England, the Marquis de la Va lette, and Mrs. Wells, the widow of an American mer chant, lately resident in Paris, who left his belle moitie a fortune said to be of 25,0001. per annum. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesci arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from a visit to the Duke of Beaufort, at Bad minton. Uolunel Churchill has left town on a visit to the Duke of Wellington, at Strathfieldsaye. The dinner to the Duke of Buckingham, which is to be given by the English agriculturists, will, we learn, take place on February 11. A vacancy in the Governorship of the Charter House occurs by the death of the Earl of Westmoreland, who was a Carthusian. MXSCELLANEOUS. The new skating room of artificial ice, in Gloucester place, New Road, has been appropriately christened the Glaciarium. A palace fur the Archbishop of Paris is about to be rebuilt on the site of the old one, to the south of Notre- Dame. The estimates are laid at about 75,0001. Government has offered two large rewards, one for the apprehension of the murderers of Emma Evans, of Bromsgarth, Salop, and the other for those of Mr. Henry Grayson, late of Rainsford, Lancaster. " In the island of Scilly," says a Morning Contem porary, "at this season, the inhabitants exercise a kind of gallantry, called Goose Dancing, where the women are dressed up for young men, and the young men for women."--A goose dance in Downing -street would be a very appropriate amusement in such a locality, at this season of the year, more especially if the Ministerial par ties engaged in it wel.e all to be dressed up for old women! Many of the Ministers are now staying at Drayton Manor, on a visit of condolence to Sir R. Peel for the approaching alteration in the Corn-laws. RITIVIOVILS OF THE DAY. Preparations are already making amongst Ministerial and diplomatic personages for the reception of his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Corporation of London, it is expected, will likewise show its hospitality in a manner becoming to the greatest Protestant Prince of the Con tinent. In the event of a vacancy in the representation of Clare County occurring, through the resignation, from indiffer ent health, of Major M4N amara , i t i s generally rumoured that Sir W. Fitzgerald, of Carrigoran, will start on the Liberal interest. LLO YD'S SH IPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 29.--Wind at noon, N. to N.W. STANGATE CREEK, DEC. 28.—Arrd. Margaret, Wake ham, Odessa. OFF THE GALLOPETt, DEC. 26.—Arrd. Colonia, Flens burgh, for Porto Rico. RAMSGATE, DEC. 28 , .—Sailed Susanna Catherina, Ma ria, New York; Samiote, Malta. DEAL, DEC. 28.—Wind N.W. light.—Arrd. Emma, Spence, Honduras; A daline, Bell, Quebec. Arrived from the River and sailed, 'Bristol, Jamaica. OFF DOVER, DEC. 2 6.—Dionysia Catharina, Gorter, Batavia, for Amsterdam; Sympathie, Flensburg, for St. Thomas. OFF DUNGENESS, DEC. 2 7.—Surinam,Vanderken, Suri nam, for Amsterdam. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 28.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Patriot King, Roddock, Calcutta, sld. from St. Helena 12th ult. ; Baham:Lan, ditto ; Fame, Pringle, Buenos Ayres ; Margaret, Welch, Savanilla; Brigand, Antigua; United States, Dee2can, New Orleans ; Siberia, Bartlett, Charleston ; Adat ns, 11 PClinnen, Baltimore ; Forolinta, Smith, New York. ; C ommodore, and Brinett, Thomp son, Montreal • - Mien, Quebec. Sld. Ch at h am , Af r i ca ; Cotnmercio, liavarmah. The American, Holden,. hence to New York, with 240 passengers, was spoken on the 30th ult., in lat. 39, 'lon. 70, in great distress, being very short of prov;isions, and was supplied by the Northumberland, arrived at Salem. The Bahamian, Stroyan, arrived here from Calcutta, was in contact, on the 6th of October, eaistward of the Cape, with the Royal Adelaide, from B om i )ay to Cl y d e, and leared, with loss of maintapsail yard, sails torn, and mizenmast badly sprung, &c. PORTSMOUTH, DEC!. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Eliza, London for Madras. The Pomona, Strepple, has been placed on the patent slip ; she h as l os t h er ' false keel, fore and aft, and received other damage. OFF THE WIGHT, D EC. 27.—Napoleon, Buenos Ayres, for Havre. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 27. --- Sailed, Mary, Wakeham, Mauritius. FALMOUTH, DEC. 2'l.—Wind W.N.N. to W.—Sailed Neptune, steamer, for 'Vigo. JERSEY, DEC. 21.—;Sailed Freedom, for Rio. BRISTOL, DEC. 28. Arrd. Nestor, Pearce, St. John's, New Brunswick. CLYDE, DEC. 26. Arrd. Monarch, Allen, Montreal. Sld. John Kerr, S ava) ina h ; Duchess Portland, St. Kitt's; Jona, Port Phillip. FLEETWOOD, DEC 28.—A writing-box, containing papers belonging to Cornelius Bunbury, supposed of Limerick, has been pi eked up at the entrance of the har bour. A quantity of o ats has been washed upon the Sands. KINGSTON, DEC. 25..--Arrd. Falcon, Brown, Demerara. CORK, DEC. 26. Ar. rd., Cornwall transport, Halifax, sailed 6th inst. Arr O s. f, Paragon, Allen, Monte Video, and sailed for London. DUNEAII, DEC. 26.- -The William, from Hull to Grangemouth, struck on . Goat Point, but came off with out material damage avu I proceeded. LEITH, DEC. 25.—A a rd. Triad, Miller, Quebec; Tra veller, Lyall, Dalhousie , SUNDERLAND,DE C . :7.—Sld. Princess,Constantinople. - - • THE MARK) ETS.-(THIS DAY). COR2 i- EXCHANGE. The supply of Whe. It since Monday has been small, but considerable of I, !kb Oats. Scarcely any business has been transacted ; Monday's prices therefore remain nominal. Flour as lay ;t reported. COLO [AL MARIMT. We have still few trl insactions to report. In prices, however, little variat:ton. - took place. The imports were fair. NEWGATE AND LEABENHALL MARKET. There was but a moderate show of Meat at Market; the demand was dull and prices are the same as last quoted. Beef, 3s. to 4s .; Mutton, 3S. 2d. to 4s. 2d.; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. and 5 s.; Pork, 3s. Bd. to ss. and ss. 4d. per stone. Game and Poultry were in short supply, the demand dull, and price s quite nominal. Eggs dull of sale at ss. 6d. to 10s. per 1! TE. A. MARKET. Prices were firm, a, fair business was done in both Black and Green sort i; 9d. paid for Company's Con gou cash. TATLION' T MARKET. A good demand '.or P. 11". Candle, and prices firm a 48s. 6d. to 495. on the s?ot, and 495. 3d. for delivery nex year. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WEF.A`JER:N RAILWAY. READING, TUESDA .Y E VENING.—The reasons, imper fectly given in a morning journal, assigned by the Jury for their verdict, mus t, from the local feeling evinced by and the narrow appli; ration Of them, afford anything but satisfaction to the pa elk. The grounds upon which the verdict was given we: re—" That more watchmen should have been employed ';o w atch the cutting, and the dan ger of placing the 'pass; angers next the engine," with a recommendation ". that a portion of the spoil bank be removed from the sides so f the road." You will perceive that the astoundin g fact proved before the jury, and in deed admitted by the servants of the Company, that the line is not watched from about ten o'clock at night till six or seven o'clock i n the morning, appears to have been altogether overlc tok ad, or merged in the local cir cumstances connected with the frightful accident on the Sonning-hill cutting. Several of the dead h .ave been buried to-day in Sonning Churchyard--viz.: John Pooke, a nati re -of Stoke Canon, near Exeter, and who was residing at No. 10, Panton-street, Hay market. The body c,f this ; unfortunate person has been fully identified. Charles Sweetland, of Gloucester ; George Mabbott, 'Jf the s sme place ; William Thomas, of Leonards Stan ley, nea r Stroud. The followi ng have b 3en claime d b y their friends. They are nowt lying i a c, ,ffins at the station , a nd will go away by th e mail - train. to-night:—Richard Ralph, of Harwell, Berks ; Jat )ez; Clee, of Cheltenham; Joseph Hand, same place. I have hitherto fort cotton - of the deceased incur, to me ntion, that the whole of the exp enses w hi ch the re b t , lve " travelling to and from thi s plac,', are paid by the Com pany. The man wh o i s l y i ng at t h e hospital with a compo un d fracture of the skull is not in so favourable a st a t e as h e was yesterday. Ver, y fain• t hope ;are now entertained of his recovery. THE SONG of T HE . SWAN.—The swan being identified with o rp h, , u s,_ and called also the Bird of Apollo, the i;o4ii of i c, powers of song have been often attribliae x l t o it, . as often d en i e d. I t i s, how ever, perfe , Aly true, t' hat thi, s bird has a so ft, l ow , vo i ce , rather pl.aintive, and with 1. ittle variety, but not disa greeable. I have he: ad it atk II in the spring, and some times later in the 8 , :mot , when moving slowly about with its young. Cu at p. 261, has print lonel Hawker, in his Sporting work ,ed a few bar,-; of the " Swan's me lody, formed with two motes, C arol the minor third (E flat), and the head as if delight( musician, it is said, kept working his rell's History of B, 4:1 with his own performance— Yar (itish Birds. On this day, in 1680, Lord Strafford was executed, an event which almost broke the heart of Charles I. Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton, late M.P. for For farshire, died on the evening of Christmas-day. He was half-brother to the present Marquis of Huntly. His Lordship's remains are to be removed for interment to Scotland. EVENING SUN INTENDED DEMOLITION OF KiNti.STO'2.-. 110 USE. This fine old residence at :Kensington Gore, a t present tenanted by the Marquis of Wellesl e y is about to be entirely pulled down, so that in . few weeks probably no vestige of it will remain' The purpose for which it will be demolished, if to make way f or a ser i es o f gran d e difices to be erected on its site. Before, therefore, the yen& rable fabric falls under the inroads of a Vai'dtt that pays no reverence to ce l e brated (1, ancient buildings, we turn with the devotion 0 ' antiquaries to indite a few lines to its Mono , ' and origin. The celebrated Duchess of Kingston, who was in the year 177 G t r i e d before her Peers for bigamy., and who defended herself in her own person in Westminst er H a ll, was t h e b u ilder °( this Mansion about a century ago. The apart ments were fitted up an d designed Under her own immediate direction, and great taste is 0 ,,, servable in many of its arrangemen t s . The CO " servatory and the hot-houses have long be an admired by hortic u lt ur i st . Li tt le mo re tu s , sixty years aga the Duch ess h e r se lf t e nded t! le fine exotics that bloomed w i t hi n them, and ' lis, severed many a fair rose fr om i ts b ranc h to ;lite r, twine amid her hair, or decorate her breast' is Kensington Gore, on w hi c h t hi s I „ausion ojs situated, was called in ancient times .igYnc s . 4 Gore, as appears by a record dated 127° 1 of Hen. III.), and it i s th ere stat ed to b e a P3'nit the ancient demesn es o f t h e Crown. Ketisi ton itself, in the a n ti quate d spe lli ng o f D°° ther day Book, is called Chenisitun, and ° s i n . ancient records Kene s it une and l' eli . o per tune. Chenesi app ears to h ave b een a Pia of name : a person of that name held the mad ~ard Huish, in Somersetshi re , i n t h e re i gn °f E the Confessor. there In the year abo ve - ment i one d , however,. her was but little peace for the good Duchess, n i rage Kingston,new-gilded apart men t s at and il° ture Walpole, who, with the fine and sarcastic na tter that ran through his veins, loved no thing be ssip in the mid s t o f hi s correspondence andigiLke than to have a s ly fli ng at some coronetteu ace or Duchess, f oun d i n t h e ca l am i ty of he r tat of Kingston, abu n d an t f oo d f or his ina"itieS• and severe wit to exercise its darling proP eu- t hae The following arch letter, written at the . . iles . was addressed by him to the Countess 0t . .„ - ; : -- bury, dated Dec. 11, 1775. and runs tuZiht "Did you hear that scream?—Don't be "..' s r of ened, Madam : it was only the Doe fi ll ,,,, e ' o el; Kingston last Sunday was seven-night ati-ii - l e rit but it is better to be prepared; for she ha, s a re word to the House of Lords that her nert - t wo so bad she intends to scream fbr her months, and therefore they must Intt: L-9consi trial. They are t o t a k e h er throes loifficient deration to-day, and th a t t h ere m ay bes." ;ii and reason for the len g th o f h er veil'and.,l47-vfrest attendants, have a mind to treat her wi t ' e to see minster-hall. I hop e so , f or I s h ou ld li• - = n , J u de this comedie tarmoyante, and besides'ig g s hall it would bring your Ladyship to towno - have timely notice." 4 o rtlY The circumstances of th e t r i a l whi ca i - 176. after ensued, viz., o n th e 15th o f Apr':' 1 ,4 5 o f have doubtless passed away f rom the ti;ll,,yae most men of the la s t generat i on ,- an d as t n - o se at curious, and so plea san tl y serve our the present minut e , th e f o ll ow i n g . short i The rence to them will not be ungratifying. thus : charge against the Duchess ofbigamy ston_ , she, The indictment on the occasion set forth tbiffthe Elizabeth Duchess of Kingston, indicted h s J ob ,, name of Elizabeth Hervey, wife of Aug" yea ( Hervey, did, on the 3d of March, trie of his Majesty's reign, marry Evelyn ,P ie lf. o h of Duke of Kingston, deceased, at the "Z eit tbe St. George's, Hanover-square, she being tu wife of the said Hervey, living; and the& first wise found that she was married to her ei gtll Of husband, Augustus John Hervey, on August, in the 17th year of the then lattr isl y of at the parish o f L a i ns t one , in the e°" t Gui" SouthamDuchess The pleaded firmly, - N ° Attor rier Mr. Dunning and M r . Th ur l o e, the fi r st vat' General, opened the pleadings. He r when she riage, it appeared, had taken Place'n ale year whea cc i_., l , to the was plain Miss Chudleigh, and 1743, she was appointed maid of 1 1 nu t ' svas de then Princess of Wales : at this time?in who v" a l so the Glared this tieared she was under ag e time when she mar r i e d Mr. ileiiy i ej s _ first mar then a Lieutenant in the NavY'n t weed: by Dr ' no riage had, howe ver , b een pr °--° marriage Collier, in the Eccl es i as ti ca l Court , t hat MiSs at all, and decla re d aut h o ritatively -th e Chudlei g h was never legally married' 4- A br strength of this decision that the case ,_, rested; and, indeed, it was upon the saq,be thus given by the Eccle s ia s ti ca l Court tbl"4-cre, had alone entered upo n th e secon d ma nia tic e At the close of the day's t r i a l th e D h ag t he a paper, extenuative of her marriage, . 0 , her Court, and showed the groun d s on wh icj ' A fter alleged bigamy had been brou g ht to pass. - t he the evidence and witnesses had been heard, pa- Guilty question was put to the Peers, " Guilty ?" All of them answered in t he aMr s il ai d , tive, except the Duke of N ewc astle, who lip " Erroneously, but not inte n d e dly guilty' my honour." 00 Sh e ever this the Duche ss was disebarge- ,T /be paying her fees; but wa rne d that, s llOlO alive ever be guilty of a simil ar offence, or an Y ca pital amounting to felony, sh e wo uld incur a ,_ t his punishment, without b e i ng allowed, as case, to claim the benefit of clergy. The white staff was then broken , and ev ,c e i rl a person was ordered to depart quietly hom e ; God's peace and the King's peace." imuc hess The -1-• s , e d Thus ended this celebrated trial. exculpated of all her alleged criminality, the remainder of her days in the tran.q,u, r o w cincts of the antiquated mansion which and to about to be levelled with the g,rouno,:f wo re make way for fabrics and improvemen ts : rr i ru erit modern cast. The s cenes o f courtly me rry hng which once took plac e i n i ts sa l o ons and .09 eld rooms, at a period when th e Court itself ar ' re new' at Kensington, have, with all their ia a feig brances as utterly passed away, as . : t h a t epe e ,. months, will the very walls and floor' beneath resounded with their festivities, or sh o nd merry the tread of princely companies an dancers. BELtIUM. By a letter from Brussels of the 25th, the of por e . o Chambers have voted the following sums in sup the various persons attached to the various departivn of education, literature, science, and.fine arts:- -- ho '- P RIMARY E D UCATION. -1. For salaries to S C- t ° l l o masters in the nine provinces , 250 , 000 f. 2. F or s, vv building, repairing, furnishing , &c., of sehool-h°l3,!eat 75,000 f. 3. For assistance to necessitous teachers itlie employ, and schoolmasters' widows, 10,000 f. 4. t or instruction of the blind, and deaf and dumb, 20,000 f. LITERATURE AND SCIENC E .-1. For encourag er e f n oy subscriptions Sciences anadnd Bellespurchases, et tre 8 5 , 0 3 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 E 0f ! . For 3. Ftohre the a u u lo of al Lt' Observatory of Brussels, 22,0001: 4. For the 11° Y 3 brary, 65,000 f. 5. Pensions in favour of laureats, 5,°,°.0r 6. For the Brussels School of Engraving, 20,000 f. 7 the Museum of Arms and Antiquities, 10,000 f. FINE ARTS.-1. For the encouragement of, for sub' FINE scriptions and purchases, 60,000 f. 2. For the C° nse e toire of Music at Brusses, 35,0001. 3. For the tienlArt: Liege, 12,000 f. 4. For the Royal Acadamy of Fin hoo p at Antwerp, 31,000 f. 5. For other academies and se of fine arts, 25,000 f. lef ASPERSIONS OF ta taking the averages, now only —...The tlliog, THE JEWS . liberal M. Christopher having said, in his famous Cord la i w . speech at Lincoln, that - " the fictitious mode ~.. lators of the Continent andofthis country, for °ll , the ~., cos _ Continent the Corn-trade ', is entirely in the hand-,, salo Jews," has been called to account by Mr. Davl'corn • w delinquencies. Mr. Salomons asserts benefits the Jews Plijo law for improperly attributing to the Jews then few or none of the great grain firms are Jewish houses, and he has succeeded in convincing Die' Chrlsv, pher that he has unnecessaril as aspersed the Jew s ' I ►ve cordingly that gentleman, w)h*o seems to have soi t.e respect for the money-owning tribe, has addressed the following letter to Mr. Salomons, with view by ons, a publication to make them some amends : 1841. " Bloxhohn Hall, Dee- 2 6, b I " Sir—T - regret that • •ii the speec delivered any expression i . at Lincolnshould have given pain to pere ' te ,tioo of your pers • uasion, especially as it was not my , in 3ie to attributeexclus' The expression to those who profess the Jewish religiono_, theolitot niel•ctioal_ xpression of which lain was a useless o e , you comp and not necessary for my arg have made use of it unless I had been credibly inform 1 , 0 when I was last on the Continent, that the Corre:rt; was carried on by persons of your nation. --I ha ve honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble ser vant, 11 unient, and I should: "David Salomons, Esq. (Signed) "R. A. Cuafsi‘orue ~, The spirited Ex-Sheriff desel ves credit for having' °' torted this acknowledgment from Mr. Christopher. Lout DISTRESSING SUICIDE.--This morning/ au s o f half-past five o'clock, a young man about 21 e,arrker, age, of the name of William Michel's, a pearl w o rker, who resided with his father in I3erwick-street, c'_.1.,,0. committed self-destruction. It appears that the young man had been out all night drinking, and that he called upon his uncle, who resided in High-street, Lambeth :vie mentioned to him that he had disposed of a Vt lit i ?„. , packet of pearls which his father had had to work 1 0 ,_ customer, and that he did not know what to do, but "1: was determined never to show his face at home a g:: 1 1 .. His uncle expostulated with him, and promised to ace his pany him home, and broach the subject of the loss t.oari fither; for which purpose they were walking S inrin . r , together under the walls of the Archbishop of Cal" e r d bury's Palace, when Michaux suddenly darted forii;,,, and precipitated himself into the water, and was drow ,_“, pot o The Duke of Leeds, after visiting the yard at Portsmouth has returned to Hornley Castle, Grace' old baronial ' seat in North Yorkshire r l +lQ, h( 131„ th t 1( St (lc H in( 1 1; . Jar efli do roE Gc of . on Son Ho nes con and to I few ledi rat] sid( of b]o bav ing, but not lain thel cent did side ethi 141 fire; clac] 45 ' Aul ) ft (- Mt s l ll t Plat of t whi, the See Y 0 . u." uuiv4 pert• Th os . to wi You L w ent oa‘ e a s h of tb grow toinis L ind i ionct m ore G ent 4e3( Youi °cell 4 t `'11; and bay t i (Lc I the L) !tia( 1. Jou; 71 tre a eot ;( dui d cot t c Zvi' a be p .b 1 he prat 1,01 po rt toE. i ll Dir e Port ce ed stieb soon debt relal Yorl Stat, on t] Itrip fi X(l' vvorc of low con,