The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

MORNING NUN Lattlealt ar on the 29th the next mails for England, and we Alecto the overland India mail for Marseilles, on the return of the Montrose from Alexandria, towards the close of the month. That splendid steamer the Mongibello, of 240-horse Power, under Neapolitan colours, arrived here punctually to her time, as usual, on the 12th instant, from Naples, which day of the month is fixed for her arrival in future, in order to enable passengers proceeding to India, Evvnt and Syria, to embark at this port on the 13 t h or 1 4th, OD. the Peninsular and Oriental Company's aktamers takinc , the India mails to Alexandria. She 11l lriave Naples on the 4th of every month, touching • On her way hither at San Tropea, Messina, and Syracuse. (From the Mediterraneo of Dec. 13.) The Iberia arrived on Saturday night from the lonian Islands. On Monday the chief mate was condemned to a fine of four pounds for striking a boy over the head With an iron chain hook when off Zante. She will sail again for the lonian Islands with the mails, to be brought by the Great Liverpool, immediately after her arrival. It • is expected she will bring ninety-five passengers. The Medea steam frigate and the Weazle brig of war • arrived on the 9th instant, both from Zante. • ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.—Dec. 7 --The French Government steamer Eurotas, Lieut. de Beaudean, from Marseilles seven days, Leghorn four, Civita. Vecchia three, and Naples two. Dec. 9.—Her Majesty's steam frigate Medea, Commander F. Warden, from Zante three days ; her Majesty's brig Weazle, Lieut. W Edmonstone, from Zante four days. Dec. 10.—The Russian war-schooner Jonetz, C. J. Endveyouroff, from Athens twenty-two days. Dec. 13.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, C. W. D. Evans, from Corfu three days, Patras and Zante two ; Neapoli tan steamer Mongibello, C. F. Caffiero, from Naples four days, Messina two, Syracuse nine hours ; her Majesty's • steam-packet Polyphemus, Lieut. J. Evans, from Mar seilles sixty-seven hours. DEPARTURE OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS. — Dec. s.—Royal yacht cutter Therese, the Earl of Dysart, for Naples. Dec. 6.—French Government steamer Ly curgue, Lieut. Levavasseur, for Naples, Civita Vecchia, Leghorn, and Marseilles. Dec. B.—French Government • Steamer Minos, Lieut. Le Goff, for the Levant. Dec. 14. —Neapolitan steamer Mongibello, F. Caffiero, Esq., for Sicily and Naples. • 4 Ix PORT.—The Howe, 120, bearing the flag of Rear - Admiral Sir F. Mason, K.C.B. ; Ceylon, 6, bearing the • flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart. ; Impreg nable, 104 ; Ganges, 84 ; Vanguard, 84 ; Monarch, 84 ; Cambridge, 74 ; Vernon, 52 ; Wasp, 18; Savage, 10 ; Weazle, 10; Magpie ; steamers Locust, Alecto, Hecate, Medea, and Polyphemus; the French steamers Seaman tire and Eurotas, the Oriental and Peninsular Company's Steamer Iberia, and the Russian schooner Jonetz. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S SPEECH. OPINIONS OF THE PARISIAN PRESS OF TUESDAY. (From the Journal des Debuts.) The speech has the merit of noticing, in a very clear and firm manner, all the questions which the Chambers are c a ll e d upon to discuss. It is truly the programme of the session. Everything is said nobly, and with re markable simplicity. It is never without a lively and Pincere emotion that the Chambers find themselves in presence of that Royalty of July, which was founded by a revolution, and which received the new and diffi cult mission to make itself respected abroad by the sole force of right, and at home by the sole force of the law. We must add, however, for we to say the truth, that a portion of the Opposition pro tested by its silence. The Left, however, has liberty to dissent if it pleases ; but the silence of a few gives the more value to the support and acclamations of the majority. The Presse alludes to the speech in the same spirit as the Debats. The articles are so similar that it is quite unnecessary to give a quotation from the Presse. (From the Constitutionnel—Thiers organ.) The speech has told the country nothing - that it did not know. Projected railways, treaties of commerce in negotiation—all this was known. As to the exterior, the Convention of July 13 is already judged ; if the Chamber be of the same opinion as the country, it will not be proud of it, and whilst submitting to accomplished events it will not congratulate the Ministry on its work. It has been remarked that, alluding to Turkey, the terms employed in former speeches are no longer used. The independence and integrity of the Ottoman empire are no more spoken of. All that is now done is to promise for it repose. Nothing is said about Spain. We must infer that the strange incident which causes the return of M. de galvandy has also caused the withdrawal of a para graph from the speech. The speech alludes equivocally to our financial position, and although it expresses the desire to arrive at an equilibrium of receipts and expen diture, it does not appear from the language of the Mi nistry that any hope is entertained of arriving at such a result this year. For some Sessions past the habit of alluding to factions in the speeches to the Chain her had been a Tittle discontinued. M. Guizot, however, has not neglected it this year. The last two paragraphs Speak of the factions, and of the obstacles which they throw in the way of the development of public prosperity • This is true. But it ought to be said, although the .IKing's speech does not say it, that a bad and unpopular Ministry contributes, even by the mere fact of its ex ) istence, to encourage. factions. Its violence angments ,''• their audacity, and gives to them on many occasions as auxiliaries the very men who in other times would be their open enemies. The events of the last few months show this clearly, and when the Ministry shall have to explain itself relative to the affairs of Toulouse, it will be easy to show - the part which it had in producing results Akita all the true friends of the Government of July hava deplored. (From the Courrier Francais—Odilon Barrot.) • The speech is clearly the work of the Ministry. No - doubt could be entertained that the constitutional rule • has been followed this time , after having heard the ning re ad it in a feeble voice, and seen the Ministers themselves several times giving the siknal of applause, • which the elective Chamber had the good sense to re fuse. It would, indeed, have been difficult for the De puties to have shown a vile enthusiasm for a policy which seems ashamed of announcing itself. (From the Republican National.) We found the same hangings, the same decorations, the same tricoloured flags which never saw fire, and heard very peaceably the innocent cannon of the Invalides. The throne which is wearing out, and the dynastic fold ing stools which have already had their use, are well known, and those who were present might, on looking round, have recognised in the galleries a good number of women who have been seen elsewhere with faded bonnets and re-dyed gowns. The Deputies arrived slowly, and • with their parliamentary faces un peu chifironees, with out appearing to take much interest in what was about to take place. We know that they were much more taken up with the declaration of the independent press than with • the speech from the throne. They gathered round the newly-married M. Dufaure, who is also affianced to the nextMinistry,and who modestly enjoys himself between his two honeymoons. M. Sauzet almost threw himself into,his arms ; M. Sauzet has such a tender atte".-nant for the Presidency I and his effusion was the for M. de Lamartine not being present. five candidate was resolved to shine o This is rather classical for a poet who Bical. Each Deputy, on entering the C the group of his friends. Messrs. Havii here near M. Barrot, M. Ledru - Ro l '4 l -4fitte, and M. Lemercier was with 11 , Was only ai certain M. Magnier de Mai) net of Gendarmerie, who formed a gro ••'• "let. us not forget M. Hebert, for every - 'a nd he is not proud, he does not triton . "j tines over his Norman fa ce ; he has c to resuscitate his requisitory, an " that of a nouvelle accouchee, wl that she has given birth to a 1:120 Hebert, their worthy precursor, e s d , . Pale, gloomy, and wearing an air of weight of the reaction. M. Hum changed, and grown pale ; M. Dec h i Id ) trary, developes great o b es i t y ; it is t loek brim and de Baour. on whom the li 4ell: l ;`,different effects. As to MM. G u i i , 3 . 9 Nord), the sinister fatality w hi c h h : : 11 1: 1 1 heads becomes more and mo re atroi Oct Guizot appears more livid than ev ‘tah., and even his thoughts, as they silo( qf - , seem to have a bilious tint. The c Tieputies rise. A few instants afte nounces the King—everybody stand asetuds with difficulty the staircase —a small number of the Deputies. " Vive le Roi"—they try to mak • quality, and in the midst of some distinguish a superb pedal, which '4; ...it is that of M. Magnier de Mais( (From the Bonapartist 4 k4 ) We observe that the Crown onl: elatio n of peace with a certain r( t he Cabinet, as the price of so ma Much pusillanimity, give us eve! of the duration of that peace for Ec SO much ?Is there still somethin • We should not be astonished,if I -vernnaents, which boast of sa naturally give birth to repeated • adinever tired of extorting, when( 'ts7 ll d. n parties will yield." Nt o :j.% .) (From the Siecle—Odilor 16 4 ; 4 Thee last words placed in th an engagement to command r( ,• (.4 ; Specting them himself, and to . order and liberty. Ministers ci Ott '` into the speech so striking a s - We m us t, therefore, suppose th `r ot Majesty, and in this case we 4% 1 . Pudiation of the Ministry, wh 4 4 , the law, no r maintained ord aol , posit of public liberty. (From the Roys " Nothing more pale, unn 4 5 , than the King's speech can rti ; that "it would appear as if tl ing under the weight of its ft them by using language whit 1, attack." THE BANC AND 1 Bank receives Exchequer this operation is complete, them many that are fraudul arise whether these shall b maintained on the part of Sets in the affair only as th the latter must bear the lo: Those who paid in their fl selves in a much better posi for the Scrip continued to to til by an order from the 1 held, b ut bill s to a l arge t''ibefore this precaution w; •-, considered that the Bank xtued on the part of th Chequer bills are receivat cutnentrwere not bills at mithorised in taking them BURIAL OF THE OLD YEAR. A DIRGE. The last grand sunset fades apace, O'er another departed Year of Grace, Who covers in clouds his front and face, Like Cesar prone at the pillar's base. Alack Old Year. Angel-buriers, black and tall, Muffle him round in a solemn pall, While funeral plumes dark over him fall, And the graves aloud for their victim call. Alack Old Year. Up from the scarlet west they throng Bearing the dead Year's body along, Moaning a low, lugubrious song, Which the leaden caves of Chaos prolong. Alack Old Year. Onward the dark procession pours, Along the coast of Immensity's shores, Where the ocean of time eternal roars — Till they stop at the Sepulchre's giant doors. Alack Old Year. It was a vault gigantic and grim Scooped of old by the Rephidim ; Within whose cavernous vastitude dim They hurry to bury and sepulchre him. Alack Old Year. Against whole worlds of tempest-shocks That cavern abutted its adamant rocks, And now when the great Death-Angel knocks, Asunder fly the thunder-forged locks. Alack Old Year. And there in their purple palls arrayed Near nineteen hundred years were laid, Paly their crowns, their locks were greyed, And sound they slept in Oblivion's shade. Alack Old Year. Slow march, with dark sepulchral pride, That burial host through the portals wide, And lay, while the hour-ghosts round them glide, That Dead by his ancient brethren's side, Alack Old Year. They buried him there without a groan, And carved alone on his sepulchre-stone, " Here lies a year whose race is run— One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-one !" Alack Old Year. BIRTH OF THE NEW YEAR. A MADRIGAL. With a star on his brow, and a song on his tongue, And a rainbowy canopy over him hung, Who comes from the East like a masquer rare, Tossing his cymbals aloof in the air? Ah, ah ! young boy, is it you—O you ! Sweet Eighteen Hundred and Forty-two? What love in his looks, and what grace in his spring ! How round him the fair-flighted summer-birds sing ! How he bounds o'er the mountains, and splendidly throws, To the right and the left his bright glances of rose ! Ah, ah ! young boy, &c. All the snowy-crowned Lily-Queens give him their hail, And sigh for his kiss in the bright-hearted vale ; Whilst their dulcet-dewed petals deliciously spreading, Sweet dream like young virgin-girls just upon wedding. Ah, ah ! young boy, &c. Our hills are o'erflowing with purple-hued light, The love-planets burn more crystalline bright ; And the stars trim their coronals sweeter to-night, To hail your dear advent with festivals hight. Ah, ah I young boy, &c. With sounds as of flutes that have silver-touched stops, You play with the winds in the tree- bowered tops ; And Princesses proud, and the King in his hall, Leave their dulcimer-music to welcome your call. Ah, ah ! young boy, &c. Hill-side and vale, and ravine where you leap, Smile in your dews—catch your sweetnesses deep ; The villagers dance in your May and your June, And bask in the sunshine and blue of your noon. ah ! young boy, &c. So beaming your boyhood, so jocund and bold, With your brows and your tresses in sunniness rolled, We'll haunt you, and hold you, and clasp you for this, Till we've had a whole year-full of you and your bliss ! Ah, ah ! young boy, is it you—O you Sweet Eighteen Hundred and Forty-two ? COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert walked on the Terrace and in the Slopes to-day, both in the morning and afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also took walking exercise. Sir George Couper arrived at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Colonel Bouverie and the Hon. C. A. Murray . joined a party at Swinley on a sporting excur sion.). Viscount Sydney and Sir Edward Bowater rode out on horseback. Mr. Sievier, the Sculptor, was honoured this morning by 'Prince Albert with a sitting for a bust of his Royal Highness. Her Majesty honoured Mr. Partridge by again sitting for her portrait to-day. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somer set, arrived in town yesterday from their resi dence at Kew. The Duchess and the Princess Augusta visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. The Duke of Cambridge visited his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Philippsthal at Marlborough House, and in the afternoon left town for Epping. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge returned to Kew in the afternoon. M. Fortique, Minister Plenipotentiary, from Venezuela, had an interview with Lord Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in rlay evening, from Cambridge. JG OF SPITALFIELDS' SILK-WE AVERS. at eight o'clock, a very numerous Meet- Jnemployed Spitalfields' Silk-weavers was Crown and Anchor, Waterloo -town, to re art of the Deputation appointed to wait on ayor, to ascertain when the funds in his Inds will be distributed. ex having been appointed to the Chair, !re was but one feeling that induced him to - hich was, that he should be assisting those ey were honest and industrious, were in a . It was melancholy to him to see so many im, who were willing to earn their liveli labour, appear there, and not one of them t pint of porter before them.—(Hear.) fore him without a shoe or stocking, Je if they had employment. But when .wing to the low price of wages, they trcely able to obtain sufficient means to lies ; and then they were. compelled to 16 hours a day.—(Hear.) When they at the distresses of the weaver were ince that day many more had been that after the interview at the • Man 'itation took immediate steps for the public meeting called, and some of Gammen, one of the Committee mmunication with the Lord Mayor. ,road that the distress was not so ex iserted, but it was easy to show that veavers were Out of employment. ree persons were employed at a a known that there were above d, that would make above 24,000 hat he was in work, and it was ployed were in a situation little Nere out of work. He was only • a day. from Mr. HORNSBY, one of the to the great distress which pre- d that when he and Mr. Hornsby ort, they would present a state in the district that would be 'lat day visited the best part of )f the weavers there was very bad. and afterwards several reso ong ethers a vote of thanks to ,derman Wilson, to the Acting airman, the meeting separated. revalent, and amounts to a that Mr. Sibthorp is shortly he will commence his labours , a chapel being about to be le or at St. Helens. His first Newport. %•03 H A m.—We are sorry cease in the number of ..esh tickets lave been ated to relieve nearly day and Thursday, soup .;allons on the former day, 2hursday): the amount of .00 stones. In consequence peat destitution of clothing, e learn from a circular, which .ne subscribers, that a proposi- Aittee to vote 3001. from the relief .ner subscriptions towards purchas rerlets, to be lent as loans to such ►ll undertake to return them when ), on payment of a halfpenny per lket or coverlet ; which payments ecessary expense of superintending the articles, and a uniform visita being pawned or sold.—Derbyshire m of 2,500 L has already been contri. itable fund for the relief of the dis tingham. rti E SUN, LONDON, FJUDA PAVING OF OXFORD STREET. A meeting of the most respectable inhabitants of Ox ford-street took place last night at Clark's auction-rooms, Holles-street, for the purpose of taking such steps as might be deemed necessary to defeat the proposition which had been brought forward in . the Vestry of St. Marylebone to postpone the further use of Wood Paving in Oxford-street for three years, although the test ori ginally assigned by the Vestry was for a period of one year only, and which had elapsed upwards of six months. Mr. UNDERWOOD, in taking the chair, was sorry that the inhabitants of Oxford-street had again occasion to meet on such a subject ; but they had been so ill treated by the Vestry of Marylebone as to render it absolutely necessary that something definitive should be done, ; and what was intended to be proposed for the adoption of the meeting was resolutions to the effect of urging upon the Vestry the necessity of establishing wholly the wood pavement in Oxford street. All present were doubtless aware that Mr. Cochrane had, at the last meeting of the Vestry, made a proposition to that effect, which had been met by an amendment, on the part of Mr. Byles, to postpone the further consideration of the pavement of Oxford street with wood for three years. He believed that all present were of one opinion as to the benefit of such a measure, and the only question for their considera tion, was as to the best means of obtaining the desired end. He had only to call upon the gentlemen entrusted with the different resolutions to propose them, and the meeting would have to decide whether they would adopt them or not. Mr. NICHOLAY then rose to propose the first resolu tion (for which see Advertisement). It had been proved that the wood pavement was the most serviceable that could be adopted, and such being the case he could see no earthly ground why its consideration should be post poned for 3 years. If such a proposition were acceded what would be the result ? Why the whole question might be postponed for seven years.—(Cheers.) It had been demonstrated to the Vestry that the wood pavement would not cause so much inconvenience as the present disgraceful one, and yet they seemed determined not to adopt it. An INHABITANT of Oxford-street said that it was most monstrous that the inhabitants of Oxford-street should be called upon to pay such enormous rates, and yet that the street should be kept in its present dis graceful state. It had been clearly shown that the wood pavement had answered, and he could not, for the life of him conceive, such being the case, why the vestry of Marylebone should be allowed to interfere with other parishes.—(Cheers.) He thought the inha bitants of Oxford-street ought to bestir themselves in the matter far more than they had done. Mr. TAVERNER seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr, BELL proposed the second Resolution.—(See Ad vertisement.) Mr. MILLS seconded it. The resolution was carried unanimously. After a few observations from Lord NUGENT, in which he stated that he felt convinced, as a member of the Vestry of Marylebone, that the members of that Vestry, as a body, were not inimical to the interests of the inha bitants of Oxford-street, The Third Resolution (see Advertisement), which was proposed by Mr. INcE, and seconded by Mr. HARBOT TELL, was carried unanimously, after a short discussion. Mr. GREEN, in moving the fourth Resolution (see Ad vertisement), observed, that he thought the Vestry of Marylebone were the most unaccountable set of beings that he had ever heard of, read of, or had to do with.— (Laughter.) He could only compare them with a feather thrown into the air, no one could tellwhich way they would go.—(Laughter.) He thought they ought to hay,: a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether—(Cheers) — and then if the Vestry would not do what they wanted, they must take the matter in their own hands.— (Cheers.) The conduct that had been pursued towards them by the Vestry was really too bad—it was unpar • donable.—(Cheers.) Mr. EDWARDS seconded the resolution. _ _ _ Lord NUGENT was, as he always had been, for the adoption of the wood pavement, as it would be a saving of 40 per cent. to the parish. Mr. JOSEPH thought that the roads of the parish of Marylebone ought to be placed under a Board of Com missioners, and not under a fluctuating Board like the Vestry. He believed that the time was not far distant when wood paving would be triumphant, not only over the whole metropolis but the whole of England. Mr. COCHRANE had thought it his duty to move in the Vestry that the whole of Oxford-street should be paved with wood, and he had done so for two reasons; first, for the interest of the inhabitants of Oxford -street; and, secondly, for the credit of the Vestry to which he belonged.—(Cheers.) He was astonished that the whole parish did not rise as one man in mutiny against the disgusting proceedings of the Vestry. He would ad vise them to agitate until they compelled the Vestry to do them justice. The resolution was then put by the Chairman, and declared by him to be carried unanimously. The other resolutions were then put and carried, and the meeting separated. EXPLOSION ON THE BRISTOL RAILWAY. THE INQUEST,—Tuesday, the inquest was held be fore the County Coroner, at the New Inn, Wickwar. On proceeding to the stable a sickening sight pre sented itself. There lay the remains of the two who were killed instantly. Jones was completely naked except his boots ; one side of his face and the lower part of his body had been blown away, which gave rise to the belief that he had the barrel of pow der in his arm when it exploded. The bead of Stephens was a shapeless mass, and he was other wise much injured. Bennett's body lay in a back kitchen, and was dreadfully injured. The first witness called was _ John Stephens, who said—l have been employed as a foreman under Mr. Brunel for nearly fifteen years, but am at present a sub-contractor under Mr. Nowell. The injured men worked for me. On Friday evening, after work, I told James Jones, one of the men killed, who had charge of the powder, to put it in the black smith's shop, and take it out again on Monday morn ing before the men came to work ; we have put it there frequently before on Saturday nights, for safety ; on Monday morning I went down to the blacksmith's shop and had gone about thirty-four yards, when I heard the explosion ; it did not appear to me louder than the re port of a fowling-piece. I turned and saw some thing like a bundle of burning rags coming in the air towards me, and in about a second after, a quantity of timber and stones fell around, but nothing struck me ; at that instant I heard the cries of the poor fellows who were hurt, and after wards found it was the body of Jones that had fallen by my side ; there were nearly one hundred men at the spot in five minutes, and we rendered all the assistance in our power ; we found that two were dead, and another died about two hours after. We brought them all here, and Mr. Raberts, the surgeon, attended them immediately. The only way I can ac count for the accident is, that Jones must have gone to work behind time, and that he was in the act of tak ing out the powder when it caught. Two other witnesses were called, but nothing further was elicited, all who were present in the shop having been either killed or taken to the infirmary. The inquest was then adjourned till Thursday week, when it was hoped some of them would be sufficiently recovered to attend. The names of those dead are—Matthew Stephens, 27, single man ; James Bennett, 29, wife near her confinement ; and James Jones, 27, single. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PoitTsmouTu t DEc. 29.—1 t is currently reported in the naval circles that the uniform of the several classes is to be forthwith changed, and that the white collar and cuff are to be again substituted for the red. The Powerful, 84, Captain Seymour, with Vice-Admi ral Sir John Ommanney on board, has come into this harbour from the Mediterranean, and will doubtless be shortly re-commissioned. The Admiral has left. fur London, and thence will proceed to his seat in Hants.. The Hazard, 20, Commander Bell, is under orders for Plymouth, thence to proceed to the East Indies and China, taking despatches for Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.B. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Owen, K.C.8., is expected to re-hoist his flag in the Queen, 110, Captain Rich, for the Mediterranean command, about the 25th of January. This noble ship (which has never been at sea) will go out to' Spithead during the week, to be completed there with men and stores. The Warspite, 50, Captain Lord John Hay, is under orders to bring to this country his Majesty the King of Prussia, to be present at the christening of the Prince of Wales. The Rapid, 10, Lieut. Earle, is to go to the Coast of Africa, and will be ready about the 20th January. The steam-ship Vixen, Commander Boyes, is to pro ceed to the South American Station, and also the Iris, 50, Captain Sir John Marshall. Both will probably leave Plymouth together. The Conway, 26, Captain Bethune, from China and Bombay, may be looked for daily, havinc , on board up wards of two millions of dollars, and will be paid off at Portsmouth, 10, is to be attached as a tender to the Queen s yacht, Royal George ; and Lieut. W. S. Thomas (son of Sir George Thomas, Bart.), is to have the command Of her. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., with Cap tain Charles Eden, as Flag Captain, is to have the com mand at the Cape and Rio de Janeiro, vice Sir Edward King, promoted. The Alfred, 50, Commodore Puryis, will be at Spit head about the 15th January, on, ber way to the South American station. At Spithead.—Hazard, 18, Snake, 16. In Harbour.—St. Vincent, Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Warspite, Vindictive, Powerful, Rapid, Echo, and tenders. The Carysfort, 26, is being hastened for the pendant; and rumour gives her to Captain Lord George Paulet.— Brighton Gazette. THE DISTRESSED PRINTERS OF LONDON. —Last Wednesday a sermon was preached in the church of St. Michael-le-Belfrey, in this city, by the Rev. Thos. Myers, on behalf of the numerous letter-press printers in London at present out of employment. The subject of the discourse was " The Religious Influence of Print ing." Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Richardson, and Dr. Camidge presided at the organ. The gentlemen composing the Cathedral choir also kindly afforded their services on the occasion, and very , efficiently sung the anthem, "Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy," being part of the 41st Psalm. After the sermon a collection was made, which amounted to nearly GL-- York Courant. DECEXIBER 81, id4l. MR. CHRISTOPHER'S PLAN OF CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN. SIR,— The persuasion in some quarters in creases, that Mr. Christopher's speech discloses, or at all events approximates to, the intended proposal of the Minister on the subject of the Corn-laws. The substance of Mr. Christopher's plan, as stated in a journal on the same side of the gene ral question, is " that he would have the price of wheat fixed as nearly as possible be tween 565. and 655. the quarter: This end he would secure by a minimum duty'of'sS the quar ter on wheat, when the price reaches 65s ; and as the price falls, by increasing the duty to a maximum of at least 205., at most 305." The speaker, however, i s not responsible for the in vention of a maximum - which shall 'have a least and a most; for on reference to the report in the Times, what was said is stated to have been, " that lie cannot say whether it ought to be 2.05., 255., or 305., until he has positive and authentic information as to the quantities and the prices at which such quantities couldbe purchased abroad." The brief method of reply to this seems to be by asking, why the manufacturing and commer cial interest should not be found demanding to keep the price of wheat fixed as nearly as possi ble between 265. and 355. the quarter; which end they would secure by a minimum bounty of ss. a quarter on foreign wheat when the price fell to 265., and as the price rises, by increasing the bounty to a maximum, which they will settle at 205., 255., or 305., when they have positive and authentic information as to the quantities, and the prices at which such quantities, could be purchased abroad. It is difficult to see how this lex talionis is to be attempted to be parried, except on one ground; which is that the landlords, being in possession of the legislature as they have been to the extent of an exclusive test, have taxed themselves in such a manner as to make it im perative on them to recover part in a mode that inflicts a hundred-fold loss on the community. And here the war shall lie, not with the landlords, but with the men calling themselves political economists. Can there be wonder at the low estimation in which that name is popularly held, when there is found among them a prostration of intellect sufficient for giving way, knowingly or unknowingly, to such an enormous proposition, as that any legislators can possess a right like that supposed? Imagine the case to exist in its simplicity, and without a suspicion of ill intention of any kind; and what would be the conclusion, but that such legislators should be cashiered and the public mischief removed, by the quickest process known to the community ? Would a single individual of any kind be found to maintain, that such a blundering self-sacrifice presented any claims to the perpetuation of the public loss ? One point in the speech I take the liberty of noting. The speaker entirely goes with me in the belief of the indissoluble connexion between the Corn-laws and the present Ministry, inti mated in the last letter you did me the honour of inserting. Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, 30th December, 1841. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Dec. 27, 1841 : Passengers £BO9 6 1 Merchandize 390 14 8 £1,200 0 9 Darlington, Dec. 29. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. SUICIDES AT BRIGHTON. BRIGHTON, DEC. 29.—0 n Monday night two frightful suicides took place at Brighton. Last evening the in quests were held before F. H. Gill, Esq , the Coroner for East Sussex. The first was held at the Reeve Inn, on the body of Joseph Cheale, a labourer. James Cheale deposed that he was son to the deceased, and resided at No. 35, Edward-street. The deceased had been low-spirited and rather deranged for the last two years, from being out of work and in bad circum stances. On Monday night witness's mother was in the bed-room with the deceased, and witness was in bed in an adjoining room. Between two and three o'clock on Tuesday morning deceased asked his wife to go down stairs and make him some gruel ; she refused at first, but having repeated his request she went down. Immediately after witness's mother had left the room deceased jumped out of bed. Witness watched him, and hearing the window go up, ran to him. He was nearly out of the window, and witness caught hold of one of his feet, but could not hold him. After the deceased reached the ground he ran across the yard. Witness followed him as quickly as possible, and found him at the well, partly in the bucket. He was not going down, but apparently hung by the side. Witness began to draw up the bucket, vhen the deceased slipped over and went to the bottom. Assistance was prbeured, and in about twenty minutes he was got out. Two sur geons were sent for, and the usual remedies applied, without effect. Thomas Clark deposed to getting the deceased out of the well, which was very deep, and contained upwards of twelve feet of water. The Jury returned a verdict " That the deceased de stroyed himself whilst insane." A second inquest was held at the Queen's Head Inn, on view of the body of John Way, aged 21, who de stroyed himself by jumping off a house. Phillis Chapman stated that she was cook in the ser vice of Messrs. Lewis, Allenly, and Bedford, linendrapers, of the Old Steine. Deceased was one of their appren tices, and was taken ill on Tuesday last, and kept his bed from Thursday. Susannah Brayne, of No. 132, St. James's-street, de posed that about ten o'clock on Monday night she was going down St. James's -street, accompanied by her daughter. On passing the house of Messrs, Lewis and Co., witness felt something brush her back, and heard a fall with a great crash. Witness, on turning round, saw the deceased on the pavement. Witness was so dread fully agitated that she fell down. The deceased was con short time to recover. veyed to Dr. nail's house, as a l s o witness, who st a y e d a Henry Patching, one of the headboroughs of Brighton, was passing the spot at the time. Witness assisted in conveying the deceased, who was in his shirt, to Dr. Hall's. Deceased never spoke. Thomas Gray, an assistant to Messrs. Lewis and Co., after the occurrence examined the door at the end of the passage opening upon the parapet. It was open, and witness observed the print of a foot on the dust, and the candle and candlestick on the parapet. The door was usually fastened by a latch. The deceased was very steady, but rather an eccentric young man. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." SHOCKING ACClDENT. — Yesterday morning a dread ful accident occured to an old lady, named Willmott, aged 83. It appears that the unfortunate woman was engaged getting her breakfast, when a spark flew out of the fire and ignited her clothes, which, befere assistance could be procured, were nearly burnt off her back. She was conveyed to the Sussex County Hospital, but soon after her arrival expired. Mrs. Willmott was well known in Brighton as an amateur performer, and performed at the Brighton Theatre, within the last five years, for the benefit of the instititution in which she died. ' • THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. READING, WEDNESDAY EVENING. — WooIIey, of whose recovery yesterday, there was but a very faint hope en tertained, died a little after three o'clock this afternoon. The bodies of Richard Ralph, Jabez Clee, and Joseph I Hands, were sent away this morning by the six o'clock goods train. The LAU deodand goes, by a grant made in the reign of James 1., to the Lord of the Manor, Mr. Palmer, the Member for the county. From the well-known bene volence of that'gentleman there can be but one conviction as to the mode in which the money will be applied. It is to be hoped that the Jury about to be summoned to inquire into the circumstances under which the death of Woolley took place, will make that searching investi gation which all persons whose business compels them to travel by the night or early morning trains have a right to expect at their hands. Many such travellers are of opi nion that it would be perfectly legitimate for the Jury to inquire—seeing that Woolley lost his life, in all proba bility, from the want of a night police on the line—in what state of certainty or uncertainty the mail train, that leaves the Paddington terminus at 55 minutes past eight o'clock, proceeds upon its way. This train arrives at Bridgewater on the following morning at 25 minutes past two o'clock, moving, it will be seen, at some 26 or 27 miles per hour, stoppages included. If a slip were to take place at ten o'clock in the Sonning-hill cutting, or an embankment in the vicinity were to give way at the same hour, would or could the engine-driver know any thing of either till he was dashed upon the one or preci pitated into the other ? Does or does not this mail train travel the whole, or nearly the whole of the 151+ miles in almost perfect ignorance of any accident that may have happened upon the portion of the line in advance of it ? Many persons are of opinion that " the London newspapers must be wrong in stating that the railway is not watched by night," They are unwilling to believe that the well-regulated police which they observe along the line by day, are withdrawn by night, and that the trains are left to find their own way in the dark. BLAYDON BURN RAILWAY.—On Monday amidst cannon firing and colours waving, took place the opening of this beautiful line of railway, made by Messrs. Joseph Cowen and Co., from their fire-brick works and colliery at Blaydon Burn, through that rugged and winding valley to their depot at the river Tyne. This work was commenced n.qt six months ago, and was thought by many to be impracticable ; but by the perseverance and energy of the principal in the above firm, aided by Mr. G. G. Bell, engineer, it has been brought,without a single accident, to a successful con clusion.—York on. York Courant, THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN.—At the meeting of the Repeal Association, to-day, the Lord Mayor observed that he could not interfere in the ap proaching eleotior• for this city. The Corporate Bill made the Lord Mayor returning officer, and he was determined, that in everything connected with the office he wouldact with the strictest impartiality and justice.— Dublin Evening Post. LITERATURE. WARWICK'S HOUSE OF COMMONS. Saunders and Otley, London. The design of this publication is to give every important detail connected with the public and private history of the members of the House of Commons, particulars respecting each constitu ency, the results of the two last general elec tions, and other statistical and political facts of general interest. It commences with a brief his torical account of the British Parliament up to the year 1377, in the reign of Richard 11., and from that period to the present time gives the names of the different Speakers, with occasional anecdotes respecting them, and the proceed ings in the House of Commons. Thus we learn that in the last Parliament of the reign of Charles 11. the Votes were first ordered to be printed; in the second of William and Mary, the Tory Speaker, Sir John Trevor, was expelled for taking a bribe of 1,000 guineas from the city of London ; and that Sir James Cust, who was cho sen in 1701, was the last Speaker who adopted the usual show of diffidence when presented for the acceptance of the Sovereign, having described his appointment as the only inadvertent step the House could take, and entreated his Majesty George 111. to direct them to present some other person. The work altogether has evidently been compiled with great care, much of the personal information respecting the Members has been fur nished by themselves, and their political opinions are tested by the votes they gave on the sugar duties, the no-confidence motion of Sir Robert Peel, and the address at the opening of the last session. The state of the polls, with the names of the successful and unsuccessful candidates at the last election, are given immediately before the description of the Members. _ _ The following account of the immaculate bo rough of Sudbury and its representatives affords a fair tpecimen of this useful publication : SUDBURY (Suffolk)-2. June 30. 5,503. FREDERICK VILLIERS, 1. 284 Joseph Bailey, jun., t. DAVID DYCE-SOMBRE 1. 281 George Tomline, t. Charles Taylor, t. 271 David Jones, t. 271 *Sombre-Dyce, David-Ochterlony: son of Gen. George- Alexander Dyce, by the dau. of Beltshazzer-Louis Sombre, of Sirdhannah, in the North-Western pro vince of Hindostan; 1. 1809; ,n. 1840 the Hon. Mary- Anne Jervis; 'youngest dau. of Edward-Jervis, 2d Vis count St. Vincent; was principal private secretary to her Highness Furzand-Azuzai -Comdosul-Urraikeen-Zeb ul.Nissa, the late Begum Sombre, a Sovereign Prin cess in Hindostan (who d. Jan. 27, 1836), and whose adopted child, we believe, he is, and to whom he was acknowledged heir by the East India Company. The whole of the landed possessions of her late Highness revert to the British, and the personal property, amounting to nearly half a crore, devolves by will upon Mr. Dyce-Sombre, with the exception of small lega cies and charitable bequests. The personal proved larger than the sum at which it is here estimated ; the mass of it, which was bequeathed to Mr. Dyce-Sombre, amounted to 80 lahks, or 800,0001., independent of va rious smaller legacies to her other officers and to per sons about her establishment, and also to charitable institutions. The principal of these were to Mr. Troup, who married one of Mr. Dyce-Sombre's sisters, 50,000 rupees ; to Mr. Solaroli, who also married another sister, 80,000 rupees. He is of the Catholic religion, and in politics is a staunch Whig.— Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street. Villiers, Frederick-Meynell ; b. 1805: represented Salt ash in 1831 ; was returned for Canterbury in 1835, but unseated on petition.—Bury-street, St. James's-sq. AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. We have been favoured by a house in this town with the following extract from a letter, received by a recent packet from the United States, which we recommend to the serious attention of our readers : " The money market is becoming a little closer; but we do not fear any other than a healthy action, which will go to prevent orders to England on a large scale ; and this we term a healthy action, as it gives room for American calicoes for spring trade. You will notice, from the paper annexed, that our exports amount to very nearly as many dollars as the imports. The im portant subject of fixing a tariff for a number of years will probably take up most of the time of our Congress the coming winter. There has not been much increase of cotton mills during the last four or five years. Every piece of cloth that is made is printed at present ; and no stocks on hand. Until there is an increase of fac tories for cloth, there cannot bo an enlargement of printing, as the mills cannot leave heavy cloths for the light, as there is no accumulation of any kind of goods. On the whole, the cotton manufacture and the cotton printing are in a flourishing state in the United States, and are looked upon favourably by both north and south." The following is a copy of the paper referred to in the preceding extract : Statement of Imports and Exports of Cotton Piece Goods during the year ending September 30, 1840, in the United States : IMPORTS. Dyed, printed, and coloured, amounting to $3,893,694 White • • 10,810,795 IXPORTS. Foreign goods, dyed, printed, and coloured, entitled to drawback . . . . $768,195 Do. do. not entitled to drawback 70,358 Foreign white goods, entitled to drawback 1.52,629 Do. do. not entitled to drawback 30,779 American manufactured, prints and coloured 398,977 Do. do. grey and white . 2,925,257 54,346,265 Excess of imports over exports, only . . $464,540 When we first received this communication, we could not help suspecting some error in the statement as to the value of cotton goods imported into the United States ; but,having since received the American Alma nack for 1842, which contains copies of the official ac counts of the revenue and commerce of the United States, we find the figures are perfectly correct ; and it follows, that the exports of American cotton manu factures last year approached in value very nearly to the foreign cotton manufactures retained for consump tion ; and, as these would no doubt include some Ger man, Swiss, and French goods, it is probable that the value of British cottons imported scarcely exceeded that of the American cottons exported —a fact for which, we dare say, very few of our readers were prepared. It is right, however, to state that, owing to circum stances which we need not particularize, the import of cotton goods in 1840 was greatly below the average of former years ; and, in all probability, the accounts for the present and the coming year may give different re sults ; but, however this may be, the fact to which we have just adverted is one that demands serious attention. The non-arrival of the Montrose Peninsular mail steamer with the mails due last week is now ac counted for. By letters received overland from Gibraltar, dated the 15th instant, it appears that the Great Liver pool steamer, with the Indian mail and passengers, when leaving Gibraltar bay, on the 10th instant, for Malta and Alexandria, met with an accident to her machinery which compelled her to return. The Montrose, which was then at Gibraltar, was therefore despatched to Malta and Alexandria with the mails and passengers. As the Montrose is a vessel of 250-horse power, but little delay may be apprehended in the course of the outward or homeward India mail. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(From a Correspondent.) —By direction of the Earl of Lincoln, First Commis sioner of Woods and Forests, workmen are busily en gaged in decorating the interior of the House of Lords. The old dark-coloured block paper has been removed from the walls, and they are now painted a light buff colour, which greatly improves the appearance of the House. The seats of Peers are ordered to be re-covered with scarlet cloth, and the other alterations in progress .will add materially to the splendour of their Lordships' house. It is generally thought that his Majesty the King of Prussia, the King of the Belgians, and many dis tinguished foreigners, will be present at the op e ni n g o f the ensuing Session of Parliament on the 3d of Febru ary next. HORRIBLE BARBARITY. ARISTOCRATIC AMUSEMENT.—A correspondent has supplied us with a detailed account of one of the most atrocious outrages, committed on a poor helpless creature by a party of aristocrats, that we have ever heard of, and which re sulted in the death of the miserable creature in ques tion. We can scarcely believe that the circumstances our correspondent relates can be true ; yet he details them so circumstantially, and authe icates them so strongly, that we fear there must be so f oun d at i on f or his statement. To elicit infor ma ti on , t erefore, on the ik subject, we supply the following leading statements:—lt appears that a party of gentlemen —most of then English officers—were last week on a visit at a gentleman's house in the neighbourhood of Philipstown, King's County, when one evening they gave their host some opium, and, in sport, proceeded to practise their horrible cruelties upon a poor idiot boy who found an asylum about the house. They first extracted all his teeth, and then be daubed him over with oil and turpentine —set fire to his clothes to make him run, when, horrible to relate the poor creature was burned to death ! Our Corre spondent states that a sort of inquest was held, but that the greatest exertions were made to hush the matter up, and conceal the real facts of the case. We refrain at present from going more into details, but shall be happy to receive additional information on the subject, properly authenticated, and which we shall re gard as strictly confidential. If the facts are as they have been stated to us, nothing shall be wanting on our part to bring the miscreants to Justice.—Dublin Monitor. ggeration—if i t b e [We hope this will pro ve t o b e an exit not wholly an invention.] MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.---AVe have heard that her Majesty has already announced to the proper authorities that it is her i n t ent i on to open the ensumg Session of Parliament in person with a Speech from the Thione ; and it is generally expected, from the altera tions and embellishments now going forward in the House of Lords, that our b e l oved Sovereign will be ac companied on that important and interesting occasion by all the Royal and distinguished foreigners invited to wit ness the christening of the infant Prince of Wales. Yesterday 800 warrants were issued against hackney-coach and cab -proprietors by the Commissioners . of Somerset Rouse, for arrears of duty. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Macready loses no time in evincing the earnest ness with which he intends prosecuting his plan of putting the legitimate drama once more fairly upon its trial ; or rather of putting the public taste once more upon its trial, and ascertaining whether it be really such as to enable the legitimate drama to take permanent pos session of the stage as regards at least one of our national theatres. The experiment cannot prove unsuc cessful without involving a reproach to London to which no other capital of Europe is subject; for it is well known that in all others one theatre is uniformly eonsecrated to the higher order of dramatic representation. The produc tion of The Two Gentlemen of Verona on Wednesday may be accepted as an intimation that Mr. Macready does not intend timidly to confine himself to the beaten track, but among the rest to bring forward dramas which, from the comparative infrequency of their appearance, may almost be designated novelties. It has been much the fashion to underrate this play, and some critics have even gone the length of throwing doubts upon its authorship. But though a play of Shakspeare may be acknowledged in ferior to the generality of his writings, it may yet far surpass what any other author could have produced. As Johnson observes—" If it be taken from Shakspeare, to whom shall it be given? It will be found more credible that he should sometimes sink below his highest flights, than that any other should rise up to his lowest." This play may not present the high-wrought energy or deep development of passion which distinguishes those more popularly known ; but it is unsurpassed in the beauty of its sentiments and the romantic interest of its situa- tions. The poetic fire of its language is also eminently Shakspearian. Who could doubt the writer of these lines:— " I am as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold." It has been got up with great care and judgment, as well as with due liberality, in all that regards the acces sories of scenery and costume; and, which is still more important, the performers entered fully into the spirit of their characters, and exerted themselves, for the most part, very successfully, to do the utmost justice to them. Macready's part of Valentine is not the most prominent, nor the one affording most opportunities for display, but he went through it gracefully, and with the sound dis cretion habitual to him. The scene in which his attempt to carry off the Duke's daughter is discovered was a highly effective one. The character of Proteus was taken by Anderson, who has not yet learnt to refine himself, so much as might be desired, into a true expression of the tender passion. His style, however, is visibly improving in this respect, and he can be more subdued on occasion than heretofore. We have great pleasure in noticing the judicious and excellent performance of Miss Fortescue as Julia. It is a character to which proper effect cannot be given without true natural feeling and good taste, and these qualities she possesses in an eminent degree, combined with perfect elegance of manner, whether vivacity or pathos is to be depicted. Nothing could be more prettily played than her examination of the fragments of Proteus 's letter, which, in the first im pulse, or perhaps to save appearances, she tears to pieces. In the subsequent scenes, when in male attire, with Silvia, and with Proteus after the discovery of his faithlessness, her acting was never over-strained, but was touching and full of sensibility. The answer to Silvia, who inquires whether Julia were not " passing fair," was given with captivating naivette : " She hath been fairer, Madam, than she is ; When she did think my master loved her well, She, in my judgment, was as fair as you. But since she did neglect her looking-glass, And threw her sun-expelling mask away, The air hath starved the roses in her cheeks And pinched the lily-tincture of her face, That now she is become as black as I." The audience showed their appreciation of Miss Fortes cue's very efficient performance by calling her forward to receive their applause anew after the fall of the curtain. Miss Ellis, as Sylvia, performed her part satisfactorily. Keeley appeared as Launce, and gave admirable comic effect to the " exquisite fooling" of the part ; nor should his canine companion be forgotten, whose propriety of demeanour was highly laudable ; he was, moreover, a handsome specimen of his tribe. There was a pretty serenade sung in the third act. Among the scenery, a street in Verona ought to be particularly noticed, as being both well arranged and finely painted, affording an accurate idea of the beautiful Palladio style of edifice. Macready was summoned on the conclusion of the per formance, and was warmly greeted, not less on account of his spirited management than his effective acting. The pantomime followed, and promises to continue in favour for the full term usually allotted to these entertainments. OLDHAM RELIEF FUND.—The subscriptions entered into for the relief of the distressed poor of Old ham amount at present to upwards of 1,040/ ; the Relief Committee, which consists of the magistrates, chief constables, overseers, and fifteen principal inhabitants, have resolved to dispose of these funds in the follow ing manner :—For the purchase of blankets, 3001. ; cloth ing, 200/.; and food, 300 L; leaving about 240/. still un appropriated. During the recent investigation, about 1,900 poor families of the township of Oldham have been visited; the income of the individuals composing these families, probably does not exceed from 6d. to Bd. per head per week. . _ _ The bridge over the Berre, between G rignan and Montelimart, in the Drome, had several of its arches car ried away by the late flood. The Courrier of Valance states that some nights ago a merchant's clerk, travelling with goods in a cart, being unaware of the accident, drove on to the sound part, and passed for some little distance, but towards the middle the road sunk under him, and with the cart and horse he fell into the river, 20 feet be low. By a miraculous chance he contrived to get on dry ground again, without the least injury to the horse, the cart, the goods, or himself, except a good drenching. The Alsace relates the following cruel and cold blooded murder :—M. Hamaan, the Cure of Schlestadt, had long been accustomed to make his house an asylum for benighted travellers, giving them a moderate supper and a bed, sending them on their way in the morning, with a small sum of money in their pockets. On Wednes day evening last he brought home a man of decent ap pearance, whom he admitted to partake at his own table, and then conducted to the guest chamber. In the morn ing, when the hour of mass came, and the servant of the good priest went to call him, he was found dead on the floor, his throat having been cut with a razor. The stranger had fled, taking with him 50f., all the money in the house, though probably he expected a much larger booty, the deceased's watch, his cloak, and some other portable articles. Ile has not been discovered, and it is believed took his departure by the Colmar Railroad. THE BLUE BELLES OF EN0LAND......." What does Mrs. Trollope mean by calling her new novel The Blue Belles of England,' " said a literary lady to a friend whom she met with at a conversazione the other night. " What say you ? Shall we cite her to appear before a court of Blues, and show cause why she has taken liber ties with our fraternity, and why she has drawn public attention on us as a body, by calling this new novel of hers 'The Blue Belles of England ?' "—"Nay, for my part," replied her lady friend, " I am delighted at Mrs. Trollope's spirit. Did you not know that she was form ing a new regiment of which she is to be the Lady- Colonel, and we are to have commissions under her ac cording to our merit ? Its title is The Blue Belles of England,' and it is expected that thus organised we shall henceforth be a pet corps. You know that Mrs. Trol lope well deserves to take the command, being, as she undoubtedly is, the greatest Blue Belle' of us all." EXCHEQUER BILL FRAUD.—We are able to contradict distinctly the rumours that have got into cir culation respecting the alleged implication of certain in dividuals, high in rank and station, in the affair of the Exchequer bills. In the whole course of the investiga tion that has taken place, not a fact has transpired to have justified the reports in question, which could only have originated in some such circumstances as those by which the character of a Noble Viscount was brought before the public, when he promptly came forward for the purpose of clearing it. There may be individuals, illustrious by talent and by other circumstances, whose pecuniary affairs may not be in the most flourishing con dition, and who may hare been compelled to obtain temporary accommodation from men who are known to have been holders of fraudulent bills; but we are assured that there is no other ground whatever for having alluded to them in connection with the affair of the Ex chequer forgeries.—Evening paper. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Giraffe, R. Stranack, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House at half-past eleven o'clock, A.M., yesterday with the Dutch mail. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor have joined the domestic circle at Eaton Hall, to spend their Christ mas. We have great happiness in announcing that the Noble Marquis of Westminster is much recovered in health, and is rapidly approaching convalescence.—Man chester Guardian. On Wednesday afternoon a young woman of the name of Elizabeth Macintosh, a servant in the employ of knives s at d a h and b d prr f oo o k r ne k gn s s uei entered t stairs , ehreerd hh ee r \ a ‘ d i i. righten The fooththeeermp sur geon, e Mr. Pettifer, of Cleveland-street, Fitzroy -square, was Part slipped, carrying.t and three some pro k ng n i s therefore, holds out no hope of her recovery. FRACAS IN DUBLIN. —...W e have heard that a serious fracas has t a k en p l ace between some high func tionaries, which ha s l e d to a long and most edifying cor respondence. Ru mour i s busy respecting p ortions correspondence, whi c h we do not feel w; wou ld be justi e - fied in publishi ng . I t i s enoug who h to state th at the causa Belli originated w i t h the Archbishop,of adopted th the precedent s e t b y Lady Haddin t on respecting the lady of the Lord Chancellor , as is stated, who,g f e eling himself thereby aggrieved, a l ong and, m ost angry corres pondence ensued. How the matter w ill terminate we know not. It has, h oweve r, set the gossip - mongers by the earS.—Dublin Monitor., DEATH FROM STA RVATION. —An in q uest was held on W e d nes d a y morning at the Royal Mason, Poplar, before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, on the body of Frances G oo dwin, a ged 45. Johanna Desmond, of Irlsi alley, Well-street, Poplar, said that on Thursday night last the deceased called at her house, and . begged a as she was destitute, and did not know night's lodging , where else to apply. Witness gave her a bed, and on the following morning, observing her weak state, she t gave her so me food. Deceased said that she was starv ing. Witness then put her to bed, andgradually grow ing weaker, deceased T died on Saturday (Christmas) mo rning. Verdict—Natural Death, accelerated by want and privation. THE COUNTRY CRIER.—A certain parson in an English country town having lost two sporting dogs, sent notice to the crier of the parish to the follow ing effect:—That the Rev. Gentleman having lost a pair of setting bitches would liberally reward any person who would restore them. The crier was no great scholar, and the parson's writing not being of the most distinct character, made the following whimsical blunder:—" Oh yes ! oh yes ! whereas the Rev. Mr. Grouse has lost a pair of his satin breeches; whoever will restore them to .MORNING SUN the owner shall a handsomely rewarded. God save the King and the Lord of the Manor. 'They are both black ones, with long ears,"—Liverpocl Mercury. MURDER OF THE BOY THOMAS - MAGUIRE. —Additional depositions have been taken by the county Coroner, but no fact of importance inculpating any one has been disclosed, though several witnesses swear to the fact of having seen the boy along with Delahunt on the evening in question. On Christmas morning the body of the murdered boy, which had lain at the Irishtown Sta tion-house since the view of it by the Jury en Tuesday, was consigned to the grave in Kevin's churchyard. On Tuesday morning Mrs. Delahunt, the mother of the pri soner, was delivered of a son in the Coombe Lying-in Hospital.—Dublin Paper. SUlClDE.—Wednesday night, between five and six o'clock, the following suicide was committed by a respectably-attired young lady, apparently between 24 and 25 years of age, at present unknown. It appears that a man was crossing the Albion-bridge of the Re gent's canal in Maiden-lane, Battle-bridge, St. Pancras, when he observed a bonnet and shawl on the ground. On looking into the canal he observed a person strug gling in the water. Being unable to swim, he imme diately ran to the Albion Tavern in Maiden-lane, where the drags are kept, I,khich being procured, after a short time the body of the unfortunate young lady was found and immediately conveyed to the Albion Tavern, and surgical assistance being procured with as much speed as possible, every exertion was used to restore animation, but without effect. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland had lived separate for a great many years ; and it is an amiable trait of his Lordship that he took every means he could for a reconciliation, which was accomplished about five years ago ; and her Ladyship was at Brighton when his death took place, up till which time she re sided a great deal abroad. The Bramham hounds have long been kept by the Fox family : at the edge of Bramham deer-park very fine kennels exist, built by George Fox Lord Bingley, uncle to the late Mr. Fox Lane : they had been transferred for the last few years to the late Lord llarewood, in consequence of the present Mr. Fox pre ferring to hunt with the Leicestershire pack.—Leeds Mercury. This day is the anniversary of the meeting o the Protestant Princes and the Deputies of the Lutheran cities in Smalcade (principality of Hesse), to unite in a common league of defence against the Emperor Charles the Fifth, who was desirous of destroying the elective rights, and of establishing one hereditary monarchy. The meeting was on the 31st of December, 1530. The Emperor, who was then at war with the Turks, was compelled, in the Diet at Nuremberg, to accede to the demands of the Protestants, namely, the abolition of all legal proceedings against them and entire liberty of con science, also the holding of councils. THE PRESENT DISTRESS.---We hear that several individuals have undertaken to obtain informa tion of an authentic character relative to the state of trade in Halifax, and the amount of unemployed persons resident in the neighbourhood. Their Report will bo made in a few days.— York Courant. Sir Thomas Wilde, M.P., has subscribed to the following benevolent institutions of Worcester, as under —lnfirmary, 51. 55.; Dispensary, 5/.:55.; Female Asylum, 51. ; Lying-in-Charity, 51. ; District Visiting Society, 21. 25.; Dorcas Society, 21.25. STANTON WOODHOUSE.--IliS Grace the Duke of Rutland left his shooting box here on Thursday last for Belvoir Castle, where he entertains a select party during the Christmas holydays. During his ten days' residence here, he and his friends, Lords Southampton and Forrester, have had pretty good sport, as will be seen by the following return of the killed :—Hares, 1,255 ; rabbits, 364 ; pheasants, 289 ; partridges, 12 ; and woodcocks, 8, making a total of 1,928 head of game. —Sheffield Iris. DiSTITUTIoN.--On Wednesdaynight, at eight, an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the Old George Tavern, Snowhill, on view of the body of Ro bert Jenkins, aged GO. Dr. Lynch, of Snowhill, deposed that he was called in to see the deceased, whom he found lying on the floor, with a very little covering over him, in a wretched hovel over the Fleet ditch. The body was very much emaciated, and the lower extremities had the appearance of j,:undice. He inquired of the landlady whether he (deceased) had had proper food, and she said he had not ; he had two turnips warmed for dinner on Christmas-day, and that he drank the water with salt in it after she cooked a few potatoes. He said it was shock ing to see a fellow creature die of starvation, and not to assist him, when she replied that they were nearly in the same state themselves, having had very little to eat for the previous three days. By the Coroner—He died, in all probability, from disease of the heart ; but, without doubt, his death was hastened from the want of proper nourishment. Verdict—" Natural death." It is but justice to Dr. Lynch to state that he relieved the land lord and his wile from his own purse. The Queen has sent 5/. to the parents of h little child who fell over the cliff at Chudleigh, while dancing round a bonfire which was lighted by quarrymen on hearing of the Prince of Wales's birth.—Brighton Gazette. THE DISTRESSED PRINTERS.--It affords us great pleasure to state, that our two city Members (Joseph Bailey, Esq., and Sir Thomas Wilde) have each contributed liberally to the fund now raising in this city for the relief of the distressed printers of the Metropolis. We beg to remind our readers that we still continue to receive subscriptions.— Worcester Paper. Lady Durham's remains are not expected to reach the north for some days. Their arrival has been looked for during the week ; but we understand there has been some detention on the Continent, through the breaking down of a bridge near Nice, occasioned by a. flood.— Tyhe Mercury. The Dowager Lady Holland has removed 'from Holland House, Kensington, to her mansion in. South street, adjoining Viscount Melbourne's. Her Ladyship gives her select dinner parties. The equestrian statue of the late King George the Fourth, in bronze, by Chantrey, nine feet high, is likely to be placed in the long walk, at Windsor. The ranger's lodge in the Green Park has been given up to the Woods and Forests, but its demolition has been delayed until early in the Spring. On Monday evening an alarm of fire was given in Motley-street, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, caused by a woman, named Emma Wilson, resident at No. 20, having set her clothes on fire while reaching something from the mantel-piece. She was found enveloped in the flames, which consumed her dress and burnt her most dreadfully, and she was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she died the following day. Persons in the middle and upper ranks of life would do well to look over their wardrobes at the present inclement season, and see if a n ythi ng can b e f oun d w hi ch might be spared for the use of the poor.—Cambridge Advertiser. ANCIENT EGYPT.--Egypt comprehended an ciently, within limits of no very great extent, no fewer than twenty thousand inhabited cities! This is stated to have been the case under Amasis, when the number of inhabitants in them, according to the same account, was almost incredible. Its ancient kings are said to have kept armies of 300,000 men in their service A RE-ACTION.—The election of a minister took place at Old Monkland church, on Thursday, the 23d instant, and the right of patronage being vested in the Heritors and Kirk-Session, the electi on m i g h t be considered a popular one. About 150 vot ers attended the meeting, and a decided wish having been exp resse d by, it is understood, the whole of the heritors, that no candidate known to be connected with the Non-Intrusion party in the Church should be chosen, the meeting, act ing upon this principle, unanimously agreed to elect the Rev. Mr. Johnston, Greenock, as minister of the parish. Considering the number of voters, the unanimity that prevailed among the electors, it is believed, is without precedent, and strongly marks the sentiments and feel ings of a large and very Populous parish on the present proceedings of the domi nant party in the Churc h. M r . Johnston was proposed by General Pye Douglass, of Rosehall, seconded by Mr. M'Caul, of Daldowdie, and unanimously elected.—R e f ormen , G a zette. ANECDOTE OF AD MIR AL HOPSON.—In the first action in w hi c h Admiral n°rn (then a boy) was engaged, after fighting cheerfully or two hours, he in quired of the - sailors for what they were contending ; and on being told that the action must last till the white rag at the enemy's mast head was struck, he ex claimed, " Oh, if that's all, rII see what I can do !" At this moment the ships were engaged yard-arm and yard-arm, and obscured in smoke ; and our young hero, noticing the circumstance, determined to haul flag or die in the attempt. Ac down the enemy's mounted the shrouds, walked across the cordingly, be m a i n y a rd, and, unperceived, gained that of the French when, ascending with agility to the main t-head, he struck the flag, and by the same d with it The enemy's flag having dis te returne • route appeared, the British Tars shouted victory, by which the French ship were thrown into confusion, and crew of the fled from their guns ; the officers, surprised at the event, endeavoured to rally them, but the English sailors seized Admiral's s t sh mt the opportunity for boarding the vessel, and took her. At this juncture young Ilopson descended from the shrouds with the French flag, which he displayed in triumph. He was immediately promoted to the quarter-deck, went rapidly through the several ranks of the service, and proved one of its most distinguished omameats.— York Courant. A note in the Debats, from M. Dumeril, of the Museum of Natural History, Jardin des Plantes, states that the presents of lions and an ostrich from the Bey of Tunis have proved desirable additions to the menagerie, the losses of animals by death having been rather great within the last few months. Thus two lionesses, a lion, and two jaguars died recently within a few days of each other ; and last winter the only royal tiger which was in the collection died, and has not yet been replaced. Out of the thirteen liens and lionesses brought to the mena gerie after the capture of Algiers, only two lionesses sur vive. Great store is placed on the ostrich, which is a female ; but as the menagerie unfortunately does not possess a male bird of this species, there is no chance of reproduction. At the present moment there are some curious instances in the collection of animals and birds that have changed their original colours for pure white. The Journal de Rouen gives the following new instance of the undue precipitation with which interments are liable to be made :—" A few days ago a woman was delivered of twins, but the infants were both so debili tated that, after lingering for a day in an apparently dying state, they were believed to have expired. The family applied for the usual authority to bury them, but the Commissary required the certificate of a physician, and one was accordingly called in. To be certain that life was extinct he applied galvanism to the children, and one of them was so far revived that it lived ten hours more, though at the end of that time it ceased to breathe." The village of Jumelles (in the Eure) has been alarmed by the appearance within it of a bear. It is be lieved to be an animal escaped from a menagerie recently exhibited at Vernon.