The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-13 00:00:00

- I<- the e;:t1 ad' cre ge' not Ig t nt 9" is it on A'"" and 09 r mclei t Stock' firm At Si1" :411 ; i3+ ft ,ern •rc at 61 po rt of ly 1,09 aloe 'o' de4,ir • 1 1.-"' id, an d i *l 4 ; I ; b0: 1 ' Lt)ncinf.l er ba c° t'S 31e6i items )tf,(l anY r,•.•- Ller CO ° Bolt on pr lee'? ;scion is prou. J4o _ siriegg 0 t t 1 4 ,, to it# annalllA ins tae that Call Ao best tie' ree g.'l4 in 'ale -3n de -4101".- m , vctY ❑d have )f mor e fa loersl :7 en solir h a vere Bills, 45 ' 24 : 1 : hea..o 1 . tbel Briv • 2; 8 1 - ocq ive Pet 13 ‘48"1 Eck - i t ~ptOt ii , sw ichr 3 dill' E ..,` ire Setit ot 10• t ct iver ni 2°4 , s terOt Lo t '' 2i• )49i -13 9 TO 9 e ~~ .~' _,c• ~~ 1' ~ f 6~ , • .4. .... 1. •'`.,.....,1 hi '4031 J'. 14( RNI “4 EDITION k- , t/ URT CIRCULAR. WINI)tolt, UESDAY.- H er Majesty and his Royal ~ltafternoon for e Albert walked on the Terrace this n For s ne time. In the afternoon her Majesty hty Royal Ilighness rode out in a pony phaeton, at try the Dt;Cliess of Bedford, lion. Aliss Paget, 1-I. , :bert Otwav, and Col. Bouverle. Princo Cireorge of Cambridge 10 4 " d t for ' semi; time, attended by Lord Al lred aget, bir I th e "au--'s Clark w,ll have the honour of din in g at u4stlt: this evening. t 14, Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese "i, !Of. c .1 Leicestershire , the residence . vo.r the Duke of R ut l, in d, y e sterday morning, for Leices ter' fi nal whence his Roy al i Highness came to town by wa 4 r ,; ! ... Y tr a i n to t h e tetminus of the London and Bit-- 1. 1 1,10 " mi 'ilway , in Euston-square. His Royal arriv.‘d at C,.nlhridge House at six o'clock. S'A . etitt Prince Edward of Saxe Wei- ZEIr at r i tett in tor, n by the London and Birmingham al l‘vay o n i‘loadly aiternooth front a visit to her Ma "tY the Queen Dowar,er at Sudbury tial. His Se -4.11,1,,ttary I,,ee. Highness left town in the evening for the Royal Coll ge et Sandhurst. i 'he Anent for J tmaica had an interview with Lord ti e i t' p n Itu.s7aell yeatc;r(lay at the Colonial Office. Cay ter,P°tfinger and H. M'Gurley, Esq., had also an in „tiew . .ith his Lordship yesterday. 1„alr. Rake hid an interview with the Marquis of aortnanby yesterday at the Horne Office. j) esPatches fron t Lord Sydenbam, in Canada , and frog, the Governor of the 13,thanlas were received yes. itsday at, the Colonial Office. VICTORIA THEATRE. k r 4 new domestic rnelo.drarna, from the prolific pen of d' T. Haines, •w:s produced at this theatre on Mon iY. with th a most triumphant success. Th e f o ll ow i ng i s Z.l ou tline of th e plot. Walter Trevalyon ( Mr. flicks) on of a return to land from Brazil is wrecked on the coast ne.ir the residence of Sir Wilfred Benruth and lases the whole of his property, including casket mataining treasure to a considerable amount, wnich he had intended to present to Sir Wilfred, as a fe°laipensetion for ceitaie sums which his father had un iflrsisr ri r ea y. t o b r b i (,, o i l Sir Wilfred at play, and-which he had on confessed to his eori. Before his departure f r ° e T, R.agland Trevaly err had been engaged to Sir ‘‘. 2 " 8 iteatgliter Beatrice (Miss E Montague), but in con oef P4,erea,e,t cf the family feud Sir Wilfred had refused her ilyou, Orr hi, return, however, he informs Beatrice ‘, l ' . `" , arrival, and the lovers are in the habit of meeting in Srecret . I ,Viheed,slnee Trevelyon'e departure .had fallen h.. -t '" evil courses, and had sought to repair his his fortunes by pcculations on the property of It ? i _ w ard Lord Aveline (Blanchard), by joining the • - ,.,,,, e "ers and smuggler on the coast, and afford -5 fhtm his protection, arid by borrowing money sr forged d ocumen t s o f old Maurice Wardle, ay however, Publican, admirably performed by Bender. All, L of no avail ; his . wird will be of age in a few days, and the 1 Geer fo und inevitable. The casket meanwhile 9iscpyr u y n d bsy a gang of smugglers, the captain of 1:11Q orti, Fie lde r (NIr. Courtney), is desirous of marrying Penruth ; the smugglers seize her in a cave on th e et a,t, and from them she is rescued by Trevalyon, who te stbres her to her lather ; the father, howerer, remains i : 1140, tile to his suit, and treats the story of the casket as ;L I 1,1 1 fabrication. The smugglers meanwhile have hid e" let in the cave, but have been watched by Maurice , p it 'l•er who seizes it and removes it to his own house. p, h re „ l alPin ill the meanwhile meets Lord Aveline, with v icel ll,, had been formerly acquainted, and remonstrates "rt (a l his alleged seduction of Rose Kynon, a poor part app, The.r conversation is overheard, and they p o i ot 03 ' really in anger. Lord Aveline then makes an [...Li the i) nl i to meet Ucse at " the yew-tree ruins," from which ece lakes its title, but beseeches her to keep their Tr-' ''age a sec re t un til a ft e r he shall have become of age. ovalyou and Beatrice have appointed the same trysting Iti actv ' 'led thither also comes Sir Wilfred to meet old auri e , Wardle, to get more money from him. Avelino I ,l t ans first t o t h e ruins, rind is met by one of the smugglers, \\,..° are there awaiting the commands of Fielder and Sir tt tlfred. H is Lordship attempts to pass— i s prevented— 'liesPerato combat ensues, and he tights his way off. Tre -I,ap° o , t)tt arrives, and deposits his loaded gun and his 3 e in tihe hollow of the yew, while he goes to look for veatrice. She shortly after arrives, having missed Tre .,olfiste43:7. n f al t Y li ° ,, a r and, hearing fo ntteps, hides herself' in the hollow While there, she overhears her father's guilty rid hears him assent to a proposition of Fielder, 4 , old Waidle's• refusing to advance any more money, e t i, L bri n;lieg Cain Kyrion ( Mr. J. T. Haines), who is mad 1 0 ;` . Nee against Lord Aveline for seducing his sister, G'un spot to meet his Lordship and exciting him . to mur r hi m. Lord Aveliile appears, Cain Kynon rushes on 1 0 '" ,- -Beirtrice terrified leaves Ler place of concealment ~gu Ler father. 'lle gun, wriich falls out of te tn to •her leaving it, is seized by Kynon, he fires an h d Qr ti f. Ile they ail fly from the cave instantly. o~on hearing tire gun comes to the cave and sees his Thil'rbere a t7lion d sthehot,villager sleanrush ing in and er th sei e b ze him as the ody to exa n.,irlt "trer. lie is taken to Sir Wilford a prisoner, 51 1 :11 - k r ‘. s -tenaFands of Sir. Wilford that his daughter U at li*ers to him as 11Th wife. Sir Wilford and t 'Cecil with horror from the proposition, car,„ Fie recoil c a n,. in his gang, who seize her, and se 4. l4 „'','r jet() the ruins, until they can convey her to P 585 re,alynii fli es to her rescue. The smugglers who Pos se : Utal neil infortr e ation of Maurice Wardle being in old :'"° 4 cf the cask et attack his house,: murder the e a ,C; 4 n, a carry oft' his strong chest containing the Pani,,,'; 5 , 0 the r u i n . Teevalyon arrives there, accom an,i "Y Lord A ee ii ne, ho has been only wounded ; T he "Y Cain non arid rescues Beatrice and her father. d est is op ene d , an d t i re cas k e t restored. There is k i ri "ie tinde r pi ot, i n which Aiss Rsteliffe acts a charity Ple ee v r'Y naively. 'rite scenery - is magnificent, and the re k i. 4(1 up in excellentle• It was announced for every evening amidst a tumult of applause. SURREY THEATRE. bo on ' , day~'.'r. Davidge produced to a most crowded Ito rt e h t. adaptation by Mr. Haines, of Mr. H. Ai n " Tower o f L on d on ." Nl r . Haines has adhered tx i ;;;. "asely to th e or i g i na l wor k, an d the Proprietor has to et,ti Ilitasell to d o every just i ce to t h e p i ece , by sparing g ay xl) !lase upo n th e d resses an d scener y, both of which g e :g r ' at sarisfaction to his numerous patrons. The actors 4, 41 1 ' 411 , w t re ‘‘well up" in their parts—more so than se em ' pieces . , and ali went off well, though many !egret that they saw so little of that este ivourite Mr. V.. Smith. Where all did so well ‘" h u „ lul be almost invidious to particularise or Y \ T we eanc.ot avoid noticing the exertions Qu e '' s * 11 . Vining as Queen Jane, Miss Grant as of c en t, Nlary, a lic - 1 Mr. Saville in the part the s 4t " b e Cholnondely, whose acting greatly tended to ter it -- "Y of the piece. Gog and Magog were . repre do, e(l 41..511 their 1-n , • , th, isut, luckily, they had little to a . hilnuh their size created a laugh, it was evi -1„),."." Pr.:mad to lir, majority to witness the precarious av ti . ' o lß) '" tr %he upper :ran. The scenery and " Tableaux" tpntit!f.d4 , gly good, and Mr. Saville announced the , f the iece every night till further notice ud hcering. UN THE AN'S AND THE MAILS. The snail train from London, which ought to have reached Manchester at half-past six o'clock on We lnesday morning, did not arrive till nine, arid the saute train did not arrive on Tuesday morning till half-past nine. These de lays were not occasioned by any of the trains being actually snow-bound, but chiefly by the slipping of the engine and tender on the rails. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL.—There has been no ma terial interruption on this line ; some of the trains, as is usual in the winter season, being a little behind time. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS. —The first train which left Manchester on Wednesday morning, on reaching Little borough, was detained for some time, owing to a heavy drift of snow which had lodged on the line. The carriages were detached from the engine, which was run forward for sonic distance to clear the way, and then returned for the passengers. Between Todmorden and Leeds the impe dimenta were stil greater the engine and tenders were again detached, and driven forward, in some instances, more than two miles, and then returning for the passen gers. A ;great number of workmen were employed in clearing off the snow, by whose assistance the line was ul timately cleared, and the subsequent trains enabled to pro ceed without much interruption or delay. The London mails which ought to have reached Man chewer on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings were de tained about three hours each morning, and s ubsequently they have all been more or less too late. The York mail, which left this town on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock, on arriving at Littleborough was so much impeded that it was necessary to yoke eight horses, which were continued to Halifax. On the same evening the Colne and Burnley mail, which should have reached Manchester at six o'clock, did not arrive till ten, having had to cut its way through eight or nine feet of snow between Burnley and Skipton. The north mails, which are due here by six o'clock in the evening, did not reach till seven o'clock ou Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Throughout the whole of the week the deliveries at the Post-office have been more or less too late.—Manchegter Chronicle. PLV)POSED RAILWAY FROM LONDON T 3 STAINES. — Oil Mon lay a most numerously attended meeting of the owners if property and occupiers of houses within the parish of Kensington. who will be affected by the projected new railway front Kni , ,-,htsbridge-green to Staines, was n e w, pursuant to pubic notice, in the large loom of the Swan Tavern, at Old Brompton, for the purpose of adopt ing measures to prevent its being carried into effect. Mr. S. Carter Hall was called to the chair. Mr. Martin (the solicitor for the opposition) then read from the book of reference attached to the plans the names of the parties whose property would be most materially affected by the railway, amongst which were Lord Kensington, Earl of Harrington, Earl of Listowell, Lady Hothans, Lady Langford, Sir Charles Cockerill, the Westminster and West cf London Cemetery Company, and Messrs. Gunter. Hutchins, and Poupart, the extensive market g ardeners, &e. It also appeared that th e site of the new c hurch and burial ground at Brompten would also be required for the purpose. Letters were then read from Mr. Cresswell, M. P., and the Count de Peperi, excusing their absence and expressing their decided opposition to the measure. The following resolutions were carried una nimously :—" That the meeting views with great alarm the proposal of an intended railway, to be called the Staines Railway, and which in their opinion will most injuriously affect the parish of Kensington and destroy the interests of the neighbourhood. They therefore resolve to oppose.the said railway by every means in their power.—That it is highly desirable that all necessary proceedings be taken for effectually opposing the said measure in end out of Parliament." A committee was then appointed to conduct the proceedings in opposition to the Bill, and to collect subscriptions to defray the expenses ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS.—The important turnpike trust, comprising the Fisherton, Wilton, Heytesbury, &c. lines of road, was last week put up to be let by auction for the forthcoming year, but not a single bidder appeared. It is said that the present lessee, who also rents several other lines of road, is now losing 161. per week by his turnpike speeulatiens.—Salisbury Herald. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, JAN. 12 —lt commenced freezing yesterday at about 8 30. eat., and continued through the night, with a light fall of snow.--Wind this day at neon, light airs at W. S. W., and very mild weather. CLYDE, JAN. 9.—Arrived the George M'Leod, Dick. son, from Singapore ; Union, Crawford, Demerara ; Eukaw, Tucket, Charleston. YoUGIIAL, JAN. 7.—Arrived the Active, Kehoe, from St. John's, New Brunswick. WARREN POINT JAN. 9.—Arrived the Heroine, Logan, from Vera Cruz. It has blown a heavy gale to-day at S. W. BELFAST, JAN. 9.--Arrived the Hampton, Balderston, from Miramichi. Scannortouou, JAN. 11.—The Sovereign, Bolton, of Whitby, has been got off File) , Brig, and put on the main. WATERFORD, JAN. B.—An ived the Paleinon, Long ridge, from St. John's, New Brunswick. The Eliza, Ro bertson, which put in here yesterday leaky, has come up to the Quay to refit. WAM:FLEET, JAN. 10.—The Arctic, Herby, from Mal don ; Waterford, Deskett, of Weymouth ; and Unanimity, Flitt, of Wick, are on shore near here. The first, it is expected, will become a wreck, but the others are expected to be got off. LIuERPOOL, JAN. 11.—. Wind E.—Arrived the Jamaica, Pratt, from Bahia ; Elliabeth Radcliffe, Lima—sailed 11th Sept. ; Rival, Nassau; Britannia, Cook, New Or leans ; Sheffield, Allen, New York—sailed Ist October. Off Port, the Patriot, King, from Calcutta ; New York, New York—sailed 19th ult. Sailed the Higgenson, Hogg, for Barbadoes. The Leonidas, from Quebec to Dublin, was fallen in with 21st Nov., in lat. 48, lon. 30, waterlogged, crew saved, by the Columbus, Crapper, arrived here. The Hannah, of Dartmouth, with loss of master, first and second mate, and one seaman, was fallen in with 29th November, and a navigator and one seaman put on bard to assist her into port, by the Roscoe, Huttlestone, arrived here. The Mountaineer steamer, to Swansea, on shore near the Menai Straits, has sunk in deep water. HULL, JAN. 11.—Wind N. E.—The Caroline, from London is on the Dolphin Point at the entrance of the umber. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. I.—The Mercy, Clark from Yar mouth to Sunderland, and the Alexander from Sunder land to London, ran on the rocks off Flamborough Head yesterday morning, and are both much damaged, but ex pected to be got off. DEAL, JAN. i —Wind W. S. W., squally.--Arrived the Prince George, Fov.er, Halifax ; Orion, Vanderlinden, from Batavia.' GLOUCE3TER, JAN. U.—Arrived the Wild Irish Girl, Atkinson, from Quebec. BRISTOL, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Cosmo, Beale, from Nc.v York. Dovm, JAN. l I.—Off port, Oronto, from New York. PoaTsweurit, JAN. var able ; seven r. M. N. —Sailed the Thomas Blake, Hay, for the Mauritius. CM', ES, JAN.ll.—Arrived the Neptune, Hilken, from Baltimore. The Great Liverpool ',steamer has put into Brest Roads short of coals. VESSELS SPOKIIN WITII.--Tbe Christopher Columbus from I loiland to Batavia, Sep. 9, in the Straits of Sunda; Peet Hein Harvegh, Batavia to Rotterdam, Nov. 25, lat. G 23 W. ; Alexander, Bremen to New Or leans, sth ult., lat. 25, lon. 63, by the Orion, Vanderlin. den, arrived in the Downs. Laura, Rio Janiero to Trieste, Nov. 1, lat 23 S., lon. 34 W. ; Acasta, for the coast of Patagonia, 231, lat. 11 N., lon. 25 W., by the Venus, Martin, arrived at Falmouth. Nancy, West Indies to Bordeaux, 24th ult., lat. 42, lon. 20; May, Boston to Liverpool, 27th, lat. 46, lon. 19; Felicity, of Greenock, for Liverpool, Ist inst., lat. 47, lon. 11, by the Orion, Vanderlinden, arrived in the Downs. Segismunde, of !Bremen, lat. 13 S., lon. 33 W. ; Antigua Packet, for DemerLra, lat. 32, lon. 26 ; Harrison Chilton and Wilt shire, from Venice. 7th inst., lat. 41, lon. 7 ; Cyrus, of Dundee, Bth, thirty miles S. S. W. of Scilly, by the Plum stead, Lim, arrived at Liverpool. Folkstoue, London to China, Nov. 2, lat. 6 N., lon. 23 W., and Chieftain, Liverpool to Bombay, 4th, lat. 7, lon. 23, by the George M'Leod, arrived in the Clyde. Kiblain, Shaw. from Calcutta, 4th ult., lat. 6 N., lon. 25 W. ; Sydney, (brig ) 13th, lat. 23, lon. 37 ; William Shand, Potter, 16th, lat. 27, ion. 41 ; Mercury, 20th, lat. 37, lon. 30, by the Bil ton, Rigby, arrived at Plymouth. Tice speech of the Governor of Ceylon, on open ing the session of the Legislative Council on the 16th of last October, contains statements of the revenue of the colony. It appears that during the year 1840 the de crease on the cinnamon revenue has been considerable, the receipts on the duty being 53,0211. from January to August in 1839, and 26,01 Q/. during the same period in 1840, showing a decrease of 27,0111. The sales of the same article during similar periods realized 29,8541. in 1839, and 10,958/. in 1840, according to which the decrease is 18,896/. Had not the sale of the cinnamon lands produced nearly 5,0001., the deficit in the revenue would have been still greater. The revenue from arrack and toddy given for the same months 28,841/. in 1839, and 30,6241. in 1840, showing an increase of 1,7831. ; while that of salt was 19,903/. in 1839, and 17,094/. in 1840, showing a decrease of 2,8091. These are the three great articles of revenue. Pearls in 1840 have produced nothing, and the Governor entertains no hope of an early improvement in that source. Ile thinks it an object of importance to consider how the cost of the steam-vessel built for the purpose of protecting the pearl banks can be limited. Among the ordinances to be introduced during the session was one for prohibiting the importation into Ceylon of foreign sugar, and also of sugar being the growth of a 13ri!ish rssestion into which foreign sugar could be legally imported. For this the Governor cites as a precedent, the ordinances of other colonial Legislatures, observing, at the same time, that the present supply of sugar is from Indian presidencies, which will not be iiirecietl by the or dinance, while the poor inhabitants of the island would be equally independent of its operations, since they use a na tive manufacture from the palm-tree. Tue admission of coal and coke duty free, and also the reduction of the cin namon duty by 61. in the pound, were also proposed, all the three measures having been urged on the Government of Ceylon by the Chamber of Commerce. The °Mi. zian;,es respecting the coal and coke, and the reduction of the cinnamon duty, were passed, which seems likewise to have been the case with the one respecting foreign sugar. RURAL POLICE.—:& special inceting of Ma gistrateb was held on Monday at the Shire-hall, Hertford, for the purpose of taking into final consideration the pro priety of adopting the provisions of the Rural Police Act in the county of Herts. There were for the adoption of the rural police, 38 ; against it34—majority 4. A me morial was then drawn up, and signed by the Magistrates pi est , nt, for the sanction of the secretary of tate. ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. :29.—The Grand Duchess Helen, and her three daughters, did not arrive in this city till Wednesday last. The severe cold had greatly hindered their journey on this side Warsaw, and delayed their arrival for several days, I VERSIT Y IN TELLIGEN CE. °XI 0 411 4 , JAN, 9„—Hilary or Lent Term begins on tlays .s44 - 1 " C V, the 14th inst., on which and following :' 33 "gnegatior.s will be holden for granting degrees, Thusdti ay, Jan. 9 ; ditto, Feb. 11 ; ditto Feb. 18 ; 1 4 5 ' Veb • ; ditto, March 4; ditto, March 11 ; ditto , h 18; :kat tzrday, April 3. I,l e Rect ,r and Fellows of Exeter College have pre teont d the itev. G. T. Stupart, Fellow of that Society, 1b5,, Vicarage of Merton, in this county. R T he Earl of Shaftesbury has presented the Rev. S. 1 2 „, °u4 ", late of Exeter College, to the Rectory of Shaftes mry. A llll Archdeacon of Oxford has presented the Bev, W. (~,,Weentbe, Fellow of Exeter College, to the Perpetual - 7 , t ‘ L 'Y If • ivy , nca. this city. I,2ut Rev . W. 'Carwitherz, of St. Mary Hall, has -05 "1 appointed by her Majesty the Queen to t he Rector y of Stoke Clirnsland, Cornwall. The Lord Bishop of Carlisle has presented the Rev. M. Dand, of Qtreen'F College, to the Rectory of Clifton ; IVestruoreland. The Warden and Fellows of New College have pre sented the Rev, J, Eking, Fellow of their Society, to the -Rectory of New Sampford, Essex. Th. Rev. Geo rg e H u h ue , j un ., o f B a lli o l College, has , appointe,l by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cara one, ge one of his domestic chaplains. TJ l e Rev, G. Betlamy, of Lincoln College, has been illyointed chaplain to her Majesty's ship Endynaion. l'he Rev. Danicl Butler, of Lincoln College, bas been ti tian Imously elected Head-master of Helleston Grammar S , hot 4, Cornwall. CAN ORIDOE, FRIDAY. —The subject of the Setonian P'ize P 7em foe Ihe present year is " Call of Abraham." The Rev. Ed war d M a l e, M.A., o f C a i u s College, in this University, has been presented to the Curacy of Col lon 1-lhelcett, Worcestershire. George Blake, Esq., of Emmanuel College,in this Uni vQr2itY, and late a .Maser in King's College, London, is l:)pointed Assistant Master in the Free Grammar School °f M anche ter. 'lle Rev. J ames R oy d on NI. A., Chaplain to the Bistop of Chichester. has teen collated by his Lord " 1 1 1) to the C anonry an d P re b end o f B ursa l as, i n C at h e dr a l , Chichester, void by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Wil laZm, appointed Wa7den of New (;allege, Oxford. `` Th e Lord Bi s h op o f Lichfield has appointed the Rev. A l r alter Ang . tutus Shirley, M.A., Vi c ar of Shirley, to the hdea, gory o f D er b y. ' Th e 1._,. J. M. W i lki ns , B. A., C ura t e o f St. Mary's,, ttinghani to the Vicarage and parish of Southwell, on p r esentation of the Archdeacon of Nottingham,asemon ll Nerniant o r i , in the collegiate church of Southwell. t In The Rev. W. Gresley, M. A., has been appointed an s ' 13 " ) rary Canon in Lichfield Cathedral, under the provi s of the late Act of Parliament. t , e nr 'he R ev. Mr. Fentiman, to t h e H ea d-M astersh i p of Newbu r y diocesan school, vacant by the resignation of 4 J. Potter. Tl e Rev ..1. W Watts, to be Officiating ?dicister of Ingtou Chapel.—Combridge Chronicle. vV,ORNIS DESTROYI:(I SHIPS.—The brig St. 161(1, s Inu very lately built at Taganrog , and now at 'lneli(:.r at Salta, was; fifty-%ix days at anchor at Sebasto /),;1` mecl dur.ng that ti me a ll its side-planks were so Fereed by the s e fo rm id a bl e i nsect;, t h a t they look exactly I ' ' L " a sieve. Covered with innumerable holes, the entire outside of the vessel, if a part is broken off, resembles a 2 P"ge, and it is quite unfit for service.—. German Paper, THE sUN. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1841. INQUEST ON SCOTT THE DIVER. Last night, at seven o'clock, an inquest was held bc. fore Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for Ni a tininster, and a jury, in Charing-cross Hospital, on the b,dy of this un fortunate man. A great number of witne;ses were exa mined, who spoke to the circumstances as they have already appeared in The Sun, and about nine o'clock the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." JOINT STOCK BANKS IN SCOTLAND. The returns of the circulation of the joint-stock banks in Scotland, for the year 1834 to 1839 inclu sive, are much relied upon by the advocates of free issues. By the accounts furnished to the Committee on Banks of Issue, these establishments give a circu lation of 3,497,7951., in November, 1834, from twenty one banks ; and 3,559,5091., in November, 1839, from twenty-eight banks. These accounts also show that during the immediate years the circulation has generally been lowest in the month of March, thet it has risen in July . and at its maximum in No vember. Mr. Gilbart places great stress upon these • tables, and the "beautiful regularity" which they exhibit. He says that it must arise from the local circumstances or habits of the country, and that it has no influence on prices. He is partly right, but more wrong than right in that statement. The periodi cal expansion of the currency in Scotland from July to November is occasioned by the increase in trade, which begins in July annually from the herring fishery. The herring curers require a large supply of 1/. notes annu ally to pay the wages to the fishermen, coopers, boat-ma kers, and other persons employed by them. This demand is supplied by the discount of bills and issue of their notes in exchange by the various branch banks in the towns along the line of coast ; and, again, in November the currency is further increased' by the quantity of produce which is brought to market by the farmers, whose grain rents in the northern coun ties are payable on Martinmas Day, the 15b day of November. Mr. Gilbart says that Mr. Loyd's system would destroy this regularity. " In some 3 ears the circulation would advance from March to No• ember, and in other years it would retrograde." We do not think so. Mr, Loyd's system would keep the circulation altogether more even and steady, but it would not stop the Scotch herring fishery, nor prevent the tenants from selling their corn and cattle. Mr. Gilbart is mistaken in supposing that the periodical expansion of the currency in Scot land has no effect on prices. Every one who has bad an opportunity of observing the effect of the flush of money produced by the bills distributed along the coasts of Scotland, during and at the termina tion of the herring season, knows that prices are thus invariably enhanced ; and that the easy accommodation given by the banks has led to overtrading in that branch of commerce, followed in the spring season by a tightness of demand and want of money when the bills WI due, which causes a reaction and fall of prices. No one will dispute that the Scotch banks have been generally well managed, and that they have tended much to the improvement of that part of the United King dom. They are part of the system of society, here. They are indeed, we may say, an elemehtary portion of it, for every man in Scotland who has scraped 501. to gether is generally a shareholder in some joint-stock bank ; and the Scotch have a confidence in their paper issues which is born with them from the cradle. Such confidence does not exist in England in paper-money ; and we have to consider the best means for regaining confidence in the eyes of the people of England towards the monetary system of the country which it has lost. We shall not likely obtain that object by mere analo gous reasoning from the Scotch system. We do not believe that the people of England would place faith in our opinions if we were seriously to argue that the surest way to stop fluctuations in prices, and to obtain safety for the public in their banking operations, would be to do away with all legislative control as re gards banks of issue, and to let any class of men who chose commence the trade of money making who were able to get circulation for their promises to pay. What would be the immediate result of such a system in the metropolis and throughout the country? Why, banks would spring up as numerous as mushrooms in sum mer, and as ephemeral in their existence. Ultimately, it may be said, the thing would cure itself, and find its proper level ; that these fictitious establishments would speedily perish, and houses of immense capital and with most numerous proprietors would take their place. Be it so. That is quite possible ; but let ut reflect a moment on the convulsions which would first be suffered—the panic, the misery, the swell of prices in the first instance, and the reflux in the sequel, which the commercial interests of the country would have to undergo before we could reasonably ex pect to reach the land of promise, and before the troubled waters would settle calmly down. The experi ment is too dangerous to be attempted ; and although there may be some risks in the change of placing the whole currency in the hands of a board of responsible officers appointee by the Crown, yet it is compara tively trifling ; and, as all are agreed that an alteration must take place, and that something decisive must be done, the best way is to adopt the simplest, and that which is attended with the smallest peril. Uni formity and steadiness are the two chief objects sought for, and to find them there must be but one controlling power. As Mr. Gilbart has referred to Scotland for a favourable elu cidetio n of the effects of competing issues, as giving rise to regularity, and keeping the currency within proper limits, we shall, on the other hand, contrast the state of things in the United States, when the currency in that country was under the control of a State bank, and when it was open to the free action of the vations banks chartered by the separate States. The pic ture is thus drawn by Mr. Daniel Webster : " From 1820 to 1830, a period of ten years, there were created in the United States twenty-two new banks, and their creation added to the banking capital of the country but eight millions of dollars. During this period the Bank of the United States was in full operation, and nobody entertained a doubt but that it would be continued. How was it in the next ten years ? From 1830 to 1840, the increase of banks, instead of twenty-two, as in the preceding ten years, ' was three hundred and forty-eight ; and the increase of banking capital, instead of eight millions, amounted to two hundred and sixty-eight millions. Such has been the progress of bank expansion during the charm ing, the successful years of the experiment." We do not bring forward this extract from the speech of Mr. Webster with the view of attributing merit to the Bank of the United States. We have frequently pointed out the errors of the past conduct of that institution, and called upon the Directors to observe prudence and economy for the future. But we have in the above extract evidence that the Bank of the United States, faulty as it was during the pe riod when it existed as a national institution, and acted as a controlling power, was the means of repressing over-issues, and that, when it ceased to possess the im press and influence of a national establishment, banks sprung up to a most mischievous extent in the United States. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SO- CIETY OF SCOTLAND. The Annual General Meeting of this Society was held at the Black Bull, Glasgow, on Friday the Bth instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, for the purposes speci fied in the Articles of Constitution, when the following gentlemen were elected Office-bearers for the current year, viz.: James Lumsden, of Yoker Lodge, President, Mr. Geo. Robson, merchant, Glasgow, Vice-President. Meas,re John Smith, John Reid, James Morrison, and Patrick Scotland, Directors in room of the four who retire. Mr. James Gourlay, Treasurer. 'Air. Alexander Borland, Actuary. Mr. E. Railtin, Secretary. THE NAVAL SURGEON, BY THE AUTHOR OF " CAVENDISIC—We milder this novel to be the best that Mr. Neale has yet written. It is a very ad mirable transcript of naval life, told with great truth and feeling, and abounding both in incident and character. One of its chief attractions, to those who remember the original, will be the life-like portrait which the author has drawn in the character of Captain Howard, of one of the finest fellows that ever trod the deck of a man-of-war. We know not if it were Mr. Neale's distinctive purpose to paint this picture from the life, but, whether accidentally or by design, lie has been most successful ; and in the noble traits which he has given of the generosity, the kindness of heart, the courage, and the genius of Captain Howard, we at once recognise the attributes of one in whom were combined all the great qualities that, but, for an untimely death, would have led him to imitate even the lofty name which his father had created. The salient points of Captain Howard's character, as a bold and ac complished sailor, are finely brought out in the spirit stirring and aeitnated description of the running fight be tween the Epaminondas and the strange 74, whose his tory remains a mystery to the end. We have rarely rend anything more interesting than the account of this chase. Mr. Node's powers arc very various, and he sketches cha racter with great freedom and rapidity. Iris Dr. Caustic is an excellent specimen of dry humour and singularity. Nor is he less at fault in the more romantic portions of his narrative, happily blending a very interesting story with the shifting adventures of a naval surgeon's life. We shauld be glad to see that the case of the assistant sur geons of the navy had received the attention from the Lords of the Admiralty which the author very justly claims for that meritorious class of officers.—Morning Herald. MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA. —We hear that Count Anatole Demidaff has received an order on the part of his Majesty the Emperor, to return to this capital within a certain fixed time. The Governments of some provinces have thought fit to remind the subordinate autho rities of the following ancient regulation No officer either of the civil or military service, shall be allowed to cataract marriage without the permission of his superiors. Those who act in contravention of this order, will be in evitably punished according to law." To promote this cad, the Conaistoriea are invited to co-operate by not cele brating any marriage of rams in the service of the State, unless they produce a permission from their superiors.— Berlin Paper. THE MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. In consequence of the main-guard at the Castle no " turning out" to pay the usual marks of respect to the corpse of a military knight in the progress of the funeral cortege to St. George's Chapel, Colonel Molyneux, the Commandant of the 60th Rifles, was applied to on the sub ject by Colonel Bassett, the Governor. Colonel Moly neux, however, not having received any instructions from the Horse Guards, declined to give any orders in re forence to the matter. The Military Knights (through their Governor) then made a representation to Lord Hill, the General Commanding in Chief, through Lieutenant- General Sir John Macdonald, the Adjutant-General, which caused an order to be issued by Lord Hill (and whirl, was promulgated at Windsor on Saturday last) to the following effect : " The iiiiiitary Knights of Windsor arc to be paid the same compliments by the troops in garrison at Windsor as if they were on full pay ; and on the decease of a Military Knight, upon the Governor making an application to the officer commanding the garrison for a funeral escort, a firing party is to be granted according to the rank, or re lative rank, of the deceased Knight." During the period the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade was stationed at Windsor (which was succeeded by the 60th Rifles) the usual honours and marks of respect were invariably paid (by order of the commanding officer, Co. .nel Brown) by the main guard, at King Henry the Eighth's gateway. Greater mortality has taken place amongst the Military Knights within the past twelve months ar, during the sar the foundation .1 the in th sti netution. Within th p e eriod time since referred to four Knights have died ; and one is now so dangerously ill that his death is daily expected. Lieutenant George Sicker, late of the 11th Light Dra goons, commanded the guard of Lord Nlacartney and the embassy in China, in 1792, is to be raised from the I 'wer to the upper foundation, vice Captain Holmes, de ceased. EASTERN NEWS. From the Supplement to the Malta Times of the 28th of December.) " From Alexandria, Dec. 24... " Vice-Admiral Walker Pacha was expected daily From Constantinople to take charge of the Turkish fleet (but that will depend on whether the Sultan rein •tates Mehemet Ali in the Pachalic of Egypt.) " The Bedouin Arabs had become troublesome to persons crossin , , the desert ; the Pacha had sent 2,000 c ivalry to protect them from insult, and said that if they were not sufficient he would send 10,000 for that purpose, being determined to keep open, and facilitate as much as possible, the passage of the India mails and passengers. " Tue report which had prevailed, that Ibrahim Paella had arrived at Gaza with his troops, was not confirmed, the Hydra having brought an account that he was at Damascus with 70,000 men, and 30,000 wo men and children, whom he was clothing preparatory to crossing the desert into Egypt. On the 14th inst. at Zakle 5,000 Druses, consisting of men, women, and chil t:rar, approached the Egyptian army for the purpose of ascertaining the disposition of the troops towards him Pacha; an engagement ensued, when every one of the Druses was put to death, including twenty of their chiefs who had surrendered. This account was told rapt. Engleduc, of the Great Liverpool, by Mehemet Ali himself. " At Damascus Ibraham had put to death many of the most i!.fluential inhabitants. Some of his troops laving exhibited a dissatisfied feeling, he gave them permission to leave, sending them into a large house under which power had been placed, when they were all blown up to the number of four hundred. The Carys fort was dying in the harbour of Alexandria. The Hydra arrived there on the 17th, and left again on the 22d for Marmorice, for the purpose of obtaining leave from Admiral Stopford to convey the Dacha's despatches (which she took on board) to Ibrahim Pacha, and to convoy him to Alexandria, if he should be near the Syrian coast. The Paella's steamer Nile, with provisions on board, was ready to proceed to that coast to bring away some of troops, should they be there. " The Great Liverpool steamer arrived (If the har bour last night, and came into the port this morning, having left Alexandria the 24th inst. She brings a mail from India, despatched from Bombay the Ist inst. by the Cleopatra steamer, which arrived at Suez on the 18th. " The Acheron steamer will proceed to-day to Mar seilles with that part of the India mail to go by that route, and the Great Liverpool will leave to-mortow morning for Gibraltar and England." CHINA. We have received the following intelligence from a gull - ter from whence authentic information may safely b.; expected, as well on account of the locality as of the means which we know the writer possesses for asserieg it. But as it varies considerably from all the news recently published concerning China, and as the writer evidently miscalculates the time neces sary for the transmission of intelligence from the north of China to Europe (which barely exceeds three months), we publish it with the reservation of not holding ourselves responsible for its perfect accuracy, though in many points the statements, based upon corn mercial returns, arc evidently correct : (FRobi a PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT AT MOSCOW, Dac. 17.) —We Moscovites, placed, as we are, in the very centre of Russia, and by means of our commercial relations with Kjachta (or Khadchta), the utmost point on the frontiers of our eastern possessions, cannot but receive news from China much later in date than those arriving by way of Bombay and Suez. Letters from Pekin arrive at Kjachta in less than a month, and the mail from Kjachta is regularly for warded to Moscow in 28 days, so that we are enabled to get news from the capital of that enormous empire,inferior in circumference only to our own, in two months time, while those arriving by way of India will take from four to five months. Now, our latest intelligence from Kjachta, dated about the middle of last month, speaks of events tending to impress the whole political and commercial world of Europe with the importance of the Anglo- Indian expedition to those distant countries. 'lle English, having accomplished the entire occu pation of Chusan, had disembarked their troops somewhere on the coast o f China, where they were making rapid progress ; hence the news, rather unau thenticated, that Pekin itself had fallen into the hands of the foreign invaders. One thing we know with certainty, the taking of a Chinese fleet, con sisting of forty-five junks, five of which had rich cargoes, mostly tea, ou board ; whether on the Peiho or on the Yan-Ke-Kiang river, our correspondent does not write. Proclamations had been profusely dis tributed among the inhabitants, in which the English announcing their coming, in order to liberate the people from the galling yoke of the Mantchou dynasty, which is said to be hated by the nation in gene ral. Partial insurrections had broken out in conse quence of these proclamations, and the situation of the empire was designated as being very critical. This news must be very disastrous for our commercial relations with Ctiina. Already the price of tea has been raised to 70 roubles banco per chest of 641b5., and a further advance is expected. In former times, the Chinese were accustomed to send their cargoes by sea ; now, for fear of the British, all have been sent by land, so that the transports will arrive in March or April, instead of January, as was formerly the case. Last year more than 100,000 fibroks (chests) of tea were purchased at Kjachta ; this year not more than 40,000 are ex pected. Our own manufactures will not suffer less by this critical state of things. Our cloths and velveteens will lie in the magazines of Kjachta without being asked for. The annual export of Russian broad cloth to China was estimated at more than 40,000 pieces, and the int -1:1rt of tea at 80,000 or 100,000 fibroks a year. _ MUTINY OP THE SPANISH RE FUGEES IN FRANCE. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) Foix, Jas. 4.—Last night the gendarmerie and garri son of our town were ordered to take up arms. In the evening it was reported that the Spanish refugees at Pa miers had mutinied and refused to obey the municipal authorities, by whom they had been enjoined to return to Spain and claim the benefit of the amnesty recently pro claimed by the Spanish Government. These reports were soon confirme d b y the arrival of an express at the hotel of the Prefecture from the Sub-P re f ect o f P am i ers , apprising him of the agitation which had manifested itself in that town. i, t he information I have been able to At two o'clock a.m., M. Pascal our Prefect, ordered two companies of the lbth regiment of the line and the gendarmes to proceed to Pamiers, and shortly afterwards t n h o t e f p l a s r t t t i s l o c o f f Januaryou ep l a a r s t t m . e n t. ;he Prefect himself set out for that town, collecttli rea h t u e n f e o d li o tow following n e gx respectingsupplies e u n p t d p h l e t: which permits them to return s causeie after disorders which Since the Spanish Government . has granted `ea the soldiers of Don Carlos an to their country, the French Government resolved not to amnesty Every eay and hour we see large detachments of these unfortunate wretches enter Foix, who, being left without an asylum or any resources, abandon the villages in which allow them any they are quartered, to conic and demand of their chiefs what they have to expect. They will not, they say, return to Spain, because they have no reliance on the amacsty. There is no Government in the country. Isabel is bu: a child, who can only weep, and has no power to save them from party r eactions. A circumstance lately occurred, it i s t rue , w hi c h filled them with the hope of returning to their country other wise than as amnestied. A few days ago the Spanish Colonel Ribeira, the commander of the depot, assembled the officers, and read to them a proclamation which he had just received from Don Carlos, and in which the Prince thanked them for their loyalty, advised them to place their trust in God, and held out to them a hope that better times would come to favour their holy cau se . I n t hi s c i rcu l ar t h e Prince declares that lie will never consent to the marriage of his son with Queen Isabel. After receiving communi cation of this address, the refugees, at the suggestion of Colonel Ribeir a, renewed their oath of fidelity to their sovereign, Don Carlos. Amidst these a gitations, our population lives in constant fears. Our department, already so poor, and at this mo ment covered with two feet of sno w , i s crow d e d w i t h our Transpy Tenca n neighbours. Nyhole caravans travel from one village to another, and, having no means Qf subsistence, are obliged to take to mauruuding. Quarrels and angry altercations frequently occur, but our peasants are gener ous, and have pity on the sufferings of these poor crea tures. The men received, until the Ist of January, a daily allowance of 44 centimes (41d.), and the women and 20 centimes (2d.) This pittance, however in adequate, had the effect at least of saving us from their too frequent importunities, but now that it is suppressed they will again begin to maraud, and perhaps to rob, and then toere can be no security for our inhabitants. At the moment I write groups of 12 and 15 reFugees, soldiers, old men, women, and children, traverse the streets, begging for a morsel of bread. They are nearly naked and famishing. What are we to do ? We cannot refuse them, and still the charity of the people of Fuji, cannot maintain thousands of persons. Just as I was going to close my letter, I beard that the Prefect had come back from Parniers. His firm and per suasive language had calmed the irritation which prevailed among the Spaniards, and he succeeded its inducing them to set out fur Spain without having recourse to military force. They are to enter by Catalonia. An escort of the 16th Regiment will accompany them as far as Perpignan. CHARITY MEETING AT BATH. (FROM A cottaTseoNoaNr.) A public meeting was announced for this day (Monday, 11th inst ), for the purpose of appealing to the inhabitants of Bath for a public subscription to relieve the wants of the poor. The Mayor having agreed to take the Chair, opened the business of the meeting to a very large assembly, the spacious banquetting-room being crammed, principally by the labouring classes, who appeared sensibly alive to the motives of those who are generally the principal actors in such proceedings. On the platform were several members of the Town Council, and a host of the clergy of the " Eitablishment," and amongst others, the:Reverend Messrs. Tottenham and East, two gentlemen of the Magee and M'Neilo school. Amongst the auditory the proceedings excited but little interest, and the whole affair as it regards the meeting was a decided failure; and the spirit and indignation the people evinced was something new in the history of such pro ceedings. The speakers instead of being met with cheers, as was wont to be the case on such r.oecasions, were assailed with loud and vociferous shouts from hundreds of voices— " We want justice, and not charity!" " Give us justice and our rights, and keep your charity," and many other such pertinent exclamations. The promoters of this " work of love" were in evident alarm, for a large body of police filled the different avenues within the hall, and appeared to be prepared for action. The proceedings were for the most part dumb show, and were hurried through amidst much visible fear. Mr. Philp rose to move a resolution, when the Mayor precipitately quitted the chair, followed by the whole of his supporters, who all disappeared in an instant, amidst the hooting, hissing, and ether indignant expressions of the Assembly. Cries of " Justice, not charity is what we waist," followed them in their retreat, when the police be came exceedingly active in pushing and driving the people out of the room. It is said " there is nothing new under the sun," but it really appears to be a new feature in public affairs when large bodies of the labouring people see the real cause of the misery and crime which surrounds them, and raise their voices for justice and their rights, instead of pity and charity. The Operative Anti-Corn-law Association have resolved to call their fellow-townsmen together at the Music Hall next Wednesday, where they will lay before them the workings of these laws, and expose the fallacies by which they are attempted to be defended. Sir Joshua Walinsley, as an efficient and leading member of the Anti-Coin-law League, has consented to take the chair. —Liverpool Times. E WEATHER.-The thaw which commenced on Sunday morning was succeeded by a alight frost in the evening, and during the night there was a fall of snow. Mon lay morning, at six o'clock, the thermometer stood at 32 degrees, (freezing point) with the wind south-west, and during the middle of the day, the sun having con siderable power, it again thawed, but very slightly, except in the metropolis. In the course of the afternoon the wind shifted to the west, and when the sun had set it .gain began to freeze, so that by seven o'clock the roads and paths round the metropolis were coated with ice, which made it for persons walking or riding both diffi cult and dangerous. At that hour the thermometer stood at thirty degrees, two degrees below freezing point, the wind bc:ng on Monday evening N. N. W. In the course of the night there was another fall of snow, and, yesterday forenoon there has been a partial thaw, with a west wind and bright sunshine. ROBBERY OF PLATE.—Monday information was given to the police of a quantity of plate having been stolen from the mansion of the Dowager Countess of Scar borough, No. 14, Portman-square. The property in question consists of silver spoons of various descriptions, and forks ; the thief effected an entrance by means of the area-gate, wnich was left open. The whole of the articles have engraved on them a pelican, surmounted by a coronet. ROBBERY OF BANK-NOTES.—The police have received information that on Sunday, between three and six o'clock. Mr. Pasley, of the King's Head public house, Limehouse, was, while in a state of intoxication at the Red Cross, East Smithfield, plundered of 601. in Bank of England notes ; the thief is supposed to be a man dressed in a fustian coat, who was conversing with Mr. Pesky at the Red Cross, and they were seen to quit the house together, the former being at the time sober. Lord Cremorne has, to his infinite credit and character, paid off all his fa.her's debts : and actuated by like feelings Lcrd Farnham and his brother the Hon. Barry Maxwell, at the deaths of their uncle and father, two years ago, came into the possession of large estates, have lately discharged all their fathers' obligations. RAILWAY COLLISION.—It is currently re ported that a certain Noble Marquis, in his anxiety to wit ness a good case of collision, has offered a large sum to any of the Railway Companies who will allow two of their en eines to have a regular set-to on the rail. We have not heard whether the Noble Lord or any of his friends in tend to act as engine-drivers or stokers on the occasion. Judex, the Morning Post's well-informed Turf Correspondent, complains of a literary larceny—some wri ter in Bell's Life having stolen his good name. There was no need to have adopted a name not his own, for his remarks on handicapping are ingenious, well-put, and alto gether clever. Private letters from Madrid, dated the 31st ult., mention the departure of Marshal Saldanba's son for Lis bon, with despatches of a nature said to be somewhat con ciliatory. It seems that the leaders of the Portuguese Septembrists had communicated to M. Soler, the new Charge d'Affaires of Spain at their Court, that anything but conciliatory measures on the part of Spain would only serve to fix more firmly the present Chartist Administra tion, as M. Magalhaes had contrived to turn tile Douro question into a matter for popular excitement. At the same time the Septembrists engaged to overthrow the Chartists, provided Spain would abandon her present war like attitude; and this, together with Mr. Aston's endea vours to avert extreme measures, is said to have cooled the indignation of Espartero against the Portuguese. Letters received by the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs front his agents in France state that the Moderados who have emigrated into that country are divided among themselves, and are dissatisfied with Queen Christina for her favour able reception of M. 'Lea Bermudez, while they conceived that the Marquis Miraflores, Count Cleonard, and others of their leaders, were slighted. FURTHER MORTALITY AMONG THE CON VICTS AT WOOLWICH,—On Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock an inquest was held at the Duchess of Wellington, Wool wich, before Mr. J. C. Carttar, on the bodies of four convicts, named George Francis, William Pullien, James Turner, and William Hamilton. From the evidence of the surgeon, Dr. Bossy, it appeared that three of the men died from inflammation of the chest and fever, and the other from scrofula. Dr. Bossy added, that when any of the convicts complain of illness, they are remanded from work until seen by the surgeon ; and as their state of health will allow they are employed accordingly. Those that are ndt very ill are sent into the oakum ward. The Jury expressed themselves satisfied with the evidence, and returned a verdict- 4, Teat the deceased men died from natural causes." It was mentioned that a great number of the convicts are suffering from coughs and colds. The Jury spoke very highly of the cleanly state in which they found the hospital ship. COUNTY OF MONAGHAN—RESIGNATION OF MR. LUCAS.—Mr. Lucas, the Tory Member for the county of Monaghan, has declared his intention to re sign the representation of that county, and will retire at the next dissolution of Parliament. His chief reason for taking this step may be learned from the following pa ragraph of his address to his constituents :—" The im portance which Irish affairs have of late years assumed, and are likely to retain, in the conduct of the empire, must render the position of an Irish representative, at best, one of anxiety and labour; the manner in which they have lately been carried on in the House of Com mons has made it one of constant watchfulness and painful suspense. Deferred from day to day, and week to week, without apparent reason ; hurried on unexpectedly with as little ; withdrawn, after long announcement, or left to be disposed of in a promiscuous heap at the end of the Ses sion, amidst hurry arid confusion—the measures that re gard Ireland are a constant source of uncertainty, disap pointment, and vexation to all those who arc called upon to take a part in them."—Drogheda Argue. F O RTIFICATIONS OF PARIS.—The Journal des Sciences Militaires gives an account of the probable expense of the fortifications of Paris and its detached forts. The cost of each fort, of which there are to be 100, will be 3,000,000 francs, and consequently of the whole, 300,000,009 f. Twenty forts, or fortresses, including the fortified points of Cliarenton, St. Denis, and Mount Va lerian, will cost 16,000,000 francs each, making altogether 300,000,00( 1 francs. Barracks, magazines, &c., will cost another 60,000 000 francs, and artillery and stores 20.000,000 francs more, making the enormous total of 680,000 000 francs, to say nothing of the expense of keeping them up during a period of peace. High duties are levied on the following articles, to protect British agricultural and grazing interests : tongues, 3d each ; bacon, 28s per cwt. ; pork, salted, Ns per cwt. ; sausages, 4d per lb; potatoes, 2d per lb; beer and mum, 31 is Id, or about 2s per gallon; ale, other than mum, 21 13s : beans, kidney or French, lid per bushel ; fruits, various duties; cider, 211 10s, per ton ; hay, 245. per load of 36 trusses ; lard, 8s per cwt ; onions, 34 per bushel ; lentils, 10d per bushel ; pearl bailey, 17s 6d per cwt; mustard and carraway, and many other seeds. —Mr. M'Grcyor's Evidence before the Import Duties Committee. GRESHAM COLLEGE.—Monday being the first day of Hilary Term, the Rev. Mr. Pullen, Professor of Astronomy to this endowment, delivered his introductory lecture to an audience of forty-five persons. The prin cipal subject of the discourse eras, the mode of taking ob servatione from the earth's surface, with a description o. the Transit and Mural instruments, with other objects of astronomical investigation. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (MONDAY EVINING.) TIMES. —Some incidents connected with the passige of the overland mail from India through Egypt, which appear to be worthy of note, have not yet been made pub lic. The management of the conveyance on the Indian side seems to have been extremely well conducted. The mail was brought from Bombay to Suez by the Cleopatra, one of the East India Company's now steamers, which was despatched from England about a year ago. She left Bombay on the Ist ult. ; anchored at Aden early in the morning of the 10th ; and leaving the same day, ar rived at Suez on the 18th. From the information collected at Aden, all was quiet there ; but an attack was antici pated on the 17th or 18th from a very numerous body of Arabs, acting under the influence of a self-styled saint or prophet, who promised them success, and declared them to be invulnerable for this special occasion. As a specimen of his prophetic power, he had put forward a rather lu dicrous one in foretelling that on a given day th e h a i r o f Captain Hawes, the political agent at Aden, would turn white. The brave garrison were, however, fully prepared for the encounter. _ _ . From Suez to Alexandria the transit ef the mail seems to have worked by no means well, considering that the importance of the news from China and India should have urged extraordinary despatch. From the time of landing the mail at Suez to its being put on board of the Great Liverpool at Alexandria, a period of six days was occu pied, though the distance is not more than three hundred miles. The Pacha, it should be moreover observed, took this mail under his special protection, since, in conse quence of some reported depredations of the wandering Bedouins, he allowed a small body of his cavalry to escort the mail across the Desert—a good service by the way, which, considering his position with this country, ought not to be forgosten Thtre was some ap. parent drawback upon it, as not an absolutely disin terested act, in a demand upon each of the passengers of 3/. sterling for this protection ; but this was believed to be the act of some inferior agent, wholly without the knowledge ef the Pacha, who, if it should reach him, will therefore be excessively indignant at an act so decidedly calculated to lessen the value of the service conferred. One cause assigned for the delay in the passage through Egypt is the necessary attention paid by the agents to the convenience of the travellers by that route, who would be much incommoded, or, perhaps, left behind, if the mail moved more rapidly; but it is obvious that so great a public service ought not to be im peded at such a time by such considerations. It is said, however, to be quite practicable, if better arrangements are made in Egypt, to bring on the mail and the passengers in much less time, and without inconvenience to the pas sengers, among whom there are great complaints, in ad dition to the delay, of privations and annoyances on :the route. All travellers to and from India would hail as a very great boon any reform in these respects. The transit of the mails from England towards India is stated to have been subject to similar causes of complaint. That of the 4th of December from London, though landed at Alexandria on the 17th, at 8 a an, was met on the Nile at mid-day of the 22d. at least 24 hours' run from Cairo, and consequently could not be on board of the Cleopatra before the 26th, or reach Bombay before the lath ef January. All these incidents are of great importance when the ob ject is how to insure all the expedition possible to the com munications with India, and the progressive improvements mad,; from time to time lead to the hope that the ar rangements will soon be brought to perfection. As it is, there is much cause fcr congratulation both to England and to India in the rapidity of the transit. As an instance of the celerity with which this moat interesting journey may be performed, it may be mentioned that Mr. Parbury, one of the passengers by the Great Liverpool, only left the Himalaya mountains, at the northern extremity of British India, on the 24th of October, and though proceeding down the entire course of the Sutlege and the Indus rivers, would reach England in less than two months and a half from that date. The Great Liverpool has not yet reached Falmouth, as, from the occurrence of some cases of plague in Egypt, she will not carry a clean bill of health, and must, therefore, perform quarantine; but she is daily ex pected. P "s) ST.—The anticipations entertained last week with regard to the state of the Money Market have been fully realised. The payment of the dividends renders mone y so abundant that the ruling charge for discounts on com mercial bills, which was the other day 51 per cent., is now but 41. It is expected that the change will bring up u good deal of country paper. There has been no po,sibi lity of proceeding with this sort of business to any extent during the late pressure upon the London market arising from the contraction of the currency by the Bank. We, how ever, hear to-day of a large batch of bills having been sent by a Lancashire banking-house for the purpose of being cashed, with the limitation of - 5 per cent. The tea trade seems now becoming additionally de pressed. Company's eongous are now quoted at Is. 7d. per lb., the retrogradation being Id. toad. per lb. There is probably a doubt in the minds of sonic of the leading holders that no positive approach has been mado to a set tlement of the opium question with the Chinese. The negotiations with the Pekin authorities, so far as they have been reported to us, may certainly, from their ex cessive vagueness, he supposed to leave ample room for an unfavourable issue. That such is the feeling in partial cases is, at all events, to be inferred from the difference of prices now and immediately anterior to the assumption on the part of the English Government of a hostile atti tude towards China, the current rate at the earlier period being as low as ls. 2d. per lb. There is no great necessity for teferring back to the time when l Id, per lb. only was obtainable. The depression of the market was then pro duced by extraordinary circumstances, among which is to be recollected the bringing forward of several cargoes to ' gether to be turned into money, at whatever sacrifice to the importers or proprietors. HERALD.—This has been a flat day in the funds, and the Globe's gentleman of the leading article will be sur prised no doubt to learn that the prices of Stocks whioh he " sent up" a few days since with such smirking self complacency have been "sent down " again to-day with just as much rapidity as they went up. Consols, in spite of Ch:nese triumphs and Indian victories, declined to-day to 891 to Bauk Stock 163} to 4;. Exchequer Bills 9s. tolls. premium. The Times this morning in the course of various ob servations on the United States Bank and the recent change of agency, with which for tile most part no fault can be found, is disposed to cast censure by implication on the bank because the European shareholders have no voice in the choice of directors, and therefore no influence by which to compel or induce an honest and periodical state ment of accounts. " There ought, it is said, to be further some plan adopted for giving to English and European share holders generally some influence in the choice of directors at the chief station in Philadelphia, and arrangements made by which honest and intelligible accounts shall be periodically submitted to their inspection." It is quite true that about three-fifths of the whole number of shares, representing the 7,000,0001. capital of the bank, are held in E urope, and principally no doubt in this country, and that it certainly does appear a hardship that such a mass of interest should he entirely disenfranchised of any power of action in the bank management. But it would be un fair to challenge this as any wilful error of omission or commission of the bank itself, or those concerned in its administration. The disqualification to which foreign shareholders arc subjected arose out of poli tical considerations, and not the unnatural jealousy of a state of anything like foreign influence or inter farence in its internal affairs, even of a merely mone- tary nature. It is indeed clear that money concerns, for instance in the matter of currency or paper circulation, may come to be closely allied with, bear upon, and bias political considerations, and therefore it is not surprising that, absolutely to bar out the possibility of any extrinsic action of the kind the Legislature of Pennsylvania, on granting the charter under which the bank is now incor porated, should introduce a stringent provision for exclud ing foreign shareholders from any vote in the choice of officers, aid therefore from any direct influence upon the administration of the bank. This may, or may not be, a grievance, but it is evidently one with which the United States Bank administration cannot fairly be reproached, and would, except perhaps under actual circumstances, have no disinclination to see remedied, a matter however clearly one of legislative competency alone. It may not be forgotten that the country at large, and country bankers here more immediately, owe much of the United States' Bank Stock with which they arc over loaded, to the great damage or ruin of many indi. viduals, to a sort of conspiracy got up here by certain bankers and discount houses who happened to be deeply concerned if not compromised in the safety and solvency for the time being of the United States Bank, either by direct holding of large amounts of its stock, or of States' stocks negotiated through it, or by indirect involvement with mercantile establishments whose fate depended on the bank being carried through. The subject has been brought before the notice of country bankers and the public on occasions heretofore, but it may not be amiss to reproduce the process adopted by the confederacy here to shift from their own shoulders the burden of Bank and States' stock with which they are encumbered, or to find among gullible country bankers a market for the same sort of stocks held by the agency of the United States Bank and entirely unsaleable in this city, at a moment when the bank was on the brink of open and declared failure, with obligations by hundreds of thousands falling due, or ap proaching maturity. In the first place the way was prepared by crying up the surpassing value of these Transatlantic securities in publications professing to represent the banking interest all over the country ; and secondly, when an effect was considered to be produced, accredited travellers, at very liberal rates of commission, were despatched among the country bankers to puff off, take, and press for orders in the Bank Share and Stock line. In this manner it is that the coun try bankers and their friends were let into the unp • h United secret of finding their port-folios filled up with States' Bank Shares, and American States' Stocks , w here . they now remain an unmarketable drug on any terms, jus t previous to the precise moment (well known d of divi leasant pated hero) when the Bank stopped the paymenbolstered donde, and Bank and States' Stocks, no longer e up by the confederate discount a nd banking houses of this ver I ld • arge er city for their own ends, and whilst they _ . themselves, were suffered to fall, as since theyhave re s mained, some 30, 40, or 50 per cent. in nominal value. Such is the way in which the country bankers have been " backed" and bamboozled by their friends here. It su ll y be supposed the lesson will not eventually be lost upun them. If they want names and dates about the particular eoinb r .- nations of which they have been the object, and tkrider which they arc now smarting, no difficulty on that, score need be apprehended, for the facts are sufficientl y noto torious this place. At five o'clock on Friday morning, Sprows ' too in Norfolk, the t h crmomer stood at thy .ce d egrees be low z ero (Fahrenheit), At nino in tilt same day the thermometcr stood at three, or 29 degrees below freezing. The coachmen on the Newmarket-rovl say they have not experienced two such nights as Thussday and Friday last week since the year 1814. NING EDITION. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) One consequence of the contest at Walsall is that the Corn-laws are, and must henceforth be, through out England, a hustings question. Every election will bring them into discussion. There will be no shirking or swamping the subject. It will present itself every where, and und er c i rcumstances o f t h e stongest excite ment. In the House of Commons it may he regarded as an annual bore, to be endured, being an inevitable evil, but to be got rid of as summarily as possible. Members may congratulate themselves that the debate will soon be over. They may indicate in the most unequivocal manner their contempt for the discussion, and their determination to be rid of the question. They may clamour, and laugh, and cough ; snort, bray, and crow ; but whenever they come again to the hustings, face it they must. Of that future encoun ter they have now fair warning. Their tricks and gibes will not avail on that arena. The anticipation can be no very pleasant one for the supporters of the food monopoly. It will soon begin to haunt them. They are under the shadow of that coming event. The bread taxers, and the bread-taxed shall there stand face to face. And though the influence on which they rely may carry some of theta through ; though a majority of servile or enforced suffrages way be reckoned upon as being at their command ; still there must be something- appalling in meeting thousands who execrate them as plunderers of the poor man's cupboard to replenish their own purses. The case is not an ordinary one of political opposition. They will not merely have to present themselves before antagonists who are simply made so by difference of opinion upon sonic constitutional abstraction. Their opponents are multitudes who firmly and justly believe themselves to be the objects of a cruel, heartless, and sordid robbery. They must abide the indignant gaze and voices of men Irons whom, mid from whose pining f willies, they have taken fourpence out of every shilling's worth of bread. Some nerve is required for such a prospect. They will need a front of brass. But there is no avoiding it. If they can and dare, let them. by some crooked manoeuvre, unseat the present Minis. try ; they will only bring it on all the sooner. It is as 1 certain as death ; and if they realise it, and have any regard fur the estimation of their fellow countrymen, scarcely less terrible. They will soon hear of the ques tion in the House. But that is only the prelude to the question at the hustings. It is the first toil of the hell ; and it will strike ominously upon their hearts. Ho:s ever, they will, doubtless, try to meet the subject with their accustomed boldness of demeanour, and so let them, " with what appetite they may." The new Poor law will cot answer to the Tories as a popular diversion and set-off against the Corn-laws. It cannot, for this plain reason, that it is quite as much a Tory as a Whig measure. All the world knows that the journals which declaim most loudly against its severities have no honest purpose. We should have probably read the last of these tirades were Toryism once in power. Not that we apologise for any harshness or hardness. The destitute poor are not sufficiently cared for ; and whether the fault be in enactment or in ilini nistration, the evil should be remedied. But there is no alles iation of the stringency of the Poor-law com parable for a moment with that which the repeal of wire Corn-laws would afford. A flush of employment would promptly follow. Manufacturers would no 10-iger be obliged to refuse immense orders because their goods could only be paid ter in foreign corn. The loom would be alive. Wages would rise ; for when have they not risen if masters wanted more hands instead of fewer? Wno would care about the Poo:-laws — who feel their stringency, if honest labour obtained enough for the support of a family ? That stringency would only fall upon the idle and dissolute ; and in rela tion to them, and their attempt to prey upon the steady and industrious, it is not so very objectionable. if the Walsall electors give Ow first of a series of mortal blows to tt.e bread -tax, what a blessing from the nation hereafter will they earn for themselves The corn monopoly is the great agency of bring ing the_uee2ssitous under the severities of the Poo:- law. \V hich arc the most pauperised counties in Eag land ? The manufacturing ? 0, no such thing ; not withstanding the unnatural cheek given to the progress of manutactuves. It is iu the agricultural counties that poverty is most abundant and its pressure heaviest ; and not only so, but the great corn-growing counties are more pauperised than the grazing districts. Bucking hamshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk ; these arc the re gions most widely subjected to the calamity and curse of pauperism. The cost of their poor, as estimated by the amount per head of the population, is three times that of manuft.'cturing Lancashire. Dividing England into twenty-one counties, of which the population was, according to the census of 1631, chiefly agricultural ; and twenty-one in which it was chiefly manufacturing, mining, and trading-. the average annual poor's-rate for each Individual of the population is, for the former, nearly Bs., and for the latter only about ss. The corn monopoly is the centre ut the pestilence of pauperism. The landlord is the only one to gain ; the labourers on his property arc the first to lose. No tongue can tell the misery in which our agricultural districts would have sunk, hut for the drain of their surplua hands to manufacturing employment. And the evil spirit of motkpoly pursues them there. Grinding its own pro• duct classes to a miserable pittance, its short-sighted cravings would destroy the only outlet by which its exiles may support themselves, and react upon the sup port and profit of agriculture. In Arthur Young's Annals of Agriculture," he mentions that a labourer was then (1601) living in the vicinity of Bury, Who, when he worked for ss. could purchase, with that 55., a bushel of wheat, a bushel of malt, a pound of butter, a pound of cheese, and a pennyworth of tobacco. The same articles would cost now about '2.1.15. Meanwhile rents have doubled and trebled. Part of the differ ence, it will be said, is taxation. Yes, so it is, taxation levied by the corainonopolists, to save their own pockets and answer their own purposes. That is part of it ; and the rest the monopoly itself. The Corn laws do not become a hustings question for boroughs only. They will be the hustings question for counties, and a more formidable one to face than Honourable Members have found lately. To play the Poor law question upon it will be like an inefficient stream of water upon a fire. Work away at the engine, good Tories, you will augment the blaze. Agriculture, under the mon poly system, is a wholsale manufactory of high rents and pauperism. That the repeal which would mitigate the pauperism would also dettroy the rent, is an illogical conclusion. Thriving trade, in creasing towns, :and railway communication, are surer and more enduring raisers of rent than the strictest mo nopoly that can be conceived. And they enhance rent without the accompaniments of bitter alienation, famish ing fatuities, destructive riots, midnight ineendiqrisio, and the curses of plundered poverty that ascend to Heaven. (From the Morning Advertiser.) A. most significant silence has, on the whole, per vaded the 'Cory press upon the subject of our Indian as well as Chinese affairs, ever since the arrival of the late intelligence from the East. The Tories ‘voul,l, no doubt, bury in oblivion the credit of any suc cesses emanating from the present Government ; but we cannot allow the glory of our Indian Govei =cut to be passed over in neglect, merely because its mention may be painful to the ears of envious capacity or spite ful faction. The Tories may ascribe it to " luck," or to any other chance cause that they please ; but we reply with the General of antiquity, " In this Fortune had no part." The surrender of Dost l‘lalionied has brought the war in Affghanistan to a close. The various dangers which were impending over our Eastern empire have disappeared one by one, sur mounted by the vigour of our Administration, which has struck down the Persians and Affghans with one nand, and the Emperor of China with the other. A dangerous crisis, unexampled since the days of Lord Wellesley's Administration, has ended in establishing the British rule in India firmer than ever, and in raising the re nown of our arms to an unparalleled pitch throughout the whole continent of Asia. We shall be told by the Tories that the merit of these great e vents is wholly due to our military force, and not to anY foresight or well-arranged plans on the part of the Government. That our gallant army would, under any circumstances, have maintained its well-earned reputation, we willingly concede ; but assuredly this fact ought not to be brought forward in detraction from the merit of the Ad efforts of that gallant f orce ministration by which t he were directed, or render less conspicuous the imbecility of the Tories, by whom the very measures which have led to tlicso signal successes were derided and opposed. We need no other proof than their recorded sentiments as we shall now show. Whe n a vote of thanks to Lord the Indian army, for th e ca ptu r e of Keane and Giliznelt, was passing through Parliament, instead of con gratulating the country in an honest and hearty manner upon the successes so nobly achieved, the Tories stig matized the war, deprecated its origin, and painted its :uture prospects in the gloomiest colours. The Govern ment was blamed for supporting the legitimate monarch against Dust Mahomed, who was represented as ho vering on the confines of his kingdom with an Over* whehning form, backed by the sympathy of his country ma, and ready to resume his sceptre the instant our troops %vele withdrawn, Sir Robert Peel, in particu lar, larir.nted that our gallant army should ever have beet; routangled amidst the dangerous defiles of a country Peo•oled by hostile barbarians, and spoke as despond. i'.ogly as though it had been the expedition of a second Crassus against the Parthians. We have, therefore, a right to say that the Tories denounced the whole policy of the Affghan expedition ; but let us see to whom belongs the whole credit of having fomented and brought tola head the most formidable combination that has ever threatened our Indian e mpire, and whom we have to thank for having e xposed it to so great a risk. To all who are acquainted with the events which preceded the Affghan expedition, it is evident that the dangerous predica ment so promptly met and overcome, was caused solely by the neglect and want of foresight of Tory Govern ments in preceding years. The peril of our Indian e mpire was, in Let, as much the result of the eastern. policy of that party as the more immediate danwrr which l U'~~~. L